Tag: France
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France’s student strikes
Danielle Bullock interviews public high school teacher Laurent about the protests that began last month in Paris’s northern suburbs, where students have struggled to learn in crumbling, pest-infested schools with too few teachers.
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Inside the French student revolt
In this interview with Janette Zahia Corcelius and Jane-Léonie Bellay, students report from the student revolt in France.
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France: The impossibility of a democratic compromise with capital
Behind the impasse of French politics is a crisis of economic stagnation, says Romaric Godin. Since no party can win consent for austerity, he argues, French capital seems bound to seek authoritarian means to impose it.
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The post-election challenge in France
Tempest interviews French socialist, John Mullen, about the challenges facing the Left in France following the the formation of a new right-wing government led by a prime minister Michel Barnier.
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Another view on the 2024 French Legislative Elections
While Left enthusiasts for the results of the French elections rightly celebrate the electoral defeat of the right, Peter Solenberger argues that Marxists need to confront the problem that the elections do not offer a forward for the working class.
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The French elections and the defeat of the far right
Tempest interviews revolutionary socialist Sylvestre Jaffard about the French elections last month, their political impact on both the right and Left, and the prospects going forward.
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The far right is defeated in France
Tempest re-runs the statement of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA)/New Anti-capitalist Party on the results of Sunday’s national elections.
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A French spring
Tempest interviews Sylvestre Jaffard regarding the mass uprising against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform.
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A breakthrough for the French left?
Ian Birchall explains the background and looks at what may come next following the second round of France’s parliamentary elections which saw the president lose his majority, a new Left alliance becoming the second largest force, but also a worrying increase in far-right representation.
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Relief, anti-climax, and glimmers of hope
Sylvestre Jaffard analyses last month’s election results in the French presidential election, including the prospects for a rejuvenated Left challenge in the June legislative vote.