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JOURNALIST ATTACKED FOR ARTICLE BY SOCIALIST PARTY REPRESENTATIVE

IS MEDIA VERSUS POLITICS RIGHT ?


(Source: © Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU)
(Source: © Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU)
USPA NEWS - After a complaint from a French Socialist Party representative, my article was removed July 24, immediatly and I am putting it back August 11, 2015. Following, you will find the mail I sent to that person from whom I never had any answer. After that, the article itself... Can we critisize politics ?
Mr xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx,
I just received your complaint to the United States Press Agency (Friday 24th, 2015) asking TWICE MY CONTACT DETAILS to unable you to PROSECUTE ME IN THE NAME OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY. In fact, you ask for MY HEAD ON A PLATTER in the name of CHARLIE HEBDO SPIRIT of course ! Everyone knows that PS is the BEST GUARDIAN of FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR ALL JOURNALISTS !!

Your accusations are as follow (see a full copy at the end of the mail)
- not an article it is a negative opinion and attack to france and also to america
- can you send the contact of this journaliste
- we dont appreciate your methodes of publication
- with a big extremism
- without any reference about what you are publishing
- diffamation
- send the contact of this journaliste that you put in france
- not resembling a real article...

1) According to you, I do have only imagination, extremism in my dirty mind and definitely not capable to write anything interesting. Even if you are the FIRST & ONLY ONE TO COMPLAIN about this article. HUNDREDS of PROFESSIONALS viewed it and ONLY YOU COMPLAIN !!!

2) I shall give you some links to help you to COME BACK TO EARTH & MOSTLY TO FRANCE.

3) After, give yourself the pleasure to READ YOUR OWN DECLARATION DURING YOUR NOMINATION on June 11, 2015 giving the WHOLE PICTURE OF YOUR AMAZING AMBITIONS, EXPECTATIONS & SWEET DREAMS. To conclude with YOUR COMPLAINT REGISTERD by the Press Agency.

http://archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr/article/2011/08/08/2564848_le-ps-est-pour-la-liberte-d-expression-mais-surveille-activement-le-web-on-se-fout-de-qui.html
13 aout 2011
http://24heuresactu.com/2015/01/19/ps-touraine-caricature-liberte-dexpression-a-deux-vitesses/
19 janvier 2015
http://www.nextinpact.com/news/93398-et-si-l-on-bloquait-sites-injurieux-envers-elus-sans-juge.htm
10 mars 2015
http://www.breizh-info.com/15986/actualite-politique/faut-il-dissoudre-parti-socialiste-en-bretagne/
juin 2014
http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/christian-salmon/291014/de-tarnac-sivens-reprimer-toute-discussion-en-declenchant-lalarme
29 octobre 2014
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/17/ten-years-of-religious-discrimination-in-france.html
3juillet 2014
De Sarkozy à Hollande, la dérive atlantiste de la politique étrangère française
http://www.revueconflits.com/le-quai-dorsay-plus-atlantiste-que-la-maison-blanche-reagissez/
28 juillet 2014

I STOP HERE BECAUSE TOO MANY EXAMPLES TO DISPLAY !!!!!
So, I SUGGEST YOU to APOLOGIZE to the AMERICAN AGENCY & AMERICAN PEOPLE AS A WHOLE.

Thank You Speech of xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx for being elected as New Section Secretary on June 11, 2015 at Section xxxxxxxx - Paris :
"Pendant l´été les membres de notre bureau se concerteront pour définir l´intitulé et le périmètre d´action de chaque poste de façon à pouvoir créer un outil efficace dès la rentrée.
En effet les élections régionales approchent à grands pas (elles auront lieu , je vous le rappelle le 6 et 13 décembre 2015) et nous devons être prêts pour ces échéances.
Notre section doit prendre sa place aux cotés des autres sections de Paris pour faire gagner nos candidats . La lutte sera âpre car la droite sera sans pitié et nous aurons besoin de l´engagement de tous et de chacun....
La rentrée sera dense mais avant toute chose nous devons faire face au challenge lancé par notre Secrétaire National, Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, en allant sur le terrain pour recruter de nouveaux adhérents et en faire des militants fiers d´être socialistes. C´est avec cette fierté, qu´Ã  vos côtés , je mènerai les actions de notre section afin de défendre le bilan de nos élus et les valeurs de notre République."
Complaint from xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx (declaration under name xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx) :
hello mrs and mrs this paper is not an article it is a negative opinion and attack to france and also to america at the same time. please can you send the contact of this journaliste because we dont appreciate your methodes of publication under the name of US agency presse, with a big extremism. and without any reference about what you are publishing. this is diffamation so if you can send the contact of this journaliste that you put in france we can attack in justice about this paper article that is not resembling a real article from an agency of presse. thank you for helping this
Title of the article: "WHEN FRANCE BECOMES ANTI-AMERICANS".

Subtitle : "THE COMPLEXITY OF FRENCH THOUGHTS"

Teaser block : Since a while I keep hearing that french people are anti-Americans with such conviction that it became a bit ridiculous. It is maybe because of the fact that they do not like to follow blindly the international policy of the actual socialist Government.
It is a historical right (hardly gained !) to be able not to follow what is felt wrong. It is also what are commonly called freedom of thoughts and freedom of speech. Each time there is some «tension» with America, pre-conceptions come up as quickly as one can regarding French and what they «mean» behind any criticism.
As those two nations confront great challenges in a world of uncertainty, the strengh of the countries' relationships fluctuate according to the world tensions and strategic national interests. One cannot deny the close political collaboration through United Nations and the G8, military collaboration through NATO, the economic collaboration through various public and private sectors...
All this contributing to enhance the relationships betweenn the two countries. And we can go on and on...
Therefore, I recently heard about «The american enemy» and was told about the «long history of french anti-americanism». It seems that it is not just a recent fever coming up with any disturbing and disagreeable episode of Franco-American relations. Also, against this «strong feeling», sometimes (maybe inadvertently) a short space gap arise of «Americanomania». By asking around, I was told that in the mid-1980s, pollsters and political analysts proclaimed that anti-American sentiment was in recession and would very quicky disappear in France.
Anyway, still in mind and in discourses from atlantist politicians and intellectuals (openly very fond of the american policy, domestic and international) and way of life, keep «reminding» us here via media that french anti-americanism is a historical construct with deep roots in french culture... It started far before the Vietnam War, even in the 1930's which was its peak. All the ingredients were existing more than a century ago, its narrative structures largely formed, its argumentation polished up, the domestic divisions hidden behind it in a large concensus...
Where does all this come from ? Why this one way idea regarding the assumption of this so called evidence ? In France, many from the population, feel that this kind of statement coming from a part of the french intelligentia is wrong. That there is a strong adherence being a narrative, working through repetition. Its strengh is in its stubbornness. Sartre in 1946 said «I am not anti-American. I do not even know what the word means». Was he hypocrit or true ? We can take any statement and remember what suits us.
It doesn't change anything that from both sides, criticism should be accepted. France is accused, since Sartre (I suppose because of his political ideas) of denial, being the obligatory preamble to any use of anti-American rethoric. Why not assume that it determines a certain number of attitudes and behaviors going on to taking it to the level of concept ?
It is very respectful to be nationalist and to have a set of values judged to constitute part of the national identity. No problem with that but one has to understand that they cannot become automatically the world's values. A personal identity and a national ideal does not mean international ones.
We can export some and accept others to be refused or criticized. Glorified in the 1920's by a boom of prosperity, americanism was tending to take over and trying to create a number of traits characteristic of american «civilization». If the american way of life (efficiency, productivity, access to material goods...) means a reference to the western world, France believes that it cannot agree, otherwise the country wouldn't be so popular regarding human rights, culture, philosophy, diplomacy... So many countries were inspired and looking up to France for decisions and help.
Americanism becomes hard to export. Even if America's power pushed the term all the way across the ocean to Europe, France believing to be an alternative counting on its history and intellectual conquests and concepts. There is no anti-americanism at all, just a problem of definitions and intellectual concepts. anti-americanism is just a discourse used to please personal passion and/or interests. !
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