Reading time: 6 mins How long does it take for a form of collective expression to become empty of its meaning, to become a parody of itself, a simulacrum? Do social rites have an expiration date? It was said to be obsolete, the good old demonstration, with its slogans shouted at the megaphone, its banners … Read more
Demonstrations are expected in Buenos Aires in support of Cristina Kirchner Trade union organizations and social movements mobilize this Tuesday in different parts of the city of Buenos Aires to show their support for Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and express their repudiation against the “political persecution” of the two-time President, in the framework … Read more
In repudiation against the “political persecution” of the Vice President of the Nation, union organizations, social movements and self-convened will demonstrate this Tuesday in different parts of the city of Buenos Aires, within the framework of the sentence in the Highway case. Trade union organizations and social movements will mobilize this Tuesday in different parts … Read more
LChinese authorities have given signs of a possible relaxation of their strict “zero Covid” policy, after a wave of angry demonstrations against health restrictions and for more freedoms. China’s approach to the virus is “facing new circumstances” thanks to the less dangerous nature of the Omicron variant and advances in vaccination, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan … Read more
A demonstration new demonstration is organized against the Horizon project, and against the establishment of migrants, this Saturday, November 5 in Callac. At the same time, a new collective has been launched, and wants to be parallel to the “Friends of Callac” which tends to add a little confusion in the town. Finally, with the … Read more
“Death to the Islamic Republic! » Iran has been angered by protesters since the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who fell into a coma after being arrested three days earlier and detained by morality police on the grounds that she wore clothes “inappropriate”. Activists as well as his family ruled his death “suspicious”but … Read more
Three leaders of a collective in Guinea were charged and imprisoned Thursday for “contempt of court” before a trial scheduled for Friday in Conakry, where their supporters defied the junta’s ban on demonstrations, protesting against their arrest. These demonstrations, which began Tuesday evening, are among the first since the military came to power in a … Read more
Seventeen police officers were injured, one of them seriously, after violent spontaneous demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday in Conakry which followed the brutal arrest of three leaders of a collective, Guinean police said on Wednesday (July 6th) in a press release. Clashes between security forces and groups of young people erupted in suburban neighborhoods of … Read more
Abortion-rights supporters rallied across the United States on Saturday for a second day of protests against the Supreme Court’s decision to smash what many thought was a given. By revoking its emblematic judgment “Roe v. Wade”, which since 1973 guaranteed the right of American women to have an abortion, the high court left the States … Read more
Before the Supreme Court on June 25, 2022 (AFP / ROBERTO SCHMIDT) Supporters of the right to abortion mobilized on Saturday in the United States for a second day of demonstrations against the decision of the Supreme Court to pulverize what many thought was a given. By revoking its emblematic judgment “Roe v. Wade”, which … Read more