Retirees hit the streets in France again, demand increase in pensions
This was the seventh march taken out by the retirees since the election of Emmanuel Macron as the president of France.
13-year-old boy killed as Indian government intensifies crackdown in Kashmir
Owais Ahmad Mir, a seventh grade student was shot by security forces in Kupwara district. Last week, Indian authorities had partially banned civilian movement on the crucial National Highway which connects Kashmir to the rest of India.
Software developer and privacy activist Ola Bini remanded for 90 days in Ecuador
Bini’s arrest comes within hours of the Ecuadorian interior minister claiming that there are “Russian” hackers in Ecuador, having indicated a possible crackdown.
Protests in Rutgers University, demanding renewed contracts with pay rise
The faculty union has called on the university board to immediately consider their demands, failing which they will go on the first ever university strike in the history of Rutgers.
White supremacist groups suspected of burning down historic social justice center
The Highlander Research and Education Center was founded in 1932 and has played a pivotal role in working-class, revolutionary movements in the south and across the US
Demanding wage hike, school teachers embark on strike in Poland
The Polish Teachers’ Union said that educators in 15,179 of the 20,403 (74.29%) schools and kindergartens in the country are participating in the strike. Students also staged a solidarity demonstration
Chavistas flood the streets of Caracas against imperialist interventions
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro addressed the multitude, denounced Chile and Colombia as the culprits of the new attacks against the country’s electric system, and reiterated his will to negotiate to ensure peace
‘Our health is not for sale’: Week-long actions across Europe observing World Health Day
As part of the World Health Day on April 7 and the elections to European Parliament, scheduled from May 23 to 26, health activists observed a European Week of Action against the commercialization and privatization of health and social protection from April 1 to 7.