Leid Stories - 01.08.15

French Journalist: Before Terror Attack in Paris, Rampant Racism, Anti-Arab Sentiment, and the Rise of the Rabid Right

One suspect has surrendered and the hunt is on for two others in a murderous attack on  the Paris-based headquarters of a satirical magazine yesterday that left 12 people dead and at least 12 others wounded.

President Francois Hollande has declared today a national day of mourning, and the attack, the second in three years against the magazine, has drawn condemnation from heads of state all over the world.

French journalist Gilbert Mercier, cofounder and editor in chief of News Junkie Post, discusses the attack in the context of France’s foreign policy, especially in the Middle East; the rise of the ultra-right in France and throughout Europe; and a virulent strain of racism and anti-immigrant and anti-Arab sentiment.