During the night of October 8-9, 2025, we set fire to the electrical cabinet of a railway signaling system between the Mézidon-Canon and Caen stations, in the Paris-Caen direction.
The aim of our action was to disrupt rail traffic between Paris and Caen in order to prevent
the smooth running of the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, which took place at the University of Caen on Thursday, October 9. We wanted to cause train delays and cancellations to disrupt the arrival of speakers at this day of pro-technology propaganda and upset the daily routine of the established order.
The sabotage worked well, as the media reported delays on the Paris-Caen-Paris line throughout Thursday, in both directions, due to a fire that “put the signaling system out of service.”
Speakers at the conference included Clara Chappaz, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology, Cédric Villani, former Macronist deputy and mathematician, Thierry Breton, former CEO of France Télécom, ATOS, Thomson SA, and European Commissioner, philosopher Luc Ferry, Anne Bouverot, France’s special envoy for artificial intelligence, Chair of the Board of Directors of the ENS and Co-Chair of the National Digital and AI Council (Cian), Luc Mathieu, National Secretary of the CFDT, Hervé Morin, President of the Normandy region, and others. The others are representatives of private companies (Orange, KPMG, Servier, DELOS, IdealCO, Veolia, Crédit Mutuel, La Poste, etc.) and academics from Caen and Paris-Saclay.
According to the newspaper Ouest-France, organizer of the event: “The first National Conference on Artificial Intelligence brings together more than 600 decision-makers, experts, and elected officials at the University of Caen. Debates, use cases, networking spaces, and practical workshops will offer professionals the keys to understanding the impact of AI and learning how to apply it in their sector of activity.” In other words: a strategic meeting to deploy yet another technology of capital.
We think of the Gazans killed by AI-guided bombs called “Gospel” or “Where’s Daddy?”, the forests ravaged by data center and electrical infrastructure construction sites, ourselves and our loved ones, numbed by all kinds of technological demands; we think of AI-enhanced video surveillance, new forms of exploitation at work, their stupid cloud, and all the water it takes to manufacture and cool their machines.
With this simple gesture, we hope to have disrupted their day and shown that not everyone is resigned to living in a world ruled by capitalism and technology.
The R.A.T.A.T.A.C.
An act of vandalism causes delays on the SNCF line from Caen to Paris or Lisieux
France Bleu, October 9, 2025
An electrical cabinet was set on fire early Thursday morning, before 6 a.m., in the Cagny-Frénouville area, where the Caen-Paris and Caen-Lisieux trains pass. The fire knocked out the signaling system.
The fire was quickly extinguished, but the damage will take a long time to repair. SNCF technicians had to dismantle the electrical cabinet and transport it to a workshop, and will then have to return to the site to reinstall it. According to the railway company’s communications department, the electrical cabinet will be operational again at around 5 p.m.
Until then, trains will continue to run but with delays of 15 minutes on average. The signaling system is no longer automatic. Agents behind their screens are activating green or red lights to authorize or prohibit the passage of trains. There is no doubt that the fire was started deliberately.
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