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‘Macron Get Out!’ Unions Lead Massive Anti-Austerity Protests Across France
“We’re in a situation of injustice,” one protester said. “Workers can no longer feed themselves, students no longer have future...

The Left Chapter
Sep 183 min read


Solidarity with Cuba stressed at the Fête de l'Humanité
Image via the PCC Via the PCC, translated from the Spanish On the opening day of the Fête de l'Humanité, following the signing of an...

The Left Chapter
Sep 131 min read


On the long march to sovereignty: Niger’s revolution against French neocolonialism enters third year
Enduring a financial siege by France and terror attacks by its alleged proxies, the popular military government that replaced the puppet...

The Left Chapter
Aug 110 min read


Gabriel Rockhill on the Effacement of Fascism in the Liberal Political Imaginary
Transcribed and lightly edited excerpt by Helmut-Harry Loewen, Winnipeg, 17 February 2020, from a presentation by Dr. Gabriel Rockhill...

The Left Chapter
Jun 15 min read


The Colonizer’s Mask Has Slipped to the Floor
French troops in Mali - Cover photo by France 3 Grand Est, CC-BY-3.0, accessed via Wikimedia Commons. By Vijay Prashad A decade ago, on a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 145 min read


Niger resists in the crosshairs of sanctions and climate catastrophe
Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of unprecedented...
Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20247 min read


France’s Persecution of Pan-Africanist Kemi Seba
By Global News Service One of Francophone Africa’s leading anti-colonial activists, Kemi Seba, was arrested in Paris on October 14. Seba...
Michael Laxer
Oct 22, 20242 min read


Fête de l’Humanité 2024: 450,000 Stand for Palestine and Against Macron’s Power Grab
Image via X By Global News Service The 89th edition of the Fête de l’Humanité brought together over 450,000 participants for three days...
Michael Laxer
Sep 18, 20241 min read


100,000+ People Across France March to Decry Macron's 'Denial of Democracy'
"Expressing one's vote will be useless as long as Macron is in power," said one demonstrator. Protestors march in France, September 7 --...
Michael Laxer
Sep 8, 20242 min read


'This Election Is Being Stolen From Us': French Left Calls Mass Protest Against Macron
"The people must get rid of Macron for the good of democracy," said the leader of France's Green Party. Nouveau Front Populaire rally...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20242 min read


KKE General Secretary critiques new French Popular Front
Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at an election rally in Athens, June 5 -- image via the KKE on X In the recent European elections the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 21, 20242 min read


Elections for the European Parliament and the need for anti-capitalist struggle: A Communist analysis
An excellent and thorough analysis of the results of the recent European election from the Brazilian Communist Party. Elections for the...
Michael Laxer
Jun 14, 20248 min read


Left parties in France form a new Popular Front
Taking a page from the dark days of the 1930s and the rise of fascism and nazism, the major left wing parties in France are forming what...
Michael Laxer
Jun 12, 20241 min read


The Unremarkable Death of Migrants in the Sahara Desert
Djebel al-Akakus (Tadrart Acacus) mountains in a desert area in south western Libya, part of the Sahara -- Luca Galuzzi, CC BY-SA 2.5...
Michael Laxer
Apr 5, 20245 min read


The Paris Commune: The first proletarian revolutionary political power in the history of humanity
From China Pictorial Magazine, March 1971, a short, edited illustrated look at the Paris Commune at its centenary: On March 18,1871 the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 18, 20244 min read


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,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2, 20231 min read


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
Sep 30, 20232 min read


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
Aug 4, 20231 min read


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
Jun 7, 20232 min read


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 28, 20236 min read
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