No, Western Troops Shouldn’t Be Sent to Ukraine
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, suggested on Monday that sending Western troops to Ukraine can “no longer be ruled out.” The idea is dangerous and impractical.
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Macronism Is Dying
The no-confidence vote in Michel Barnier’s government highlights the failure of Emmanuel Macron’s neoliberal project. Far from reviving the liberal center, the president has pitched France into a historic political crisis.
The Last Tocquevillian
The French historian François Furet sought to to discredit the revolutionary tradition. Since then, history has been busy discrediting him.
How a French Watch-Factory Occupation Kept Alive the Spirit of May ’68
Fifty years ago, the LIP watch factory in Besançon, France, announced mass layoffs. In response, the staff occupied the plant — launching one of the most famous attempts at worker self-management in French history.
Macron’s Attack on Workers
The first weeks of Emmanuel Macron’s labor reforms have brought a wave of layoffs across France.
Albert Camus and the Fantasies of Empire
The novelist Albert Camus is omnipresent in French cultural life, from TV shows to comic books, magazine covers and one-man shows. Camus-mania isn’t just a literary phenomenon: it draws on a deep well of political revisionism and colonial nostalgia.
Emmanuel Macron Is Hell-Bent on an Austerity Coalition
The French election saw the left-wing New Popular Front easily defeat Emmanuel Macron’s allies. But almost six weeks later, Macron still refuses the winners the chance to govern, as he tries to cobble together a minority coalition with conservatives.
The British Left Could Benefit From a Few Lessons From the French Left
Five years after their electoral breakthroughs, the projects led by Jeremy Corbyn and Jean-Luc Mélenchon have gone in opposite directions. The British left would be in a stronger position today if it had displayed some of Mélenchon’s confrontational grit.
Community Standards
The Right is trying to essentialize Muslims. The Left should not fall into the same trap.
Emmanuel Macron’s Government Is Silencing Activist Media
France’s interior minister has announced plans to ban left-wing media platform Nantes Révoltée after it publicized an anti-fascist protest ending in a few broken windows. Based on guilt by association, the move is a troubling attack on press freedom.
Daniel Guérin Showed Us What a Socialist Writer Should Be
French socialist thinker Daniel Guérin lived a life of extraordinary political commitment, from anti-fascist and anti-colonial struggles to his pioneering advocacy of gay liberation. Guérin’s writings and record should be a touchstone for the modern left.
Liberation Through Vacation
Reducing working hours is more than a path to full employment. It could help millions live more fulfilling lives.
Emmanuel Macron Has Handed Victory to the Far Right
Marine Le Pen’s allies celebrated a major advance in the opening round of France’s elections. Emmanuel Macron’s snap election gamble was a miscalculation — but the far right’s rise is also a product of his whole presidency.
The War on Climate Change
Framing climate change as a national security threat risks inviting the conventional response: more militarism.
Bernard-Henri Lévy Is the Leading Intellectual of French Anti-Socialism
Bernard-Henri Lévy has made a name for himself as the patron philosopher of France’s neoliberal elite. Here’s how an ex-Maoist become Europe’s leading anti-socialist.
François Bayrou Under Fire Over School Abuse Scandal
Dozens of statements to a French court tell of decades of sexual abuse at a Catholic school. The case has also created a political crisis, with media allegations that today’s prime minister François Bayrou knew what was going on but failed to act.
A Green New Deal for Europe
Europe’s rising far right want to make the EU elections a vote on defending national identity. For the socialist left, the elections are about defending the planet itself.
Unpopular at Home, Emmanuel Macron Plays at World Leader
Emmanuel Macron is a lame duck president without a parliamentary majority. He’s turned to the international stage to show off his continued influence — but France seems unlikely to weigh on the final outcome in Ukraine.
In Praise of French Poetic Realism
In the 1930s, the French realist filmmakers found a way to speak to and fight against the rising authoritarianism in their country and the world.
Emmanuel Macron’s Presidency Is Still Doomed
Emmanuel Macron’s many loyal outriders in the media are trying to paint the picture of a “comeback” in his fortunes. But rising labor disputes and challenges to his environmental record show that the French president is anything but popular.