Serge July (born 27 December 1942) is a French journalist, editor, founder of the daily Libération, and a prominent figure in French politics from the 1970s through the 1990s. He is the author of several books and has directed more than fifty documentaries about cinema and politics.^[1] In recent times, he has been active in French organizations working in support of journalists taken hostage in Syria.^[2]

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Serge July
Serge July by Claude Truong-Ngoc, 2014
Born	(1942-12-27) 27 December 1942 (age 81) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Journalist Editor Writer Director Script writer
Known for	Founder of Libération

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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.^[3] 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.^[4]

• (with Alain Geismar) Vers la guerre civile, 1969
• Les années Mitterrand : histoire baroque d'une normalisation inachevée, 1986
• Le salon des artistes, 1989
• Dictionnaire amoureux de New York, 2019^[1]