Nothing quite sums up the abhorrent violence inherent in the state (anywhere, everywhere in the world) than a video of the cops tear gassing an orchestra playing music at the Place de la Republique in France yesterday

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L'article de Mediapart de ce soir est d'une très grande importance. On peut y lire comment le gouvernement manipule les services de renseignement pour imputer à tord à la France insoumise des actes dont elle n'est pas responsable. C'est une véritable affaire d'Etat.

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It's also a reflection on what it means to work on a place that is convulsed by protest every few years. Because, as it happens, some of us are *actual* specialists on contemporary France, not commentators in it for the clicks.

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Tranquillou, à Lyon, des néofascistes arborant la croix celtique, au son de slogans racistes, peuvent manifester en toute impunité malgré le couvre-feu. Pourquoi Prefecture du Rhône Laurent Nunez Sebastien Lecornu Emmanuel Macron ?

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9/ Macron is ALL OVER the political map because he is a Jupiterian in a yellow vest who lives in a palace. As @picharbonnier.bsky.social says "A constant masterclass in post-politics" bsky.app/profile/news...

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