Mitterrand’s War
For François Mitterrand, France's atrocities in Algeria were stepping-stones to power.
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François Mitterrand Gave French Socialists Power at the Price of Their Soul
Forty years ago today, François Mitterrand became the first socialist president of France’s Fifth Republic. But after his early attempt at left-wing reforms was defeated, Mitterrand’s tenure helped turn the Parti Socialiste into a pillar of the political establishment.
The Many Lives of François Mitterrand
Before Alexis Tsipras, Europe battered François Mitterrand's reformist ambitions into a sweeping neoliberal program.
The Rise and Fall of French Socialism
France was once the heartland of revolution. Today, its left is battered, and its far right is rising. To understand why, we have to look at François Mitterrand’s socialist government’s turn from radical reform to neoliberal austerity in the 1980s.
The Defeat of François Mitterrand’s Reform Program Still Haunts the French Left
Despite Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s strong showing in the recent presidential campaign, France’s left was defeated again by the neoliberal center and far right. The roots of that weakness lie in the Mitterrand government’s capitulation to neoliberalism in the 1980s.
What’s the Matter with France?
As we reach a midway point in François Hollande’s presidency, let’s put his staggering unpopularity and political difficulties into context.
French Socialism Embraced Neoliberalism and Signed Its Death Warrant
In the 1980s, François Mitterrand brought the French Socialists to power. A generation later, they’re in danger of extinction — and they brought it upon themselves.
How Beautiful It Was
For a few brief weeks in France, not just a government but an entire system was called into question.
Between Vichy and the Republic
The National Front hasn't changed. It just learned how to articulate its longstanding racism and xenophobia with mainstream French republican discourse.
The Left Is Alive
Le Pen is in the second round, but Sunday showed us that the French left isn't dead after all.
Dangerous Days Ahead
Alain Badiou and Stathis Kouvelakis in conversation on Syriza and whether a radical break from the eurozone is possible.
Introduction: Europe Against the Left
What makes this perennial sad story worthy of another reexamination?
The French Left’s Long March to the Right
Le Monde Diplomatique’s Serge Halimi dissects the collective suicide of France’s center-left — and how its new far left can pick up the pieces.
We Won the Battle, They Won the War
History shows that the capitalist class will do whatever it can to undermine our reforms and oust the Left from power.
How France’s Vichy Regime Became Hitler’s Willing Collaborators
It’s eighty years today since the notorious Vichy regime took power in France under Nazi domination. Vichy-style fascism wasn’t simply a German plant on French soil — it drew on powerful reactionary currents in French politics and society.
Paris’s Mayor, Anne Hidalgo, Is Running for President — but Her Socialist Party Is Dying
France’s Socialist Party has announced Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo as its candidate to take back the presidency. Yet far from reconnecting with working-class voters, her candidacy illustrates how France’s established parties have lost their roots.
How France’s Intellectuals Became Reactionaries
France has always had right-wing thinkers — but they are more prominent now than any time since World War II. A decades-long counterrevolution against the Left has led to reactionary provocateurs reshaping French intellectual life.
The Last Tocquevillian
The French historian François Furet sought to to discredit the revolutionary tradition. Since then, history has been busy discrediting him.
Jacques Delors Was the Gravedigger of “Social Europe”
At his funeral last week, former European Union chief Jacques Delors was hailed as a left-wing architect of the EU. But far from realizing the Left’s hopes for a “social Europe,” in the 1990s Delors built a new European order in thrall to free-market dogmas.
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013)
Margaret Thatcher was made by her era more than she made it.