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“And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The starving peasant, outside the class system is the first among the exploited to discover that only violence pays. For him there is no compromise, no possible coming to terms; colonization and decolonization is simply a question of relative strength.”  ―  Frantz Fanon,  The Wretched of the Earth And to the "Marxists" in these threads: “The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.”    ―  Frantz Fanon,  The Wretched of the Earth   How to take on fascism without getting played Excerpt: "Fascism grows in polarized times The growth of polarization makes it possible for haters to come out from the margin...

Link:  Macron Announces Wage Hikes, Tax Cuts Amid "Economic, Social State Of Emergency" " " When violence is unleashed, freedom ends ," said Macron - while acknowledging that there is a "deep anger" at the French government that is justified - yet which should not devolve into violence." It appears that les gilets jaunes have a different perspective of the role that violence has played in their protests against neoliberalism at 5:40.

Link:  Yellow Vests Rise Against Neo-Liberal ‘King’ Macron  by Diana Johnstone "For centuries, the “left” hoped popular movements would lead to changes for the better. Today, many leftists seem terrified of popular movements for change, convinced “populism” must lead to “fascism.” But it needn’t be so" Excerpt:   “I’m more worried about the end of the month than about the end of the world.” After the second Yellow Vest Saturday, November 25, which saw more demonstrators and more tear gas, the Minister in charge of the budget, Gérard Darmanin, declared that what had demonstrated on the Champs-Elysée was “la peste brune”, the brown plague, meaning fascists. (For those who enjoy excoriating the French as racist, it should be noted that Darmanin is of Algerian working class origins). This remark caused an uproar of indignation that revealed just how great is public sympathy for the movement – over 70% approval by latest polls, even after uncontrolled vandalism. Macr...

ZCommunications » Yellow Vest Protest Movement Exposes Inequality Excerpt: "The organized Left showed little sympathy for this, self-organized, autonomous (albeit amorphous) uprising of desperate and angry lower middle class people who, out of long experience, reject domination by union and party leaders. Plus, they live in places no one has heard of and sing the Marseillaise (originally a revolutionary song, but who remembers?) More, the color “Yellow” used to stand for “scab unions.” So the unions and Left parties, as usual embroiled in infighting among each other, instead of supporting the Yellow Vests’ struggle against Macron and offering leadership by example, left the field open to the Right. LePen’s people (also embroiled in internal squabbles) attempted to manipulate the movement and made little headway, as did belatedly Melanchon. France in Crisis? Hegemonic Balance Sheet: An autocratic President without a party or a mandate. Crowds calling for him to resign. A...