John Foster / 05 Jun 2026
The Centre Cannot Hold
Ideology is Back
The paradox of contemporary French politics is that Emmanuel Macron conquered the centre without managing to reconstruct it.(...)
Nouveau Front Populaire
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Macron 1, France 0
The Fragile Left
The crisis in France epitomises the problems faced by the left in this late neoliberal age.(...)
John Foster / 12 Jul 2024
Leftist History Lesson
The Nouveau Front Populaire in Context
In May 1936, it seemed to many in France that the Republic had been saved.(...)