Ten Days that May Have Changed the World: An Internationalist Perspective in Six Parts by Richard Greeman CONTENTS: 1. Breaches…
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France at a Crossroads
By Richard Greeman (Montpellier, France. Jan. 13) The nationwide general strike in France, now entering its record seventh week, seems…
French Unions and Yellow Vests Converge; Launch General Strike for Dec. 5
by Richard Greeman (Montpellier, France) On the eve of an “unlimited” (open-ended) General Strike called for Dec. 5, more and…
Yellow Vests
Self-organized Yellow Vest Protest Movement Exposes Inequality and Hollowness of French Regime by Richard Greeman Ignored by Macron, distorted by…
The Center Falls Out:[1] The Role of the Faculty in the Columbia Strike
By Richard Greeman Most of us who teach English, Philosophy, or History of foreign languages to Columbia College undergraduates have…
Seasons Greetings from France’s Yellow Vests: “We are not tired”
(Montpellier, France, Dec. 29) Is the Yellow Vest rebellion, now in its seventh week, “petering out?” Such was the near-unanimous…
French Labor’s Historical Defeat; U.S. Teachers’ Surprising Victories
As the French get ready for the “rentrée” – the annual back-to-school/back-to-work day following the August vacation – social peace…
Fifty Years After: The Sixties in historical perspective
An Elegiac Evocation By Richard Greeman Nineteen sixty-eight (sigh!)… What a wonderful year that was! Rebellions breaking out all over…
Richard Greeman, Letter from Morocco
Dear Friends, I have just returned from an inspiring trip to Rabat and Marrakech, where the massive, peaceful, demonstrations of…
Pope Quits, So What? by Richard Greeman
Dear Friends, Why should agnostics, atheists, secular humanists, and/or Leftists give a shit about the latest crisis in the scandal-ridden…