Harrison Stetler

Vassalizing Europe With U.S. and Israeli bombs dropping on Tehran, Europe is once again cowed into silence because of its addiction to American power.

With U.S. and Israeli bombs dropping on Tehran, Europe is once again cowed into silence because of its addiction to American power.

@harrstetler.bsky.social: 'Vassalizing Europe'
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In France, the Far Right Has Its Martyr French far-right activist Quentin Deranque has died from injuries sustained in a street battle with anti-fascist activists. Conservative media is using his death to whip up a moral panic about France ...

This is a very important piece by my friend @harrstetler.bsky.social about the Quentin Deranque killing in #France. As he writes: "There are weeks when the deep shifts going on in France reveal themselves in full force. This was one of them."
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How Marine Le Pen Seduced Corporate France Emmanuel Macron has been a president for the rich, but his faltering support has also left big business unsure if it can rely on his party. For many French capitalists, the answer is to build up ties ...

I reviewed @laurentmauduit.bsky.social's latest book "Collaborations," on the ongoing rapprochement between big business and the French far right. @jacobinmag.bsky.social:

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The Bitter Pill for Emmanuel Macron’s Survival Amid a spiraling political crisis, France’s president is being forced to retreat on his signature reform.

More than a year after losing the summer 2024 snap elections, French president Emmanuel Macron is being forced to accept his first significant policy retreat--suspending his unpopular increase in the pension age.

My latest for @thenation.com :

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

De Trump à Orbán, une campagne transatlantique pour étouffer les antifas Le Parlement européen doit se prononcer mardi sur la levée ou non de l’immunité parlementaire d’Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée poursuivie par la justice hongroise pour sa participation à une manifestation…

Le parlement européen se prononce demain sur l'immunité parlementaire d'Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée italienne poursuivie par Viktor Orbán. Pour @mediapart.fr, je reviens sur cette affaire et la campagne plus large contre le mouvement "antifa" en Europe et aux US.

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De Trump à Orbán, une campagne transatlantique pour étouffer les antifas Le Parlement européen doit se prononcer mardi sur la levée ou non de l’immunité parlementaire d’Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée poursuivie par la justice hongroise pour sa participation à une manifestation…

Le Parlement européen se prononce mardi sur la levée de l’immunité parlementaire d’Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée poursuivie par la justice hongroise. Le vote s’inscrit dans une surenchère «anti-antifa», de part et d’autre de l’Atlantique. @harrstetler.bsky.social www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Emmanuel Macron Doubles Down on Austerity France’s new prime minister has resisted calls to suspend Emmanuel Macron’s 2023 pension reform. While left-wing opposition parties want to undo Macron’s agenda, the president is defending his attacks...

French PM Sébastien Lecornu submitted his resignation this morning to Emmanuel Macron, less than a day after announcing a government that drew wide condemnation.

Is there a way out for Macron?

My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :

jacobin.com/2025/10/macr...

The French Left Has Little to Gain From Bailing Out Macron Emmanuel Macron’s hand-picked prime minister is showing few signs of wanting to compromise, as corporate interests revolt against talk of new taxes.

France's new PM Sébastien Lecornu has closed the door on a rapprochement with the center left. My latest for @thenation.com on the political paralysis in France:

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the divided left-wing opposition is struggling to capitalize.

Large union-led protests and strikes are expected tomorrow in France in rejection of Emmanuel Macron.

My latest for @thenation.com on the French crisis and Macron's dwindling options:

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Opinion | The Solution to France’s Woes Is Hiding in Plain Sight

One big driver of France's entwined political/fiscal crises is Macron's refusal to retreat on his economic agenda, namely the tax breaks for corporations and the rich enacted since 2017. The country needs new taxation on wealth.

My latest for
@nytimes.com :

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...

The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis Prime Minister François Bayrou is gambling his political survival on a confidence vote, in a probably doomed attempt to force France’s hung parliament to accept an austerity budget.

I wrote about the latest political crisis in France for
@thenation.com , as PM François Bayrou approaches an almost certainly fatal confidence vote called for September 8:

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

The adjunct trap Attacks on higher education in Europe and the US are part of a familiar story: while universities may once have been bastions of disinterested, critical

I wrote about @thomasporcher.bsky.social's new book "Le Vacataire" and the crisis of higher education in France. In this week's @thetls.bsky.social:

www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...

For Bertolt Brecht, War Isn’t Humanity’s Eternal Fate With Europe in ruins in 1945, Bertolt Brecht wrote that war “has been discredited for some time to come.” That period seems to be meeting its end, as European states push a new era of rearmament.

For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about Brecht, rearmament and the slippery uses of "tragedy":

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How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial But even the ad world isn’t immune to the groundswell of climate organizing.

My latest for the @thenation.com on the ad industry's role in the climate crisis and the push for regulations:

www.thenation.com/article/envi...

Georges Abdallah’s Release Is Long Overdue Now starting his 41st year in jail, Lebanese communist Georges Abdallah is Europe’s longest-held political prisoner. French authorities keep finding pretexts to deny his release, trampling on civil li...

On Thursday, a French appeals court upheld George Abdallah's release from prisoner, after nearly 41 years behind bars. Check out my @jacobinmag.bsky.social long read from last October on the life and times of Georges Abdallah, Europe's longest held political prisoner:

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France’s Government Promises More Work, Fewer Holidays After raising the pension age and cutting taxes on the rich, now Emmanuel Macron’s government wants to scrap the Easter Monday and VE Day bank holidays. The plan is sure to face stiff resistance, with...

For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about French PM François Bayrou's budget proposal and the coming battle over a new round of austerity in France:

jacobin.com/2025/07/fran...

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, une histoire états-unienne Le jugement en appel de l’affaire Georges Ibrahim Abdallah est attendu jeudi 17 juillet. Retour sur le rôle de Washington dans l’incarcération en France du militant libanais, plus ancien prisonnier p…

Georges Abdallah va être libéré fin juillet. Dans mon dernier article pour @mediapart, je reviens sur le rôle joué par les États-Unis dans son maintien en détention, qui a fait d'Abdallah le plus ancien prisonnier politique en Europe:

www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Bonne fête nationale! This Bastille Day, we’re revisiting @harrstetler.bsky.social’s 2024 review of “Paris Is Not Dead” by Cole Stanger, exploring gentrification in the city of lights.

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Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Paris’s Housing Victories As Paris’s deputy mayor, Ian Brossat massively expanded the French capital’s public housing stock. He spoke to Jacobin about the left-wing city hall’s record and what lessons it might have for Zohran ...

I spoke with Ian Brossat, Paris' former Communist Party deputy mayor of housing policy, about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
and what lessons NYC can draw from the French capital's attempts to confront the cost of living and housing crisis.

Via @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
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As Trump and Netanyahu Push for War, Europe Is Once Again Silent Ahead of a NATO summit, European capitals are unwilling to strain ties with Washington.

The Israel-Iran crisis was another big failure for European "diplomacy," again revealing the refusal by European states to seriously distinguish themselves from Trump and the US.

My latest for @thenation.com :

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Emmanuel Macron’s Bid to Divide the Left Is Paying Off One year since the New Popular Front won a surprise election victory, France’s left looks more divided than ever. This month’s Socialist congress showed how much the party is at loggerheads with Jean-...

My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the fall out of the French Socialist Party's congress in mid June. One year after the formation of the New Popular Front, France's left-wing parties are more divided than ever:

jacobin.com/2025/06/macr...

France Can’t Ban Solidarity With Palestine Emmanuel Macron’s government is calling for a ban on one of France’s largest Palestine solidarity campaigns. The proposal is repression of free speech — and makes a mockery of Macron’s attempt to soun...

I spoke with Salah Hamouri about the threat of a "dissolution" order targeting @urgencepalestine.bsky.social, as the French government prepares to ban the country's leading Palestine solidarity campaign :

jacobin.com/2025/06/fran...

Debt, a Tool for Crushing Democracy The European Union has reimposed tight limits on states’ budget deficits — but with exemptions for military spending. After years of claims that austerity was over, we’re now seeing it used selectivel...

Interviewed Benjamin Lemoine for @jacobinmag.bsky.social about the politics of sovereign debt :

jacobin.com/2025/05/debt...

Performing the law What if the law could work like a machine? Enter some facts. Tabulate according to the criminal code. Out comes the sanction. This is, in fact, an old conceit. At Léviathan’s opening, Khallaf Baraho, ...

I wrote about Lorraine de Sagazan's new play Léviathan, a brilliant satire of the French justice system and the politics of the law:

In this week's @thetls.bsky.social :

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In France, the Collective Denial of Islamophobia Is Deadly A stabbing at a southern French mosque last Friday sparked terror and protest among France’s Muslims. Yet many top politicians refuse to speak of “Islamophobia,” instead leaning into far-right narrati...

My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the April 25 murder of Aboubakar Cissé and the struggle to confront Islamophobia in France:

jacobin.com/2025/05/fran...

Will Europe Back Down Against Big Tech? The attempt by Brussels to regulate Silicon Valley is a bargaining chip in the trade crisis.

For @thenation.com, I wrote about the battle over Big Tech in the broader US-EU trade war:

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Important read on the political reach of the French oligarchy

The Other Multibillionaire Courting Trump Europe’s wealthiest individual, Bernard Arnault, is head of luxury goods empire LVMH — and has a lot to lose from a spiraling global trade war. His reported direct line to the Trump administration sho...

I wrote about Bernard Arnault, luxury and the trade war for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :

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The Labyrinth of European Rearmament The European Union’s rush to increase military spending is as much about appeasing Washington as achieving actual “strategic autonomy.”

I wrote about European rearmament, for @thenation.com :

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War A French court rules to bar Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years.

My latest for @thenation.com, on the Le Pen verdict :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...