The New French Revolt
The French establishment has dismissed the riots as a purely criminal affair, refusing to accept its true cause: widespread anger at murderous policing, racial inequality, social deprivation, and a state in total crisis.
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Tomek Skomski
Tomek Skomski is a member of the Parti de Gauche and parliamentary attaché for La France Insoumise.
Macron’s Authoritarian Turn
In bypassing parliament and unleashing a brutal police force to impose deeply unpopular pension changes, Emmanuel Macron has allowed a mass movement to fan the flames of revolt across France.
Workers Against Macron
Millions of French workers are on the streets against Macron’s attempts to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 – an ideological attack on standards of life that the labour movement has united to defend.
The Rise of the French Left
In today’s French parliamentary election, a new coalition has united the Left around a bold programme and a common project: to elect Jean-Luc Mélenchon as the country’s prime minister.
The Rise of Zemmour: France’s Latest Far-Right Threat
Éric Zemmour, France’s latest far-right presidential candidate, made his name as a media controversialist promoted by a billionaire mogul – and now he’s pushing ideas like the ‘great replacement’ theory into the political mainstream.