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Local LFI councilor leads protest disrupting Jewish LGBTQ artist Barbara Butch concert, party leadership embarrassed
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On July 20, 2026, Allan Brunon, a local opposition councilor for La France Insoumise (LFI) in Grenoble, led a protest that disrupted a concert by DJ Barbara Butch, a Jewish artist and LGBTQ+ figure. The disruption occurred because Butch had signed a column supporting a contested bill against new forms of antisemitism and performed at the French embassy in Tel Aviv. Initially, LFI leadership, including coordinator Manuel Bompard, defended the action, citing Butch's political positions. However, by Thursday, Brunon and the party leadership stopped responding to media inquiries, signaling embarrassment. The Union of Jewish Students of France protested outside LFI headquarters in Paris. The article highlights internal tensions within LFI over the incident.
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Protest by the Union of Jewish Students of France near the headquarters of La France Insoumise, in Paris, on July 20, 2026. Credit: XAVIER GALIANA/AFP
On Monday, July 20, Allan Brunon had been very quick to respond to requests from Le Monde. The La France Insoumise (LFI) opposition councilor in Grenoble, who led a protest to disrupt the concert of DJ Barbara Butch at a city festival two days earlier, reiterated his "pride" at having interrupted the performance of the 45-year-old Jewish artist—an LGBTQ+ figure—after twenty minutes.
Three days later, on Thursday, the lead candidate for the "insoumis" in the March municipal elections left our messages unanswered. This marks a shift in communication strategy, but also reflects a certain embarrassment within the movement's leadership, which likewise did not respond to our requests.
At the beginning of the week, despite attacks from all sides, the highest echelons of the coordination were still united in defending their local troops, who had called for action against the DJ. The reasons cited:
- Her signing, in March, of a column in support of the contested bill by MP Caroline Yadan against "new forms of antisemitism" (a position the artist has since publicly regretted)
- A performance at the French embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 12, 2025
It was therefore for her "political positions" that the artist was targeted by this protest, LFI coordinator Manuel Bompard justified on Franceinfo radio on Monday.
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Politique : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr.Western
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Pro-Palestinian activists disrupt DJ Barbara Butch concert in Grenoble