Journalist and teacher in Paris bylines: Jacobin the Nation Mediapart Nytimes Nybooks TLS Guardian hh [dot] stetler at gmail https://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3mhbgzf4fe22kMy latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the Left's decent showing in France's municipal elections. Despite all the divisions, the parties of the ex-New Popular Front are still putting up a fight. They'd be far stronger together: https://jacobin.com/2026/03/france-insoumise-center-left-elections17 Mar 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbgzf4fe22khttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3m73u55jrns2gI reviewed @laurentmauduit.bsky.social's latest book "Collaborations," on the ongoing rapprochement between big business and the French far right. @jacobinmag.bsky.social: https://jacobin.com/2025/12/marine-le-pen-corporate-france-business03 Dec 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73u55jrns2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3m3b4br7vo22dMore 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 : https://www.thenation.com/article/world/france-elections-macron-le-pen-europe/15 Oct 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3b4br7vo22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3m2jt7tlyxk2nLe 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. https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/061025/de-trump-orban-une-campagne-transatlantique-pour-etouffer-les-antifas06 Oct 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jt7tlyxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3m2j527s34c2sFrench 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 : https://jacobin.com/2025/10/macron-france-insoumise-rassemblement-budget-bloquons06 Oct 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2j527s34c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lzxobdkuwc2gFrance'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: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/france-macron-austerity-europe/29 Sep 2025 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxobdkuwc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lyznacyjd22gLarge 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: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bayrou-confidence-vote-france-austerity/17 Sep 2025 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyznacyjd22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lyfvb6dwrc2zOne 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 : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/opinion/france-bayrou-macron-government.html09 Sep 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfvb6dwrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lxxcjb6il223I 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: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/the-french-center-plays-brinksmanship-with-fiscal-crisis/03 Sep 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxcjb6il223https://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lwvxg67ynk2cI 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: https://www.the-tls.com/politics-society/social-cultural-studies/le-vacataire-thomas-porcher-book-review-harrison-stetler21 Aug 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvxg67ynk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lvnjgxkpbs2zFor @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about Brecht, rearmament and the slippery uses of "tragedy": https://jacobin.com/2025/08/brecht-war-rearmament-mother-courage05 Aug 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnjgxkpbs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lvkxai57h22lMy latest for the @thenation.com on the ad industry's role in the climate crisis and the push for regulations: https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/fossil-fuels-climate-change-denial-coprorations/04 Aug 2025 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvkxai57h22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lufn4klyjk2rOn 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: https://jacobin.com/2024/10/georges-abdallah-french-prison-release20 Jul 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufn4klyjk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lufmmsjduc2rFor @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: https://jacobin.com/2025/07/france-bayrou-austerity-budget-holidays20 Jul 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufmmsjduc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lu5kphkses2qGeorges 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: https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/160725/georges-ibrahim-abdallah-une-histoire-etats-unienne17 Jul 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5kphkses2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3ltme7vrszs2bI 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 : https://jacobin.com/2025/07/brossat-paris-public-housing-mamdani10 Jul 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltme7vrszs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lsdk3bddkc2vThe 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 : https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-iran-trump-middle-east-diplomacy/24 Jun 2025 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdk3bddkc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lsb5pevok22eMy 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: https://jacobin.com/2025/06/macron-melenchon-socialist-left-insoumise23 Jun 2025 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsb5pevok22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lqs4a2c5vc2pI 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 : https://jacobin.com/2025/06/france-solidarity-urgence-palestine-repression04 Jun 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs4a2c5vc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lqnaslkgjc2nInterviewed Benjamin Lemoine for @jacobinmag.bsky.social about the politics of sovereign debt : https://jacobin.com/2025/05/debt-democracy-eu-military-spending02 Jun 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnaslkgjc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lp55xetens2rI 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 : https://www.the-tls.co.uk/arts/theatre/leviathan-lorraine-de-sagazan-guillaume-poix-arts-review-harrison-stetler14 May 2025 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp55xetens2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lob4mnsaa22vMy latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the April 25 murder of Aboubakar Cissé and the struggle to confront Islamophobia in France: https://jacobin.com/2025/05/france-islamophobia-muslims-denial-violence03 May 2025 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lob4mnsaa22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lnkr2s3rjs2qFor @thenation.com, I wrote about the battle over Big Tech in the broader US-EU trade war: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/europe-big-tech-tariffs-trump-musk-meta/24 Apr 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkr2s3rjs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lmwsyrnvr22aI wrote about Bernard Arnault, luxury and the trade war for @jacobinmag.bsky.social : https://jacobin.com/2025/04/arnault-billionaire-trump-france-trade16 Apr 2025 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwsyrnvr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social/post/3lmfdt2d5zs2mI wrote about European rearmament, for @thenation.com : https://www.thenation.com/article/world/european-union-alliances-military-spending/09 Apr 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:klccvsdf377gjrfem7mnubux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfdt2d5zs2m