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In the spotlight

Was Researching and Teaching Better Before?

Pierre Rochette takes a harsh look back at his 44-year career, denouncing the rise of a cumbersome and absurd bureaucracy that seriously hinders scientific research, academic freedom and the functioning of higher education in France.

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The Collège de France and academic freedom

Jacques Robert denounces the drift of certain academic institutions such as the Collège de France, which agrees to submit to leonine clauses by signing a contract with a multinational company: academic freedom is thus undermined, as is the inalienable right to criticism.

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Public universities: the invisible pillar of higher education sacrificed

French public universities, which enroll more than 70% of higher education students, fulfill an essential mission with far fewer resources than the private sector, while relying heavily on state funding. Yet, they suffer from a disconnect between research and teaching, low professionalization, and a lack of institutional recognition, undermining their central role in educating young people and upholding the promise of republican equality.

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Museums under influence: when ideology erases art

In "Bad Genre at the Museum," Didier Rykner denounces the growing intrusion of woke and decolonial ideologies into museums, accused of falsifying history, censoring works, and sacrificing art to militant causes. Through a series of concrete examples, he criticizes the trivialization of vandalism, racial obsession, cancel culture, and the ideological rewriting of works—all serious attacks on memory, universalism, and the mission of cultural institutions.

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Alain Policar, the wide-eyed awake man

In his book "Wokism Doesn't Exist," Alain Policar defends a woke ideology that, under the guise of fighting discrimination, seeks the deconstruction of Western civilization. A review by Emmanuelle Hénin.

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Tract #20 No birth without consent!

No birth without consent!

Every individual has the right to control his or her body and life. Yet we impose the violence of birth on our children.

Consent at birth aims to respect the fundamental principle of self-determination by asking for the child's agreement before coming into the world.

It is not about delaying birth indefinitely, but about opening a dialogue between parents and their future child, taking into account their needs and aspirations.

Consent at Birth: A Utopia? No, It's a Necessity!

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