Continuing collapse of the traditional parties, polarization to left and right.
Articles by John Mullen
How Useful is Jean-Luc Mélenchon (part two): Taming the Capitalist State?
France Insoumise is the most important Left organisation in France today. Showing solidarity means having comradely discussions about Left patriotism and foreign policy.
Elections and Class Struggle in France: How useful is Jean-Luc Mélenchon? (Part One)
With the French Socialist Party in ruins, the France Insoumise is proposing a new version of left reformism. How useful is it to French working people?
Obituary: Neil Faulkner, historian, archaeologist and revolutionary (1958-2022)
Marxist historian Neil Faulkner remembered by John Mullen, who knew him, on and off, since the 1970s
France: Vaccination, Health Pass Protests, and the Left
Macron’s COVID policy has been disastrous. But pro-“liberty” protests aren’t the answer