My full conversation with a French police officer yesterday during Acte XXV of the #GiletsJaunes protests. 25 weeks of state sanctioned violence and savagery. Thankfully, yesterday was relatively quiet and ended without any major tension although we left around 6pm and I cannot speak for anything that flared up after that.
Economics
Eurostat: EU Exports Stagnating, Imports at Record High
The first estimate for euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in January 2022 was €199.5 billion, an increase of 18.9% compared with January 2021 (€167.8 bn). Imports from the rest […]
Austerity
Common Space: Striking lecturers: We’re winning and want ‘not just to end pension cuts but reverse marketisation of education’
The results of the member-wide ballot on the new offer by university administrations is expected around 12 April, which will determine whether 14 days of strike action planned to commence later in April will proceed. […]
Corruption
Mining(dot)com: Glencore unit pleads guilty to bribery in Africa
While people constantly complain about corruption in developing nations, they forget that this would not happen were it not for corporations of developing nations using bribes to achieve illicit profits and illegally destroy the environment. […]
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