Posts tagged: france

Macron Dreamed of Celebrating May ’68 — and Then Sent in the Riot Cops

What is Emmanuel Macron so afraid of, that would lead him to act so violently? Today living a little outside the system constitutes a threat to neoliberalism.
An Appeal from the Students at Nanterre

Students in France are determined to fight against the Macron government and its anti-social reforms.
In Solidarity with the Students at Nanterre

The Mouvement du 22 mars, founded on 22 March 1968, was a Nanterre-based movement decisive to catalysing the student revolt that sparked the France-wide general strike of May–June 1968. Fifty years later, in this text former M22M militants express their solidarity with the students today under attack on this same campus.
Paris at Night

Matthew Beaumont walks Paris at night.
As with the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes, we should defend other ways of living

A statement from a group of architects, urbanists, thinkers, and citizens in defense of the zad and this unique experience of living the future.
A Call for Intergalactic Solidarity Actions Everywhere to End the Destruction of the Zad of Notre-Dames-des-Landes

"We are calling on you to take solidarity actions everywhere, it could be holding demos at your local French embassy or consulate, or taking actions against any suitable symbol (corporate or otherwise) of France!"
Eric Hazan's Walk Through Paris: A Map

A virtual guide to Eric Hazan's A Walk Through Paris.
French history reading list

A reading list of French history and revolutionary thought to commemorate the publication of Eric Hazan's A Walk Through Paris.
Two or Three Things He Knows About Paris

There are few urbanists today who know their city as intimately as Paris’s popular historian, Eric Hazan.
The Evictions Have Begun — the ZAD Calls for Mobilisation

The ZAD will not disappear. We live here, we are rooted in this piece of countryside, we will not leave.
In Defence of the ZAD

It is imperative that we succeed in defending the ZAD just as it is imperative that we succeed in defending the SNCF, the universities, and all the public services, against Emmanuel Macron and the world that he represents
Targeted Evictions at the Zad Begin Monday, April 6

"We can’t accept that dwellings and spaces of activities which have nurtured the experience of the zad and are necessary to its future will be destroyed by a new police operation. We invite those who support the future of the zad to organize accordingly."