Michael Laxer
Nigeriens Demand Exit of French Troops From Country
By Saurav Sarkar “Democracy Now!” reported on September 29 that Nigeriens had again gathered outside a French military base in Niamey,...
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Michael Laxer
- Sep 30
- 2 min
Under French-Backed Military Ruler Mahamat Déby, Chad Is a “Pressure Cooker Waiting to Explode”
Chadian leader Mahamat Déby with president Emmanuel Macron of France in 2021 By Global News Service The wave of anti-French sentiment...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 4
- 1 min
Serfdom abolished in France, August 4, 1789
On August 4th, 1789 -- less than a month after the storming of the Bastille -- the revolutionary National Constituent Assembly formally...
Michael Laxer
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Hundreds of thousands of workers march across France opposing attacks on pensions
The mobilization June 6 saw 900,000 workers march in 250 rallies across the country. It is the 14th such mobilization since Macron began...
Michael Laxer
- Mar 28
- 6 min
France rising!: Red Review #91 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, the UK, Peru, Brazil, the USA, Israel and elsewhere. France rising! -- Image via Twitter March 18: Thousands...
Michael Laxer
- Mar 18
- 10 min
When the workers first held power: Joanny Berlioz on the Paris Commune
The Paris Commune, the first attempt by the modern working class to seize power in history, was proclaimed March 18, 1871. 100 years...
Michael Laxer
- Mar 17
- 2 min
French unions and Left vow to escalate resistance after Macron forces through pension "reforms"
"All of us together can win." Workers protest in Le Mans, France March 16 -- image via the CGT on Twitter French unions and Left...
Michael Laxer
- Mar 7
- 11 min
Red Review #88 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Greece, France, Tunisia, Vietnam, the USA, Swaziland, South Africa, Russia, India and elsewhere. Thousands of protesters...
Michael Laxer
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Hundreds of thousands mobilize across France again to protest attack on pensions
Workers on strike against reactionary pension "reforms" in France, March 7 -- image via the CGT on Twitter On Tuesday, March 7 hundreds...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 6
- 7 min
General strikes in France & Britain: Red Review #84 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, Britain, Ecuador, India, Venezuela, Vietnam, Russia, Belgium and elsewhere. Communists marching in the British...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 1
- 2 min
France: Massive mobilization of workers against Macron's reactionary attack on pensions
All images via Twitter Following on the heels of a huge mobilization on January 19, an estimated 2.8 million French workers took to the...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Mass strikes across France in opposition to Macron's attacks on pensions
All images via Twitter Hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike and marched in Paris and in other cities and towns all across...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 14, 2022
- 1 min
Happy Bastille Day!
Happy Bastille Day! Coming again soon to a country near you.
Michael Laxer
- Jun 20, 2022
- 9 min
Left wins in Colombia & France: Red Review #62 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Colombia, France, Egypt, Ecuador, Malta, Indonesia, Zimbabwe and elsewhere. Gustavo Petro's is the first win for a leftist...
Michael Laxer
- Jun 19, 2022
- 1 min
Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the left block parliamentary majority for Macron in France
In a remarkable turn of events Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whose unexpectedly good showing in the first round of the French Presidential...
Michael Laxer
- May 9, 2022
- 6 min
Red Review #56 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, France, the USA, Colombia and elsewhere. Marx and Engels statue during the celebrations of Marx's birth, May 5,...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 18, 2022
- 8 min
Red Review #53 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, Venezuela, the USA, Cuba, Mexico and elsewhere. Thousands demonstrate against far right candidate Le Pen in Paris,...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 11, 2022
- 12 min
Red Review #52 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Bolivia, Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, the UK and elsewhere. There are also a number of links related to the ongoing...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #659
Ho Chi Minh and comrades walk along a beach in Biarritz, France 1946 -- Daily LIFT #659 Ho Chi Minh and his fellow delegates for talks...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 20, 2022
- 15 min
Red Review #45 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Haiti, Cuba, Bolivia, the USA, Canada, Australia, France, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a special section related...
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