The political and festive event of this weekend is in Nice, on the Castle Hill. 76 years after its first edition, the festival organized by the communists of the Alpes Maritimes finds its magnificent setting once again.
This is a major popular event in our department, and this 2022 edition will be the 73rd edition of the Festival, after two years of cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, adding to the one in 2017, which was due to budget reasons.
The 2022 edition is special, due to a particularly unprecedented political and social situation. The emergence of the NUPES has just deprived Emmanuel Macron of an absolute majority in the National Assembly, in a context also marked by a record presence of the far-right on the seats of the Assembly.
Meet on the hill… to debate and listen to the concerts.
The debates at the Festival
Friday, July 1st
5 pm: Rotund space above the port: Meeting with Ali Therani about his book “Tranquility Under the Gaze of Others”.
6:30 pm: Debate space, “Legislatives: and now?” with the participation of a communist parliamentarian, Sophie Bournot-Poulet (PCF), Anne-Laure Chaintron (LFI), Philippe Benassaya (EELV), José Garcia-Abia (PS).
Saturday, July 2
12 pm: Debate space, Aperitif offered by the federation
1 pm: Debate space, “Ventimiglia, 6 Years of Human Rights Obstacles at the French-Italian Border”. Meeting hosted by Aurélie Selvi (co-author of the book “The Sentinels – Chronicles of Fraternity at Ventimiglia”), with the participation of Christine Poupon (Amnesty International, Regional Relay for Displaced Persons 06), Michel Rueher (Mille Babords Marseille), Jean Corbucci (AdN), Zia Oloumi (lawyer), and a representative of Progetto 20k (Italian solidarity group from Ventimiglia).
3:30 pm: Debate space, “What Choices for Education and Health?” with the participation of Laurent Gleizes and Delphine Girard (health unionists), Jean-Paul Clot and Fabienne Langoureau (national education unionists), and users.
4 pm: Rotund space above the port: “Support Meeting for Mimmo Lucano” With Cédric Herrou, Laurent Klajnbaum, and Michèle Pedinielli, around the book “Land of Humanity, a Choir for Mimmo” (Le Merle Moqueur editions), a book of struggle in support of Mimmo Lucano, former mayor of Riace in Italy, sentenced to 13 years in prison for helping refugees.
4 pm: Roya stand: “Transport and Mobility”
5 pm: Debate space, “Meeting for Palestine” under the auspices of the Friends of Humanity Association, with the senior reporter of l’Humanité: Pierre Barbancey returning from Palestine.
5:30 pm: Feminist Space: “Prostitution, Pornography, Abolishing These Extreme Forms of Macho and Colonial Violence” with Lorraine Questiaux, lawyer specializing against gender-based violence, feminist communist activist, with the presence of Laurence Cohen, Communist Senator, feminist.
7 pm: Meeting at the Donjon with Laurence Cohen, senator, member of the national leadership of the PCF.
The concerts of the Château Festival 2022
Friday, July 1st, 7 pm, at the Donjon: Thin Lizzy, an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969.
Friday, July 1st, 8:30 pm, at the Donjon: Caligagan
Friday, July 1st, 10 pm, at the Donjon: Nux Vomica
Saturday, July 2, 8 pm, at the Donjon: Richard Blues Gang
Saturday, July 2 at 9 pm at the Feminist Stand: Marion Wild Roses
Saturday, July 2, 9:45 pm, at the Donjon: Scott Allen
