Translation : actforfree

Indymedia Lille, September 25, 2022

We claim political responsibility for the arson attack on the private vehicle of ARCHILOR company owner Michaëll Barrois in Commercy on the night of September 22.

Our goal was to cause as much material damage as possible to the company. We decided not to attack directly the isolated office building of the company to avoid harming to people, because we have the impression that Mr. Barrois occasionally uses the second floor of the building privately at night. We do not know Mr. Barrois personally, although we have been able to get a fairly clear picture of his habits and daily routine over the past few months. He may be a nice guy. We don’t know and we don’t care. What matters to us is this:

With the progressive realization of the CIGÉO atomic waste disposal center project, the militarization of the area around Bure is becoming more and more concrete. In the direct vicinity of the ANDRA dump, a huge Gendarmerie barracks is being built, with the objective of controlling massive interventions in the future. (The reactivation of the Montiers-sur-Saulx barracks failed in 2018, after the building was completely destroyed by fire). In addition, the prefecture requested a building permit at the beginning of the year, in order to build permanent buildings in place of the 20 portable offices used by the Gendarmes on the ANDRA laboratory site. At present, 75 mobile guards are permanently present at the laboratory, a militarization directly financed by ANDRA. The contract for the realization of the project, worth 99.000 €, was awarded to the architecture and planning office ARCHILOR, 61 RUE DE ST MIHIEL, 55200 COMMERCY.

As environmentalists with a socio-revolutionary tendency we can imagine much more beautiful things than ruining a small or medium-sized company. Our direct intervention should be read as a warning to the local and regional construction companies, to the security companies, to the environmental monitoring institutes, etc.: those who think they can make a profit with the nuclear desertification and the militarization of the territory by CIGEO will end up paying dearly!

With our action, we send flaming greetings to the defendants in the POMA trial! Two people are accused of having founded a criminal association and of having sabotaged the world leader in funnicular technology. In Froncles, POMA is developing the prototype of a funicular railway for radioactive packages that would take atomic waste 500 meters underground in the Meuse. Whether you are “guilty” or “innocent”: our hearts go out to you.

The Mirabelles of Lorraine