Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s French election defeat is starting to feel like a victory
Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker
Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker
‘L’Humanité’ faces liquidation after 115 years in print, as funding options run out
Today’s Marxists have to prove that they can win power and use it in a way that is widely beneficial
Presidential candidates make late push as final polls show Macron well ahead of Le Pen
The 80th anniversary of the ‘Front populaire’ is an embarrassment to the ruling socialists
Code of silence prompted perhaps by a collective guilty conscience, and fear of strengthening the extreme right-wing National Front
Jean Jaurès, founder of French socialist party and director of L’Humanité newspaper, did his utmost to prevent the outbreak of the first World War. He was assassinated on July 31st, writes Lara Marlowe.
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