to refer probably to the pasting of posters and stickers or the spray-painting of tags ), attacks “ disconnected from political motives ” as a member of Parliament regrets , plunging these men of power and their militants in a so appreciated embarrassment : “ We are getting echoes from the field that say us that people want to smash our faces in if they would recognize us in the streets or in bars . What are we going to do if this is true ? We cannot all go ask for police protection , can we ?” The multiple motives for these acts are obviously unfathomable , but that doesn ’ t forbids us of advancing some hypotheses . In these times , the governing party is being attacked “ by its left wing ”, which doesn ’ t many a big thing for sure , but at least it excludes reactionary and conservative motives for these attacks as happened during the opposition against the Marriage for Everybody in 2013 . Some of these attacks are against power as such , without doubts . And the others ? Acts of disappointed or disillusioned citizens , fruit of vengeance for a feeling of treason , expressions of rage against those responsible for a life of toil , will to “ settle scores ” with shady politicians , people who remember the “ promises ” and the “ common sense ” that has brought to to participate in the democratic mechanisms , hopes that say “ tomorrow , tomorrow it going to change ” and which remember each denied morning of joy , each lost moment that are outwearing their bodies … just some hypotheses . One of the stakes at play in the coming period ( with the presidential elections coming up in 9 months …), is to start from a diffuse hostility against a governing party , against certain representatives , to move on towards a refusal of the democratic system in its totality , to nip in the bud the attempts at recuperation and integration of this anger into politics , to widen up the list of those responsible for maintaining this disgusting society , to stir up the pride and the desire for other social relations , to make the heartfelt appeal of Louise Michel resonate : Power ! That ’ s using glass scissors to carve marble ! Come on ! To dominate is to be a tyrant , to be dominated is to be cowards ! The huge questions that derive from this are knowing how to turn a situation ( even during a limited time or in a limited space ) into an ungovernable one , and what could be an “ anti-electoral ” struggle in the year to come .
Further , you have to go further beyond the trees that imprison you and when you overcame them try to not stop any more . Further , always go further beyond the present that still chains you and when you will be relieved , then go on the road again . Further , always , much further , further than the next day which comes closer , and when you believe that you arrived , know to find new roads .
Week after week , the front demonstration was always more turned towards fighting ( with the police , sometimes with security groups , for some with journalists ), breaking ( urban furniture , shops and offices , surveillance cameras …) and distinguished itself also with an abundance of diverse and varied tags , showing a certain creativity and often tinged with humour , mocking , provocation and irony . Some examples : “ 1789 , the casseurs take the Bastille ”, “ If we throw ourselves with the devil in our body on the streets , it is because we refuse to live as dead people ”, “ We are the birds of the storm to come ”, “ It ’ s time to light the molotovs , Appollinaire ”, “ We have no time to sell it , fuck work ”, “ Our casseurs are talented ”, “ Tear the joy from the days that pass ”, “ Revolt will be convulsive or will not be ”, “ Here are your overdraft charges ” next to a destroyed ATM ,… Nevertheless , we are having trouble to imagine ( because of the organisation of the police forces , the zones where the demonstrations are taking place , their form etc .) how the demonstrations could go beyond what they are already . Although this is an important question , we will not go into it . However , the question we want to raise is to know why riots during demonstrations ( which unfortunately , the science of maintaining public order à la française succeeds in dealing with ) do not propagate , only prolong themselves just a little bit in other forms during the hours immediately afterwards , and to find the means to resolve this .
Another constant factor in this “ movement ” was the will to launch whenever it was possible wild demonstrations , which brought together a real diversity of people . There have been many wild demos in Paris , for example one that kicked off from a gathering in front of a school and that went spontaneously to attack two police stations in the vicinity , others that started from place de la République ( a gathering place during many weeks ), attacking one evening a police station and smashing up all banks , offices and shops on the way , burning another afternoon a cop car that crossed its path , another time going in front of the seat of the CFDT union ( hated by many ) to then smash it up another evening ( an action that was completed with a nocturnal attack against the seat of the union CGT , which is appreciated ambiguously by many persons in struggle because of the “ fighting ” aspects it manages to give itself . This attack was claimed by anarchists , an attack preceded and followed by other attacks against offices of the unions ). If sometimes it happened that the way taken by the wild demonstration is improvised on the moment , quite often certain people had precise ideas ( and with different reasons ) to go somewhere . Breaking and burning didn ’ t encounter hindering opposition during these demonstrations , with the participants acquiring a certain intelligence of the situation , agility and confidence , but the question of where to go , and to do what , should have been deepened . Because amongst the nice aspects of this kind of wild demonstrations , it is certain that during a short time ( generally the time that the police needs to control the zone and blocks off the demo ) possibilities open up .
But if we want to be free to act outside of wild demonstrations or situations of riots , if we want to emphasize
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