Press Play with Madeleine Brand
France’s far-right stuns with victories in European elections
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for snap elections after far-right victories over the weekend. What's behind his risky strategy?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readFrench President Emmanuel Macron has called for snap elections after far-right victories over the weekend. What's behind his risky strategy?
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Jason Stanley
philosophy professor at Yale University, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Rachel Donadio
Paris-based journalist, contributing writer for The Atlantic
The full episode
1 of 4Mdou Moctar’s new album targets scars of French colonialism- 0:00France’s far-right stuns with victories in European electionsYou’re reading this
- 0:00‘Funeral for Justice’: Music against colonialism and corruption
- 13:55OC judge halts UC academic workers strike
- 23:20Terrorism and military coups spread through West Africa