Harrison Stetler
@harrstetler.bsky.social
Journalist and teacher in Paris
bylines: Jacobin the Nation Mediapart Nytimes Nybooks TLS Guardian
hh [dot] stetler at gmail
bylines: Jacobin the Nation Mediapart Nytimes Nybooks TLS Guardian
hh [dot] stetler at gmail
More than a year after losing the summer 2024 snap elections, French president Emmanuel Macron is being forced to accept his first significant policy retreat--suspending his unpopular increase in the pension age.
My latest for @thenation.com :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
My latest for @thenation.com :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Bitter Pill for Emmanuel Macron’s Survival
Amid a spiraling political crisis, France’s president is being forced to retreat on his signature reform.
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
More than a year after losing the summer 2024 snap elections, French president Emmanuel Macron is being forced to accept his first significant policy retreat--suspending his unpopular increase in the pension age.
My latest for @thenation.com :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
My latest for @thenation.com :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Le parlement européen se prononce demain sur l'immunité parlementaire d'Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée italienne poursuivie par Viktor Orbán. Pour @mediapart.fr, je reviens sur cette affaire et la campagne plus large contre le mouvement "antifa" en Europe et aux US.
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
De Trump à Orbán, une campagne transatlantique pour étouffer les antifas
Le Parlement européen doit se prononcer mardi sur la levée ou non de l’immunité parlementaire d’Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée poursuivie par la justice hongroise pour sa participation à une manifestation…
www.mediapart.fr
October 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Le parlement européen se prononce demain sur l'immunité parlementaire d'Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée italienne poursuivie par Viktor Orbán. Pour @mediapart.fr, je reviens sur cette affaire et la campagne plus large contre le mouvement "antifa" en Europe et aux US.
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Reposted by Harrison Stetler
Le Parlement européen se prononce mardi sur la levée de l’immunité parlementaire d’Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée poursuivie par la justice hongroise. Le vote s’inscrit dans une surenchère «anti-antifa», de part et d’autre de l’Atlantique. @harrstetler.bsky.social www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
De Trump à Orbán, une campagne transatlantique pour étouffer les antifas
Le Parlement européen doit se prononcer mardi sur la levée ou non de l’immunité parlementaire d’Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée poursuivie par la justice hongroise pour sa participation à une manifestation…
www.mediapart.fr
October 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Le Parlement européen se prononce mardi sur la levée de l’immunité parlementaire d’Ilaria Salis, eurodéputée poursuivie par la justice hongroise. Le vote s’inscrit dans une surenchère «anti-antifa», de part et d’autre de l’Atlantique. @harrstetler.bsky.social www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
French PM Sébastien Lecornu submitted his resignation this morning to Emmanuel Macron, less than a day after announcing a government that drew wide condemnation.
Is there a way out for Macron?
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/10/macr...
Is there a way out for Macron?
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/10/macr...
Emmanuel Macron Doubles Down on Austerity
France’s new prime minister has resisted calls to suspend Emmanuel Macron’s 2023 pension reform. While left-wing opposition parties want to undo Macron’s agenda, the president is defending his attacks...
jacobin.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
French PM Sébastien Lecornu submitted his resignation this morning to Emmanuel Macron, less than a day after announcing a government that drew wide condemnation.
Is there a way out for Macron?
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/10/macr...
Is there a way out for Macron?
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/10/macr...
France's new PM Sébastien Lecornu has closed the door on a rapprochement with the center left. My latest for @thenation.com on the political paralysis in France:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The French Left Has Little to Gain From Bailing Out Macron
Emmanuel Macron’s hand-picked prime minister is showing few signs of wanting to compromise, as corporate interests revolt against talk of new taxes.
www.thenation.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
France's new PM Sébastien Lecornu has closed the door on a rapprochement with the center left. My latest for @thenation.com on the political paralysis in France:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Large union-led protests and strikes are expected tomorrow in France in rejection of Emmanuel Macron.
My latest for @thenation.com on the French crisis and Macron's dwindling options:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
My latest for @thenation.com on the French crisis and Macron's dwindling options:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs
The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the divided left-wing opposition is struggling to capitalize.
www.thenation.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Large union-led protests and strikes are expected tomorrow in France in rejection of Emmanuel Macron.
My latest for @thenation.com on the French crisis and Macron's dwindling options:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
My latest for @thenation.com on the French crisis and Macron's dwindling options:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
One big driver of France's entwined political/fiscal crises is Macron's refusal to retreat on his economic agenda, namely the tax breaks for corporations and the rich enacted since 2017. The country needs new taxation on wealth.
My latest for
@nytimes.com :
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
My latest for
@nytimes.com :
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
Opinion | The Solution to France’s Woes Is Hiding in Plain Sight
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
One big driver of France's entwined political/fiscal crises is Macron's refusal to retreat on his economic agenda, namely the tax breaks for corporations and the rich enacted since 2017. The country needs new taxation on wealth.
My latest for
@nytimes.com :
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
My latest for
@nytimes.com :
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
I wrote about the latest political crisis in France for
@thenation.com , as PM François Bayrou approaches an almost certainly fatal confidence vote called for September 8:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
@thenation.com , as PM François Bayrou approaches an almost certainly fatal confidence vote called for September 8:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis
Prime Minister François Bayrou is gambling his political survival on a confidence vote, in a probably doomed attempt to force France’s hung parliament to accept an austerity budget.
www.thenation.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I wrote about the latest political crisis in France for
@thenation.com , as PM François Bayrou approaches an almost certainly fatal confidence vote called for September 8:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
@thenation.com , as PM François Bayrou approaches an almost certainly fatal confidence vote called for September 8:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
I wrote about @thomasporcher.bsky.social's new book "Le Vacataire" and the crisis of higher education in France. In this week's @thetls.bsky.social:
www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...
www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...
The adjunct trap
Attacks on higher education in Europe and the US are part of a familiar story: while universities may once have been bastions of disinterested, critical
www.the-tls.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I wrote about @thomasporcher.bsky.social's new book "Le Vacataire" and the crisis of higher education in France. In this week's @thetls.bsky.social:
www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...
www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...
For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about Brecht, rearmament and the slippery uses of "tragedy":
jacobin.com/2025/08/brec...
jacobin.com/2025/08/brec...
For Bertolt Brecht, War Isn’t Humanity’s Eternal Fate
With Europe in ruins in 1945, Bertolt Brecht wrote that war “has been discredited for some time to come.” That period seems to be meeting its end, as European states push a new era of rearmament.
jacobin.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about Brecht, rearmament and the slippery uses of "tragedy":
jacobin.com/2025/08/brec...
jacobin.com/2025/08/brec...
My latest for the @thenation.com on the ad industry's role in the climate crisis and the push for regulations:
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial
But even the ad world isn’t immune to the groundswell of climate organizing.
www.thenation.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
My latest for the @thenation.com on the ad industry's role in the climate crisis and the push for regulations:
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
On Thursday, a French appeals court upheld George Abdallah's release from prisoner, after nearly 41 years behind bars. Check out my @jacobinmag.bsky.social long read from last October on the life and times of Georges Abdallah, Europe's longest held political prisoner:
jacobin.com/2024/10/geor...
jacobin.com/2024/10/geor...
Georges Abdallah’s Release Is Long Overdue
Now starting his 41st year in jail, Lebanese communist Georges Abdallah is Europe’s longest-held political prisoner. French authorities keep finding pretexts to deny his release, trampling on civil li...
jacobin.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On Thursday, a French appeals court upheld George Abdallah's release from prisoner, after nearly 41 years behind bars. Check out my @jacobinmag.bsky.social long read from last October on the life and times of Georges Abdallah, Europe's longest held political prisoner:
jacobin.com/2024/10/geor...
jacobin.com/2024/10/geor...
For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about French PM François Bayrou's budget proposal and the coming battle over a new round of austerity in France:
jacobin.com/2025/07/fran...
jacobin.com/2025/07/fran...
France’s Government Promises More Work, Fewer Holidays
After raising the pension age and cutting taxes on the rich, now Emmanuel Macron’s government wants to scrap the Easter Monday and VE Day bank holidays. The plan is sure to face stiff resistance, with...
jacobin.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about French PM François Bayrou's budget proposal and the coming battle over a new round of austerity in France:
jacobin.com/2025/07/fran...
jacobin.com/2025/07/fran...
Georges Abdallah va être libéré fin juillet. Dans mon dernier article pour @mediapart, je reviens sur le rôle joué par les États-Unis dans son maintien en détention, qui a fait d'Abdallah le plus ancien prisonnier politique en Europe:
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, une histoire états-unienne
Le jugement en appel de l’affaire Georges Ibrahim Abdallah est attendu jeudi 17 juillet. Retour sur le rôle de Washington dans l’incarcération en France du militant libanais, plus ancien prisonnier p…
www.mediapart.fr
July 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Georges Abdallah va être libéré fin juillet. Dans mon dernier article pour @mediapart, je reviens sur le rôle joué par les États-Unis dans son maintien en détention, qui a fait d'Abdallah le plus ancien prisonnier politique en Europe:
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
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Bonne fête nationale! This Bastille Day, we’re revisiting @harrstetler.bsky.social’s 2024 review of “Paris Is Not Dead” by Cole Stanger, exploring gentrification in the city of lights.
nyra.nyc/articles/we-...
nyra.nyc/articles/we-...
July 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Bonne fête nationale! This Bastille Day, we’re revisiting @harrstetler.bsky.social’s 2024 review of “Paris Is Not Dead” by Cole Stanger, exploring gentrification in the city of lights.
nyra.nyc/articles/we-...
nyra.nyc/articles/we-...
I spoke with Ian Brossat, Paris' former Communist Party deputy mayor of housing policy, about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
and what lessons NYC can draw from the French capital's attempts to confront the cost of living and housing crisis.
Via @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/07/bros...
and what lessons NYC can draw from the French capital's attempts to confront the cost of living and housing crisis.
Via @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/07/bros...
Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Paris’s Housing Victories
As Paris’s deputy mayor, Ian Brossat massively expanded the French capital’s public housing stock. He spoke to Jacobin about the left-wing city hall’s record and what lessons it might have for Zohran ...
jacobin.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I spoke with Ian Brossat, Paris' former Communist Party deputy mayor of housing policy, about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
and what lessons NYC can draw from the French capital's attempts to confront the cost of living and housing crisis.
Via @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/07/bros...
and what lessons NYC can draw from the French capital's attempts to confront the cost of living and housing crisis.
Via @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/07/bros...
The Israel-Iran crisis was another big failure for European "diplomacy," again revealing the refusal by European states to seriously distinguish themselves from Trump and the US.
My latest for @thenation.com :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
My latest for @thenation.com :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
As Trump and Netanyahu Push for War, Europe Is Once Again Silent
Ahead of a NATO summit, European capitals are unwilling to strain ties with Washington.
www.thenation.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Israel-Iran crisis was another big failure for European "diplomacy," again revealing the refusal by European states to seriously distinguish themselves from Trump and the US.
My latest for @thenation.com :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
My latest for @thenation.com :
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the fall out of the French Socialist Party's congress in mid June. One year after the formation of the New Popular Front, France's left-wing parties are more divided than ever:
jacobin.com/2025/06/macr...
jacobin.com/2025/06/macr...
Emmanuel Macron’s Bid to Divide the Left Is Paying Off
One year since the New Popular Front won a surprise election victory, France’s left looks more divided than ever. This month’s Socialist congress showed how much the party is at loggerheads with Jean-...
jacobin.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the fall out of the French Socialist Party's congress in mid June. One year after the formation of the New Popular Front, France's left-wing parties are more divided than ever:
jacobin.com/2025/06/macr...
jacobin.com/2025/06/macr...
I spoke with Salah Hamouri about the threat of a "dissolution" order targeting @urgencepalestine.bsky.social, as the French government prepares to ban the country's leading Palestine solidarity campaign :
jacobin.com/2025/06/fran...
jacobin.com/2025/06/fran...
France Can’t Ban Solidarity With Palestine
Emmanuel Macron’s government is calling for a ban on one of France’s largest Palestine solidarity campaigns. The proposal is repression of free speech — and makes a mockery of Macron’s attempt to soun...
jacobin.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I spoke with Salah Hamouri about the threat of a "dissolution" order targeting @urgencepalestine.bsky.social, as the French government prepares to ban the country's leading Palestine solidarity campaign :
jacobin.com/2025/06/fran...
jacobin.com/2025/06/fran...
Interviewed Benjamin Lemoine for @jacobinmag.bsky.social about the politics of sovereign debt :
jacobin.com/2025/05/debt...
jacobin.com/2025/05/debt...
Debt, a Tool for Crushing Democracy
The European Union has reimposed tight limits on states’ budget deficits — but with exemptions for military spending. After years of claims that austerity was over, we’re now seeing it used selectivel...
jacobin.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Interviewed Benjamin Lemoine for @jacobinmag.bsky.social about the politics of sovereign debt :
jacobin.com/2025/05/debt...
jacobin.com/2025/05/debt...
I wrote about Lorraine de Sagazan's new play Léviathan, a brilliant satire of the French justice system and the politics of the law:
In this week's @thetls.bsky.social :
www.the-tls.co.uk/arts/theatre...
In this week's @thetls.bsky.social :
www.the-tls.co.uk/arts/theatre...
Performing the law
What if the law could work like a machine? Enter some facts. Tabulate according to the criminal code. Out comes the sanction. This is, in fact, an old conceit. At Léviathan’s opening, Khallaf Baraho, ...
www.the-tls.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I wrote about Lorraine de Sagazan's new play Léviathan, a brilliant satire of the French justice system and the politics of the law:
In this week's @thetls.bsky.social :
www.the-tls.co.uk/arts/theatre...
In this week's @thetls.bsky.social :
www.the-tls.co.uk/arts/theatre...
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the April 25 murder of Aboubakar Cissé and the struggle to confront Islamophobia in France:
jacobin.com/2025/05/fran...
jacobin.com/2025/05/fran...
In France, the Collective Denial of Islamophobia Is Deadly
A stabbing at a southern French mosque last Friday sparked terror and protest among France’s Muslims. Yet many top politicians refuse to speak of “Islamophobia,” instead leaning into far-right narrati...
jacobin.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the April 25 murder of Aboubakar Cissé and the struggle to confront Islamophobia in France:
jacobin.com/2025/05/fran...
jacobin.com/2025/05/fran...
For @thenation.com, I wrote about the battle over Big Tech in the broader US-EU trade war:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Will Europe Back Down Against Big Tech?
The attempt by Brussels to regulate Silicon Valley is a bargaining chip in the trade crisis.
www.thenation.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For @thenation.com, I wrote about the battle over Big Tech in the broader US-EU trade war:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Reposted by Harrison Stetler
Important read on the political reach of the French oligarchy
I wrote about Bernard Arnault, luxury and the trade war for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/04/arna...
jacobin.com/2025/04/arna...
The Other Multibillionaire Courting Trump
Europe’s wealthiest individual, Bernard Arnault, is head of luxury goods empire LVMH — and has a lot to lose from a spiraling global trade war. His reported direct line to the Trump administration sho...
jacobin.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Important read on the political reach of the French oligarchy
I wrote about Bernard Arnault, luxury and the trade war for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/04/arna...
jacobin.com/2025/04/arna...
The Other Multibillionaire Courting Trump
Europe’s wealthiest individual, Bernard Arnault, is head of luxury goods empire LVMH — and has a lot to lose from a spiraling global trade war. His reported direct line to the Trump administration sho...
jacobin.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I wrote about Bernard Arnault, luxury and the trade war for @jacobinmag.bsky.social :
jacobin.com/2025/04/arna...
jacobin.com/2025/04/arna...