une marche citoyenne pour le futur à la veille des élections
“Apartisan” mobilization
This march is naturally to be compared to the Marches for the climate or the Strikes for the climate which are open to organizers from social struggles (unions, yellow vests, etc.).
This mobilization is however unprecedented on the eve of a first round of a presidential election. The organizers – about twenty in Bordeaux – underline its “partisans character”. But as we can read in the themes of the call: “The march for the future calls for a radical change of system and calls for writing together the ecological, global and concrete project of an inclusive and democratic society. »
“Citizens no longer trust politics”
Further, it is also explained that the “five-year term of Emmanuel Macron embodies a neoliberalism away from our realities”, where “public money is distributed by the tens of billions to the air, automobile and oil sectors, without counterparts” . Marion, from the group There is still time – Bordeaux (composed of associations, collectives and citizens) delivers a (very) clear-cut opinion: “Citizens no longer have confidence in politics. The policies are completely off the mark. »
“We don’t have time anymore”
The situation in France is “problematic”, she continues. With a “government found guilty of climate inaction”, a few days after the release of a new part of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), once again alarming. “We don’t have time anymore. Young people are very anxious and pessimistic. »
This activist wants “radical measures to fight against climate change and for social justice”. Fearing, in the future, that the mobilizations “evolve towards more and more radicalism”.
A convergence of struggles?
In any case, the organizers want to believe in the famous convergence of struggles, so much theorized. “That is the meaning of this action. This is a coordination walk. On a daily basis, there is more and more convergence of struggles. In Bordeaux, we operate as inter-organizations by holding meetings once a week where we discuss in order to seek consensus, ”analyzes the activist from Il est encore temps.