VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON The Resistance Summer University, a great antivax rally, will be held this weekend
The event passed under the radar of the traditional media, but Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is preparing to welcome theResistant Summer School Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Three days of conferences, debates and screenings likely to involve many personalities from the antivax spheres.
An event whose purpose is “to swell the ranks of people who say no to so-called health measures, in particular by tilting the opinion of those who doubt”indicating on their website the organizers, DoctothonIUnity is strength and a collective of scientists and jurists. We will find there, among others, the president of the association Freedom Info, Vincent Payan, who recently made people talk about him with an antivax campaign in the streets of Toulouse and who is behind the site Covid reinfothe former LREM deputy, Martine Wonner, whose positions during the health crisis caused controversy and who appeared in the controversial documentary Hold onbut also the lawyer of the producers of this documentary, master Carlo Brusa.
Let us also mention many doctors known for their positions hostile to vaccines such as Doctor Denis Agret, recently suspended for three years by the College of Physicians (he appealed, editor’s note), the president of the National League for the Freedom of Vaccinations, the oldest antivax association in France, Jean-Pierre Eudier, promoter of American conspiracy theories QAnon Antoine Cuttita, or the journalist from Sud Radio, André Bercoff, known for his pro Trump positions, who regularly invites anti-vaccine personalities, some of whom are mentioned above, to his program.
The conferences in which they will participate will focus in particular on “health scandals and draconian laws”, “the undesirable effects” of anti-covid vaccines or even “the mass manipulation suffered since 2020”. Moreover, the controversial documentary The hidden face of vaccines, by Raphaël Berland, will be screened three times during the event. An event that will be organized in a private place specializing in receptions in Villeneuve. Its manager, who does not wish to associate his establishment with the event, tells us that he “didn’t know what kind of event it was” when booking. “But for me, he’s an average customer”he adds.
Bullied on social media
Somewhat embarrassed, the manager reminds us that he is not the organizer of the event and that he does not know who will be present. “He’s a client like any other, I don’t see why I refused a clienthe resumes. I have no right to look at the ideas of my clients to accept them or not. » And the same to remember that he has already welcomed in his establishment “LREM, CGT, CFDT, RN, PCF”.
The fact remains that he has been subjected to harassment on social networks for a few days. Since the location is accurate to theResistant Summer School was revealed on social networks, “I am entitled to death threats, I am harassed. It’s just starting to get on my mind.”affirms the Villeneuvois who especially wants to not have “no scandal” his home. Remember that the event is only accessible by registration (15 euros per day, 35 euros for three days), and that they are now closed. 500 people per day are expected by the organizers.
At the prefecture, we claim to discover the holding of this event this weekend in the Gard. The reason is simple : “There is no reporting regime in a private place”we indicate state services. “We would only intervene if there was a disturbance of public order and the owner requested an intervention”they add.
Thierry ALLARD