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In Gaza, where women and children make up the majority of victims, according to the UN, of the deadly bombardments and forced displacements suffered by the inhabitants, a group of cultural, political and trade union figures “reaffirm that their feminism goes hand in hand with anti-colonialist (...)
French authorities have banned demonstrations in support of Gaza, arrested protesters, and moved to dissolve several Palestine advocacy groups.
The political climate in France has been tense since Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel and Israel’s ensuing war on Gaza. On Oct. 12, Interior (...)
As part of the International Day for the Right to Abortion [1], a demonstration was held in Andorra on 30 September. Around 150 activists responded to a call from the Stop Violències association, which is fighting for the decriminalization of abortion, which in Andorra is considered a crime, (...)
Ariane Lavrilleux, who reported on leaked documents alleging French intelligence used to target civilians in Egypt, is in custody
France has been accused of an unacceptable attack on press freedom after the arrest of an investigative journalist who reported on leaked documents that alleged (...)
France is withdrawing into itself, writes Mediapart’s co-editor Carine Fouteau in this op-ed article. The latest manifestation of its post-colonial obsessions is the ban now introduced on the wearing at school of the abaya, a loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women. It (...)
REVOLUTION, ENZO TRAVERSO’s impressive engagement with revolutionary theory, practice and imagery, is filled with noteworthy insights and nuanced connections between ideas and events that will cause the reader — even when familiar with the subjects — to pause, reflect and reconsider the (...)
In a lengthy interview to mark the end of the political summer pause, the French president placed particular emphasis on the role of education. He sees this as the route by which he will accomplish his plan to “re-civilise” a “section of young people” following the recent unrest in the (...)
In October the Fifth Republic will become France’s longest-surviving regime since the 1789 Revolution, its 65th anniversary eclipsing the previous record held by the Third Republic. In this first part of a Mediapart series devoted to the issue, Fabien Escalona looks at the unwitting role (...)
Justice For Myanmar has sent an open letter to President Macron requesting that he raise concerns regarding the sale of arms, dual use goods and technology from India to the Myanmar junta with Prime Minister Modi during his upcoming visit to France, and require India to ban further exports to (...)
As on other issues, when it comes to working-class neighbourhoods, Emmanuel Macron has failed to find the path to a common project.
The events that have shaken France since the June 27 death of young Nahel M., shot by the police during a traffic stop, come during the “100 days” of (...)
The shooting of Nahel by a police officer at point-blank range in Nanterre has laid bare the effects of decades of discriminatory and security-based public policies targeting working-class neighbourhoods and the young people who grow up there, particularly those who are racialized and living (...)
Rioting erupted in Black and Arab communities in Paris and several other cities in France last week after a police officer murdered a 17-year-old French boy, shooting him pointblank in the chest. He had been stopped for a traffic violation. Rioters in several cities and towns–infuriated by the (...)
The murder of 17-year-old Nahel by a police officer has sparked a veritable revolt among young people in France. This murder is just one in a long and sad list of crimes committed by the French police, which particularly affect young people whose parents come from former or current French (...)
SINCE MID-JANUARY 2023 France is experiencing its most significant wave of social movement mobilization since the heady days of May/June 1968.
Though clearly of a lesser magnitude than those of 55 years ago, the ongoing demonstrations and strikes make clear that France remains one of the (...)
Since the death of young Nahel, working-class neighbourhoods have been mobilizing. This mobilization is legitimate. And the source of the violence lies with the police, Darmanin and Macron, who are responsible for this situation.
An anti-racist, anti-authoritarian revolt
For years, those (...)
The killing of 17-year-old Nahel shows how little has changed since the deaths of two teenagers fleeing police in 2005
Since the video went viral of the brutal killing by a police officer of Nahel, a 17-year-old shot dead at point-blank range, the streets and housing estates of many poorer (...)
I’ve interviewed disaffected people across French suburbs. Their anger has been mounting for years.
Riots broke out in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, following the lethal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy named as Nahel M. An investigation into his death is ongoing but the situation has (...)
The French government has changed tack. Two days after the shooting of 17-year-old Nahel at a police roadblock at Nanterre in the western suburbs of Paris, the minister of the interior is now talking about a tough crackdown on the unrest that has broken out in several of the country’s cities. (...)
The killing of 17-year-old Nahel by an armed police officer in the Paris suburb of Nanterre has made headlines in France and across the world. It has provoked angry reactions in the streets and from a number of politicians. But as Ellen Salvi writes in this op-ed article, the youngster’s death (...)
In France, Macron’s government has just taken an unprecedented step in the repression of the social and environmental movements. On the 21st of June, the government decreed the disbanding of the movement (The Uprisings of the Earth) , which claims over 140,000 supporters and more than 150 (...)
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