“History is watching us,” they say. In a column published on Monday, 200 content creators and online personalities call for voting against the far right and for the New Popular Front during snap legislative elections.
“We, the creators, the Internet personalities, call for mobilization,” we read in this column published in the Mediapart Club signed by videographers Antoine Daniel, Benjamin Brillo (Nota Bene), Ultia or mistermv.
Several influential people are coming out of their reserves
“History is watching us, and we have until Sunday, June 30, the first round of legislative elections, to encourage our communities to vote,” they wrote. Believing that “the far right was not, is not and will never be the solution,” the authors call for the election of the New Popular Front, the only ballot they believe will “defeat the far right.” , “respond to an environmental emergency,” or “protect public services.”
“The volume of our collective performance obliges us. The time for silence has passed. Creators, creators, internet personalities: let’s mobilize! “- conclude these individuals, united under the banner of the “People’s Stream”.
Several high-profile influencers, usually more politically reserved, have recently taken a stand. Videographer Squeezie, the second most popular YouTuber in France with 18.9 million subscribers, particularly condemned RN’s “hateful and destructive” ideology in a long letter to his subscribers.
Source: Le Parisien
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