A-Infos (en) France, UCL press release: anaky: a revolt against colonialist maneuvers (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

As in 1984, Kanaky is set ablaze. The revision of the electoral body, 
which aims to further reduce the political weight of the Kanak 
population, has ignited the powder. As in 1984, Kanaky is set ablaze. 
The revision of the electoral body, which aims to further reduce the 
political weight of the Kanak population, has ignited the powder. 
Repression will do nothing; solidarity is necessary; independence the 
only way. ---- The "thaw of the electorate" prepared for several months 
by the French State means expanding the electorate in Kanaky to 
integrate the latest arrivals, the majority from France, accentuating 
the minority position of the Kanaks on the political plan. This is an 
essential objective for any settlement colonization: for 171 years, the 
French state first decimated the Kanak, then organized the replacement 
of the indigenous population by waves of immigration.

The constitutional bill is still under discussion in the National 
Assembly. The objective is to authorize anyone who has lived in the 
territory for ten years to become a voter. This adds more than 25,000 
new voters to an electoral list of 180,000; it's considerable.

Mobilization of the Kanak diaspora on May 1, 2024 in Paris
cc Patrice Leclerc/Social movement photo library
The Nouméa Accords of 1998 were supposed to launch a twenty-year 
decolonization process, culminating in a series of 3 referendums on the 
full sovereignty of Kanaky.

But as always, the stakes being far too high, colonialism will only 
withdraw under duress. He must buy time, drown the fish, divide the 
independence forces, create illusions internationally. Forty years 
already separate us from the Kanak uprising of 1984. Darmanin's warnings 
about "foreign interference" - Chinese, Azerbaijani - do not fool us. 
This is classic rhetoric to discredit independence struggles.

Unconditional solidarity with the Kanak people
The mobilizations are increasing in Kanaky, but have so far struggled to 
be heard in France, where the colonial policy of the French state has 
gone silent. We must support the peoples fighting for their independence 
against imperialism, and place decolonial struggles at the heart of our 
demands. This State, with one hand, represses the French people in 
France, and with the other maintains thousands of people in a situation 
of subjection, preventing their access to the most fundamental rights, 
namely the right to their history, to land, culture, dignity and 
self-determination.

We express our opposition to the thawing of the electoral body in 
Kanaky. We reexpress our unconditional solidarity with the Kanak people 
in their struggle for independence. And more generally, we express this 
same solidarity with all the peoples and anti-colonialist organizations, 
from the UTG to the FLNKS, who suffer and fight against the policy of 
the French State, whether in the so-called "territories of overseas" or 
in former colonies still under influence.

Complete solidarity with the rebels! 171 years of colonial occupation, 
that's enough: independence now!

Libertarian Communist Union, May 10, 2024

To know more:

"Kanaky: the settlers want to remain settlers, what a scoop!», 
Libertarian Alternative, January 2022.
"Referendum in Kanaky: false victory but real disavowal of French 
colonialism", UCL press release, December 17, 2021.
"Kanaky: new victorious defeat", Libertarian Alternative, November 2020.
"Kanaky towards independence", united press release from French 
anti-colonialist organizations, October 7, 2020.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Kanaky-une-revolte-contre-les-manoeuvres-colonialistes
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