Is this film
any better at history than Dunkirk? Does
it matter when you have such a multi-faceted central character as this ‘real war
leader ’? Review.
In an ambitious future, education as a common good
means an education enjoyed by the whole community, built
by citizens culturally capable of influencing, acting and imagining
alternatives.
The gassing of people is considered
exceptionally inhumane, officially a categorical “red line” dividing good from
evil. This belief now threatens to trigger an escalation with unpredictable
consequences.
The Swedish model is not especially efficient or good, but it is the one
that has pushed as far as possible the post-authoritarian logic
in modern European education.
Simone De Beauvoir and
Gisele Halimi were indefatigable. They wrote to every responsible official in
the judiciary, military and government – up to General de Gaulle. Lest we forget.
The proclaimed support of the EU for gender equality is seen
as one element in a wider programme of colonization, whereby what was once Marxism
is now replaced by gender politics. Book review.
Tougher internal controls under Macron are only giving police more
powers, allowing them to conduct identity checks in emergency shelters.
Brutality towards migrants is likely to become even more common.
Turkey, at the crossroads of refugee flows, hosts 3.4 million refugees, while not granting them refugee status but a state
of exception. Hospitality and hostility go hand in hand.
A besieged and starved population has been pushed to the brink of famine. The UK, US and France need to re-evaluate their relationship with Saudi Arabia.
“I left Afghanistan because I didn’t
want to kill for the Taliban... I could not do that, but European life is very
dangerous too: I never thought it would be like this.”
The State of Israel came into being thirty-one
years after the Balfour Declaration, precisely because Zionist Jews were done
entrusting their fate to others.
The irony is despite dismissing notions of
left and class, the sociology of Mélenchon’s electorate is clearly left-wing
and their vote is a class vote against the right and extreme right.
Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, activist, scholar, and daughter of Frantz Fanon, talks about the enduring relevance of his ideas and passions in contemporary political life.
Mireille
Fanon-Mendès France, activist, scholar, and daughter of Frantz Fanon, talks about the enduring relevance of his ideas and passions in
contemporary political life.
We promised Macron that if he “becomes merely another functionary of Europe’s deep establishment we will oppose him... ” Now the time has come to do exactly that.
Former Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui collects fatwas like badges of honour. Her recent book outlines similarities between the Islamic and European far right.
Aristides de Sousa
Mendes chose his conscience over his orders. His altruism should be an example
for all those struggling to change a world that is once again failing to
protect its citizens.
"Our French members... gave a variety of candidates running in the upcoming parliamentary elections on June 11 and 18 the chance to embrace our movement’s aims."
In a world
stuck between neoliberal crisis and authoritarianism, a reinvigorated
municipalist movement is proving a powerful tool to build emancipatory alternatives
from the ground up.
The results will tell
us whether or not we are witnessing a historical shake-up of the French
political scene. Meanwhile, pragmatism is what is needed both in Berlin and
Paris.
“Enthusiasm for his victory is drawing investment into European
equities. And French private sector employment has just reached a post-crisis
high, giving a boost to wages.”
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