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David Lees – Emmanuel Macron has ran out of options

October 7, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The French President doesn’t have enough political support in the Parliament nor in the country, yet in theory his zombie Presidency doesn’t run out until 2027. David Lees is a researcher in modern and contemporary […]

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Michele Barbero – France Is Deep in Debt but Failing to Tax the Superrich

September 29, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Is a wealth tax the answer to Macron’s budget crisis? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.

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C.J. Polychroniou – Neoliberalism in France Receives a New Blow as Yet Another Government Falls

September 9, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The French people don’t want more neoliberal remedies and there is no parliamentary majority for them, but Macron has nothing else to offer – something has to give. C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist […]

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Stéphane Sirot – The role of the strike in French history

September 9, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The concept of strike action as a means of delivering radical political change has weakened in France, but with calls for a general strike against Macron, could it be on the way back? Stéphane Sirot […]

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Marco Carnelos – How European powers could ignite a new war with Iran

September 2, 2025 Ben Wray 0

France, the UK and Germany are re-imposing sanctions on Iran, despite it being the US which broke the Nuclear Deal which lifted the sanctions in the first place. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. […]

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Marlon Ettinger – The Countless Failed Attempts to Demonize France Insoumise

August 5, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Insoumise is the biggest radical-left force in Europe. Liberal opinion seethes against all aspects of the movement — but Mélenchon’s comrades haven’t been thrown off course.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.

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Olly Haynes – France: A return of the Euro-critical left?

July 21, 2025 Ben Wray 2

There has always been a euro-sceptic left-wing consciousness in France, and it may be about to rear its head once again. Olly Haynes works regularly in France, and has reported across Europe, bringing that coverage […]

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France Can’t Ban Solidarity With Palestine: Interview w/ Salah Hamouri

June 4, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Emmanuel Macron’s government is calling for a ban on one of France’s largest Palestine solidarity campaigns. The proposal is repression of free speech — and makes a mockery of Macron’s attempt to sound more critical […]

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “We Need a New Civic Morality”

April 21, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘As he visits the US for the first time, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise, writes about the collapse of triumphal capitalist narratives and sets out an alternative vision for humanity that can save […]

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David Broder – Stopping Marine Le Pen From Running Is a Bad Idea

March 31, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for office for five years. The sentence applies the law as written, but it turns her embezzlement conviction into a propaganda coup for her party.’ In Jacobin. […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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