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(en) France, UCL press release: Faced with political repression, let's defend the freedom of expression of the social movement! (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
Date
Sun, 5 May 2024 08:19:58 +0300
The LFI deputy Danièle Obono, the Trotskyist activist Anasse Kazib, the
journalist Sihame Assbague, the Franco-Palestinian activist Rima Hassan,
the Solidaires-Etudiant·es EHESS union, the CGT trade unionist Jean-Paul
Delescaut... In recent weeks, more in addition to activists in
solidarity with the Palestinian cause were attacked for "apology of
terrorism". We tried to smear them, to gag them, and with them, the
entire anti-colonialist movement is attacked.
This Thursday, April 18, a conference was to be held at the University
of Lille, organized by La France insoumise and the Libre Palestine
association, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Palestinian activist Rima
Hassan. An arc of alliance bringing together elected representatives
from the PS on the far right mobilized to cancel the meeting: criticism
against the Free Palestine logo, amalgamation between anti-Zionism and
anti-Semitism, refusal of the possibility of holding political debates
at the 'University...
The university administration ended up canceling the event. In the
process, the prefect prohibited Jean-Luc Mélenchon from organizing a
meeting outside to protest against this cancellation. The same day, the
secretary of the CGT du Nord, Jean-Paul Delescaut, was sentenced to one
year of suspended imprisonment for "apology of terrorism". His crime? A
leaflet from the CGT 59 after the Palestinian offensive of October 7,
2023, in which it analyzed it as a response to Israeli colonization policy.
Defending the Palestinian cause is legitimate
We unequivocally condemn any anti-Semitic drift that occurs in the name
of the Palestinian cause. But solidarity with a people who are victims
of colonization is legitimate. Fighting for Palestine means fighting
against our own imperialism, given our responsibility for the
instability of the region, from the Sikes-Picot agreements to the Suez
expedition. A solidarity of principle which is in no way blind and
unconditional support for either the policies or the military choices of
Palestinian organizations.
While the policy of the Israeli government and army is described as
"genocide" even at the UN and Israeli settler militias have murdered
several hundred people in the West Bank in recent months, the pressure
in France is ever increasing. strong against all those who stand in
solidarity with the Palestinian people and affirm their legitimate right
to resistance. Law which cannot justify war crimes. Among the
ideological weapons used massively by defenders of Netanyahu's fascist
government in France is the assimilation of any attempt to explain the
violence to ideological support for Hamas. Or the assertion that any
criticism against the State of Israel amounts to anti-Semitism.
This complicity between Macron and Netanyahu can only increase
anti-Semitism in our country from where it has unfortunately never
disappeared, while racist discrimination is not considered in the same
way by the State and Muslims are become the scapegoats for all the ills
of this country.
The authoritarian hardening of the French state is getting worse. On the
one hand, violent police repression against demonstrations. On the other
hand, the disqualification of any dissident voice, included in the
umbrella of "terrorism". A dangerous democratic retreat targeting
environmental activists, trade unionists and internationalists.
UCL provides its full support to the political, union and association
activists being prosecuted, and calls for an end to political, media and
legal attacks against all actors in the solidarity movement with the
Palestinian people.
Libertarian Communist Union, April 20, 2024.
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Face-a-la-repression-politique-defendons-la-liberte-d-expression-du-mouvement
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