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Resentment at the racist policing of France’s Muslims exploded in riots in the town of Trappes near Versailles last week.

Homophobia is back on the political agenda of the right across Europe, writes Colin Wilson. But there is also potential for resistance if LGBT people unite with anti-cuts groups and trade unionists.

Over 10,000 people marched against fascism in Paris last Sunday.

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the town hall in Argenteuil near Paris on Friday of last week. They were enraged and upset after a series of racist attacks against Muslim women.

The killing of Clément Méric is a result of the toxic climate of racism and homophobia that gives fascists confidence, writes Dave Sewell

There were demonstrations across France yesterday, Thursday, in memory of young anti-fascist Clément Méric. Clément died in hospital earlier that day following a violent attack on Wednesday night that left him braindead.

 

Hundreds of thousands of right wing protesters demonstrated against equal marriage again in Paris last weekend—a month after it was voted into French law

Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch racist populist Party for Freedom is seeking an alliance with France's Front National.

Denis Godard looks at how making concessions to right wing arguments in France has only helped to boost them

French president Francois Hollande reached record unpopularity in the polls last week. More than three quarters of the population say they are unsatisfied with him.

Bosses in Paris told “black and Arab” porters not to come to work on the day of a visit by the Israeli president. That’s according to workers in the SUD union at the Gare du Nord station.