The popular protests that erupted in 2019 and have continued to rumble – from France and Spain in Europe to Hong Kong and India in Asia; from Chile, Colombia and Bolivia in Latin America to Lebanon, Iran and Iraq in the Middle…

Trousers and bright colours at Paul Smith and Valentino On Tuesday, my colleague Stephen Doig wrote that the atmosphere during Paris Menswear Week was the most unpleasant he could remember. Unlike Stephen, I didn’t get caught in any demos although it was…

CC BY 2.0 Gilets Jaunes in Paris/ Lloyd Alter Beware of the gilets jaunes , says Philip Stephens. From the USA to Australia to Brazil to Canadian provinces like Ontario and Alberta, so-called populists are denying climate change and rolling back measures…

Council cuts continue… So must the fightback France pensions strike, national demonstration in Paris, 16.1.2020, photo James Ivens (Click to enlarge) After more than 45 days of strikes and 62 weeks of ‘gilets jaunes’ protests, French workers’ appetite for struggle endures. The…

A minister urges cops to keep their sangfroid, even with rioters IN ONE VIDEO clip, filmed in the French capital on January 18th, a protester is pinned to the ground on his back and punched several times in the face by a…

The town of Sion in Canton Valais, site of the demoscan experiment. A Swiss experiment bringing together a group of citizens to prepare an informational sheet for February’s national vote has completed its first stage. Voting up to four times a year,…

A climate change rally in Sydney on January 10. Photo/Getty Images Australia’s bushfires are stoking concern about our ability to save the planet democratically, with some calling for "eco-authoritarianism". The smoke from Australia’s devastating bushfires blew all the way to Germany this…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1070/30135 France pensions strike, national demonstration in Paris, 16.1.2020, photo James Ivens (Click to enlarge) After more than 45 days of strikes and 62 weeks of ‘gilets jaunes’ protests, French workers’ appetite for struggle endures. The unions counted…

A viral video shows police in Paris attacking a crowd of protesters with batons yesterday, as thousands of ‘G ilets Jaunes ‘ (yellow vests) converged on the capital: in France under Macron, you dare throwing water on police and you get slaughtered……

French police fired teargas under a rain of projectiles, used stun grenades and arrested dozens of people on Saturday as thousands of “yellow vest” anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Paris. Demonstrators shouted slogans denouncing the police, the president, Emmanuel Macron…