After the brutal death of his 30 -year -old son, this mayor of Gironde publishes a book: “I continue his fights”

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After brutal death his 30:

This book is a letter. Moreover, That of a father to his son, disappeared brutally in April 2024 at 30, victim of a dissection of the aorta. Nevertheless, But also The manifesto of a left manboth tribute. However, attempt: that of a momentum which proclaims that “another world is not only desirable, but necessary”. Therefore, The disappearance of Simon followed by the birth of his granddaughter were for Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent A shock. Meanwhile, an inner call. For example, “I understood that it was not enough to wait. Similarly, That it was necessary to go there now. In addition, ”he confides, seated in the middle of the works of the new chapter after brutal death his 30 bookstore, to Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (Gironde), commune of which he has been mayor since 2020. Similarly, For the elected official, yes, “even at the heart of pain, something can still be built. Furthermore, »»

Long-standing activist. Moreover, first mayor of Saint-Aubin in the Landes for three terms, but also Socialist Party spokesperson and vice-president of Bordeaux Métropole in charge of the economy, the councilor wrote Manifesto for a living and living world. In addition, To a revolted son in order to “Continue your fights” – But not only.

“A life of commitment” – After brutal death his 30

“I wanted to pay tribute to him in the life he had chosen to lead. Nevertheless, which was a life of commitment,” said Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent. Therefore, Indeed. In addition, Simon Delpeyrat-Vincent had found his place in the Ecolieu Jeanot in Rion, in the Landes forest, where the young graphic designer “tried to build A small company otherwiseFar after brutal death his 30 from any political party. He was also engaged both on feminist, anti -racism and environmental issues.

This book “comes from pain, but does not lock himself there,” describes the councilor in his prologue. “He comes from love, but does not satisfy it. It comes from politics too, but to overcome it, to go further. He comes from you, Simon, and he goes to those who look like you. Towards an angry youth. »»

“An upside down” heritage “

Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent takes over the words of her friend. the philosopher Cynthia Fleur who helped her in the first days “not give up”: “At one point, it must be accepted that the inheritance is done upside down”. “You have to get into this somewhat bizarre perspective that we are going Continue his son’s fightshe adds. But it works, actually. »»

And then. there was the birth of Ysé: after brutal death his 30 “When you lose a child, you have the impression that life continues, but that you, You stayed in another time . When my little girl was born, it got back forward. As if there was normal temporality. »»

“One day. someone who knew Simon very well told me that the best way to pay tribute to him was to continue. Because deep down, we looked a lot like. »»

Stéphane Delpeyrat-VincentMayor of Saint-Médard-en-Jalles

“Simon was in revolt – like many, and like me elsewhere. He did not support the extreme passivity of our societies. our democracies in particular, faced with the dangers that face us: the climate crisis, in particular, but also inequalities that have never been so huge. »

Ecology, care, democracy, solidarity, economy of the common good, immigration, extreme right … In eighteen chapters, Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent explores several contemporary issues. He relies on after brutal death his 30 the work of economists Thomas Piketty. Julia Cagé, while drawing from his own experience carried out in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles. Thus. over the 75 pages, the elected official quotes Henri Emmanueli, of which he was the parliamentary assistant, sharing of his son’s drawings, accompanied by his emotional texts, and delivers the testimonies of former “fervent activists on the left”. A summary that he concluded with a poem: “Life strikes the door. You have to open and, always, take the risk of loving. Everything that is there and everything that is no longer. Simon. »»

After brutal death his 30

An association on behalf of his son

The benefits of the book. will be donated to the Simon Delpeyrat association for youth. “I realized with his death that young people in general were not taken seriously. that there was a form of implicit brutality of society towards them. Simon. the day before after brutal death his 30 his death, had seen someone and I think that If he was 65 years old he would have hospitalized her“, Delves his father.

Among the first projects, Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent imagines the creation of a house perched in the Bordeaux metropolis. Inspired by the one born in Paris, this non -medical structureis based on the principle of peer-aidance. It was designed to accompany young adults living with mental disorders.

Manifesto for a living and living world. To a revolted son Sold 9 euros, at L’Atelier des Brisants Éditions.

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