French Trade Unions Respond To Fascist Attacks In Paris - PopularResistance.Org
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French trade unions and antifascist organizations have launched a wave of mobilizations following a violent assault by far-right groups on young activists on Sunday, February 16. The attack, carried out by around 20 fascist thugs, targeted attendees of a film screening organized by Young Struggle and the Turkish Migrant Workers Cultural Association (ACTIT) in Paris. The assailants beat several audience members and stabbed one of them, a member of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT). While some attempted to frame the attackers as members of the Turkish neo-fascist Grey Wolves organization, activists on the ground identified markings linked to French far-right groups.

While some attempted to frame the attackers as members of the Turkish neo-fascist Grey Wolves organization, activists on the ground identified markings linked to French far-right groups.

However, workers’ organizations have made it clear that they will not rely on mainstream politicians to resist these violent trends. Instead, they have announced more mobilizations alongside antifascist networks. “We will give them no ground—not in our cities, not in our neighborhoods, not in our workplaces, and not in our struggles,” Solidaires declared.