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Max Gallo

Former French socialist representative (1981-1983) and spokesman for Pierre Mauroy’s government (1983-1984), Max Gallo is a historian and writer. He was vice-president and cofounder of Jean-Pierre Chevènement’s Citizens Movement.

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“Islam: not to give in to the pacifying policy”

by Max Gallo

2 March 2006

Would we have tomorrow the courage –and the possibility- of saying what we think about Islam, whether it’s true or not, or should we practice self-censorship? Freedom or self-censorship are the challenge of the moment and the pressure is so strong that we forget that violence takes place in (...)

“Colonization: temptation for punishment”

by Max Gallo

16 December 2005

The history of French colonization is a major challenge since currently France is being judged on its colonizing and enslaving actions in the past. In any case, it is what a movement like the Indigenous of the Republic did. The judgment regarding colonization is a factor to discriminate ethnic (...)