Mille-Babords is a non-sectarian leftist multimedia library and community center in Marseille, France. They regularly organize public meetings and debates, where people of various tendencies are invited to confront their sometimes wildly opposing viewpoints.
There has been growing concern among some on the radical left with a particularly reactionary strain of post-colonialism that is increasingly popular among the politicized French youth, which detractors dubbed "racialism" (as in: it's thinly-veiled, repurposed racism). The closest thing that exists in the US would be the likes of Nation of Islam, complete with the occasional bouts of sexist, segregationist, anti-gay or antisemitic bile — though, granted, their backwardness is not always as obvious as that of black supremacists.
So, there have been a series of meetings among leftist circles regarding these issues as of late. On October 28, a meeting titled "Jusqu'ici tout va bien…" (in a nod to Mathieu Kassovitz's famous 1995 social drama film La Haine) was to be held at Mille-Babords.
Its main theme was "race" and how, in recent years, this concept had seen increased use by leftist groups (who would have dismissed it with disgust a decade ago) to the detriment of class struggle and actual socialist anti-racism, and to the benefit of the both the status quo and the far-right. Of course, people who did not agree with that premise were free to participate and voice their opinion.
Just before the actual meeting could start however, a group of people showering leaflets and chanting slogans such as "we're not letting this happen", "our race exists" and "check your muh privileges" burst in and tried to disrupt the event. When they realized that didn't really work all that well and Mille-Babords organizers didn't exactly care all that much, they started sperging out.
They physically assaulted people, spayed tear gas and stinky bombs, flipped tables over, sacked the library and finally left after they broke a window. In short, they tried to violently suppress the debate — which pathetically didn't even work, as the meeting went on as scheduled. The following day, the disruptors who described themselves as "mainly women, lesbians and transgenders" mailed a statement (including an actual idpol lexicon attached) blaming the whole thing on Mille-Babords which they disparaged as "white cis male neo-colonialists".
Funnily enough, the Mille-Babords people noticed the attackers were divided into two crowds: the people of color did all the work in that they carried out the actual raid while white people humbly and patiently waited outside. Make of that what you will. Maybe that's what this newfangled "progressive stack" thing is about?
It's actually the second time such a thing happened. Discordia, an anarchist library in Paris, suffered a similar attack a few months before during which all of their windows were smashed by people who accused them of being "racists".
Reminder: cops or fascists didn't do this. SJWs did.
At least SJW showed their true colors Now we just need to see how the proper left responds, hopefully by being more populist
Joseph Ortiz
Yeah humanity is doomed what else is new? Capitalism is collapsing (falling profit rates and automation devastating employment and demand) and so is the environment (mass desertification happening before our eyes and acidification of the ocean) And the left is dead. Racialism killed it. Unemployment could be 90% and we'd still be fighting over race. Fuck.
Asher Smith
Not even once comrade. "Race warriors" and "Social Justice" warriors are two sides of the same coin, they are not real leftists but a petty bourgeois COINTELPROL operation to create a new and retarded postmodernist liberal shitfest.
Ian Brown
Is there any hope?
Any chance of a revolution happening anywhere relevant is laughable. The far right is increasingly strident. The environment is already probably fucked beyond repair. The bourgeoisie have nukes and chemical weapons.
Landon Smith
the left is dead, it has 0 revolutionary potential
Jordan Turner
I'm not surprised, but I am disgusted.
Please tell me some of them got their heads kicked in. If they're not willing to go to the police, at least recruit some voluntary muscle so this can't happen again.
Jace Richardson
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Asher Wood
Let's hope Front National is going to shoot all of them :)
Jason Ramirez
remember reactonary garbage is just as cancerous
Juan Bell
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Leo Powell
I think you meant Mélenchon.
Leo Sanders
this. they should find out where these fucks frequent and congregate, beat them up, and smash their shit. none of this forgive and forget bullshit
Julian Cox
unsurprising for a number of reasons
particularly I have white friends that support/ed BLM and were told "if you want to come and support us, that's fine, but keep your mouths shut and follow orders"
Luke Young
i am mad right now
Michael Smith
Leftist infighting, color me surprised
Michael Hall
i am boiling right now
Colton Garcia
i wonder who could benefit most from this
really activates some synapses
Isaiah Robinson
This is what you get when liberals become militant fundamentalists. And some people here wanted us to endorse post-election protests…
Samuel Davis
What a time to be alive.
Christian Ward
top KEK
Aaron Sullivan
They didn't actually stop the meeting.
Liam Martin
WISH WE COULD TURN BACK TIME
Caleb Anderson
TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS *gets shot by the french army*
Look at the comments both on reddit and on deviantart.
Oliver Smith
Damn they were worse than I expected.
Oliver Moore
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Eli Allen
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Mason Campbell
France is doomed. Let's face it, France always has been very racist. Even i experienced racism as a tourist there and i'm european caucasian. The only thing that will come out of that, is they leaving EU
Jace Flores
it doesn't seem like leftist infighting and sectarianism would fit your conspiracy shouldn't we be in lockstep to the call of our jewish overlords?
Joshua Stewart
LEL at least he admited that he ain't no revolutionary
Ryan Thompson
You sure that racism isn't the normal French (especially Parisian) sullenness?
Julian Collins
This is what the Sanderists-Steinists will have to deal with in the future.
They will basically do the job Trump is supposed to do. Suppressing opposition.
Jayden Barnes
what anime
Liam Martin
Hum…didn't there was a name for that. I think i'm becoming one. People disappoint me so much that i'm losing faith in humanism
Dylan King
The Invisible Committee's slick theory will free, first France then the world. Believe it.
Nathan Bell
at least try to blend a bit more Holla Forums. this is disappointing.
Elijah Cox
Wasn't in Paris. Was in Marseille. It was at the train station. Since i was using very poor french to buy a ticket, the desk clerk looked at me with such disdain, it was very uncomfortable. I then said to her that i was a tourist and not an immigrant.
Julian Reed
i'm confused. so SJW sent minorities to disrupt an anti-racist meeting ?
Gabriel Rogers
Well, you're losing now, and most of you are goyim underlings, so you're just brainless idiots. They can afford to have you squabbling to give the appearance of division
Isaiah Anderson
Can you show us your tits again?
Anthony James
that may be surprising but there are verry few real racist in France. however there are a shitload of xenophobic people.
you can be black, yellow or brown, if you have a French name, dress, act and talk like a French you should be ok.
Justin Wright
somone posted tits on Holla Forums ?!
Alexander Myers
Marseille is like 45% muslim
Gabriel Scott
Basically, yes. Ethnic minorities from an obscure queer activist group sacked the meeting place of anti-racist leftists because brocialism and white males.
Ayden Carter
So now we're not the all-powerful Kikespiracy anymore, we're actually losing? What is it that suddenly tipped the scales in favor of the formerly oppressed Aryan warriors?
Not matter what you may think or believe, I will always love you Satanposter.
Jacob Martinez
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John Phillips
That word and "manarchist" make me want to reeeee
Blake Baker
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Austin Richardson
Bring back Robespierre tbh.
Joshua Cooper
Don't do that fam. Lifestylism is one of the most laughable leftist positions and is almost exclusively made up of trust fund kids dumpster diving.
Dominic Lopez
This. We need more cement.
Christopher Cooper
So here's a story I already share here, but why not type it again.
>LITERALLY SHAKING
pic related
Kayden Bailey
and some bonus material she willingly published in a women's magazine
Anthony Jones
Cause that is what socialism is all about. Hurting people physically if they in political protest hurt your property
Mason Hughes
This didn't happen, right? Where?
Benjamin Butler
???
Landon Sanchez
Why don't you use the Freud flag any more Ginjeet?
Ryan Carter
What did she mean by this?
Robert Cooper
I find this very easy to believe, which makes me very suspicious, like maybe it was crafted specifically to appeal to my ideological biases. Do you have any evidence? Like a link to the "woman beating scandal" story?
Asher Perry
Last time I posted it it took me 20 minutes to find an article that isn't even in English, so believe what you want.
Aiden Rodriguez
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Matthew Sanders
Not a great start (at least it ain't corsica) Ouch Re ouch
Landon Brooks
"the proletariat will unite across ethnic and racial lines in one big international revolution any day now"
kek
James Miller
He was probably black
Parker Hughes
that's reddit for you
Henry Rogers
and then they wonder why rwds will happen.
but that makes you just as bad as them ;^)
Mason Perez
I fucking knew you are a filthy newfaggot.
Kevin Howard
not really, i just happen to have a life and a job, i can't shitpost 24/7 btw i'm not the only cat poster
so are you gonna post tits or what?
Ryder Roberts
Firs time I ever read Reddit I'm confused and disgusted by it.
This is fucking golden.
Jose Miller
Forgot my special snowflake flag.
Luke Harris
Feminism, not even once
Tyler Jackson
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Samuel Price
Christ, these people. Disintegration of public values, of manners, where you can be as obscene, say and do whatever, as you want, is vile and way too fashionable to ever be considered what is truly, eternally worth fighting for in culture. Yea, we should be critical as a legacy of the left, but we also should be able to fully and shamelessly rehabilitate this certain dogmatism. Look, let's take rape, as an example, like doing it to woman or man or whatever, you know. I wouldn't like to live in a society where you have to argue all the time against rape.
Jaxon Diaz
Zizek, is that you?
Isaiah Cruz
Yes. Didn't you know?
Carson Stewart
well I don't want to live in a society where we have retards watching mlp
David Anderson
Stay mad you fucking faggot.
Brody Lewis
is this real?
Asher Rogers
Are you this?
pic related.
also I'm not that other pirate.
Asher Diaz
ok autist
Hunter Fisher
lel
do you also have the edited version with the autism frame?
So mad that you have to comment on it every time. You are a slave to the retard.
Luis Allen
so I see I am arguing with an amateur
Benjamin Fisher
That was the premise of the original. If you are just noticing it now then I am starting to question who is the really retarded one.
Juan Gray
I do.
You are a worthless piece of shit.
Xavier Jones
Tell me something I didn't know.
Evan Russell
Darn and just when my masochism was starting to go off.
Adrian Green
Go away you degenerate creep or kill yourself as soon as possible.
Joseph James
Oh, how did you come, so close, and found me? What does it take to know the other?
Kayden Ramirez
HOW
Andrew Ward
As someone who actually thinks Feminist critiques and theory is largely completely legit (Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity etc), It's hasn't gotten past me how hostile IdPol in general is becoming towards any discussion of class issues and often heavily project their own offense onto things that simply are not there.
For example, on a Feminist board I was banned for critiquing how Hillary Clinton was running her campaign, how it had very little "narrative" that spoke out to ordinary people and that the campaign itself was largely just based around Clinton's identity, a bad move since she was such a disliked politician.
Somehow everyone projected on that post how I was a "Trump Supporter" and started just making up bullshit that wasn't even in my fucking post to project onto me as a user and bully me. Literally, the most upvoted post after me said "So what you are saying is *Insert a bunch of bullshit that has literally nothing to do with what I said*" and even to that, I replied, clarified what I had meant in my first post (it was fucking obvious anyway) and even that post was fucking attacked to oblivion with projected bullshit.
All they wanted was a boogyman to attack and I was that boogyman because I dare not support a corporatist, center-right warmonger.
But the thing now, even POST election they're now attacking Bernie for talking about class issues. Fucking why?
I have two theories: They think discussion on class will only relate to the white rural working class, abandoning further justice for women and minorities.
Two: They just hate the idea that white people also benefit from class and that those poor white trash they shit on constantly, are also victims of Classism. It's just classic Oppression Olympics shit. People can't complain about things if someone is more oppressed or worse off than them.
Honestly, probably a little from column A a little from Column B.
David Lee
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Lucas Rogers
Every. Time.
Jeremiah Gray
The modern day, 'trendy' feminism makes it very hard to support feminists in their endeavors - definitely. Remember that not all feminists, gender and race justice people are theory illiterate dogmatists – even if it often feels that way.
Look no further than this board, where there is at least one anarcho-feminist poster who tries their best to make quality posts… but is often overshadowed by other feminist posters who rarely move beyond reductionist understanding.
Jason Flores
Since when is socialism about turning the other cheek to intimidation and vandalism? Allegedly, people were physically assaulted too, not just property.
Just like with socialists and anarchists, the ones worthy of the name are in the minority.
Sebastian Howard
He didnt even mentioned atirner
James Barnes
not user, but was probably meant for
I'm not surprised at all. All these labels and flags are today mostly just a way to personalize your "image" and shit like that. A fashion accessory basically.