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Tunisia, the struggle to defend the revolution

After the expulsion of Ben Ali opened the clash between those who want to deepen the revolution of 14 January and are looking to reorganize the old forces. The proposal for a constituent assembly and a "Congress" made up of popular committees and social forces from

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Tunisia is the first revolution of the 21st century. Its shock wave has shaken many dictatorships and Western governments, even though it has inverted the old regime and the less the neo-colonial state apparatus that supports it. It 'was the expression of a widespread aversion to the dictatorship that has fueled the discontent of several categories, at least until January 14. Since then meets a growing polarization between the camp of revolution and counter-revolution. The second field

struggle to preserve its institutions and its constitution. The agents of Western powers, the survivors of the old regime and the Islamists with the complicity of the liberal fringes of the democratic movement seeking to defuse the social revolution. The government of "national unity" provisional (Gunpo) is composed of former members of the power of Ben Ali, whose Prime Minister (Since 1999) was the architect of the neo-liberal policies dictated by the imperialist financial institutions.

addition to the three ministers of the democratic movement, making every effort to give legitimacy to this government, others would be "neutral technocrats" at the service of democracy. Arrived from France, graduates of the "Grandes Ecoles" and owners of capital that operate in the sacking of Tunisia, were recruited from Hakim Karoui, former advisor to Jean-Pierre Raffarin (French Prime Minister, 2002-2005). The only purpose of the provisional government of "national unity" is to derail any attempt to establish a political and social democracy.

Al Instead, the revolution is supported by the Front on January 14, which includes the anti-capitalist left, Arab nationalists and independents left. Two other organizations still do not recognize the interim government: the Congress for the Republic (CPR) and the Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedom (FDLT). The momentum from the Front on January 14 is the bearer of a hope (the meeting of 13 February in Tunis attended by over 8000 people). Through the dissemination of local and regional committees, with the convergence of labor activists and the more militant groups, has announced a policy perspective that can open the space for a radical change.

The Front proposed a Congress National to defend the revolution that is an expression of the popular committees, of all political, social and trade union present in the struggles that go to a constituent assembly to draft a democratic constitution to meet the aspirations of national and social emancipation. This process that responds to popular aspirations wants to break the addiction and reorganize the economy on the basis of the essential needs of the working classes, particularly those of women, the socialization of banks and the cancellation of the odious debt incurred by the dictatorship.
(translation Felice Mometto )