National Front victory in French elections

No shock. Predictable. A very clever political strategy. The whole FN campaign was based on alterophobia - the fear of the Other. Unemployment, insecurity, terrorism: it's always The Other's fault. Vast swathers of fearful France bought it - there was nothing else in the market.

Now, their mantra is nationalism. "We are the true nationalists." It will also work. No wonder both left and right are dazed and confused - ramming the same old mantra of "Republican values". Values that they are not able to respect - plagued as they are by everything from neoliberalcon obsession to corruption.

---Pepe Escobar

BREAKING: MARINE LE PEN’S PARTY LEADS IN FRENCH REGIONAL ELECTIONS

The National Front leads in the first round of the regional elections in France.

The results from the exit polls show that Marine Le Pen’s National Front is leading in 6 of the 12 regions. She and her niece Marion Le Pen are both taking more than 40% in their regions.

This is a clear victory for the National Front and Le Pen, who is going to run for presidency in 2017.

The official results are yet to be announced. The second round of the current regional elections will take place on December 13.

DETAILS TO FOLLOW

 Meanwhile in Paris....coming soon to a town near you.

Undercover cops just cracked down on freedom of speech in Paris

Via Internet

Yesterday undercover police cracked down on anyone questioning the sponsors of a corporate “Solutions 21” event in Paris.

The action was supported by Corporate Europe Observatory, Les Amis de la Terre France, Attac France (Officiel), Climate Justice Action, JEDIs, Solidaire and Friends of the Earth France. Kandi Mossett from the Indigenous Environmental Network spoke at the event.

For more grassroots coverage from Paris: www.newint.org/live/paris

 
Read the truth about corporate influence at COP21: www.goo.gl/8eAZFD

Undercover police crack down on freedom of speech in Paris
Yesterday undercover police cracked down on anyone questioning the sponsors of a corporate “Solutions 21” event in Paris.The action was supported by Corporate Europe Observatory, Les Amis de la Terre France, Attac France (Officiel), Climate Justice Action, JEDIs, Solidaire and Friends of the Earth France. Kandi Mossett from the Indigenous Environmental Network spoke at the event.For more grassroots coverage from Paris: www.newint.org/live/parisRead the truth about corporate influence at COP21: www.goo.gl/8eAZFD
Posted by New Internationalist Magazine on Saturday, 5 December 2015