France
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How the West eats its children By Thierry Meyssan
For Thierry Meyssan, by taking to the streets, the French have become the first Western population to take personal risks to oppose financial globalisation. Although they do not realise it, and still imagine that their problems are exclusively national, their enemy is the same force that crushed the region of the African Great Lakes and… Continue reading
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1 December 2018: Insurrection Day in the centre of Paris, Marseille and Avignon
The French Movement, the “Yellow Gilets” has been tirelessly demonstrating throughout France without a break since 17 November 2018. On 1 December, it organized its second national demonstration in Paris. Continue reading
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Strikes and demonstrations shake France By Alex Lantier
A growing wave of strikes and student demonstrations, coinciding with the “Yellow Vest” movement, is shaking the government of French president Emmanuel Macron. Continue reading
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Slanders depicting “Yellow Vest” protesters as violent neo-fascists collapse
In the aftermath of last Saturday’s demonstrations in Paris, the French political establishment has unleashed a torrent of political invectives against the “Yellow Vest” protesters on the Champs-Elysées. Ministers, police and the media have vied with each other to denounce workers, professionals and small business people who protested in yellow vests as “ultra-left” or neo-Nazis.… Continue reading
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The Movement of the Yellow Gilets spreads in France, Belgium and Bulgaria
On Saturday 17 November 2018, the “Yellow Gilets” movement sprung to life in metropolitan France and has leapt across waters to the overseas departments and crossed land borders to Belgium and Bulgaria. Continue reading
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“Macron is the president of the rich”: “Yellow Vest” protesters speak out
On Monday, the powerful protests in France against inequality and government austerity continued in numerous regions across the country. Tens of thousands of participants in the “Yellow Vest” demonstrations maintained roadblocks and barricades. Traffic was heavily affected in the major cities. Bordeaux was practically brought to a standstill throughout the morning, and numerous important highways… Continue reading
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Decoding the Hypersonic Putin on a Day of Remembrance By Pepe Escobar
Much to the horror of the US establishment, Macron proposes a real “European army” capable of autonomous self-defense side by side with a “real security dialogue with Russia.” Continue reading
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A Dying Race Couldn’t Influence The Defense Of Western Civilization
The campaign against the military use of nuclear technology never lets up, even for a single day. The opponents of those deadly warheads have made a lot of progress: bans have been put in place against tests in the atmosphere, underwater, and in space. In general, the number of nuclear detonations has dropped significantly since… Continue reading
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Police raid on Mélenchon: The state attacks the Unsubmissive France party By Alex Lantier
Yesterday’s police raids on Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s home and the headquarters of his Unsubmissive France (LFI) party in Paris are a major attack on democratic rights. It is a political operation launched on false pretences against an organization that received the votes of 20 percent of French voters in the 2017 presidential elections. If the first… Continue reading
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French government on verge of collapse after interior minister resigns By Alex Lantier
Since the resignation on October 3 of Interior Minister Gérard Collomb, one of the first supporters of Emmanuel Macron and his Republic on the March (LRM) party, the French government is on the verge of collapse. On Monday, top LRM officials announced the preparation of a major cabinet reshuffle, and even potentially the resignation of… Continue reading
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Macron impeachment mooted as more French ministers resign By Francis Dubois
Two months after the Stalinist General Confederation of Labor (CGT) called an end to strikes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s rail privatization plan, ministers are deserting the government. The cabinet and Macron’s party, The Republic on the March (LRM), are disintegrating and powerful sections of the bourgeoisie are openly debating mechanisms to remove Macron and… Continue reading
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France’s President Macron Tells Africans to Just ‘Move on’ After a Century of Murderous Colonialism (Pt. 1/3)
France’s neoliberal President Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly told people in Nigeria, Algeria, and beyond to just “move on” after a century of murderous colonialism. Activist Baba Aye speaks with TRNN’s Ben Norton about the ongoing harms of imperialism and neo-colonialism in Africa Continue reading
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Media Lens: Douma: Part 1 – Deception In Plain Sight
UK corporate media are under a curious kind of military occupation. Almost all print and broadcast media now employ a number of reporters and commentators who are relentless and determined warmongers. Despite the long, unarguable history of US-UK lying on war, and the catastrophic results, these journalists instantly confirm the veracity of atrocity claims made… Continue reading
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US Launches Impotent Attack on Non-existent “Chemical Facilities” By Tony Cartalucci
The use of stand-off weapons such as cruise missiles and air-to-ground missiles reflects the US and its allies’ fear of Syrian and Russia anti-aircraft defense systems. The Syrian and Russian governments announced that 71 of over 100 missiles fired were intercepted, according to Russian media. Targets struck had already been evacuated or were not currently… Continue reading
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France’s Bling-Bling Sarkozy Haunted by Ghost of Gaddafi By Finian Cunningham
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is now under formal investigation over corruption charges that could see him end up behind bars for five years if found guilty. After 48 hours of police questioning last week, Sarkozy said the scandal was “making his life hell”. Critics would say it’s a fate deserved. Continue reading
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Selected Articles: Elections in France and Britain
8 May 2017 — Global Research Macron, who in all likelihood will be elected president of France, is a servant of this global corporate imperialism, but so is Trump despite his original nationalistic and non-interventionist rhetoric of a supposed outsider. Plus ce la change, plus c’est la même chose, until la France Insoumise decides to forget the ballot box and Continue reading
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France’s Presidential Elections: Selected Stories
23 April 2017 — Global Research In line with the first round of the 2017 French Presidential Elections, take a look at the articles below for some issues concerning France’s future and potential threats on the day of the elections. The Main Issue in the French Presidential Election: National Sovereignty and the Future of France Continue reading
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A Mass Murderer Becomes a ‘Terrorist’–Based on Ethnicity, Not Evidence
17 July 2016 — FAIR The New York Times (7/15/16), writing about the man who reportedly killed 84 people in a truck attack in Nice, France, provided no evidence that Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was motivated by either politics or religion to commit violence—yet still labeled the murders as “terrorism,” as though the definition of that Continue reading
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The Nice Terror Attack: Towards Martial Law? Selected Articles
15 July 2016 — Global Research Selected Articles: Nice, 14th of July Massacre: Towards Martial Law? The Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) Claims Responsibility? By Peter Koenig, July 15 2016 Another terror event in France resulting in a dramatic and tragic loss of life. On Bastille Day: 14th of July, the day commemorating the French Revolution of 1789, the most Continue reading
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Video: French Labor Law, Brexit, and Greek Austerity: Class War Against European Workers
Economist Richard Wolff says the old European elite believed it could fix their broken capitalism on the backs of the masses and that has proved to be a fatal mistake Continue reading
The New Dark Age 