The Left Berlin recently interviewed John Mullen, a revolutionary socialist living in the Paris region for more than 30 years, about the political situation in France as the countdown continues to the next presidential election. It has been updated and edited for Red Flag.
Some opinion polls suggest that French fascist leader Marine Le Pen has a chance of winning the country’s presidential election next year. How powerful and dangerous is she, and what are the weaknesses anti-fascists should exploit? John Mullen writes from France.
How much economic austerity and rabid Islamophobia is the next president likely to serve up to French workers, and what are the prospects for a radical left alternative? John Mullen reports from Paris.
