Macron’s party stumbles in French municipal polls, communists hold ground
The first round of municipal polls in France, held on March 15, Sunday, ended in a double fiasco for the government, with high abstention levels amid fear of the spread of COVID-19 and a setback for Emmanuel Macron’s party, La République En Marche
Ep90: Mobilization by the Brazilian Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST)
We also take a look at the protests in France and Algeria.
University community in France mobilizes against proposed research law
The new multi-annual research programming law (LPPR) proposed by the French government calls for converting permanent researcher posts to contract vacancies based on the tenure of research projects
French unions reject Macron’s concessions, demand complete rollback of pension reforms
The French government announced it would keep the retirement age at 62, but major unions in the country have called for massive mobilizations on 14, 15 and 16 January, to demand a complete rollback of the controversial pension reforms
Massive workers’ protest in France denouncing Macron’s pension reforms
With the new pension reforms, the French president Emmanuel Macron wants to introduce a centralized points-based pension system, integrating into one, the current 42 different pension systems for various professions in the country.
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
