Author: Olivia Dean
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Queerphobic violence in French homes: a preventable and unseen tragedy of the pandemic
Support Politika News on Patreon CN: this article contains detailed discussion of homophobia, queerphobia, transphobia, murder and queerphobic violence CN: this article mentions rape and homophobic slurs OPINION Over this past year of lockdowns and restrictions, French LGBTQ+ rights organisation SOS Homophobie reported a rise in the number of queerphobic attacks taking place within the supposed safety […]
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Neo-Nazism in the armed forces: France’s latest military scandal is symptomatic of its complacency over the far right
CN: this article mentions far-right slurs OPINION An investigation led by Mediapart has revealed that at least 50 soldiers from various regiments of the French army have been found displaying neo-Nazi behaviour, in a pattern becoming worryingly more ubiquitous in the Hexagone. Behaviours included the displaying of the swastika ensign in barracks, photographs with flags of […]
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Neglected state schools and far-right rhetoric: Macron’s legacy will be defined by his vanity politics
OPINION The quality of state schools in France has become so poor that working-class parents are turning to bursaries at Catholic private schools for their children’s education. As the government passes its ‘Islamist separatism’ law, these parents from France’s quartiers are battling a festering yet seemingly unacknowledged form of socio-economic segregation that threatens their children’s educational […]
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