The Merry Month of May: A Firsthand History of ’68 France
Where are the riots of yesteryear? This month marks the 50th anniversary of the wave of radical revolts and…
The Indypendent
France
Echoes of May ’68 Reverberate Through France
Montpellier, France — On March 29, the ultra-conservative dean of the Montpellier University Law School was summoned to police…
Ahead of Elections, A Turf War Rages Among the French Left
Montpellier, France — The good news this May was that French voters rejected far-right Marine LePen by a two-to-one…
Longtime activist, scholar and translator Richard Greeman writes to us from Southern France. The country is preparing for an election on Sunday. The ultra-right nativist Marine Le Pen is vying for the presidency against Emmanuel Macron, a former Rothchild banker. What Greeman observed at May Day rallies in Montpellier does not bode well for the left in France.
Confronting the Black Jacobins: The United States, the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic Gerald Horne Monthly…
Paris climate terror could endure for generations
Paris witnessed both explicit terrorism by religious extremists on November 13 and a month later, implicit terrorism by carbon…
France After Charlie Hebdo: Seeking the Enemy Within
PARIS — One former neighbor described Chérif Kouachi as a kid like any other, easily excitable at the prospect…
If you’re going to pound the frigid air for free speech, start with better heroes! To the placard-toting hordes…
During his presidential campaign, French President François Hollande declared: “My enemy is finance.” He received a standing ovation from…
"In other days France was the name of a country. We should take care that in 1961 it does…