Tag: politics

  • Successful Protesters

    Successful Protesters

    Let’s have a quick look back at the first four weeks of Yellow Vests protests in 2018 and what they have already obtained: ·        Fuel tax hike abandoned ·        Pensioner’s tax hike abandoned ·         Rise of the minimal wage ·         The…

  • Popular Initiative

    Popular Initiative

    Translate with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Comment lancer une initiative populaire fédérale en Suisse?: https://www.ch.ch/fr/democratie/droits-politiques/initiative-populaire/comment-lancer-une-initiative-populaire-federale/ Qu’est-ce qu’une initiative populaire fédérale ?: https://www.ch.ch/fr/democratie/droits-politiques/initiative-populaire/quest-ce-quune-initiative-populaire-federale/

  • Brexit means Exit

    Brexit means Exit

    Brexit means Exit Parliament is gridlocked. Only the people can solve the Brexit crisis – The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/20/parliament-people-brexit-theresa-may-second-referendum

  • Pressed

    Pressed

    She was a nurseAt the hospital all the time Full-timeHe was a merchant He travelled all the time Full-time And they had beautiful children So far so good……
Until… Until it lasted more than ten years… She worked full-time Except when she worked day and night He worked full-time Not counting his travellingOnly three days a…

  • Go, Go, Go!

    Go, Go, Go!

    Thank you for opening the town halls for complaints, more than a step before opening them for the referendums. Operation “open town halls” on Saturday, December the 8th: “In this troubled period, mayors can connect citizens and the State”: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/operation-mairies-ouvertes-samedi-dans-cette-periode-trouble-les-maires-peuvent-relier-les-citoyens-et-letat_3087821.html Kneeling protester: A new symbol of the YellowVests? | RT: https://www.rt.com/news/445965-protesters-kneel-police-students Les GiletsJaunes se mettent à…

  • Electing is not voting

    Electing is not voting

    Pauvre France – 52 minutes: https://youtu.be/mKrsQLfrcrY?si=jhING4L3PH5fo7ov Et si on arrêtait de prendre les gens pour des cons ? | Les idées larges | ARTE: https://youtu.be/A9kl3_vnXjI?si=t8998iqcZuL8dv_P Renaud – Le tango des élus (Audio officiel): https://youtu.be/q5bLdVJ86TE?si=F2QP_WjfGJUUUkzn

  • “How can you frighten a man whose hunger”…

    “How can you frighten a man whose hunger”…

    How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him – he has known a fear beyond every other. The Grapes of Wrath – Chap 19 – John Steinbeck Comment peut-on effrayer un homme dont la faim ne…

  • Vth Republic, still there…

    Vth Republic, still there…

    The French Fifth Republic gives too much power to the president, who can behave like a monarch without listening to the demands of the people. Thanks to the 49.3, he can pass decrees without the opinion of the elected parliament. He can choose his prime minister without taking the people’s vote into account. He can…

  • Only 4,600 exhausted police officers to supervise the demonstrators

    Only 4,600 exhausted police officers to supervise the demonstrators

    On December the 1st 2018, violence broke out in Paris. The government has decided not to properly manage the demonstration. Only 4,600 “end-of-pipe” police officers, as Yves Lefebvre of the Unité-SGP Police FO union says, were mobilized. About thirty French police officers committed suicide this year. It should be noted that in most French regions,…

  • What kind of democracy do we want?

    What kind of democracy do we want?

    Comme si on ne voulait pas de la démocratie – L’édito culture de Christine Angot – France Inter: https://youtu.be/H6JljhRRm-I?si=FuUUETyqqT6I95jt Réformer en France : le pouvoir par l’individu ? – France culture: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/l-invite-e-des-matins/reformer-en-france-le-pouvoir-par-l-individu-1245495