Report in AP on May Day protests across the world, focusing on France, where workers continue to resist President Macron’s new pension law.
Read the article HERE.
AP – May Day: World’s workers rally, France sees pension anger
Corruption
Politico: Bulgaria sinks under wave of pre-election scandals
Ahead of elections on July 11, Bulgarians are confronted by alarming revelations of state capture. Read here
EU politics
Tatu Ahponen: Finland’s Neoliberal and Far-Right Alliance Is a Sign of Things to Come in Europe
In Finland, a new government represents how compatible neoliberal and far-right politics are. The Left must answer the challenge by opposing austerity in addition to racism. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Environment
Reuters: Austrian parliament backs EU’s first total ban of weedkiller glyphosate
Apparently this sovereign decision will be overruled by EU law. Once again the EU proves that it is here to serve international corporations and not the people of Europe. Read here
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