“We hope to make the government back down”

“We hope to make the government back down”

For the first time in almost 12 years, all the French trade union organizations (CGT, CFDT, FO, UNSA, CFE-CGC, Solidaires, FSU, CFTC) will come together to protest against this reform which they consider “unfair” and “cruel”. Many businesses and public services will be idling. But then what do the unions and a majority of French … Read more

Climate activists warm up in Davos ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

Climate activists warm up in Davos ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

Climate activists revving up in Davos. On the eve of the start of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in the Swiss city, the Strike WEF collective criticized its policies, for not providing, in its opinion, solutions to current problems, such as the climate catastrophe. The number of simultaneous crises we are dealing … Read more

thousands of protesters against “zero Covid” in different cities

thousands of protesters against “zero Covid” in different cities

Hundreds of people took to the streets on Sunday in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and other cities across China to protest the exaggerated lockdowns, a rare display of hostility towards President Xi Jinping’s regime and his practiced “zero Covid” policies for almost three years. Unforeseen, massive and endless confinements to the discovery of the slightest case, … Read more

Brazil | Protests against Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo

Brazil |  Protests against Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo

Bunder the motto_ Bolsonaro never again. Against the increase in fuel and gas prices, not unemployment and hunger_, the protesters against the policies of the Brazilian president, Jair BolsonaroThey walked the streets with banners and flags. More than 12 million Brazilians are unemployed. There are still more than 125 million people in a situation of … Read more

for the people of Bastia “it’s too much”

for the people of Bastia “it’s too much”

Two days after the third major demonstration in Ajaccio where on April 3, 15 people were injured in clashes with the police and the day after a new rally under tension in Bastia, Marieemployed in a shop in Bastia, cannot help saying that she is “tired” by the turn of events. The young woman does … Read more

Near the Russian border, protesters ready to defend Ukraine

Near the Russian border, protesters ready to defend Ukraine

Blue and yellow Ukrainian flag on the shoulders, Iryna Gaïeva, who came to demonstrate on Saturday in Kharkiv, about forty kilometers from the Russian border, has a simple message: “We don’t want Russia”. Ukraine, “it’s my homeland”, explains this retiree met by AFP during a “Unity March” which brought together several thousand people in Ukraine’s … Read more

COVID-19 | Protests in Europe against restrictions and compulsory vaccination

COVID-19 |  Protests in Europe against restrictions and compulsory vaccination

One more Sunday, protesters have taken to the streets in different parts of Europe to oppose restrictions and health passes, while governments study stricter measures to stop the explosion of COVID-19 infections. In Brussels, the Belgian capital, 5,000 people, according to the police, 25,000, according to the organizers, marched shouting “Freedom” and “No to compulsory … Read more

Day of mobilization this Saturday in defense of the public hospital and the health system

Day of mobilization this Saturday in defense of the public hospital and the health system

Aurelie Loek – 2021-12-04T12:32:45.946+01:00 — The procession must leave Place Vauban, in front of the Ministry of Health, in particular to denounce the ineffectiveness of the Ségur plan, the measures of which are deemed insufficient. “The horizon of the struggles is the taking over of the management of the public hospital by caregivers, experts in … Read more

Thousands of people protest in Brussels against covid-19 restrictions | Europe | DW

Thousands of people protest in Brussels against covid-19 restrictions |  Europe |  DW

Thousands of people walked the streets of Brussels this Sunday (12/05/2021) in protest against the measures to contain the coronavirus and the possible mandatory vaccination. The demonstration began near the North Station of the Belgian capital and advanced to the European quarter, where some 8,000 people, according to police figures, gathered with posters alluding to … Read more

Chaos in the center of Brussels: the demonstration against sanitary measures degenerates (photos and videos)

Chaos in the center of Brussels: the demonstration against sanitary measures degenerates (photos and videos)

Scenes of chaos take place in the capital, on the sidelines of the demonstration against sanitary measures: vandalized police cars, tear gas, projectile jets … By the editorial staff Published on 11/21/2021 4:49 PM Reading time: 2 min IThey are 35,000 to have gathered this Sunday in Brussels, according to the police. The demonstration, dubbed … Read more