Macron’s Liberal Coup
In a desperate attempt to cling on to power, Macron is blocking the French left from government. If this assault on democratic principle is not defeated, it will all but ensure the far-right’s victory in the next election.
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Maxime Benatouil
Maxime Benatouil is a founding member of the French Jewish decolonial collective Tsedek!, as well as a grassroots activist with La France Insoumise.
France’s Authoritarian Turn
In the wake of recent terrorist attacks, France’s Macron government has announced a string of authoritarian measures which stigmatise Muslims and further undermine the country’s fragile civil liberties.
Lebanon’s Interwoven Crises
This month’s apocalyptic explosion in Beirut was a symbol for the disintegration of a Lebanese state plagued by political and economic crisis – and increasingly subject to the intrigue of its old imperial power, France.
The Other 8th of May
Seventy-five years ago today, as the end of war was celebrated in Europe, French colonial forces began a brutal repression against the nationalist movement in Algeria which would result in the deaths of tens of thousands.