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By asking on social networks to "post the most beautiful photos of blockades of high schools and universities" from Tuesday, Louis Boyard applies the precept of Karl Liebknecht, German Marxist whom he quotes at all costs: "Youth is the flame of revolution. »
This day of strikes and demonstrations on March 7 should mark a new stage in the mobilization of the unions against the pension reform, with the aim of bringing "France to a halt".
That a visit to the National Assembly be the reward for the competition launched by the deputy LFI has completed the indignation of the macronists, who considered that he "damaged the institution", in the words of its president Yaël Braun-Pivet . For her part, Valérie Pécresse, president of the Republicans of the Île-de-France region, announced that she was filing a complaint against the Insoumis for "incitement to the offense of obstruction and incitement to violence". "The right to protest must respect the right to study," she said in a statement.
"The right to demonstrate must respect the right to study." I have decided to file a complaint on behalf of the Region @iledefrance against @LouisBoyard for incitement to the crime of obstruction and incitement to violence. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/glOl3DUCV8
Some allies of the left-wing Nupes coalition also coughed. "I don't like public debate when it turns into a game. [...] Creativity has its place in the debate, but it must find its own limit", reacted the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure on Public Senate. But this "buzz" is in line with LFI's strategy. "I observe that since yesterday there is everywhere in the media and on the networks a debate on the blocking of high schools", rejoices Aurélien Le Coq, co-host of the Young Insoumis, with AFP.
By propelling Louis Boyard, 22, as its youth leader in December, the movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon has relied on his network of former high school union boss.
Since the beginning of the social movement, the deputy of Val-de-Marne has organized "tours of general assemblies", with the intervention of Insoumis officials and the supply of equipment. The LFI action groups are currently running at full speed to flood the universities with leaflets and posters.
LFI also supervised and financed the demonstration of January 21, officially called by youth organizations. And with her experience of social networks, she multiplies online awareness initiatives, such as recently an action to fill strike funds, on TikTok.
Louis Boyard explained in December, upon his appointment, that the Insoumis should "seek to be in phase" with the young people: "We have both the moral duty to support their struggles but above all the interest in cultivating this fertile ground which can allow us to take power. “Because the Insoumis believe that they can reduce abstention among young people, and further increase their lead after Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s first place among 18-34 year olds in the presidential election, with more than 30% according to various studies. .
Support for young people also allows him to demonstrate to the unions that he can be useful for mobilization, he who repeats that employees and companies are no longer the alpha and omega of social movements. But two weeks before the first baccalaureate exams, there are fewer high schools and universities blocked today than during the benchmark for the youth movement, the fight against the first job contract in 2006.
"There were still about fifteen universities blocked before the holidays, a good start," puts Aurélien Le Coq into perspective, who also believes that Thursday's specifically young mobilization day, on women on Wednesday and on the climate on Friday can help. And the young LFI to take up the metaphor of the fire: “March 7 can be the spark. »
