We live in a context where the far right is practically on the verge of power, supported largely by the mainstream right. This situation stems from the funding of the bourgeoisie, which owns and therefore controls almost the entire media apparatus, through channels like CNews and BFM TV, radio stations like Europe 1, journalism schools, publishing houses like Hachette, and so on.
These « information » tools exploit immigration, portraying workers from other parts of the world as responsible for « crime » or the « overburdening » of public services, for « stealing jobs from nationals, » for « welfare abuse, » for the « Islamization of France, » etc., in order to divert public attention from the real problems, to distract us from the class struggle, while sowing division among workers and the general population.
Macron, who was elected thanks to the votes of left-wing voters in 2017 and again in 2022, supposedly to be a « protective dam against fascism » (which leads people in France to say that left-wing voters are « leaky beavers »), has become radicalized towards that very far right, through figures like the successive Police Ministers Darmanin, Retaillau, and others, who are implementing xenophobic laws, ordering roundups of undocumented migrants, and so on. This approach clearly demonstrates the mechanism for controlling the population and establishing authoritarianism, whether through the various « security » campaigns and policies of all governments, or through the massive use of anti-immigration rhetoric to maintain bourgeois power. Racism is also manifested by a rise in “Muslimophobia” (hatred against people presumed to be Muslim, which poorly conceals anti-Arab racism), fueled by the delusional « great replacement » theory. This theory absurdly claims that in France we are being invaded by Muslims and that we are undergoing Islamization, thus creating confusion between individuals (Muslims) and political activists (Islamists), who constitute a tiny minority rejected by almost the entire population living in France, including among migrants.
These fabricated narratives plunge « national » workers into fear of false enemies, diverting attention from the real problems: capitalism, profit, the dictatorship of money, the State, the government, etc.
We are also witnessing a rise in antisemitism, fueled by images of massacres of the Palestinian population perpetrated by the Israeli nationalist far right, as well as the spread of conspiracy theories. Attempts by the Power (authorities, mainstream medias, influencial intellectuals) to silence all criticism of the criminal policies of the Israeli government only add fuel to the fire and feed these conspiracy theories. These theories are shared through unlikely convergences, even temporary alliances, between the nationalist far right (such as the group gravitating around the neo-nazi activist Soral), and the Islamist or pro-Islamist far right (such as « Les Indigènes de la République »). It is true that they share a common denominator: conspiracy theories fueled by their pathological antisemitism. These far-right groups are very active on social media, where they spread their poison on a large scale.
All of this is just a fabrication, a creation of imaginary enemies by the capitalist masters to divide the workers and divert them from the struggle against capital.
This authoritarianism and subjugation of the population are clearly manifested by the strengthening of police control and the militarization of the population—that is, the systematic use of violence during street checks and during demonstrations (stun guns, iron bars, batons, tear gas). We witnessed this during the brutal repression of popular movements such as the Yellow Vests between 2018 and 2021, or during the environmental protest in Saint-Soline, where several people were seriously injured. Criminal and racist police acts, such as the murder of Nahël in Nanterre, shot at point-blank range, illustrate these state-sanctioned killings. The extremely brutal repression of the current student movement is yet another demonstration of this « state terror » against the population that dares to revolt, especially when it comes from working-class neighborhoods.
Not to mention the increase in racial profiling and the criminalization of working-class neighborhoods, which reinforce this state and social oppression. The police brutality is glorified in the mainstream media and in official discourse as a sign of strength, justifying their repression with the supposed « insecurity, » which is in reality created by the bourgeoisie itself through its system, which exploits and marginalizes workers and the general population every day, while offering no future to young people.
Faced with this, the only possible response is solidarity, collective and social organization, for the direct struggle against the State, the government, authoritarianism, capitalism, and the dictatorship of the monetary system. In other words, it is about putting an end to capitalism and the reign of exploitation, money, domination, and so on.It is about carrying out a social and libertarian revolution!
Long live the social revolution!
Long live libertarian communism!
Long live anarchy!
Long live freedom!
An anarchosyndicalist from a working-class neighbourhood of Paris banlieue
This text is excerpted from issue number seven of Al-Amal (Hope), the newsletter of the Sudanese Anarchist Collective, co-published by CNT-AIT France in collaboration with Tunisian anarchists.
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