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About John Mullen

John Mullen is a lifelong revolutionary socialist living in the Paris area and is a supporter of the France Insoumise.
  • Spontaneous anti-fascist demonstration, June 10 2024 in Besançon. Photo: Toufik-de-Planoise / CC BY 4.0

    Will the French have a fascist President next May?

    Originally published: Counterfire on September 23, 2026 (more by Counterfire)  |

    John Mullen analyses the French far right and its left opposition ahead of the presidential election in May 2027.

  • Jean Marie Le Pen

    Jean-Marie Le Pen: Life and death of a Nazi

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on January 10, 2025 (more by The Left Berlin)  |

    John Mullen writes about the Nazi and colonial origins of Jean Marie Le Pen, and how they continue to influence French politics today.

  • Trade unionists on antiracist demo in Paris, 14 December 2024. Photo: John Mullen

    Macron appoints Zombie government in France

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on December 29, 2024 by Phil Butland (more by The Left Berlin)  |

    After the fall of right-wing PM Michel Barnier to a no-confidence vote, Emmanuel Macron has appointed a new Prime Minister, François Bayrou, to attempt to apply the same policies. The Left Berlin spoke to Paris activist, John Mullen.

  • Brexit debate - Michel Barnier, EU Brexit negotiator

    The post-election challenge in France

    Originally published: Tempest on October 11, 2024 (more by Tempest)  |

    An interview with John Mullen of La France Insoumise.

  • Michel Barnier, EU Brexit negotiator. now French Prime Minister. Source: European Parliament / cropped from original / CC BY 2.0

    Resistance takes off as Macron ignores elections

    Originally published: Counterfire on September 6, 2024 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Emmanuel Macron has named a prime minister from the right-wing party that came fourth in June’s elections.

  • Rowan, Place de la Republique

    French elections : Antifascist victory and deep political crisis

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on July 9, 2024 (more by The Left Berlin)  |

    Election results in France bring joy but also reveal a difficult road ahead.

  • Demonstration of Occitan farmers, January 2024. Photo: Raymond Trencavel / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0 DEED

    Farmers’ revolt in France

    Originally published: Counterfire on January 31, 2024 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Farmers in France are not a homogenous block, and the left needs to be able to unite with its more progressive elements to generalize revolt, argues John Mullen.

  • The protests continue across France. This in Paris on 6th April. Source: John Mullen

    The French Left and the ongoing workers revolt

    Originally published: Counterfire on April 7, 2023 (more by Counterfire)  |

    As workers prepare for a long drawn struggle, John Mullen argues now is the time to call for a general strike.

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Money on the Left Episodes

  • A Rhetorical History of Modern Money Theory with John T. Harvey
    John Mullen

    We speak with John T. Harvey about a new article he co-wrote with Billy Saas titled, “A Rhetorical History of Modern Money Theory,” out this month in the September 2026 issue of the Journal of Economic Issues. Harvey is Hal Wright Professor of Economics at Texas Christian University. We discuss his recent publication in the […]

  • Democracy Needs Public Media w/ Victor Pickard
    John Mullen

    Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. Pickard is C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Co-Director at the Media, […]

  • Public Employment & Training from the Great Society to the “End of Welfare as We Know It”
    John Mullen

    This month, Scott Ferguson speaks with Mario Rendina about the politics of public employment and training in the United States as they shifted over the course of the late 20th century. Rendina brings over thirty years of hands-on experience working within municipal government in Tampa Bay, Florida—specifically within Hillsborough County. Grounded in his extensive career […]

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Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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