Serge July

Serge July (born 27 December 1942) is a French journalist, founder of the daily Libération, and a prominent figure in French politics from the 1970s through the 1990s. In recent times, he has been active in French organizations working in support of journalists taken hostage in Syria.[1]

Serge July
Serge July by Claude Truong-Ngoc, 2014
Born (1942-12-27) 27 December 1942
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Journalist
Writer
Known forFounder of Libération

Critics

In 1978, he published an article criticizing the television series Holocaust, invited Pierre Guillaume, negationist founder of the bookstore, La Vieille Taupe and supports the freedom of speech of Robert Faurisson.[2] On July 4, 1983, he was condemned by the 17th chamber of the Paris judicial tribunal, following the complaint of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), of having published in a "Courrier readers" of July 31, 1982, an anti-Semitic letter, accused of defamation, incitement to hatred and racial violence.[3]

Works
  • (with Alain Geismar) Vers la guerre civile, 1969
  • Les années Mitterrand : histoire baroque d'une normalisation inachevée, 1986
  • Le salon des artistes, 1989

References
  1. "France's leftwing mouthpiece plunged into existential crisis as editor told to leave". TheGuardian.com. 14 June 2006.
  2. "Négationnistes : Quand tombent les masques… (1/2)". 26 February 2013.
  3. "M. Serge July est condamné pour provocation à la violence raciale". Le Monde.fr. 6 July 1983.


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