PHILIP A. FARRUGGIO—Vanessa M. has some ideas as to make this ‘ life journey ‘ a bit more tolerable for she and literally millions of single Moms. ” Well, if we had a reasonable minimum wage, let’s say $ 15 an hour, that would help. If we all had the same health care that the Canadians and English have, with little or no charges, that would be unreal! I just wish that there were no absentee landlords and rental apartments etc were owned and operated by the local towns, maybe rents would be much more easier for people like myself”
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The Yellow Vests in their own words——”It’s not a demonstration, it’s an uprising!”
PATRICE GREANVILLE—The people of France are simply fed up with the status quo prescribed by neoliberalism and its tentacles in every sector of society—media, politics, and certainly the economy. Here they express their pent-up anger in cogent and impassioned words. It’s worth noting their circumstances apply now to most countries in the so-called developed world, not to mention the uber-exploited third world.
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Macron déchaine la répression (video reportage en Français)
Macron has unleashed more brutal methods of suppression against the Gilets Jaunes, but this is only radicalising the people.
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Which way forward for France’s “yellow vest” protests?
ALEX LANTIER—Saturday’s massive crackdown was a searing lesson in the character of bourgeois democracy: as soon as there is any expression of genuine popular opposition, the guns come out. After riot police backed with military armored vehicles and water cannon kettled and assaulted peaceful protesters starting early in the day, violent clashes erupted in all France’s largest cities. A record 1,385 people were arrested.
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