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The Local fr: With no Christmas truce, transport strikes continue across France on Monday

December 22, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

With unions ruling out a ‘Christmas truce’ strike action continues in France on Monday, with public transport still badly disrupted and power cuts over the weekend. Read here

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The Local fr: French plan for army backup in ‘yellow vest’ protests sparks backlash

March 20, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

EU imposed austerity is driving another government to the wall. Macron is literally calling in the cavalry to save himself. The French government’s decision to deploy the army as backup during Saturday’s weekly “yellow vest” […]

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The Local fr: Yellow vests ransack Paris boutiques and restaurants

March 16, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

They said it was over. The number of participants rapidly decreasing. The media was celebrating the resurrgence of Macron. Now the BBC is even referring to it as an “anti-elite” movement. Read here The placard […]

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The Local fr: France’s ‘yellow vests’ rail at police violence

February 3, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

France’s “yellow vest” movement demonstrated against alleged police violence in rallies across the country Saturday, as nearly 60 lawyers denounced the treatment of protesters in the courts. Read here

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The Local fr: ‘They tell nothing but lies’: France’s ‘yellow vests’ reveal their hatred of the media

January 13, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The two most effective state weapons against democracy are the police and the media. As Serge Halimi wrote in his billiant article Forgotten France rises up (read here) French journlaists have been warned ‘Journalists must […]

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The Local fr: Yellow Vests – half of France’s speed cameras out of action?

January 10, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

In Greece we saw the same sort of resistance as the Underground barriers were opened. Read here

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