Categories Ireland
Victory for women’s movement as Irish Seanad votes in favour of lega …
On May 25, 2018, in the historic referendum, 66% of Irish women and men voted to amend the country’s constitutional ban on abortions.
Muhammed Shabeer
Categories France
Defying police repression, high school students continue protest in Fr …
They have raised a number of demands, including reversing changes to the French exam system and a roll-back on exam fees. A major strike is scheduled for December 14
Categories Albania
Massive student protests force Albanian government on the back foot
In the third major strike by students this year, thousands hit the streets protesting the hike in tuition fee and demanding better amenities and more funding for research
Categories Canada
Ontario premier Doug Ford now targets social assistance program
The latest proposals come in the aftermath of his labor ‘reforms’ proposed last month which seek to cap the minimum wage and undo many of the progressive measures introduced by the previous government
Categories Spain
Spanish workers up in arms as Alcoa plans to shut down aluminum smelti …
The closure of the plants will lead to the loss of almost 700 jobs. The US- based Aluminium giant, Alcoa, had a notorious track record all of violating workers’ rights across the world.
Categories Israel | World
Israeli spyware being used to target dissidents, says report
The spyware named Pegasus, developed by the Tel Aviv based NSO Group, has been found to be used widely for targeting activists, dissidents, and journalists around the world
Categories Chile
Chilean rights activist and implacable foe of the dictatorship Ana Gon …
For decades, Ana Gonzalez worked to trace the whereabouts of her family and thousands of the people who were forcible disappeared during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet
Categories Venezuela
Venezuela switches from dollar to euro in foreign exchange to tackle U …
Venezuela had earlier introduced the cryptocurrency petro, backed by the country’s oil resources, to bypass the crippling US sanctions
Categories Brazil
Indigenous groups in Brazil rise in opposition against Jair Bolsonaro
A number of indigenous candidates from various political groups from the Amazon region called for the creation of an Indigenous Parliamentary Front
Categories Ireland
Raise the Roof Campaign Demands an End to Housing Crisis in Ireland
Dublin and several other cities have been facing an unprecedented housing crisis characterised by flat lining of property prices, rise in house rents, forceful evictions, etc.
Categories Russia
Controversial pension reforms triggers protests across Russia
Railway and mine workers in Siberia were among those who expressed their unhappiness and called themselves “prisoners of the Putin’s reforms”
Categories Chile
In Chile, a thousand guitars pay homage to Victor Jara
A number of events and debates are taking place around the 30th anniversary of the referendum following which Augusto Pinochet had to step down
