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Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
On 20 years since the 2005 riots.
Fred Lyra, philosopher and musicologist based in Paris, joins Alex to talk about France through 4 moments: 1995 – the last moment of classic class struggle; 2005 – riots in the banlieues; 2015 – Islamist terror; 2025 – government collapse.
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How were the riots normalised? And what was the state's response?
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Why did the riots prompt debates about "models of integration"?
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Why is there an "excess" of state in the banlieues, and an absence of state in left-behind smaller cities?
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How did France go from the Nuits Debouts protests to the Gillet Jaunes – and how did they differ?
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What about Bloquons Tout protests and the repeated fall of governments today?
Links:
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The Peripherisation of France, Fred Lyra, A Terra É Redonda
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Two, Three, or More Fractures in French Society?, Fred Lyra, A Terra É Redonda
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Bonapartist Solutions, Dylan Riley, Sidecar
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Nuits Debout: Up All Night, Fred Lyra, Lavra Palavra
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