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 )
BLANKDec 15, 2013
The Syrian refugee crisis has fanned the flames of right-wing extremism in Bulgaria, signaling yet more nationalistic political sentiment in Europe. No one’s predicting a return of the 1930s rise of fascism, but the parallels are disturbing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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William Pfaff / TruthdigApr 26, 2012
The French elections have settled one question, that of the two finalists for the presidency. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 23, 2012
I went to Lille in northern France to attend a rally held by the socialist candidate Francois Hollande. I could, with a few alterations, have been at a football rally in Amarillo, Texas. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 23, 2012
Until his daughter, Marine, captured 19 percent of the vote in France's first round of presidential elections Sunday, Jean Marie Le Pen was the country's most politically successful right-wing crazy In a way he saw this coming, promoting his daughter, as The Guardian recalls, as a "big healthy blonde girl an ideal physical specimen". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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