French Intellectuals: End of an Era?  

For decades French intellectuals captured the world’s imagination through their writings and debates. But since the seventies, their international stature has sharply waned in the wake of the deaths of those—beginning with Andre Malraux, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Michel Foucault—who seemed …



France: Unions on the Defensive  

PARIS — A deep crisis besets the French labor movement. Membership is shrinking, so is the percentage of unionists who pay dues regularly. The lifelong absorption of the rank and file in union activities is virtually gone. Gone, too, are …



France: Unions on the Defensive  

PARIS — A deep crisis besets the French labor movement. Membership is shrinking, so is the percentage of unionists who pay dues regularly. The lifelong absorption of the rank and file in union activities is virtually gone. Gone, too, are …