The result of the presidential election will inevitably affect our living
and working conditions as well as our struggles. The canditate for the
Right party finally won, including many of the Extreme Right’s nauseating
ideas in his discourse and programme.

The themes and the results of this election confirm that the French society
and political life have drifted to the right.

In this situation, the Left is totally unable to suggest a alternative, be
it political, social or economical. This is all the more terrible that many
workers and and many from the lower classes have voted for this canditate
who, using demagogy or confusing them, managed to appear as the
providential man bringing answers and solutions to their everyday problems
and their fearful futures. Yet, these people cannot expect anything from
this new president and his programme!

In his very first discourse, the futur president listed the founding ideas
of his society project: work, authority, morale, merit, national identity.
So many values that fit the interests of the ruling classes and a
reactionary nationalist society project.

Inevitably the inequalities will go on growing, precarity will develop, the
demolition of the public services and of the social protection will be
accelerated. This moralism, tinged with religion, will reinforce their hold
on society and the repressive and security tendencies will grow, making
even more victims among the immigrants and the illegal residents. Very
concrete measures will quickly follow if we don’t oppose them:
reconsideration of the work code, attacks against the right to strike with
the implementation of the ’mimimum service’ in the public transports, and
a new tax shield in favour of the rich. So many measures that will greatly
affect the workers and the lower classes and that will reinforce that
inegaliterian capitalist society.

Rage and struggle rather than resignation!

In such a situation, we know that only a power struggle on the social level
can change things and avoid that France undergo the same ultra-liberal
experience as England in the 80s with Thatcher. It is necessary to stop the
wait-and-see attitude that is so frequent after elections, we must organise
and demonstrate, go on strike, occupy places in order to stop the liberal
and security wave that is coming at us. We must defend what remains of our
public services and our social protection system. Let’s count only on
ourselves and on our struggles, everyday, in our neighbourhoods, at our
work places, in order to create an autonomous and emancipating social
movement that will contain other ideas and a different society project.

They get tougher, and so will our struggles!
The countdown is set off!