Hundreds of thousands of people are marching against the far-right in France today, as the far-right has never been so close to power.
Images from Paris’s March, where a lot of signs are focusing on demanding that left leaders stay united to counter the far-right:
Is there a quick précis on what JLM is up to? I keep seeing obviously humorous signs to the effect of, “Seize power, and also Mélenchon’s phone” or a cartoon drawing of the Front Populaire as a house of cards w/text bubble reading, “Jean-Luc, tu ne touches pas!” but I missed the underlying reference
Mélenchon is well-known for angry, authoritative outbursts that damage his party's image a lot so the joke is to keep him as quiet as possible so as not to put off people who might be persuaded to vote for the leftist coalition. Though so far he's been behaving!
Definitely did: His party announced its nominees last night, and Melenchon's 'internal' critics were unexpectedly & abruptly ousted -- leading them and the rest of the left parties to talk of 'purging' and criticizing his methods. That's been the dominant story today.
