The Movement against Racism, Xenophobia and Antisemitism is a reference historical importance in the fight waged against racism in Belgium.
The force of the extreme right in this country certifies that this fight is far from won. Force us also note the difficulty of making a calm debate and looking at issues of racism in a cacophony where the anathema and the trial of intent to prevent any possibility of deep reflection. As to the condition of our fellow newcomers, like that of the Saharan people or Roma origin, to name only two populations, they do, despite extremely disturbing signals, subject to a deafening silence.
More Overall, the new challenges posed by globalization, which is also available in the temptations of isolationism and establishment of fortresses dividing humanity between rich and poor are vectors of contagion virulent racism and xenophobia.
In this melee against fear or hatred of the Other, every step back is a step too far. Today is the loss of legitimacy and credibility of an important symbol of the struggle against racism and the disintegration of an association more than ever necessary that we want to prevent.
Indeed, the fight against racism, antisemitism and xenophobia implies an association and its activists have values and strong principles and unambiguous, as it requires clear and consistent positions. This is what gives credibility. But today, MRAX can no longer rely on a strong and unambiguous. Just as he brooks no criticism, paralyzed by fear to dent the image "idealized and frozen" by the association while MRAX became a place of sterile polemics and disagreements between recurrent anti-racist activists.
management MRAX unanimously denounced by the staff in his letters to Member of 6 February and 16 March 2006, reflected particularly by the departure of more than half of the employees and led the first strike in the history of the association. These departures have disastrous effects on the image of MRAX and serious impact on the continuity and effectiveness of its action.
The total absence of transparency on controversial positions more often taken by the current management problem for many members, supporters and anti-racist activists.
So is he, among other examples, supported by repeated MRAX in the person of its president, the undemocratic power Moroccan, causing serious damage to the neutrality and independence of the association. This has also been clearly denounced by many Democrats Belgian and Moroccan (1).
Furthermore, the voluntary sector and various political horizon can attest to the sabotage by the President of MRAX initiatives for sub-Saharan migrants especially when they are likely to dent the image of power Moroccan (2) .
Whatever the analysis and nuances made by each other on these issues, it should be noted that the legitimacy of the current presidency of the Board and Management of MRAX is seriously questioned. This alone is enough to worry about at the highest point.
We therefore call on activists, members and supporters of MRAX to realize and react to this lack of credibility and significant degradation of the image of the association and the serious harm done to us in our common struggle.
We appeal finally to the Board of Directors MRAX to assume his responsibilities and he draws conclusions that a substantial part of the antiracist movement the challenge by presenting an honorable and constructive resignation.
> Alaluf Mateo (ULB professor, member of MRAX)
> Mohamed Allouche (and actor),
> Nicolas ANCION (writer),
> Ali Bayar (Professor ULB)
> Guy BADOUX (Coordination SOS Migrants)
> BAUMERDER Joëlle (eds. Maison du Livre, a member of MRAX)
> Marie-Noëlle BEAUCHESNE (sociologist, member of MRAX)
> BENTALEB Mustapha (activist),
> Marie-Carmen Bex (Member MRAX, auditor),
> Mathieu Bietlot (researcher ULB and member of MRAX)
> Irma Bozzo (social worker, former director of MRAX)
> Isabelle CARLES (lawyer, member of MRAX)
> Karim Cherrad (former employee, member of MRAX)
> Souhail Chichah (ULB researcher, member of MRAX)
> Laura Hessel (journalist),
> Céline Delforge (Brussels Parliament)
> Thierry Delforge (Radio Air Libre)
> Stéphanie Demoulin (UCL researcher in social psychology),
> Anne-Marie GOD (Researcher EGID - Studies on Gender and Diversity in Management, HEC-ULG)
> Josy DUBIE (Senator, member of MRAX)
> Peter ERGO (journalist at the European Association for information on local development),
> Filosofi Fanny, a member of Colfen (group Women in Black against detention centers and deportations)
> Pascale FONTENEAU (writer),
> Laila FOULON (artistic coordinator Zinneke Parade),
> Carole Grandjean (former director, member of MRAX)
> Pierre Galand (Senator),
> GRATIA Marianne (former employee, member of MRAX)
> Bernard HENGCHEN (Prof. at the Institute Cardijn, director of MRAX)
> David JAMAR (sociology researcher ULB)
> Richard KALISCZ (director, professor and INSAS resigning member of MRAX)
> Shanan Khair (historian, internal medicine)
> Linda Lewkowicz (author),
> LIEBERMANN Henry (Member of MRAX)
> Arnaud LIEGE (Researcher Social Psychology, UCL)
> LORQUET Peter (author, member of MRAX)
> Xavier Lowenthal (Editor, The Fifth Layer ed.)
> Nicole MAYER (sociologist, member of MRAX)
> Claude MERTENS ( official),
> Aziz MKICHRI (SOS Migrants)
> Anne MORELLI (historian, member of MRAX)
> Serge CHRISTMAS (writer, SOS Migrants)
> Nouria OUALI (ULB researcher, member of MRAX)
> Claire Pahaut (Democracy or Barbarism)
> Pierre-Arnaud Perrouty (former employee, member of MRAX)
> Julien Pieret (lawyer, researcher ULB)
> Marcel POZNANSKI (actor associative Matonge)
> Andrea REA (ULB professor, member of MRAX)
> Eric Remacle (ULB Professor),
> Isabelle RORIVE (ULB lecturer, member MRAX)
> SOMEN Sylvie (ed. Theatre Varia)
> Jean-Philippe SCHREIBER (ULB teacher, member of MRAX)
> Isabelle Stengers (philosopher, prof. in ULB)
> Lise Thiry (Professor Emeritus ULB)
> Cedric Tolley (ULB researcher, member of MRAX)
> Marie Van Keirsbilck (former employee, member of MRAX)
(1) See especially below the open letter to supporters of MRAX N. Ouali, S. Chichah, researchers at the university.
(2) See below including the testimony of the founding members of the group SOS Ben Younech.
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