Both Sides, Now.

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These essays will always be free, but you can continue to support my work by liking and commenting, and most of all by passing the essays on to others, and passing the links to other sites that you frequent. If you would like to take out a paid subscription, then of course I won’t stand in your way, (I’d be very honoured in fact) but I can’t promise you anything in return except a warm feeling of virtue.I have also set up a Buy Me A Coffee page, which you can find here.☕️ Thanks to all of those who have recently contributed.And as always, thanks to others who tirelessly supply translation in their languages. Maria José Tormo is posting Spanish translations on her site here, and Marco Zeloni is also posting Italian translations on a site here, and Italia e il Mondo is posting them here. I am always grateful to those who post occasional translations and summaries into other languages just as long as you credit the original and let me know. And now:****************************************Unless you follow French politics closely, the name of Quentin Deranque won’t mean anything to you. And oddly enough, whilst his recent murder has stirred up a lot of controversy, and he has become a martyr to some, most people here would have to think for second before recalling his name. This in itself is strange, but I will argue that it’s actually a symptom, and a worrying one, of a new trend of violent and even exterminatory “anti-fascism,” aimed at amorphous and ill-defined targets, that has taken over the political space once occupied by the Left, not just in France but elsewhere as wel…