France

Despite Ban Thousands in Paris Protest in Support of Palestine
On Thursday October 12, several thousand demonstrators defied a ban on demonstrations in Paris to show their solidarity with Palestine.
Paul Morao
October 15, 2023France Threatens to Dissolve Pro-Palestine Organizations
While Israel has implemented a blockade on Gaza and is preparing for a ground offensive, the French government is taking steps to criminalize support for the Palestinian cause.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
October 12, 2023Stellantis Workers in France Walk Out to Demand Breaks amid Heat Wave
Workers at a Stellantis plant in France walked out to force management to address their health concerns amid the suffocating heatwave.
Samuel Karlin
September 14, 2023Coup in Niger Shows France’s Imperialist Decline
The coup in Niger shows that while French imperialism is in retreat, Chinese and Russian influence is growing in the region.
Claudia Cinatti
August 7, 2023The Uprisings in France and the Specter of the Yellow Vests
The French riots, after the police murder of Nahel Merzouk, illustrate the prerevolutionary potential of the situation.
Juan Chingo
July 11, 2023Protests Burn Thousands of Cars Demanding Justice for Nahel
Last Tuesday, French police murdered 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk in broad daylight during a traffic stop. Initiating another phase of class struggle in France, people across the country are taking up radical methods to demand justice.
Emma Lee
July 3, 2023In France, There is No Return to Normal for Macron
Anger of the French people at Macron's pension reform is far from extinguished, despite moves by the Inter-Union bureaucracy which weakened the movement.
Juan Chingo
May 20, 2023The French Union Bureaucracy Tries to Bury the Movement Against the Pension Reform by Resuming “Social Dialogue”
After historic May 1st protests, the Inter-Union announced the following day that the next mobilization will take place on Tuesday, June 6. This distant date appears only to be conceived of as a way to pressure the National Assembly, which continues its strategy of defeat and prepares to bury the movement.
Nathan Erderof
May 12, 2023Eleven Shades of Skepticism and Electoralism: A Debate On the French Left and the Uprising
Our French comrades and members of our sister site and organization Révolution Permanente respond to a debate published in Contretemps and translated to English and published in Jacobin.
Juan Chingo
May 10, 2023#AllThatsLeftPod: The Uprising in France
In this episode of the podcast, we're joined by a revolutionary socialist from France to discuss the massive mobilizations that have rocked the country since January, and what it will take for the working class to win.
Left Voice
April 28, 2023