French Leftists for the Libya War by Yoshie Furuhashi http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/furuhashi240311.html

Just like most other French people, most French leftists flip-flopped on Libya, according to the Ifop polls of 3-4 and 21-22 March 2011. Against any military intervention just a couple of weeks ago, even a majority of those who say they feel politically close to the far left Lutte Ouvrière/New Anti-Capitalist Party (57%) and to the Front de Gauche (59%) are now in favor of the Libya war, not far behind the Socialist Party (68%) and Green (77%) supporters. A majority of those who voted for Olivier Besancenot in the 2007 presidential elections bucked this powerful trend, but even in this against-the-current camp, 44% still joined the seemingly overwhelming social imperialist majority.