France’s Pension Reform Battle Will Be Decided in the Streets France’s Pension Reform Battle Will Be Decided in the Streets
Macron is trying to push through cuts to the retirement system, looking to generate savings on the backs of the working class.
Jan 18, 2023 / Cole Stangler
The Life and Afterlife of the Paris Commune The Life and Afterlife of the Paris Commune
It was one of the most radical political experiments in European history. It was also one of Europe’s most tragically short-lived.
Nov 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Amid Inflation and Corporate Windfalls, French Workers Are Rising Up Amid Inflation and Corporate Windfalls, French Workers Are Rising Up
The increasing cost of living and the government’s heavy-handed response to a strike at oil refineries is pushing people into the streets, and the discontent isn’t going away.
Oct 19, 2022 / Cole Stangler
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally Has What It’s Always Wanted: Institutional Power Marine Le Pen’s National Rally Has What It’s Always Wanted: Institutional Power
The National Rally may fashion itself a movement, but it prefers that the people remain passive.
Sep 29, 2022 / Harrison Stetler
France Rediscovers Parliamentary Politics France Rediscovers Parliamentary Politics
Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition would rather look for allies on the far right than on the left.
Jun 30, 2022 / Harrison Stetler
Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick” Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick”
Pierre Senges’s avant-garde retelling of Melville's great work asks us what the limits of the novel are.
Jun 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Ruby
What the French Really Owe Haiti What the French Really Owe Haiti
Compensation for a history suffused with violence that left physical wounds and psychological trauma.
Jun 13, 2022 / Marlene L. Daut
Can a United Left Win in Macron’s France? Can a United Left Win in Macron’s France?
France’s left unity coalition is poised to send a crop of activists into the National Assembly, though critics say it could be even more representative of its diverse base.
Jun 9, 2022 / Cole Stangler
The Rank Opportunism of Emmanuel Macron The Rank Opportunism of Emmanuel Macron
How the French president stumbled into a legitimacy crisis.
Apr 19, 2022 / Harrison Stetler
“He Just Shat All over Us”: Why Macron’s “Republican Front” Is Fraying “He Just Shat All over Us”: Why Macron’s “Republican Front” Is Fraying
Macron aims to rally voters against far-right Marine Le Pen, but alienated parts of the coalition he needs to win may sit on the sidelines.
Apr 15, 2022 / Cole Stangler