Ollantay Itzamna
This peasant “phenomenon”, which, now “close” to modern European cities, revives the memory of the past unresolved wars of “peasants against the cities.” Apparently, today, like yesterday, European peasants are going out to redeem their unfinished stories.
Even against the corporate will of the hegemonic media of (mis)information that try to hide the streets full of tractors and farmers blocking the way, throwing garbage at buildings of public institutions as acts of protest in various countries in Europe, we find out that what The European Union (EU) is like in the era of the “peasant wars” of the late Middle Ages.
In Germany, Holland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Romania,…, small and large peasants are willing to “punish with hunger” the surrounded or blocked main cities. In France alone, at the moment, two people have already been murdered. And this comes from time to time.
What happened?
The American government, manipulating the European political elite, pushed Europe into war against Russia in Ukraine. Now, as a consequence of the failed trade sanctions imposed against Russia, Europe no longer enjoys “cheap Russian hydrocarbons.” They even destroyed one of the gas pipelines through which they received Russian gas.
Without Russian hydrocarbons, there is no fuel to subsidize mechanical or peasant agriculture. Just as, without Russian oil, European industry collapsed in a matter of months. The promised and expensive North American natural gas never arrived in Europe.
Added to this was the “hypocritical European solidarity” with Ukraine. Since Russia, in retaliation for the war, did not buy Ukrainian grains, the EU forced it to open its trade borders, without tariffs, to the agricultural giants of Ukraine. And they ate the European “micro peasants or farmers” alive.
Without oil, and with local markets overflowing with Ukrainian agricultural products, there is no “solidarity” that will last. Then, large and small peasants took to the streets to wage an all-out war against “their” elites, submissive and recolonized by North American interests.
But it’s not just that. It is announced that, under the narrative of “adaptation to climate change”, Europe and the world must stop consuming beef (because they emit a lot of ethane, they say), and opt for vegetable meat and organic products. Now, the economic subsidy from the states is aimed at large corporations that manufacture meat from the air, and distribute exclusive organic products only to those who have money.
This peasant “phenomenon”, which, now “close” to modern European cities, revives the memory of the past unresolved wars of “peasants against the cities.” Apparently, today, like yesterday, European peasants are going out to redeem their unfinished stories.
This morning, on the afternoon program of We spoke with André Fadda, former leader of CGT, Saint-Nazaire shipyards, about: Where are the peasant strikes in Europe going? One of the conclusions that Fadda hinted at was: a still undetermined horizon. The mobilizations of small and large farmers are mediated by sectoral interests, not always free from the interference of the opportunistic political interests of the neoconservatives.
