May 1st… May 4th… May 9th… All together in yellow and in red
Poor Macron! Not only his great bla-bla was a flop, but the streets are still filling with determined yellow jackets every Saturday. This time again, act 24 was an inspired response to his smokescreen press conference. Macron has no option left but to rely on the cops who gas, hit and maim the demonstrators. And […]
May Day Is Still Our Holiday!
Workers around the world celebrate every May Day (May 1st) as International Workers Day, not just to honor working people, but to commemorate our struggles against capitalist exploitation. This workers’ holiday began in the United States in the 1880s during the fight for the 8-hour day. Hundreds of thousands of American workers in 1886 went […]
Failing Schools or a Failed System?
Almost everyone who is involved in education knows that it isn’t working the way it should be. School days can be spent racing from class to class with no time to think. Many just wait for the day to end. Both students and teachers can feel trapped in classes that seem boring or irrelevant. With […]
Faced With a Climate Catastrophe, What Will We Do?
April 22, Earth Day, is a day to celebrate the natural world for its wonder and beauty, and the life that it provides for all living species. The activists, who created Earth Day 49 years ago, knew that if we destroy our planet, we will destroy ourselves. For decades scientists at the best universities and […]
Their great debate is ending? The fight goes on!
Macron’s “great debate” is never ending. There was Macron’s visit in Corsica, that many elected officials boycotted. There is Edouard Philippe’s “summary” of the debates today, during which he speaks of “fiscal exasperation” but won’t go as far as reinstating the tax on wealth. And mid-April there will be the first government’s announcements, which could […]
Tax Day – Who Works and Who Keeps the Money
April 15 is approaching and that means it is a dreadful time of year for most workers. For most of us filing a tax return is nothing but a headache, a time when we see how much money was taken from us. Some of us hate filing taxes so much we will even wait until […]
An atmosphere of general discontent
Macron’s so-called great debate is about to end. And even if he is extending it a bit more, despite being described as “exhausted” and “close to burn-out,” he will soon publicise his “conclusions” … But while he dreams of “new measures to wow the crowds,” the yellow jackets, mobilised for four months, have continued to […]