Is Untel a facho? ” In Nantes, an anti -fascist workshop relies on the work of Umberto Eco – Liberation

« If you’re not anti -fascist, what are you? » On the visual of the event, two hands knit a mesh enclosing a snake whose pupils are in the shape of a swastika. To the impertinements, a feminist associative bar of Nantes, this Saturday afternoon is studious, reserved for the first meeting of a cycle of four workshops dedicated to the fight against the extreme right. More than thirty people have moved to attend, despite the sun that shines on the city of the Dukes of Brittany and competition from the Braderie in the city center. « No but the antifas they do not hunt, we should have people », Had Marion, the co -founder of the place while waiting to welcome the public. Finally, the bar is full and all the tables are busy. Liberty had to be satisfied with a stool at the counter.

This first workshop is devoted to the identification of « Markers of fascism in contemporary space ». Please note, this is not a long presentation on the Italian far right movement initiated by Benito Mussolini in the 1920s but a workshop on the definition that The philosopher Umberto Ecodied in 2016. The trainer, Anouk, an anti -fascist activist, explains to the listeners (or rather to the audiences because the public is essentially feminine) that she relies on the definition than