French politics and the shameful exploitation of WW2 history for today's political agenda has now lead clearly to the death of a young student engaged into a radical "antifascism" organisation after a fight with another group of youths eventually engaged in a radical organisation on the opposite side which coulsd be "skin heads". Looks like a joke that it is at the heart of the political debate as well as making the headlines when you know that all together these groups of radicals of both sides make less than 1% at any general elections... 

More surprising is the reaction of mainstream politicians, medias and usual analysts of underground culture. It is funny that there is nobody to wonder what was doing a bright student that had succeeded at the competition to enter among the most prestigious schools which is in this case Science Politique Paris into the subculture of antifascism radicals engaged in several violent demonstrations known to breach repeatedly public order and whose methods have little to do with democracy not to mention that their political aim looks to be, fighting with all their energy, time and abilities something "fascism" which hardly scores more than 1% at general elections, the Gov and Press naming these "fascist" organisations "groupuscules" or " micro groupes" both expressions underlining with contempt their very little size by the number of affiliates with in mind that given the event that took place, we learn that members of these subcultures groups can't even shop without being insulted....is it designed to convince them they are heading the wrong way? In itself isn't all that a little disturbing? It is.

Have u looked at it?

More disturbing for the Rule of Law in general is the suspected decision to only prosecute one side. Given it was a street fight in which two groups engaged scoring one dead in the heart of a very busy shopping street every single one engaged in that fight should be prosecuted may be not charged with the same counts but no one should think it is possible to get away with breaching public order and engaged in street fighting endangering the life of others, what if in the way of any of these guys during the fight a toddler had escaped his Mum surveillance and find himself in the middle of it?

But what stays with me, is whether the dead guy or the suspected individual now jailed with a couple of others, why are they into these subcultures. Of course there is for everyone the personal responsibility, the choice you make for yourself and the consequences you must bear but nonetheless you can't take away both have filled the emptiness of one's life and may be answered a spiritual struggle with the wrong answers. Of these two guys, given where they grew up and their background very little not to say none should have lead them where they ended, so, it leaves the recurring shameful use of WW2 history in today's politics associated with the lack of care for the National Minorities for one and another troubling side of French politics for the other being how it deals with the culture and identity of people of Immigrant descent...?

I guess the French Gov will get away with that death again but there is a stain at the heart of Europe that doesn't play by the rule when it comes to the protection owned to persons that belong to National Minorities. Any honest political step to end insane subcultures whether it is irrational fight against the pro-nazis ghosts of WW2 or surprising taste for answers to a personal identity and spiritual struggle in political nationalism military style revolution lays for a great number through the knowledge of their rights and who they really are.

A good starting point is to read the FCNM, the French state hasn't signed yet but it is something that can be changed 

"extract : Résolus à protéger l’existence des minorités nationales sur leur territoire respectif;

Considérant que les bouleversements de l’histoire européenne ont montré que la protection des 

minorités nationales est essentielle à la stabilité, à la sécurité démocratique et à la paix du 

continent;

Considérant qu’une société pluraliste et véritablement démocratique doit non seulement 

respecter l’identité ethnique, culturelle, linguistique et religieuse de toute personne appartenant à 

une minorité nationale, mais également créer des conditions propres à permettre d’exprimer, de 

préserver et de développer cette identité;
.../...
Article 1
La protection des minorités nationales et des droits et libertés des personnes 
appartenant à ces minorités fait partie intégrante de la protection internationale 
des droits de l’homme et, comme telle, constitue un domaine de la coopération 
internationale"
.../...
Article 3
1 Toute personne appartenant à une minorité nationale a le droit de choisir 
librement d’être traitée ou ne pas être traitée comme telle et aucun désavantage 
ne doit résulter de ce choix ou de l’exercice des droits qui y sont liés."

The French version of the convention is here 

Conseil de l'Europe 

CONVENTION-CADRE POUR LA PROTECTION DES MINORITÉS NATIONALES ET RAPPORT EXPLICATIF

Anybody suspecting a link between the death of that student and me mentioning again the FCNM on that occasion would be right. I do believe a number of distressed or disaffected individuals that enter subcultures (fighting WW2 ghosts in today's politics is one of them) by ignoring that their struggle is much more widely shared than what they think, there are answers and these answers are in the FCNM for a score of them.

Since it is in French they might read it who knows? up  to?