European march of undocumented people sets out from Brussels

After Jean-Marie Le Pen reached the second round of the presidential election, a broad coalition marched on International Workers' Day in Paris and cities across France. Trade unions, left parties,...

Trade unions called a nationwide day of action against plans to lengthen contribution periods and reshape public-sector pensions. Public transport and education workers were especially active, while...

The Collectif Emplois en Danger called a large demonstration in Saint-Denis to defend subsidized youth and association jobs and oppose replacing the RMI with the RMA. Témoignages reported more than...

Performers, technicians and other intermittent cultural workers struck against changes to unemployment insurance that they said would make their irregular employment more precarious. After days of...

A three-day gathering on the Larzac plateau brought a large crowd together around opposition to the WTO and corporate control of agriculture. Peasant farmers, anti-globalization activists and...

After weeks of hunger strike, undocumented residents in Lille celebrated an agreement providing for immediate regularization of 60 people and a phased review of other cases. The strike brought...

The FO-CFDT-SUD inter-union called a 24-hour strike at La Poste. Réunion’s CGTR-PTT also raised staffing and service-access concerns, including post offices in Le Port and Saint-André. The dispute...

In January 2005 the Appel des Indigènes de la République circulated publicly, connecting contemporary racism, unequal access to housing, work, health and education, and policing with France’s colonial...

The movement’s first march took place on 8 May, the anniversary of the 1945 Sétif and Guelma massacres in Algeria and the end of the Second World War in Europe. Organizers used the date to contest...

Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré died by electrocution in an electrical substation in Clichy-sous-Bois after fleeing a police operation; Muhittin Altun survived with severe burns. Their deaths became the...