Freelancers Seminar in Partnership with the NUJ
The AAPA in partnership with the Paris branch of the National Union of Journalists held a day long seminar for freelancers on Saturday, November 16. Some 3 participants joined the event held at the Bourse du Travail, Paris 10eme. Three panel discussion were held on key topics facing freelancers today. Participants had the opportunity to network over lunch mid=day and at a networking…
Dissident Russian journalist Andrei Loshak: "Broken Ties"
The Dissident Club in Paris was a fitting setting for our screening of "Broken Ties," a look at the impact Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine had on Russian families, produced by dissident Russian journalist Andrei Loshak. Andrei told us of his experiences since the invasion during our evening discussion on November 11. Well-known and respected as a journalist/filmmaker in Russia and…
“He (Trump) doesn’t really like us” — Europe fears the fallout of US elections
AAPA meeting with transatlantic expert Nicole Bacharan. Europeans are closely tracking Tuesday’s US elections, with many fearful of what a second Trump presidency will mean for the NATO alliance, trade, the war in Ukraine and the spreading Middle East conflict, analyst Nicole Bacharan told the AAPA recently — even as his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, remains a largely unknown quantity for…
No Life for Afghan Women
AAPA member Kami Rice, editor of AnthrowCircus.com, brought her neighbor in Caen, Raha Sepehr, to the Dissident Club in Paris Oct. 14 to call attention to the plight of women in Afghanistan. « The life of women? Finished ! » she told the assembled journalists and visitors assembled. « The Taliban wants to keep women … in the survival mode, the worst situation for a human being. » Ms. Sepehr…
The Laptop is the Criminal's Most Powerful Weapon
Organized crime has gone online in a big way, says Interpol's outgoing Secretary General. Jurgen Stock, who headed the international law enforcement agency for the past decade, spoke to the AAPA on September 4, in the Blomberg auditorium. Crime is big business, he told us, explaining the evolution of "crime as a service" -- the sale of ransomware and other Internet software designed to…
Tommie Smith is in Paris for the Olympic Games
Have you ever met a rock star? Or a famous scientist? Or, why not – the President of the United States? I have to say no to all three – but I can now say that I have met the man whose protest against injustice to Blacks shook the world. That man is Tommie Smith, the 6’ 5” Black athlete who won the sprint finals at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, breaking the 20 second record by finishing in…
ANALYSIS OF EU AND SNAP FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
INSEAD Political Science Professor Emeritus Douglas Webber had already agreed to speak to the AAA via Zoom on June 10, the day following the EU's scheduled Parliamentary elections. But when French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the Assemblée Nationale and called for new elections starting July 1, the focus shifted. What did the far right's gain of seats in the EU and the RN's trouncing of…
D-Day Anniversary Visit to Normandy
AAPA members (15 in all) took a day trip to Normandy, April 23, 2024, in advance of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings June 6, 1944 -- the beginning of the end of W orld War II in Europe. Intent on learning about…
Recognizing D-Day's Forgotten Black Soldiers 80 Years On
AAPA member Linda Hervieux talks to us about the forgotten combat soldiers of D-Day, the all-Black 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, among the first to land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Published in 2015, it is an episode in the upcoming National Geographic/Disney+ documentary series Erased: WW's Heroes of Color. The book’s theme of racism in America, particularly in the armed services, is…
Christopher Weissberg, representing French citizens in North America
AAPA members had breakfast with Christopher Weissberg on May 13, 2024, to hear the Assemblée Nationale deputy's views on the outlook for EU and US elections, the increasing restrictions on immigration, and his efforts to serve his 250,000-strong constituency of French citizens residing in the US and Canada. Weissberg holds meetings throughout North America with his constituents and says their…