[We present a hurried translation of this statement from the parents of a French activist who remains in a coma after the police violence of March 25.]

Communiqué from the parents of Serge (S.) on March 29, 2023

Following the injury caused by a GM2L grenade, during the demonstration of March 25, 2023 organized in Sainte-Soline against the irrigation basin projects, our son Serge is currently in a hospital fighting for his life.

We filed a complaint for attempted murder, voluntary obstruction of the arrival of the emergency services; and for violation of professional secrecy within the framework of a police investigation, and misappropriation of information contained in a file for that purpose.

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Following the various articles published in the press, many of which are inaccurate or misleading, we would like to make it known that:

- Yes, Serge is on the "S" list (“State Security” watch list)—like thousands of activists in today's France.

- Yes, Serge has had legal problems—like most people who fight against the established order.

- Yes, Serge has participated in many anti-capitalist demonstrations—like millions of young people around the world who think that a good revolution would not be too much, and like the millions of workers currently struggling against the pension reform in France.

We believe that these are not criminal acts that would sully our son, but on the contrary that these acts are to his credit.

Serge's parents
March 29, 2023

France in Flames

https://crimethinc.com/FranceinFlames

In #France, a powerful movement has erupted in response to an attempt to raise the retirement age. While millions have gone on strike and poured into the streets, President Emmanuel Macron and his henchmen have attempted to crush this movement by escalating police violence to lethal extremes. In this report, we offer a chronology of the events of the past week, including a translation of an account by one participant in the movement and a statement from the parents of another who remains in a coma.

We offer a translation of a second statement by Serge’s comrades, released March 29.

https://crimethinc.com/2023/03/30/france-in-flames-macron-attempts-to-crush-the-movement-against-the-pension-reform-with-lethal-violence-1#appendix-an-update-about-serge

"While our comrade Serge continues fighting for the life that the state attempted to take away from him, we are witnessing a new outpouring of violence against him. The media are attempting to depict him as a man who should be killed…

"The bourgeois media continue endlessly parroting words carefully chosen by the state in order to construct, out of thin air, the enemy that it wants to fight. Their false front will crumble in the face of the many narratives that have corrected and and rewritten the course of events. The police used grenades with the specific purpose of inflicting physical and mental harm upon the protesters; they are responsible for preventing emergency responders from evacuating the injured, even if that meant leaving our comrades to die…"

Drone footage shows that Brent Scarborough Company has begun clearcutting the Weelaunee forest in Atlanta, Georgia. The city government has overseen the murder of Tortuguita, the charging of dozens of activists with terrorism for as little as occupying a tree or attending a music festival, and now they are hurrying to destroy the forest before a public reckoning takes place.

As species go extinct by the thousand, as hurricanes and forest fires and other disasters exacerbated by climate change tear through your community, when you find yourself living in a concrete wasteland, remember—none of this was inevitable. These tragedies are the direct consequence of the decisions of self-seeking politicians, corporate profiteers, and armed mercenaries—specific individuals who have names and addresses. They are making the earth uninhabitable in pursuit of personal gain, imposing the consequences on the rest of us.

We owe it to the future of all living things to stop them.

https://crimethinc.com/ForestintheCity

This aerial footage shows the beauty and majesty of the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, Georgia and the destruction that Brent Scarborough Company is inflicting upon it at the behest of the same politicians who sent the police to murder Tortuguita and charge the other activists defending the forest with "terrorism." Rather than addressing the ecological or economic crises that threaten our communities, they aim to suppress all protest by means of brute force.

Brent Scarborough Company is working for Brasfield and Gorrie, insured by Scottsdale Insurance Company. This butchery is funded by an array of corporate donors whose names can be found online.

To learn more:
https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/

#StopCopCity
#DefendtheForest

Francja w płomieniach
Macron próbuje zdławić ruch przeciwko reformie emerytalnej zabójczą siłą

https://crimethinc.com/2023/03/30/fracja-w-plomieniach-macron-probuje-zdlawic-ruch-przeciwko-reformie-emerytalnej-zabojcza-sila-1

We Francji wybuchł potężny ruch w odpowiedzi na próbę podniesienia wieku emerytalnego. Podczas gdy miliony strajkowały i wylały się na ulice, prezydent Emmanuel Macron i jego poplecznicy próbowali ten ruch zdławić, eskalując policyjną przemoc do śmiertelnych ekstremów. W poniższym raporcie oferujemy chronologię wydarzeń z ostatniego tygodnia, w tym tłumaczenie relacji jednego z uczestników ruchu i oświadczenie rodziców innego, który nadal leży w śpiączce.

#Polski