Cole Stangler

Cole Stangler is a Paris-based journalist writing about labor and politics. A former staff writer at International Business Times and In These Times, Cole has also published work in Vice, Dissent, and The Village Voice.

InequalityMay 19, 2020

What Are the Roots of Global Inequality?

At over 1,100 pages, Thomas Piketty’s new book offers us not only a history of economic injustice but also a program aimed at making it disappear.

Cole Stangler
Campaigns and ElectionsMarch 13, 2020

The Rise of the Far Right in France’s Poorest Cities

The areas where the National Rally has the best chance to win in the March elections are united by one factor: socioeconomic duress.

Cole Stangler
Labor OrganizingDecember 17, 2019

France’s Pension Battle Heats Up

France’s largest union confederation has finally thrown its support to the latest round of strikes. Union president Laurent Berger explains why.

Cole Stangler
EuropeMay 28, 2019

In a Divided France, a Display of Force by the Far Right

In the elections for European Parliament, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won more seats than any other party in France.

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BiographyApril 1, 2019

The Travails of Emmanuel Macron

A new book equates the French president's rise to a revolution. For much of France’s working and middle classes, it has been nothing short of a disaster.

Cole Stangler
EuropeMarch 29, 2019

France Unbowed Tries to Rediscover Its Populist Magic

The left populist party is still looking for its place in a national debate often dominated by Emmanuel Macron and the far right. Will European elections provide a spark?

Cole Stangler
December 28, 2018

Erdogan’s War on Workers

Turkey’s crackdown on dissent extends to the country’s fractured labor movement.

Cole Stangler
Civil UnrestDecember 13, 2018

The Yellow Vest Revolt

The French uprising was never just about a fuel tax.

Cole Stangler
Civil UnrestDecember 7, 2018

What’s Really Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protest?

It’s not just about the fuel tax; it’s about anger at ever-increasing burdens on the working class.

Cole Stangler
HistoryAugust 3, 2018

The Neglected History of the May ’68 Uprising in France

We remember the students, the generational conflict, the cultural explosion—but we forget that it was, at heart, a working-class rebellion.

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InequalityMay 19, 2020

At over 1,100 pages, Thomas Piketty’s new book offers us not only a history of economic injustice but also a program aimed at making it disappear.

Campaigns and ElectionsMarch 13, 2020

The areas where the National Rally has the best chance to win in the March elections are united by one factor: socioeconomic duress.

Labor OrganizingDecember 17, 2019

France’s largest union confederation has finally thrown its support to the latest round of strikes. Union president Laurent Berger explains why.

EuropeMay 28, 2019

In the elections for European Parliament, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won more seats than any other party in France.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

BiographyApril 1, 2019

A new book equates the French president's rise to a revolution. For much of France’s working and middle classes, it has been nothing short of a disaster.

EuropeMarch 29, 2019

The left populist party is still looking for its place in a national debate often dominated by Emmanuel Macron and the far right. Will European elections provide a spark?

December 28, 2018

Turkey’s crackdown on dissent extends to the country’s fractured labor movement.

Civil UnrestDecember 13, 2018

The French uprising was never just about a fuel tax.

Civil UnrestDecember 7, 2018

It’s not just about the fuel tax; it’s about anger at ever-increasing burdens on the working class.

HistoryAugust 3, 2018

We remember the students, the generational conflict, the cultural explosion—but we forget that it was, at heart, a working-class rebellion.