International of Anarchist Federations: Press releace: Regard Black - Anarchist Federation (fr)

Past the shock and fear, it is difficult to find words that do not ring hollow after the 
evening of 13 November. If we know that other killings occur frequently in the world, so 
if we are internationalist solidarity with the victims of the attacks in Ankara, Nairobi, 
Suruç, Beirut, Tunis and elsewhere, we can not pretend that these attacks we had not 
particularly affected. As a Parisian militant attacks have hit places we frequent, streets 
that we walk, hit of knowledge, comrades and friends. We will say things as we feel them 
and believe. ---- We assure the families and relatives of the victims our sympathy. We 
realize that this will not change much for them and them, but it may help us make sense of
it all. ---- Keeping a cool head is not easy under the avalanche of media discourse and 
politicians who, under the pretext of solidarity, trying to exploit our emotion. What 
these discourses work to obscure is that the attacks are the result of a political, 
economic and social situation:

the roots of these murderous acts plunge into war, poverty, stigma and exclusion in France 
and in the countries in which it operates militarily. The ideologues who use religion to 
guide the resentments generated for their own political, economic and military thrive on 
that basis. Actually prevent these killings, it is above all fight against the conditions 
that made them possible. France is at war for a long time, Mali, Central Africa, including 
Syria. The measures and reactionary discourse in France for years, reinforce the 
stigmatization and exclusion of Muslims or similar. The anti-social policies of successive 
governments, the war for the poor and workers led by the bourgeoisie completes the recipe 
for this explosive cocktail which our leaders, all parties are responsible.

We must not give in to civil war logic. Like in the attacks in January, the main goal 
sought by the sponsors of the attacks is to reinforce the stigmatization of Muslims hoping 
us get into a war of civilizations logic, and to establish their influence on these 
marginalized populations. This is not relativize the facts to note that the majority of 
victims are Muslim attacks, in Muslim-majority countries. The speeches on the closure of 
mosques called fundamentalist or radical build an immediate parallel between 
"fundamentalist" and "terrorist", the transition from one to the other being presented as 
a simple slip, while the use of armed violence proceeds a different logic. In fact, 
through this type of speeches, about the "refusal of amalgam," are just hypocrisy.
Let us not be fooled by the political campaign for national unity. Co-responsible for 
these attacks are now in power in the media, and all political parties: the Left Front 
which supported military interventions, the National Front which everyone knows the 
positions. By encouraging the stigmatization of those considered as "foreign" by attacking 
people from other countries, and more generally contributing to social inequality, the 
ruling class has a major responsibility. Their unity allowed our demonstrations and 
stigmatize migrants. Unions withdraw their calls to strike and threats to the social 
movement become more insistent. Their unity is a matter of communication for us to accept 
the state of emergency.

On the other hand, we consider that the attacks of November 13 may have targeted France, 
but it is the proletariat which was mainly affected by, through its places of living and 
leisure. It is neither the Senate nor the Fouquet's, which were hit. These are ours, in 
their diversity, who have been victims of these attacks. The French state is not suddenly 
become our ally. Remember the past repressive measures after the attacks of January. The 
State which is as our defense does not protect us as much as it claims, since its very 
existence and action is the basis of inequality and injustice, conditions such massacres.
Now what to do? How not to give in to the media and political sirens? How to fight so that 
such events are no longer possible? How to resist the xenophobic offensive that is sure to 
sweep? We need to get out of the logic of the "clash of civilizations" promoted, whether 
they admit it or not, by the French ruling classes, and taken over by the Islamic State. 
Our camp has not changed, our allies are not, and will never be in power. In the struggles 
that lie ahead, our place is firmly alongside repressed unionists, collective resistance 
to the war to the poor, of migrants, Muslim or similar fighting against stigma, and all 
who are under attack because of their beliefs or origins.

This social camp is that of solidarity among the rest of us from below that can live only 
modest means who suffer injustice every day from above. Today as yesterday, and tomorrow, 
we must come together, join us and organize to fight the ills that society, by pulsing or 
joining solidarity associations, local self-help and support networks more oppressed. 
Engage, advocate, make freedom and equality concrete values in the acts of daily life.
We must not accept orders to stay at home, not to act, to "let the police do their job." 
Instead, we must come together to show that the division of our class attempts do not, 
they are murderers in power or illegal assassins. The bombing of retaliation against Daesh 
show that our leaders do not count change how they act. Their front line is not ours. If 
front line there must be, it must be against the state, whether Islamic or not. Civil war 
will not take place.

We need hope. The spontaneous expressions of solidarity, donations of blood, "open", calls
for peace, the crowds gathered in tribute to victims repulsive fascists in Metz and Lille, 
are all positive notes. Growing these flashes of solidarity against fear and security 
order advocated by our enemies. Anarchists need to stand up against injustice when they 
hit and where it came from. If the political situation takes the path of attack, state or 
not, against immigrants, believers or progressive activists, our enemies will find us in 
their path.

Courage, the bad days will end.

Black Regard Group Anarchist Federation 
http://www.regardnoir.org/passes-le-choc-et-la-frayeur/

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