Thursday, 28 March , 2024

French Revolution

Chant du départ

The "Chant du Départ" (French for "Song of the Departure") is a revolutionary and war song written by Étienne Nicolas Méhul (music) and Marie-Joseph...

La parodie qui marche

Macron / la parodie qui marche Feb 23, 2017 Gilets Jaunes LILLE Acte 16 : La répression se durcit à mesure que la mobilisation se renforce!.. Mar....

The beginning of a social “Stalingrad” in Europe: The Yellow Vests...

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos 03/06/2019 Article one of three Back to the Future! Elated, with the single-mindedness of the “We” of the many, suddenly aware of its power, the...

Yellow vests: When the popular Classes defend their Nation

(read Part 1) By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos 02/05/2019 This is one of the secrets behind the, up to now, remarkable success of the Yellow Vests. This is also,...

France: A new stage for the Yellow Vests Revolution

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos 02/04/2019 “Smile a bit, you are not in Athens”, Stéphane tells me while preparing to take a photo of me in the hall,...

Battle of Valmy

The Battle of Valmy was the first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars that followed the French Revolution. The...

Gilets jaunes, luttes de classes et implosion du politique!

Par Richard Labévière 10 Décembre 2018 Les émeutes urbaines – qui viennent d’enflammer Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse et d’autres préfectures et sous-préfectures de France – rappellent...

The ghost of 1789 looms over France and Europe

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos  December 14th, 2018 "No Christmas this year" is written on the placard of a protester in Toulouse, the “ville rose” of Southwest France,...

« La construction d’un peuple révolutionnaire n’est pas un dîner de...

Ce mardi 10 avril 2018, nous avons rencontré Jean-Luc Mélenchon dans son bureau à l’Assemblée nationale. Au cours d’une longue discussion, le député des...