Thousands took the streets in Paris to support Young Struggle and ACTIT
Featured image: Young Struggle activists at the 22 February mobilization in Paris. Source: Young Struggle EU’s X account.
Thousands have mobilized in France after the fascist attack carried out on Sunday 16th of February. The attack against the Cultural Association of Turkish Immigrant Workers (ACTIT) and Young Struggle (YS) activists left one CGT unionist seriously injured. The attack interrupted a film screening session carried out in the ACTIT local.
This brutal and criminal attack has not prevented YS to carry out again the film screening which will take place today at 19:00.
After these events, the current French Interior Minister, Bruno Retailleau, was questioned about those events. Although his answer was not surprising, it was heavily disgusting and insulting for the anti-fascist activists: he said that “If there is a combat that should bring us together, it is the combat against violence, fascism, Nazism, far right… as well as against ‘ultra-left’.” By saying so, the Minister blamed the anti-fascist activists for the incident and criminalized them.
The fascist attack and the attitude by the French State has not deterred the masses in France to take the streets and many mobilizations have been carried out since the very February 16 when a spontaneous mobilization took place the same night of the attack:
Also a joint supportive statement signed by many different forces was issued:
Source: Social media
On February 17, a rally was called which was supported by many French organizations:
The rally was massive and lasted for hours:
For February 22 a new demonstration was called:
This demonstration has been supported by many organizations and has been massive, gathering more than 20,000 people in Paris:
The French State has attacked the demonstration. French police officers attempted to detain some of the protesters but they resisted and prevented the police to do so. As a result the police charged and spread tear gas on the YS activists:
