“Partner, Not Comrade: Blackness, Cross-Racial Coalition, and Power in France”

June 24, 2025

This article investigates how Black organizations in France are navigating the space of encounter with predominantly white leftist organizations. Using interviews conducted with white leftist organizers and Black organizers, the author shows how they crafted an alternative answers to key movement questions, building upon specific ways of doing/being in the face of fraternalisme and anti-Blackness.