France’s Rightward Drift
Next year’s French presidential election looks set to be dominated by Macron and Le Pen, with the Left struggling in the polls – but recent moves towards unity suggest a more progressive path forward might be possible.
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Cole Stangler
Cole Stangler is a Paris-based journalist writing about labour and politics. A former staff writer at International Business Times and In These Times, he has also published work in Jacobin, VICE, the Nation, and the Village Voice.
Marseille’s Left-Wing Government on the Rocks
Last June, France’s second city of Marseille voted for a left-wing government after two decades of conservative rule – but maintaining a broad coalition amid Covid-19 financial pressures is proving difficult to manage.
France’s Black Lives Matter Movement
Recent weeks have seen France explode with mass demonstrations against police brutality – sparked by events in America but inspired by the killing of young black people at home.
‘The World is Divided in Two’
Philippe Martinez, leader of French trade union the CGT, on the continuing relevance of class politics and the future of the labour movement in France.