New strikes and protests as France unveils retirement bill
French President Emmanuel Macron’s signature reforms will streamline France’s 42 retirement systems into a single points-based system for all workers.
Tag: protest
Watch arms dealers confronted by their deadly trade at elite dinner
On 22 January, a prestigious arms-trade dinner took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The event, costing £235 ...
Charges dropped against activists who occupied Israeli arms factory for two days
Seven people who squatted an Israeli arms factory in Kent for two days have had their charges dropped. As The ...
Home Office minister accused of ‘outright lies’ and ‘gaslighting’ campaigners over extremist claims in parliament
On 22 January, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott asked an Urgent Question in parliament about the government's controversial Prevent programme. ...
Priti Patel’s proposed new terrorism offence was worrying. Her new plans are frankly terrifying.
On 19 January, I wrote in The Canary about how we should all be worried about a new proposed piece ...
Priti Patel is proposing a new terrorism offence that should worry us all
Home secretary Priti Patel is proposing a new terrorism offence. And it's one that should worry us all. Not just ...
At first I couldn’t stop laughing at the cops’ counter-terror list. But I stopped because it’s utterly sinister.
On 17 January, the Guardian revealed a counter-terrorism document listing a variety of protest and left-wing groups alongside neo-Nazis and the ...
Hundreds of protesters step in to stop HS2 tree felling
But HS2 Ltd said that no tree-felling works were scheduled to take place at the Colne Valley over the weekend.
Police criticised for the ‘chilling effect’ of including environmental groups in counter-terror documents
Extinction Rebellion said their inclusion in the documents is ‘pointing a finger at anyone that thinks differently’.
We should be outraged that the police listed Extinction Rebellion as extremists. But we shouldn’t be surprised.
Environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) hit the headlines on 10 January after the police included it as an extremist ...
There’s one clear winner in Trump’s war with Iran
With depressing familiarity, the US is once more pushing us to the brink of war in the Middle East. But ...
A message to anyone thinking of voting for Keir Starmer in the Labour leadership race
Keir Starmer announced his intention to run in the Labour leadership contest on 4 January. But there's a message that ...
Security forces fire tear gas as protests in Beirut turn ugly
The tension comes only two days before the president meets with parliamentary blocs to name a prime minister.
There’s one really simple way you can help protect the freedom to protest
Ten years ago, I was one of a group of people that set up the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol). ...
Extinction Rebellion wins court challenge against Met Police over protest ban
Lord Justice Dingemans and Mr Justice Chamberlain said the Met had no power to impose the ban.
Police attack protesters amid fresh unrest over jailed Catalan leaders
Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Barcelona over prison sentences handed out to Catalan separatist leaders.
A million people march in Chile to protest against the government
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have marched in Chile’s capital, intensifying pressure on a government struggling to contain deadly unrest ...
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