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Olly Haynes

Olly Haynes is a freelance journalist covering politics, culture and social movements.

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Articles

Rachel Keke speaks in the National Assembly during a debate on the pension reform bill in February. Amaury Cornu / Hans Lucas

Feature: Meet the French MP Who Went From Cleaning Hotel Rooms to Taking on the Country’s Political Elite

by Olly Haynes

Assa Traore leads a march for Adama Traore

Interview: Seven Years After Cops Killed Her Brother, Assa Traoré is at the Frontline of France’s Fight Against Police Violence

by Olly Haynes

Feature: French Climate Activists Are Waging War Against Water Hoarders

by Olly Haynes

A protester in Paris on May Day. Olly Haynes

Feature: French Protesters Are Thinking Up New Ways to Stop Macron’s Pension Reforms

by Olly Haynes

A protester holds a flare on 7 March. Olly Haynes

Report: French Leftwing Publisher Detained by UK Counter-Terrorism Police

by Olly Haynes

A protester holds a flare on 7 March. Olly Haynes

Report: France’s ‘Robin Hood’ Energy Workers Are Sending Cheap Electricity to Schools and Hospitals

by Olly Haynes

An image of Macron appears on the warning label of an oversized packet of cigarettes being held up as a protest banner. Crowds can be seen in the background

Feature: Could Pension Reform End Macron?

by Olly Haynes

a group of people gather in a warehouse for a photo

Report: Terfs Are Marginal in France. A New Media Platform Plans to Keep It That Way

by Olly Haynes

Report: ‘We Want to Breathe’: Anti-Racist, Environmental and Gilets Jaunes Campaigners Are Joining Forces in France

by Olly Haynes

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