Jean-Luc Mélenchon Thinks He Has a Path to Victory

High above the waters of the Lac d’Aiguille in southeastern France, hundreds of drones formed the face of Maximilien Robespierre, the Jacobin deputy to the National Convention during the French Revolution. Then they shifted into a new form, as the face of Louise Michel, a key figure in the Paris Commune of 1871. The drones then split up again, only to regroup as the face of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso. The music playing from the lakeside speakers sped up, and two…