Our correspondent in new protest
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Paris, walk around at night and return allÕambiente Loara in the tires of the SUV (without bucarli), leaving a letter of explanation on the windshield. They are the command of ÇdŽgonflŽsÈ
ÇMadame, Monsieur, your
Òmacchina guerraÓ polluter by an average of two times more than a light truck classic, increasing CO2 emissions (242 g CO2 per km on average for a 4x4 again against 146 g for a large sedan), and consequently the number of respiratory diseases in people most vulnerable (elderly and children). This fuoristada designed for war, unfortunately been adapted to our city. NellÕultimo half of 2004, sales of this type of device has increased by 20 percent. In an incident that help include 4x4, pedestrians and cyclists are seeing their chance of survival divided by three. Therefore, we proceed to cover part of your debt free oxygen that is found in His pneumatic. Signed: CPI or less anyone with an apparatus respiratorioÈ.
We are in the heart of Paris, a side road dellÕelegante Saint-Germain. Early morning, but still doest; Thursday "Sept. 1. Beno "t, knotted tie and light-colored suit, standing on the curb. With left hand holding the leather folder, in the right hand, holds that strange leaflet, which has just pulled the windscreen of his car, a Volkswagen Touareg, silver metallic, leather interior (dark gray). A publicity stunt? A joke dallÕoscuro meaning? The mystery soon revealed. Raise your eyes from the paper, co nellÕassetto dellÕauto something unusual seems to lean on the right side. Beno "t bend, look better. He sees the two tires on the floor.
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How Beno "t, five owners of 4x4 (technical name ÇSuvÈ, Sport utility vehicles, also known as ÇgipponiÈ) had to settle for that morning ~ bus or metro to get to work or attend to the daily fees. All victims dellÕultimo born in the galaxy contestatoria Alps: the ÇDŽgonflŽsÈ, literally ÇSgonfiatiÈ.
They chose to call themselves so "some young Parisians, all between twenty and thirty years, mostly boys, few girls, striking at night, in small shops, preferring the quiet streets of downtown districts and dellÕovest, where their prey are more easy to track down. In the first activity of the Aug. 31 others have followed: September 6, 13, 21, 26, 3:09 October and gradually, at least once a week, the raids of these ÇŽcolo-Warriors have collected below growing, thanks to tom-tom of the network. Once you have made the shot, in fact, reports and images are published on a website (www.anti4x4.net) and discussions on a blog ( degonfle.blogg.org / ). Where you can also find practical advice for lÕaspirante dŽgonflŽ.
The protocol of action described in detail. After identifying a 4x4 parked in discreet position, one or more elements of the commando approach to the vehicle while someone is on guard. LÕarma used an adapter for bicycle pumps: you unscrew the cap from the tire valve, and in its place is inserted lÕadattatore, which causes a slow deflation (allÕincirca fourth door) and not sharp, so reducing "the risk that lÕallarme shots. Deflate and puncture: cos ", the owner dellÕauto has little hope of obtaining convictions or refund (since there is no formal criminal damage to private property). Most importantly, remember the instructions, leave the flyer on the windshield of a claim. PerchŽ dŽgonflŽs companies should not be confused with the mundane acts of vandalism.
Slender, dark, always elegant in a dark jacket and shiny shoes, even when at night, dropped his cap and mask on his face, he bends under the wings of 4x4. This twenty-eight in Paris, which boasts an impressive history of activism and commitment to variety, the guide dŽgonflŽs the undisputed spiritual. Keep lÕanonimato behind-the degree of Çsous adjudant marrant, and this something like CSUB BuffoÈ-marshal, or funny, facetious. LÕassonanza with the Zapatistas and Subcomandante Marcos, of course not random. ÇLÕimmaginario zapatistaÈ the fight, he explains, Çruota allÕidea around that need to give up their face, their own identity to make room for the battle of the Indian peoples, who dominates all, controls all. He continues: DEL us, by due proportion, we must abandon the personalities, to concentrate on lÕattenzione cultural battle against tyranny and the dellÕapparenza waste, a battle of all. ÇQuesto permetteÈ us, states, CDI multiply the methods of struggle: the 4x4 attack today, tomorrow it will to another symbol of consumerism scriteriatoÈ.
PerchŽ here comes lÕoffensiva account the terrain. CThe SUV vehicles in the country, there is no point in the city: too big, dangerous and polluting. Who buys it seeks a status symbol, expressing originality and sense dellÕavventura, luxury and power. He knows to pollute more, but you fregaÈ. In the midst of oil crisis, and everywhere we discuss energy conservation and biofuels, the continued growth of the 4x4 in the city (more dellÕ8 percent French fleet is in the first half of 2004) seems a contradiction. The urban consumption of most cars sold in Europe by an average of 17 kilometers a liter for diesel and 12.5 for petrol cars. For the ten most SUVs sold, consumption sÕimpennano to 9.9 km with a 7.7 liter for diesel and for petrol (60/70 per cent more). DellÕambiente French Ministry had announced plans to introduce fixed unÕimposta 3500 € sullÕacquisto SUV, and a bonus of up to 800 € for those who prefer unÕauto low emissions. Denis Baupin, green transport commissioner of the City of Paris, did approve a resolution in June 2004 that it intended to discourage louse of SUVs in the city, limiting between lÕaltro for owners of off-road permits movement reserved for residents.
But now, both the government tax, regulatory or attempted in the capital, were untraceable. The culprits? The sub-Marshal has no doubts: CIL dellÕautomobile market has experienced too powerful lobby. Politically, there's nothing to do co. You must pass allÕazione. Direct: ÇLÕattivista usually a weak attacking a powerful. In this case, we directly hit the consumer. The city is facing another cittadinoÈ. Our CLa a provocative choice, we are aware of and we assume the conseguenzeÈ continues. Cabbio unleashed and trigger a violent response: they call us terrorists, we receive hundreds of email threat, and the owners of SUVs have even tried to organize patrols at night to flush them out! You. But this is also part of the strategy of dŽgonflŽs: indeed the very purpose of their actions. ÇVogliamo arouse debate, to reflect sullÕassurdit have a 4x4 in the city. is only a fashion accessory lÕultimo of snobbery. Then just change the fashion, it becomes tacky. And people will buy unÕaltra car.
the wishes of the new Marcos, at least the first is true: The French press has generously covered the night raids, with articles (including a whole file Le Monde), radio and television, photo shoots. Even allÕestero lÕattenzione salt: after a Times article, published Tuesday in last week, the blog of dŽgonflŽs has 38 thousand connections in a single day.
The staff of the sub-Marshal allÕorigine are five or six friends, bound by a history of militancy that has lasted several years. Since high school or freshmen, beat pavŽ of the boulevards to protest against Jean-Marie Le Pen (National Front leader, the party of xenophobic right) in the second round of the 2002 presidential election, then there are the social forums, campsites No Border, mobilizing anti-war during the Iraq crisis. NellÕinverno of 2003, down the corridors of the underground to denounce ÇlÕaggressione pubblicitariaÈ, drawing large black crosses on billboards, disguise the sexist images, fun alternatives to invent slogans. songs and movement-pubis, which crosses the country for many months, and contributes to the radical transformation of the expressions dellÕengagement.
That is no longer (or at least not only) collective action, organized and directed dallÕalto, the parties, associations, movements. But that redesigns as a mosaic of trends, where activists from different locations come together for a common struggle, then move on to unÕaltra, and unÕaltra yet. This political ÇzappingÈ dellÕimpegno possible through the possibilities offered by the development of the network often without knowing, militants exchange information on websites or blogs, agreed strategies and actions quickly. So, the first raids were launched by the Forum of dŽgonflŽs ÇBrigades anti-pubis (http://bap.propagande.org/). And always thanks to the Internet, methods of dŽgonflŽs have already found adherents in France, there are actions deflator in Lyon, Bordeaux, Rennes, Rouen, but enthusiastic followers already tell their companies from Spain, Belgium and the UK.
style of participation, which some say is fleeting, but especially flexible. The polemic against the 4x4, for example, provides a common ground for militancy as traditional ecological associations pour ÇAgir lÕenvironnementÈ ÇRŽseau action or climate, and the demands of more radical groups, from the galaxy global justice. If lÕobiettivo shared by all, many people turn up their nose to the methods-say-to the limits of legality of dŽgonflŽs. Together, ecologists and deflator, organize protests in front of the windows of dealers displaying transparencies terrain: the first, September 10, has collected a hundred people. On Saturday, October 15, participants were perhaps less poo many, but certainly more aware and aggressive. They manned for a couple of the shop door lÕingresso ÒJeepÓ of Paris, who was forced to close, sellers and customers increasingly nervous allÕinterno locked and guarded by curious passers-by. They wore animal masks to block street traffic passing SUVs, shouting slogans and write sullÕasfalto. They greeted each other, exchanged telephone numbers and email addresses, giving himself an appointment in a couple of weeks.
But more later, as night falls, the sous-adjudant Marrant gathered his troops. Clelia
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