France
Person of the Year: The French worker on strike
December 23, 2019The government is counting on the inconvenience wearing people down, but rather than being fed up with what is sometimes called an “entitled” working class, more people are joining the cause.
Read moreMacron unites all French workers—against him and his pension “reforms”
December 10, 2019Following on the heels of his tax giveaway to the rich and his changes to labor law making it easier to fire workers, Macron's pension reform requires workers to work longer to earn the same pension...
Read moreWorkers shut down France over Macron pensions and retirement attacks
December 6, 2019“It doesn’t please us to strike. But we have to. We can’t work until we are 90 years old.”
Read more“Our Lady on fire, France in tears”—Notre Dame blaze horrifies world
April 16, 2019The French Communist Party said the cathedral was “a collective work of architects, workers, craftsmen, and builders” who over centuries had “carved a jewel.”
Read moreFrance’s “Yellow Vests”: Anatomy of a rebellion
December 12, 2018The media says the protests are spontaneous, but the real story of inequality, austerity, and lowering taxes on the super-rich began years ago—in 1983 to be exact.
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