By Odile Mojon, Paris / France Is France experiencing a “mass strike” in the image of what Rosa Luxemburg spoke about? First of all, it should be remembered that beyond France, other European countries (England, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain) are affected, or have recently been affected, by major strike movements, for similar reasons. These are sometimes related to the imposition ...
Is France’s Fifth Republic, established by General Charles De Gaulle, poised to be destroyed at the hands of military generals once again? Is there a threat of a coup d’état in France? Do the statements one after the other by both active and retired officers target only the Macron government or the political regime as a whole? The questions above ...
Brexit, the crisis of NATO and the mass protests movements kicking off across numerous European countries all demonstrate the increasing instability of the EU elites’ political structure. Recent political phenomenons across the European political scene are showcasing the appearance of new political subjects and actors. The yellow vest movement in France has shown that there are new players in European ...
BY ALİ RIZA TAŞDELEN The French people have been demonstrating every Saturday for three weeks against the new security bill passed in the National Assembly. This week, the people took to the streets in 90 cities and towns of France, especially Paris, with the call of France’s biggest labor confederation, the CGT. In addition to the new security law targeting ...
Yellow vests The one year anniversary of the Yellow Vests protests took place this week in France. Over the course of a year, opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s liberal reforms have organized 53 “acts,” as the weekly protests have been designated. Dozens of people were arrested in connection with the latest demonstration. The protests began in 2018 with local ...
Sri Lanka terror attack On April 21, at least 321 people, including more than 38 foreigners, were killed in the terrorist attacks on the island. About 500 more people were injured. These attacks were the bloodiest in the last 10 years, since the end of the civil war. Explosions thundered on Easter Sunday in churches and hotels in several cities throughout ...
In France, on Saturday, March 23, the Yellow Vests held another demonstration – Act XIX. According to the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, at least 40,500 people protested across France (5000 of them in Paris). Clashes with the police occurred in Nice, Lyon, Toulouse, Montpellier and Paris. https://twitter.com/ohboywhatashot/status/1109809013288587266 After a strong confrontation last week during the Act XVIII, the police ...
3rd of three articles (first and second on UWI). Nation, worker, left and right… all of these ideas, of course, are just the musings and falterings of intellectuals of and political analysts. Regular people, who form the backbone of the movement, that is, the People themselves, do not attach great importance to any of it. They only want to succeed. ...
“We need time,” says Etienne Chouard, one of the intellectual “gurus” of the Yellow Vest movement. For years, he has been campaigning in favor of citizens’ right to hold referendums. Now, he sees his ideas finally being embraced by people. The demand to provide people with the possibility of calling Referendums (on adopting or annulling bills or revoking elected representatives) ...
Back to the Future! Elated, with the single-mindedness of the “We” of the many, suddenly aware of its power, the crowd pours out of the narrow street in which it was crammed, to the spacious Place de la Republiquewhile singing the Marseillaise. It is by far the most popular song among Yellow Vests. The second most popular is the WWII ...