“To remember this massacre is to remain vigilant on the rise of fascism”: the Communist Party and the CGT pay tribute to the dead of the Chart Metro 63 years ago

< img class = "responsive-Img" src = "https://images.midilibre.fr/api/v1/images/view/67a73c99c3a86003f030e28b/lange/image.jpg?v=1" Alt = "The Communist Party and the CGT filed two wreaths in front of the souvenir plate." >The Communist Party and the CGT placed two wreaths in front of the souvenir plate. – K. H. < P Class = "Article-Full__CoPo" > Each year, this jointly organized commemoration recalls the fight for peace and against all exclusions.

< P > This fatal February 8, 1962, nine demonstrators (members of the PC or the CGT) who paraded against the attacks of the OAS and for peace in Algeria < EM > “died under The blows of the police of Papon, prefect of the government of Gaulle “, recalled this Saturday morning Jean Vanhaute, president of the Institute of Social History of the CGT, in prelude to the tribute which was returned to them in the premises of the CGT in the presence of around thirty people. < EM > 60 ~/EM > < P >< EM > “While we are witnessing the rise of fascism and the extreme right everywhere, it is important to recall the dangers that await us if we take it not guard “. < H2 Class = "TXT-INT" > Wreath deposit < P >< EM > “This February 8, 1962 is the living memory of our democracy. We killed pacifists”, chained an activist of the Communist Party. He too made the link with the current era: < EM > “We have six RN deputies in the Gard, we must not forget that the National Front was created by ex-militants of the OAS. Our fight is also that of a democracy which must be revived “. < P > followed the deposit of two sheaves in front of the tribute plate to the victims and a valiant minute of silence in a pouring rain. 200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000