Alan Minsky / TruthdigApr 12, 2017
The threat of proto-fascist Marine Le Pen continuing the trend started by Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory is tempered by the possibility that a socialist—Jean-Luc Melenchon -- could prevail. The threat of proto-fascist Marine Le Pen continuing the trend started by Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory is tempered by the possibility that a socialist—Jean-Luc Melenchon—could prevail. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 16, 2016
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris last November, the French government launched a smartphone application to rapidly alert users of a breaking crisis. However, the app was reportedly three hours late in warning users of the crisis in Nice, France, on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigApr 14, 2016
Like the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Paris “Nuit Debout” protests over labor reforms are fueled by social media, which allow people to communicate instantly with one another and bypass corporate media when it ignores them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Eric Ortiz / TruthdigMar 19, 2016
Salah Abdeslam, one of the most wanted men in the world, had evaded capture for four months as he slipped through the fingers of authorities on several occasions. Now the alleged mastermind of the November massacre of 130 faces extradition to France. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigDec 4, 2015
Global warming is a form of terror, perhaps the worst form. The finality of death is the same, whether we are gunned down in the streets or drown in the floods. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 29, 2015
French President Francois Hollande met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, in his marathon search for a “grand and unique coalition” against Islamic State (Daesh) in Syria. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Jon Queally / Common DreamsNov 27, 2015
"We must not suspend democracy and freedom while proclaiming our commitment to democracy and freedom," declares a letter sent to French President François Hollande. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 19, 2015
Writing from Paris in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks, theorist and professor Judith Butler laments some French citizens' willingness to give up civil liberties in return for a veneer of safety that masks the development of a stronger "security state and the narrowing versions of democracy before us." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 18, 2015
French President Francois Hollande is seeking a new relationship with Russia after the Islamic State attacks on Paris and the Russian conclusion that a bomb downed a Russian airliner in Egypt’s Sinai last month. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigNov 16, 2015
After Friday night's Islamic State-claimed terror attacks in Paris, French President Francois Hollande vowed that retaliation would be swift and forceful. By Sunday evening, he had taken action. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 14, 2015
It's likely that the perpetrators have stiffened the resolve of the French government to intervene even more robustly against Islamic State. In 2013, France sent in an expeditionary force to Mali and stabilized that country. France also intervened in Ivory Coast. Will it send in an expeditionary force, say a brigade of 3,000 men, to eastern Syria? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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