With her face camouflaged by a cap and dark glasses, Alice Cordier, 27, walks along rue Turbigo in Paris. In his hands, a sign displays the motto “Jordan, you need to get Bardella. » It’s a decoy: another text is hidden under the brown wrapping paper that she will reveal later. She walks towards the violence that she herself will cause. At his side, the head of a security service hired for the occasion. They joined the thousands of people gathered against the extreme right this Thursday, June 27, in the Place de la République, at the call of a collective of associations, independent media and the CGT.
We are three days away from the first round of early legislative elections, after the dissolution of the National Assembly on June 9. The National Group (RN) is in the lead in the polls. On stage, personalities follow one another: the actress Judith Godrèche, the environmental activist Camille Étienne, the comedian Aymeric Lompret…
Alice Cordier sneaks into the heart of the meeting. She is soon surrounded by nine other young women, also carrying anti-RN signs and protected by bodyguards. It’s almost eight at night. Suddenly, the ten young women tear off the paper covering their posters and reveal their true mottos: “Voting for the NFP is voting for Mélenchon, convicted of rebellion and provocation” ; “Voting for the NFP is voting for Rima Hassan, cited for advocating terrorism” ; “Voting for the NFP is voting for Adrien Quatennens, convicted of domestic violence”…They also chant: “You are not feminists! »
After a few seconds of astonishment from the crowd, their provocation takes effect: boos are heard, cans fly, and the protesters begin to attack them. On stage, David Dufresne, a journalist specializing in police violence, tries to reduce the tension: “Leave the provocateurs!” They are like trolls, don’t feed them! »
A young woman receives a beer can on the head and other people are spit on. It is especially his bodyguards who are in the spotlight and who do not hesitate to hit back. The crowd sings “ Siamo Tutti Antifacisti » (“We are all anti-fascists,” in Italian), then the activists leave. The ten women behind the punching operation are all members of Némésis, an identity collective that claims to be “feminist”.
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