demonstrate on , the refusal to submit to these measures has been taken on publicly , for example through leaflets , graffiti , a call to organise to concretely support those who received bans and wanted to go to the demonstrations . This “ experimental ” measure has been no more respected than the “ ordinary ” legal supervision banning persons from a certain city or region which many have joyously transgressed . The “ diverted ” use of the emergency measures supposedly adopted “ to confront the terrorist threat ” made it clear for many that the state of emergency ( as well as all the other measures adopted in this “ emergency climate ”) are just another legal means in the arsenal of the State to maintain public order , to increase its control over who is threatening or could threaten him . The uninhibited and assumed transgression of these measures has also empirically showed that power grows from docility , from voluntary servitude , from the fact one accepts to obey . The joyous fights with the cops during the demonstrations , the flaming sabotage of demonstration the cops against the hate towards police , the repeated attacks on cop stations , have undermined a bit more the moral imperative to close ranks under the aegis of national unity . It seems important to mention two anecdotal , but meaningful facts here , which incarnate the multiplicity of motives – partly unfathomable – of the rage of those who went on the streets ( motives that , if one has to speak about it then rather do it from the start , were not limited to the working conditions , and even less to the Loi Travail , simply mocked by some ). During the wild demonstration on the 9 th of April ( aperitif at Valls ’ place ), we have seen two soldiers discovering all of a sudden the hostility towards them when they came out of their barracks , confident in their ability to handle the situation , and were forced to rush back inside . And after some demonstration on the 12 th of May , a handful of soldiers preventing access to the Army Museum on the Place des Invalides , won for some minutes the monopole on the hurling of projectiles while being copiously insulted . This opportunist reactions – sometimes numbers make strength … – provoking a scandal , symbolically blew to smithereens the blackmail the State is imposing to each of its subjects when declaring the state of emergency ( and therefore , the omnipresence of military patrols ) and that , by means of propaganda , it is trying hard to present as a silent pact accepted by all , because necessary : indeed , who attacks the one to which he voluntary entrusts his protection and of which he accepts the presence ?
We , the children of tomorrow , how could we feel at home today ? We see with an evil eye all ideals that could lead to feel oneself at home in this moment of fragile , broken transition ; and concerning its “ realities ”, we do not believe that they will last . The ice that is still supporting the people today has become too thin ; the winds that are bringing the thaw are blowing ; we ourselves who are homeless form a force that breaks the ice and all other too thin “ realities ”.
For the first time in a few months , the terrorist threat is not the subject that through big rounds of propaganda introduces itself by force into daily discussion , but it is the “ social question ” and the negative this society is generating that is on top . This “ social question ” and the violent and numerous “ incidents ” ( as say the opinion makers ) have occupied during several months a big place in opinion , that is to say , in the opinion everybody makes up from a distance about the facts presented by journalists , experts and politicians , and which were brightening up the discussions and chatter in daily life . Certainly , opinion sustains passivity , that is its role in current society : to keep everybody passive , keep ideas and acts at a distance . It is nothing surprising then that even if everybody is affected , many do not care , even if in their cities , not everything has stayed quiet ( 1 ). But as the State governs also through daily opinion , one has to acknowledge a change of climate during several months : on the front news wasn ’ t any more the terrorist threat and the new anti-terrorist measures , but the wave of protest and revolt taking place in the country . That changes something .
All other considerations set aside , the negative acting during this movement is precious in the sense that it saw discord in a climate of domestication and closing ranks in the minds . These last months , it is not exaggerated to say that the disgusting blackmail of the State “ with the terrorists or with us ” has somewhat been ousted , in the minds and during discussions , and replaced with another rift that crossed here and there society and allowed to break a bit this ice , polar cold for subversion : “ or with the State and its status quo , or for revolt ”. These last months , during the moments with friends and on places of sociability ( bars , squares , working places …), it was starting from acts of revolt ( lived directly , heard of from mouth to ear or known of through divers media ) that discussions and debates started , and not from perceivable demands or political proposals carried by the “ movement ”. This is something not to be underestimated . Surely , all these acts do not show an irreducible antagonism between the world of authority and the one of freedom , but we can note ( during the handing out of newspapers in the usual places ) that speaking about tension towards freedom or about subverting the current order takes another turn , you are no longer perceived as an extraterrestrial , it arouses an increased interest amongst some people , or even creates a light sort of complicity instead of the usual denial of its existence . A good start , we could say to sum up .
“ Let ’ s not rearrange work , let ’ s generalise laziness ” “ We are or those who make love in the afternoon ” “ We want retirement at the age of 13 ” “ Work is the best of all police . Down with both ”
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