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Hundreds of thousands of people are marching against the far-right in France today, as the far-right has never been so close to power. Images from Paris’s March, where a lot of signs are focusing on demanding that left leaders stay united to counter the far-right:

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Adam Kotsko 's avatar Adam Kotsko @adamkotsko.bsky.social
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I can't help but think that a good way to keep the far right out of power would have been for Macron not to deliberately engineer a situation likely to put them in power.

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Mark Histed's avatar Mark Histed @markhisted.org
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thx for posting about this - important stuff

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Dusty Poncho's avatar Dusty Poncho @dustyponcho.bsky.social
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Hopefully the Anarchists and Communists don't turn on the Socialists and Liberals like they did in the 30's.

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Fabulous Abomination's avatar Fabulous Abomination @fababomination.bsky.social
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C.H. Romatowski's avatar C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social
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Is there a quick précis on what JLM is up to? I keep seeing obviously humorous signs to the effect of, “Seize power, and also Mélenchon’s phone” or a cartoon drawing of the Front Populaire as a house of cards w/text bubble reading, “Jean-Luc, tu ne touches pas!” but I missed the underlying reference

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Any movement on where Hidalgo stands? She issued a statement after the Euro elex to the effect that Macron could not continue on as before, but called the snap election “troubling.” Could she be a bridge between the aligned left and Macron? Don’t know enough French politics to understand how…

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This is what needs to happen in the US.

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Taniel 's avatar Taniel @taniel.bsky.social
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The scene at the famous Bastille square: “Tears of fascists, the 7th of July for happy hour” (fachos and apéro rythmes in French do it sounds better)

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Alon (they/them)'s avatar Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social
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Let me guess: the cross-endorsement rates between the Popular Front and whatever Macron's party calls itself now in second rounds vs. R-Haine will be extremely low like last time?

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