Journalist writing about politics, housing, and labor issues. đLe Miroir amĂ©ricain, Paris Is Not Dead EP 8 WHAT DO WE WANT? now available
Marseille, France
Joined March 2012
- Tweets13.4K
- Following1.3K
- Followers11.4K
- Likes11.8K
Pinned Tweet
My feature about Olympique de Marseille is up @thenation. It's a story about popular culture, immigration, a unique city and the power supporters have when they organize. Feat. @MedericGC, François Thomazeau, @MarinePattyn and many others thenation.com/article/world/âŠ
Cole Stangler retweeted
NEW @KnowYrEnemyPod for subscribers! We talked to Marseille-based journalist @ColeStangler about the situation in France: what heâs seen on the ground; left, right, and center & the upcoming presidential elections; andâŠa sixth republic? patreon.com/knowyourenemy/poâŠ
Big crowd in Marseille and the march hasnât started yet #manif24octobre
Cole Stangler retweeted
Sur BFM, jâai rappelĂ© la responsabilitĂ© immense des mĂ©dias.
Quand on laisse dire sur ses antennes que «Trappes, câest Kaboul », on ne se contente pas de stigmatiser une ville et ses habitants. On nourrit un imaginaire de croisade.
Les mots ont des conséquences dramatiques.
Image from the Mediapart live blog this morning. Far-right mayor of Nice Ăric Ciotti mediapart.fr/journal/france/âŠ
Cole Stangler retweeted
đŽ [Exclusif] Lâintersyndicale des Bouches-du-RhĂŽne appelle à « amplifier la mobilisation »
Les syndicats CGT, FO, FSU, CFDT, Unsa et Solidaires des Bouches-du-RhĂŽne se fĂ©licitent, dans une dĂ©claration commune adressĂ©e à « La Marseillaise », dâavoir «obtenu satisfaction» suite Ă lâautorisation de la tenue dâune manifestation Ă Marseille, ce samedi. Lâintersyndicale appelle à « amplifier la mobilisation ».
lamarseillaise.fr/social/excâŠ
Cole Stangler retweeted
« Des gens qui nâont aucune lĂ©gitimitĂ© »
Je ne sais pas si lâon mesure bien la dĂ©rive du prĂ©sident de la RĂ©publique : tout individu est lĂ©gitime Ă exercer sa libertĂ© de manifester. Ces interdictions constituent une entrave grave aux libertĂ©s individuelles.
Cole Stangler retweeted
« Au lieu de bloquer lâaccĂšs Ă lâhĂŽtel de ville, la dĂ©cision du prĂ©fet est de laisser passer la foule »
Marseille, le 17 octobre : autopsie dâun dĂ©sastre
(Par @p_pascariello) mediapart.fr/journal/france/âŠ
Just wanted to reshare my op/ed from last December, which feels relevant to the ongoing crisis nytimes.com/2025/12/22/opiniâŠ
Cole Stangler retweeted
I was so appalled at the dreadful hot-takes circulating about the protests in France that I spontaneously wrote an op-ed yesterday. @ForeignPolicy were kind enough to publish it this evening. It starts by asking *why* there are so many bad hot-takes...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/19âŠ
From earlier in the day in Marseille. A lot of talk about the violence but there was also a massive peaceful march, with high school students, families, trade unionists, Yellow Vests, people fed up with a government that will not make concessions to a popular movement.
Cole Stangler retweeted
Many on the left suspected this was the case, but itâs still wild to see the WSJ confirm it.
Needless to say, stripping the citizenship of opposition elected officials is really, really far down the road to fascism.
New: The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe wsj.com/politics/policy/ilha⊠via @McCormickJohn @MHackman @sgurman
Stunning numbers from France: at least 7950 people have been detained by the police during the student protest movement, 86% of whom are under age 18. That's more than the total number detained during the Yellow Vests protests between Nov 18-Sep 19. rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/20261014-fâŠ
Source for Yellow Vest comparison franceinfo.fr/societe/educatâŠ
1-Yes it is a good analysis. Presidential elections in 2017 and 2022. Legislative elections in 2017, 2022, 2024.
2-Who the hell are you to make sweeping assumptions about who I am? You don't know me
Cole Stangler retweeted
"Today, as a new generation of democratic socialists seek Debs, American Socialist is the book that will speak back to them."
progressive.org/latest/the-eâŠ
MĂ©lenchon is a phenomenal speaker. But when it comes to actually winning and expanding the left's share of the vote in national elections, the record isn't so good. He's 0-3 and the left has been stuck around 30% of the vote since 2017.
French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon:
They tell us, "We must reassure the markets." Reassure the markets? What are their names? Where do they live? Let me go and reassure them!
What market? What are you talking about? There is no market. There are hedge funds, financial companies and insurance companies.
Le Miroir amĂ©ricain est maintenant disponible en grec ! ÎŒÏÏÎżÏÏÎŹ ÏÏÎżÎœ ÎșαΞÏÎÏÏη ÏÎ·Ï Î±ÎŒÎ”ÏÎčÎșÎźÏ. Merci aux Ă©ditions Polis ! Et un grand merci Ă Valia Kaimaki pour la traduction akybernitespoliteies.org/shoâŠ
Cole Stangler retweeted
Victor Wembanyama s'exprime sur les manifestations lycĂ©ennes en France : « Je suis content que les lycĂ©ens et les jeunes en gĂ©nĂ©ral se fassent entendre. Parce que moi, je les entends et je les soutiens, et j'espĂšre que les gens qui sont tout lĂ -haut en feront de mĂȘme ».
Cole Stangler retweeted
"And thatâs whatâs been interesting when youâre talking to people on the streets here, is to see to what extent the high school student issues actually resonate beyond just high schools. Right? Itâs university students. Itâs also trade unions."
democracynow.org/2026/10/6/fâŠ
Coming up on @democracynow shortly to talk about the high school student protests in France! democracynow.org
