“Saluez, riches heureux, /“Salute, you happy rich, Ces pauvres en haillons / These poor in rags Saluez, ce sont eux, / Salute them, they’re the ones Qui gagnent vos millions” / Who earn your millions” Song by the Penn Sardin of Douarnenez, 1905. Wealth in Europe and America has been and continues to be built on the labor of workers, in Europe and elsewhere in the world. To win the war between 1914 and 1918, and then to rebuild, governments called on workers. During the Second World War, American industrial power helped win the war against the Nazis: manufacturing of war machines (tanks, planes, ships). Workers have saved the country on several occasions when their civic conscience was called upon: the First World War and reconstruction are two examples. Some of the ultra-rich collaborated with invaders, including the Nazis. Renault, for example. Another example: in 1871, the bourgeois government of Adolphe Tiers asked the Prussians to bomb Paris to get rid of the Communards, who were the only defenders of Paris when the government deserted to Versailles. Le Cri du peuple – Jacques Tardi – Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cri_du_peuple_(bande_dessin%C3%A9e) We have to stop insulting them by calling them “toothless” or “deplorables”. They may not have studied, but the overwhelming majority have not betrayed their country. When workers wanted to improve their conditions, they had to fight. The richest didn’t want to give up any of their wealth, so they used force, thanks to the police and the army. They don’t share their astronomical profits, the fruits of these workers’ labor. In the 1970s, the wealthy first turned to immigrants who accepted the poor conditions and took the work of local workers. It was at this time that the Front National was born. There’s no point in attacking immigrants who are in the same situation as these workers. It’s better to attack those who impose bad conditions or do without them by creating cooperatives. Then the f…
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