Month: May 2019

May Day 2019: Infox and the Attack (or the “Attack”) on La Pitié-Salpêtrière

May Day 2019: Infox and the Attack (or the “Attack”) on La Pitié-Salpêtrière

The posters are brave, cheery, a little wrinkled: “Together to build the future.” Not this year. Traditionally May Day is dominated by workers and their unions, all of them, like the large Confédération générale du travail (CGT), founded in the late nineteenth century, using it 

The European Elections and the Extreme Right

The European Elections and the Extreme Right

The final filing date for the European Parliament elections was May 3, 2019, with the vote to be held throughout the member nations from May 23 to May 26.  The Local, a Paris-based English language newspaper, has a full explanation of the process.  In brief,