A-Infos (en) France, Lamouette Enragee: Regarding Robert Badinter and the Socialist Party: "From the death penalty to punishment until death" (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In their weekly radio program, our colleagues at L'Égrégore revisit 
Robert Badinter's entry into the Panthéon and offer a critical 
perspective on the record of the left in power regarding prison policy. 
The Socialist Party, now in decline, nevertheless intends to remain in 
the game; this is the essence of its self-proclaimed role as an 
auxiliary to Macron's policies. With local elections approaching, the 
familiar refrain of the broadest possible, and therefore least 
discerning, unity to block the far right at the ballot box is already 
being sunganother opportunity for the Socialist Party to polish its 
image with a left-wing electorate that remains as anxious as it is 
forgetful.

This radio program thus provides us with the opportunity to recall that, 
in criminal matters, as in all others, the left's political record has 
been undeniable. Let's not forget that it was during the Mitterrand 
years that the far right in France regained an electoral strength that 
has never waned since.

Under the left, the number of incarcerations literally exploded, rising 
rapidly from 40,000 prisoners at the end of the 1970s to 60,000 by the 
beginning of the 1980s, reaching 85,000 today. Throughout this period, 
the length of sentences has only increased, some becoming irrevocable...

To those who never miss an opportunity to challenge us, deeming 
criticism of the left sterile and the electoral game unavoidable, we 
reply, if it still needed demonstrating, that parliamentary categories 
are illusory and misleading. Rightly so, our comrade reminds us that the 
only path to emancipation is through the balance of power, whether 
inside prisons, in businesses, neighborhoods, the streets, or society as 
a whole!

Note that this program was recorded before Sarkozy's incarceration in 
the VIP wing.

To listen to the program: 
https://audio.radioprimitive.fr/egregore/20251020-egregore-emission-du-20-octobre-2025.mp3

To further explore this topic, we recommend reading two books by our 
colleague Nadia Ménenger:

To Those Who Believe Themselves Free. L'Insomniaque Publishing. 224 
pages. 2009

Freedom Cannot Begged For: The Flight, 2001-2008. With Olivier Cueto. 
L'Insomniaque Publishing. 304 pages. 2022.

Boulogne-sur-Mer, October 31, 2025

https://lamouetteenragee.noblogs.org/post/2025/10/31/a-propos-de-robert-badinter-et-du-parti-socialiste-de-la-peine-de-mort-a-la-peine-jusqua-la-mort/
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