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November 7, 2022November 10, 2022France

On this Day in 1942, Nazi German Troops Take Vichy France

By: Assistant Managing Editor https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/11/10/on-this-day-in-1942-nazi-german-troops-take-vichy-france/&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=105&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=21 On November 10, 1942, German troops occupy Vichy France, which had previously been free of an Axis military presence. Since July 1940, upon being invaded and defeated by Nazi German […]

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022Algeria, Environment, France, Human Rights

Radioactivity Under the Sand: The Buried Waste From French Nuclear Tests in Algeria

BY JEAN-MARIE COLLIN AND PATRICE BOUVERET The Hoggar massif by Xenus06/Creative Commons. The Hoggar massif is located in the west of the Algerian Sahara. Prehistoric men have left stunning rock carvings there. The men of the […]

June 7, 2022June 12, 2022France

Macron secures second term as French President, despite huge unpopularity, amid an “ocean of abstentions”

News of Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the 2022 French Presidential election, broadcast worldwide before counting had closed, brought forth an audible sigh of collective relief from the global corporate neo-liberal elite. The City of London, […]

June 7, 2022June 12, 2022France, Politics

Obituary of Annette Beaumanoir, an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist heroine of our times

Annette Beaumanoir was born in Brittany, France, in 1923. Her father, Jean, came from a wealthy family but was cut off with a shilling when he insisted on marrying his beloved, Marthe, the daughter of […]

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022France

The Three-Way Split of French Politics

BY MATHIAS BERNARD With the majority of the ballots counted on Monday morning, the official results of the first round of the French presidential election appear to confirm the power dynamics at work from the previous election. Emmanuel […]

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022France

French presidential election: Why the political establishment must reckon with the costs of Islamophobia to the economy

Islamophobia is the one subject that unites all corners of the French political spectrum, but it is a bad economic strategy that is forcing skilled Muslim workers out, writes Yasser Louati Growing racism in France […]

April 10, 2022April 9, 2022France, Saudi Arabia

GAMI, Lockheed Martin Join Forces to Localize Work on Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Missile Defense System in Saudi Arabia

By: TV RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) has announced today in the World Defense Show, its approval of two localization projects: the first, for localizing the manufacture of missile interceptor […]

February 15, 2022February 13, 2022France, Literature, Politics

Mainstreaming Extremism: The Language of Suffering and Redemption in Interwar France

Caroline Campbell Today’s blog post comes from Caroline Campbell, Associate Professor of History at the University of North Dakota. As Campbell notes, supporters of xenophobic nationalist movements typically “deny that they hold bigoted views. Instead, […]

February 15, 2022February 13, 2022France, Literature, Politics

The Colonial Past and Future of French Fascism

Jennifer Sessions After the unexpected victories of Brexit and Donald Trump in 2016, there is a certain nervousness that Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front party might emerge triumphant from the upcoming presidential […]

January 11, 2022January 15, 2022China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, USA

‘No Winners in a Nuclear War’: US, Russia, China, UK, and France Issue Rare Joint Statement

However, disarmament campaigners noted that the five nations are “expanding nuclear arsenals, spending billions on modernizing, and constantly prepared to start a nuclear war.” BRETT WILKINS As the leaders of five of the world’s nine nuclear […]