11 November, 1918: Should we celebrate "victory"? It is the hundredth anniversary of the armistice of 11 November 1918. It was followed by the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty, punitive for the defeated, was not a peace treaty. It was at the origin of...
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Kanaky or New Caledonia : Referendum of 4 November 2018 Kanaky, or "New Caledonia", became French by force in 1853, at the beginning of Napoleon III's reign. On 4 November 2018, after 165 years of French colonial presence, the population of this large...
Lire la suiteOccitan farmers of la Piège in the Lauragais area take action during the Tour de France on 24 July
Why did the Occitan farmers of la Piège in the Lauragais area (south-east of Toulouse) take action during the Tour de France on 24 July? Last Tuesday, Occitan farmers, close to the Confédération Paysanne ( A left-wing French farmers’ union) and flying...
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For a Kurdish State The Turkish army and the Syrian Arab rebels seized control of the town of Afrin in the Syrian Kurdistan on March 19th at the end of an operation launched against Kurdish militia, normally supported by the Anti-Daesh coalition led by...
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Support to Occitan farmers in struggle For several days, in the « New Aquitaine » and « Occitania » French regions, farmers have been blockading the main roads and highways to protest against the European reform of « disadvantaged areas». This reform...
Lire la suiteElections in Catalonia, 21st December 2017
Elections in Catalonia Last Thursday 21st December 2017 some 5 million 780,775 Catalan voters and citizens of the Generalitat de Catalunya or having their abode abroad were called upon to choose their MPs for the Catalan Parliament. The elections were...
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