I have a busy day ahead of me so i don’t really have much time to translate
a longer text – plus i have found that increasing mainstream coverage coupled
with bizarrely-scanty left-wing coverage from France actually means i don’t
have a pile of stuff waiting to be worked on.
What i did find below was interesting for two reasons. First off, ATTAC
is a social-democratic network of groups against globalization – not a place
i would expect any kind of radical discourse. Second of all, apart from the
gripe some sticklers might have that they are accusing “ultra-liberalism”
instead of “capitalism”, i think this kind of statement is exemplary – no
calls to vote for so-and-so, no calls for peace and calm, no “even-handed”
condemnation of both sides, just a “public and unambiguous” declaration of
solidarity.
One can find good things in the most unexpected of places!
Communiqué from ATTAC Béthune, November 6th 205
ATTAC Béthune Audomarois publicly and unambiguously declares its
solidarity with the people in the poor suburbs, victims of the system of
Mr Sarkozy and his friends. The logic of ultra-liberalism always leads to
lies, suffering, marginalization and violence. Today we are seeing the results. ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE
This originally came from my blog - Sketchy Thoughts
- and is one of a number of pieces i wrote or translated regarding the
riots that rocked France in October and November 2005. To see the a complete
list of such posts, i suggest you check out the 2005 Riots In France page on the Kersplebedeb
site.