strategy and tactics
L’Humanité festival renews commitment to popular front politics in France
September 21, 2026“I know which side I am on when there are barricades,” Communist Party presidential candidate Fabien Roussel told crowds at the country’s largest left-wing cultural festival.
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Communists lay out their approach to midterm elections
May 26, 2026Standing aside from the elections, they say, is capitulation to fascism.
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Lessons from 1936: Why France’s Popular Front still matters today
April 29, 2026The anniversary of the Front Populaire arrives at a moment that makes it feel less like history and more like a mirror.
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Democrats push War Powers Resolution, but are they actually pro-peace?
April 10, 2026Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is positioning his party as a more competent custodian of imperial foreign policy than Trump.
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Centrists are sinking in France, but can the left unite to stop fascism?
March 17, 2026Left and right both gain ground in France’s municipal elections, but sectarianism threatens the effort to stop Le Pen’s National Rally.
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