The Year That Broke Emmanuel Macron’s Republican Front
The French president is facing a far right that has gained the upper hand in the country’s insidious culture wars. And he has only himself to blame.
Illustration by Richard A. Chance
On April 21, the far-right magazine
Valeurs
Actuelles launched the kind of perfectly timed volley that sends French
political and media life into overdrive. It took the form of an open letter,
what the French generally refer to as a “tribune.” Titled “For a return to
honor of our governors,” the tribune was signed by a group of high-ranking former
Monday 3 May 2021, by Joseph Daher
While Islamophobia, connected to forms of anti-Arab racisms and colonial and imperial histories, certainly existed prior to 2000, it exploded in Western countries after the attacks of September 11, 2001 by the jihadist organization al-Qaida. A new enemy had been found and laws discriminating against Muslim populations blossomed in Europe, North America and Australia, but also elsewhere, such as in India, Russia and China.
Western states built up Muslims as a dangerous “other” in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The so-called “War on Terror” helped the USA and its allies to justify imperialist wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the wider region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) under the guise of combating terrorism.
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A new wave of social movements is decolonising Europe s history
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Worldwide, 2020 saw hundreds of protests against racism and discrimination, many of which were targeted at imperialist monuments. Now it s time to ask what tools might help us further these struggles. How can we - as democratic citizens - create collective institutions that are capable of deconstructing colonial narratives? This article, written in partnership with Forus International, the global network of civil society organisations, explores the most encouraging trends in the field of anti-racist activism.
Across Europe a new generation is rushing to confront social justice issues head-on. Today discussions that were once confined to niche activist circles are beginning to enter the political mainstream: what do we mean by structural violence, state violence and institutional racism ? In what contexts can we apply the notion of intersectionality ? What do whiteness and systemic discriminati
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