epa08058386 United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner speaks during the UNDP Human Development Report 2019 presentation, in Bogota, Colombia, 09 December 2019. EPA-EFE/Mauricio Duenas Castaneda From Brexit to the ‘ gilets jaunes’ , protest movements in Europe and elsewhere have…

The Gilets Noirs or Black Vests are fighting for the rights of undocumented migrants, but they also take part in Gilets Jaunes protests and lend solidarity to other protest movements | Photo: Imago /Noemie Coissac Over the last year, the so-called Gilets…

Thousands of labour unionists and `yellow vests` marched together in Paris against the French government`s planned pension reform as nationwide strikes entered the 24th consecutive day Industrial action against President Emmanuel Macron’s reforms has crippled train services in the capital over the…

Protesters marching against the French government’s planned pension reform clashed with the police in Paris on Saturday as officers fired teargas to disperse groups of demonstrators. French trade unions have spearheaded nationwide strikes since early December in an outcry over Emmanuel Macron’s…

Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leading figures of the "yellow vests" (gilets jaunes) movement shows his eye after he was injured in the eyebrow after he was hit by the shield of an anti-riot policeman on 28 December, 2019. Videos posted to…

People take part in a demonstration called by the ‘yellow vest’ (gilets jaunes) movement in May in Bordeaux The wine capital of the world, Bordeaux is a thriving port city in the southwest of France, with a long promenade along the banks…

A network of solidarity exists among and alongside those who move, and stay, without permission. Hazel Healy profiles three initiatives. A demonstration for solidarity, unity, dignity and rights for all. By Rasande Tyskar, under a Creative Commons License France: The Gilets Noirs…

In 2019, several crucial international institutions once again proved ill-equipped for today’s challenges In 2020, the world will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberal international order. Most agree that this framework, comprising the United Nations (UN), the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…

Protestors wearing "yellow vests" send back tear gas canisters during clashes with riot police (unseen) during a protest against rising costs of living in the Champs Elysees in Paris Here’s an apt summary of our present: “All over the world, the protesters…

When he arrived in southern France in March 1888, Vincent van Gogh immediately wrote a letter to his brother, Théo: “The sun dazzles me and goes to my head, a sun, a light that I can only call yellow, sulphur yellow, lemon…