RageAgainst
9th January 2006, 22:14
I have come to this forum expressly to find answers to questions that are giving me grief and causing me to question values I have held for a long time. I may come across as rough but my intentions are not bad. I have been a militant in revolutionary left movements in the past and there is a tradition of struggle in my family, So please bare with me however visceral I get. I cannot stand right wing hipocracy and often argue with people. Please do not misunderstand where I am coming from in this post. I am by no means trying to bait people. I just want to get some hard answers to quite visceral matters.
The fact is, I am furious about recent events in France. At first, I sympathised with the "revolt" of immigrant youth in the suburbs who have been subjected to decades of abuse and lack of opportunities. Life has been hard for them and any aspirations to better their situation have been squashed by 2 types of rascism; The institutional and the personal.
However, I feel that this revolt can in no way be compared to 68 and is in fact destined to cause great strife in france with possibly repercussions abroad. The latest news that has caused concern across France is that of the train "assaults". As a kind of follow up to the riots, on the 1st of january 60 "Suburban youths" ran rampage on a train between Nice and marseille, robbing, beating, threatening with knives, and sexually assaulting part of the 600 white passengers. A veritable trip to hell.
When the 30 minute ordeal was over, girls got off the train with black eyes telling stories of having been thrown around, "racially" abused and sexually assaulted. Most people were too intimidated to press charges and few arrests were made. A week later it has happened again on a train outside Paris, again with most of the aggressors walking free. This time 20 youths ran rampage robbing and beating and expressing their hatred for white France. they weren't attacking people coming back from a Le Pen rally, They were attacking people in general.
In my opinion it is now pointless to talk about why it has happened and what new projects for integration can be set up. The damage is far to deep, the hatred felt by these marginilized people is too strong. They hate France and consequently see white people as their enemy, not just the authorities, but white people in general. The message of the train assaults is just that. Anyone who says I am going too far should try and go for a walk in one of the suburbs where the riots took place. When they surround You just tell them you are left wing and their "friend" and all will turn out OK, I'm sure.
Where is all this going to end? there is no workers movement leading the way in a struggle for improved living standards, beside which the "revolt" can raise it's banner, and I believe fear is taking hold outside the mentioned suburbs and across France. It is this fear that can turn to backlash and can play directly into the hands of the fascists like Le Pen. In fact, this is the opportunity the FN has been waiting for. "Barbarism sweeping the nation at the hand of unpleasant violent and hateful immigrants who hate us".
People are being driven towards their politics. There is a section of society in France, that is now seen by the rest, as a threat. Fascism could be an answer for these people. A way of getting rid of the problem (That society has created).
What is the answer?
The fact is, I am furious about recent events in France. At first, I sympathised with the "revolt" of immigrant youth in the suburbs who have been subjected to decades of abuse and lack of opportunities. Life has been hard for them and any aspirations to better their situation have been squashed by 2 types of rascism; The institutional and the personal.
However, I feel that this revolt can in no way be compared to 68 and is in fact destined to cause great strife in france with possibly repercussions abroad. The latest news that has caused concern across France is that of the train "assaults". As a kind of follow up to the riots, on the 1st of january 60 "Suburban youths" ran rampage on a train between Nice and marseille, robbing, beating, threatening with knives, and sexually assaulting part of the 600 white passengers. A veritable trip to hell.
When the 30 minute ordeal was over, girls got off the train with black eyes telling stories of having been thrown around, "racially" abused and sexually assaulted. Most people were too intimidated to press charges and few arrests were made. A week later it has happened again on a train outside Paris, again with most of the aggressors walking free. This time 20 youths ran rampage robbing and beating and expressing their hatred for white France. they weren't attacking people coming back from a Le Pen rally, They were attacking people in general.
In my opinion it is now pointless to talk about why it has happened and what new projects for integration can be set up. The damage is far to deep, the hatred felt by these marginilized people is too strong. They hate France and consequently see white people as their enemy, not just the authorities, but white people in general. The message of the train assaults is just that. Anyone who says I am going too far should try and go for a walk in one of the suburbs where the riots took place. When they surround You just tell them you are left wing and their "friend" and all will turn out OK, I'm sure.
Where is all this going to end? there is no workers movement leading the way in a struggle for improved living standards, beside which the "revolt" can raise it's banner, and I believe fear is taking hold outside the mentioned suburbs and across France. It is this fear that can turn to backlash and can play directly into the hands of the fascists like Le Pen. In fact, this is the opportunity the FN has been waiting for. "Barbarism sweeping the nation at the hand of unpleasant violent and hateful immigrants who hate us".
People are being driven towards their politics. There is a section of society in France, that is now seen by the rest, as a threat. Fascism could be an answer for these people. A way of getting rid of the problem (That society has created).
What is the answer?