[The two authors wrote a 64-page “book”, with large characters, entitled L’antisémitisme partout. Aujourd’hui en France (Antisemitism everywhere, today in France) and published by La Fabrique, a company owned by Eric Hazan in 2012 ? It was translated by Verso in 2013, jointly with two (...)
To begin with, I have to confess that it’s almost impossible to have an objective and neutral view about the theme of this speech.
There are at least three objective reasons :
1) Nobody agrees on the exact number of Muslims in France. For a very simple reason : the law forbids collecting (...)
This text was presented in 2004 at the AWL summer school in London.
Dear comrades,
I would like first to thank the AWL for having invited me to this debate. I have been asked to present the recent discussion about the hijab and the law prohibiting what French lawmakers call "conspicuous (...)
Secularism (in French laïcité which has not exactly the same meaning) has been dividing the Radical Left for the last 20 years at least. The fight between the “laicards” (those who are accused of being stubborn antireligious and “Islamophobic” bastards) and those who see the possibility of a (...)