We are currently experiencing few days, those that can not cross a few occasions in his life. What happened in Tunisia, Egypt, what is happening now in Libya - pending no doubt that sparks smoldering everywhere, from the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf, growing up in turn - is henceforth already comparable to that faced by the countries of Eastern Europe at the turn of the 80 and 90. The contagion of revolt from one country to another, even those thought to be unshakable, leaves no room for doubt: our neighbors across the Mediterranean has entered a revolutionary process, which no one can predict the outcome. After Tunisia, we were told Egypt impregnable then it was time for Libya to be cited as examples of countries where the revolt could take. You could indulge in a little cruel game consisting in identifying forums and interviews with experts telling us in recent weeks, why the revolution could spread to any country in fact blazing up the next day or two . Cruel game and easy: very clever, who could have predicted these events, as they are the result of dynamics at work in depth but hardly noticeable from our shores, as the weight of fear, a priori and prejudice sometimes makes it difficult to understand what is happening on our doorstep. A young generation who rose transgresses and transcends the alternative, some contrived to present as inevitable, between political Islam and secular pseudo-dictatorship. That these supposed bastions against Islamism are, in fact, well accommodated of what they were supposed to contain only very few people visibly annoyed. Today, all the little arrangements with Western morality are swept away by these mixed crowds who throng the places of the capital to demand, simply, the freedom to live as they wish, without God, nor Caesar, nor tribune, to use a familiar formula.
The impossible has become possible, but this does not mean that the worst is now rejected. The wind of freedom and democracy is fragile, more than ever, will be a battle. Every revolution poses the risk of a cons-revolution. The cons-revolution that threatens these people, we can already guess: the union of the old oligarchies just reversed, and political Islam and hoping to fill the void left. More disorder succeeding the last dictatorships and install, this risk will be great. So there is a race against the clock, which begins upon the tyrants fell: the race for the rapid organization of transparent elections, the establishment of constituent assemblies, which can restore order and democratic citizen on the ruins of ancient power. Progressive parties around the world, and especially Europe, must ask themselves how they can make themselves useful in this context, without getting lost in endless internal debates on domestic and relevance of their intervention, amid bad post-colonial consciousness. The answer is simple: by helping to re-start of democracy where it will be useful, but also and perhaps especially by ensuring that what will facilitate quickly lead to the democratic process, that is to say, the economic and social regeneration. The elected representatives of the French territorial communities can now ask how they can, by forging partnerships with the liberated countries, supporting their development plans and building relationships richer and more friendly than those that may have currency before. Alongside democratic requirements, it is indeed the social question which is posed by these movements. To borrow a distinction somewhat old, but oh so relevant in these times of turmoil, the revolution is permanent, or will not. Trotsky contrasted this conception of the revolution - led to the end, to resolve all the problems democratic, economic and social - that of a Stalin advocating instead a rebellion staged. If democratic countries today released stops along the way, if we make up for the democratic veneer persistent socio-economic balances old, old oligarchies, then yes, the worst may happen.
This is especially important that this is not a coincidence that these uprisings taking place at that time and at this point. Systems always end up breaking their weakest link - Gold of Africa and the Maghreb are precisely the areas neglected by liberal globalization, as it has developed over the past 20 years, these "twenty perverse." We must therefore wonder about what these popular uprisings against the global context. Are we witnessing the end of a regional system, as in 1989, or rather the dawn of a new era? At such a juncture, an International of Left parties would have any meaning and usefulness, even if only to pragmatically assist in structuring progressive parties in these new democracies. In contrast, the Socialist International has completed to discredit capital during those days. I shall not dwell here on the membership of any dictator in the old organization, and these abnormalities are a reflection of its structural dysfunction and especially his political vacuum. The French Socialist Party, wise and timid response to those events (it has been confused foreign policy and foreign affairs?), Should in my view, serious questions: can he still stay in this association that does not mean anything anymore, or would it be better to build a new international parties who really share our values in Europe of course, but also in South America and now Middle East? At least that is resigned to seeing the train go by (r) evolutions remain, powerless and ashamed spectators on the sidelines.
Julien Dray
The impossible has become possible, but this does not mean that the worst is now rejected. The wind of freedom and democracy is fragile, more than ever, will be a battle. Every revolution poses the risk of a cons-revolution. The cons-revolution that threatens these people, we can already guess: the union of the old oligarchies just reversed, and political Islam and hoping to fill the void left. More disorder succeeding the last dictatorships and install, this risk will be great. So there is a race against the clock, which begins upon the tyrants fell: the race for the rapid organization of transparent elections, the establishment of constituent assemblies, which can restore order and democratic citizen on the ruins of ancient power. Progressive parties around the world, and especially Europe, must ask themselves how they can make themselves useful in this context, without getting lost in endless internal debates on domestic and relevance of their intervention, amid bad post-colonial consciousness. The answer is simple: by helping to re-start of democracy where it will be useful, but also and perhaps especially by ensuring that what will facilitate quickly lead to the democratic process, that is to say, the economic and social regeneration. The elected representatives of the French territorial communities can now ask how they can, by forging partnerships with the liberated countries, supporting their development plans and building relationships richer and more friendly than those that may have currency before. Alongside democratic requirements, it is indeed the social question which is posed by these movements. To borrow a distinction somewhat old, but oh so relevant in these times of turmoil, the revolution is permanent, or will not. Trotsky contrasted this conception of the revolution - led to the end, to resolve all the problems democratic, economic and social - that of a Stalin advocating instead a rebellion staged. If democratic countries today released stops along the way, if we make up for the democratic veneer persistent socio-economic balances old, old oligarchies, then yes, the worst may happen.
This is especially important that this is not a coincidence that these uprisings taking place at that time and at this point. Systems always end up breaking their weakest link - Gold of Africa and the Maghreb are precisely the areas neglected by liberal globalization, as it has developed over the past 20 years, these "twenty perverse." We must therefore wonder about what these popular uprisings against the global context. Are we witnessing the end of a regional system, as in 1989, or rather the dawn of a new era? At such a juncture, an International of Left parties would have any meaning and usefulness, even if only to pragmatically assist in structuring progressive parties in these new democracies. In contrast, the Socialist International has completed to discredit capital during those days. I shall not dwell here on the membership of any dictator in the old organization, and these abnormalities are a reflection of its structural dysfunction and especially his political vacuum. The French Socialist Party, wise and timid response to those events (it has been confused foreign policy and foreign affairs?), Should in my view, serious questions: can he still stay in this association that does not mean anything anymore, or would it be better to build a new international parties who really share our values in Europe of course, but also in South America and now Middle East? At least that is resigned to seeing the train go by (r) evolutions remain, powerless and ashamed spectators on the sidelines.
Julien Dray
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