William Boucher is a French American activist and assistant to the French activist, president of the Union Populaire's parliament, and candidate for the National Assembly, Aurélie Trouvé.
Two years ago, housekeeper Rachel Keke and her colleagues won the longest hotel strike in French history. Now she’s a member of parliament — telling fellow MPs they have no right to impose poor working conditions they wouldn’t accept themselves.
Mass protests on Tuesday showed the strength of popular anger at Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the pension age. But the coalition of left-wing parties, NUPES, has fallen into infighting — which risks wasting the progress it has made since last spring.
France Insoumise wants to change the face of parliament — including by turning hotel cleaners and bus drivers into MPs. Building a left rooted in the working class also means ensuring our parties aren’t just represented by professional politicians.