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/261/ Three Articles: Macronistan
🕑 Added 2022-05-03 06:01:01 +0000 UTC[Patreon Exclusive]
We analyse the French presidential election results, the country's geographical and class divides, and what a second term for Macron means for the EU.
Three Articles:
- Emmanuel Macron Is Forming a New Right-Wing Bloc, Interview with Bruno Amable, Jacobin
- Why Macron is invincible, Christopher Caldwell, Unherd
- Le Pen was doomed from the start, Nathan Pinkoski, Compact
Other readings:
- Waking Up from Anesthesia: Decline and Violence in France, Alexis Moriatis, Brooklyn Rail
- Macron, Le Pen and France’s long battle between order and dissent, Sudhir Hazareesingh, FT
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon's new supporters: the young, urban working class, Julie Carriat, Le Monde
Comments
Richard R
Or even just "these bourgeois conservative parties really represent workers because given two choices, a minority of workers are choosing them over the liberal bourgeois parties."
Richard R
I really need help understanding how we get from "the bourgeois state is where the bourgeoisie comes together to decide their common interests" to "most people don't vote, but when they do, it's the working class versus the bourgeoisie."
Aufhebunga Bunga
Sorry about that - it's now attached; as is the FT piece in the additional readings.
Elias Braun
The Compact article seems to be paywalled
