Tag: France
France to ban shredding and gassing of male chicks
This initiative comes after years of push back by animal welfare groups and the measure will be pushed to be adopted at a European level.
France moves to ban short-haul flights
This is not the first time that climate measures and aviation bailouts have coincided in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Campaigners claim ‘historic win’ as France found guilty of climate inaction
Today the Paris administrative court concluded France has failed to do enough to meet its own commitments on the climate crisis and is legally responsible for the ensuing ecological damage.
French women march for equal rights in solidarity with women around...
Thousands of women peacefully marched in solidarity with women of the world on International Women’s Day.
French activists and lawmakers fight to ban Black Friday
French politicians and activists say prohibiting Black Friday would help prevent waste and overconsumption.
France upstages Trump at G7 by inviting Iran to salvage nuclear...
Trump breached the Iran deal in 2017, slapped severe sanctions on Iran and then went around the world strong-arming countries not to buy Iran’s petroleum.
French police use tear-gas on peaceful climate protesters in Paris
"This happened today. Do not look away."
What would a Yellow Vest movement look like in the United...
There are many triggers that are likely to spark aggressive mass protests in 2019. Get ready.
Denouncing focus on violence, women march in France to reclaim anti-austerity...
"Macron your goose is cooked, the chicks are in the street!"
More than a thousand arrested as Yellow Vests protests over economic...
Some 1,220 people were arrested in France on Saturday as more than a hundred thousand took to the streets – leading to a lockdown...
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It’s time to get this landmark bill passed and build a fairer America.
Favorite son? Eduardo Bolsonaro and the growing internationalism of the far right
One of the progressive left’s strengths has always been a willingness to offer support and learn from others around the globe, it's a mistake to cede internationalism to a xenophobic, ‘western culture’ obsessed right.