Interview with left-wing Brazilian Jews.
Mr. Löwy, you are a Jewish man. How important is this identity to you today? Could you tell us a bit about your family history?
Michael Löwy - I am indeed Jewish, and this identity is very important to me. As much as my other identities: Brazilian (born in Brazil, where I lived for the first 23 years), French (I've lived in Paris since 1969) and internationalist... I'm not religious, Judaism for me is a history and a culture, which includes some (…)

Au lendemain du débat qui a opposé Kamala Harris et Donald Trump dans le cadre des élections présidentielles étasuniennes, notre camarade Daniel Tanuro a formulé plusieurs réflexions, que nous republions ici.
1) Tout observateur raisonnable de la chose politique admettra que Kamala Harris a gagné haut la main. Son langage corporel est celui d'une personne « normale », son propos est cohérent, elle s'exprime clairement, répond plus ou moins aux journalistes, regarde son adversaire, et (…)

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Comment expliquer des décennies de silence sur les agressions sexuelles commises par l'abbé Pierre ? L'une des meilleures spécialistes d'Emmaüs témoigne à partir de son expérience d'historienne.
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With due respect, the September 9, 2024 Supreme Court (SC) unanimous Decision in Province of Sulu, et al. vs. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdia, et al.takes away, with one hand, Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) what it gives with the other hand, otherwise upholding the constitutionality of the rest of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), Republic Act No. 11054. This given constitutional imprimatur by the SC is of course quite important. But what is (…)