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Charlie Hebdo, fear and world war: two questions for Toni
Negri
By Mike Watson / 2 !anuary 2"#
$n a re%ent inter&iew 'ntonio Negri takes a longer &iew
of a%tions and rea%tions in (arisand addresses the )ossibilities
for the future*
What ha&e been the re)er%ussions, in +ran%e, of the
e&ents beginning with the Charlie
Hebdo assa%re and ending - for now - with the .e)ubli%an
ar%h
The re)er%ussions of the 0 !anuary atta%k are the sae as they
are with all 1terrorist
atta%ks of this kind* Now we know the s%ore: )aeans to se%urity,
a)ologias for the )oli%e
and se%urity ser&i%es, hatred toward the eney, e&eryone
warning how dangerous they
are, et%* 'nd, oreo&er, in this %ase, deonisation of the
$slai% threat* We dont yet
know what the re)er%ussions of the !anuary ar%h will be* To be
ore )re%ise: any
will think that the four illion +ren%h )eo)le of all %olours and
religions who ar%hedin the nae of 1fraternit3 were 4ust deluded,
and that they wont be able to ake their
deo%rati% )assion )re&ail in the fa%e of the strength of
state ra%is and the ruling
)owers tri%ks* But $ think that this deonstration %ould be the
beginning of the
o&erturning of that s%enario, and that it %ould blo%k - or
at least begin to )ut an end to -
the growth %y%le of the fas%ist and %hau&inist .ight in
5uro)e* The deo had a )ositi&e
s)irit: it really didnt look like the fas%ists and Catholi%
fundaentalists )rotests in the
autun* 'nd it sees to ha&e gone beyond what the )oliti%al
%lass wanted* 6ets see
what ha))ens* Well see if it has the )oliti%al strength 7and
good sense8 to reo)en the
dialogue with the banlieue thats been on hold e&er sin%e
2""#9 well see if it anages
to foil the indless instruentalisation of the %risis that %an
only lead to %hau&inis
and fas%is* nly in this sense will it be )ossible to blo%k the
rise of national, right;
wing for%es* +ran%e needs the banlieues, the !anuary
deonstration wants the, and
it said so - to whoe&er was willing to listen*
