France, Alternative Libertaire AL #251 - World of Work: Do
not allow FN gangrene unions (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
Faced with attempts FN investing businesses, unions must build against speech and lead the
response to denounce the fascist party as the worst enemy of workers and prevent its
implementation in popular categories. ---- Marine Le Pen, particularly recommended by the
influential sovereigntist Florian Philippot, continues its inflection of speech to
social-nationalist tone to expand the electoral base of the FN in particular towards the
electorate (workers and employees). These classes openly abandoned by the Socialist Party
in favor of a "middle class" with blurred are mainly voters, yet for some still structured
by the unions. ---- This is why the FN, after trying in 1996 under the leadership of Bruno
Mégret the ephemeral unions labeled FN creation strategy (police, prison, RATP,
transport...), especially trying since 2011 to divert some unionists. This began at the
2011 cantonal including Fabien Engelmann, excluded from the CGT union after going from the
extreme left to the FN via Riposte secular and has since become the Mayor of Hayange in
Moselle. And in the last local elections, Marine Le Pen said having "eight CGT, CFTC nine,
five CFDT, FO seven" present on the FN lists among several thousand applicants. The CGT
and CFDT have clearly excluded their union that popped in these lists. While FO highlights
its complacent "neutrality" policy and that the CFTC has never excluded Thierry Gourlot,
Alsatian railway, departmental secretary of the FN in Moselle and host of the empty shell
of the national defense of unionized workers FN Circle.
But especially the FN since 2011 has adapted his speech promoting the "strong state
regulator", defense of public services, the denunciation of relocation and posted workers,
advocating protectionism, nationalism and exit from the euro amid "national preference"...
while allowing employers of SMEs.
His chameleon speech is based on the short memory of journalists and political
commentators since at the time of inter demonstrations and strikes of 2010, the FN has
adapted its overnight program on pensions and retirement from age 65 and capitalization to
defend retirement at age 60 and PAYG.
national capitalism
And contrary to what has sometimes been said, the FN has absolutely not adopted
anti-capitalist themes but rather defends capitalism with a national dimension that of
"employers homegrown," erasing the class antagonisms inherent in this system. Whatever the
contradictions, the FN objective the conquest of power with blows of reducing slogans to
occupy the political and media space.
Faced with this offensive and the rise of far-right ideas, CGT, FSU and Solidaires
initiated a unitary union campaign January 29, 2014, which has since declined on a good
thirty departments in the form of training or joint interventions, often linked to Visa.
And 6 May were also held at the labor exchange Beziers unit meetings on "Far right, behind
the scenes," so that the union teams compare their experiences as part of municipalities
won by the extreme right in 2014.
The key is not to be limited to a moralizing, but do not get gangrene by the far-right
ideas, dare to put the debate by highlighting the obvious contradictions of the FN, to
combat discrimination in now, to live out solidarity and articulate them with union
struggles. In the sprint between us and the FN, the labor movement has a clear
responsibility to meet the challenge of building a class and mass anti-fascism.
Gabriel L (AL Paris-Northeast)
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