French pension protests & lack of UK media coverage.
- Thread starter MrSki
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rekil
to menny cranks
Please stop getting mugged by scum like this. There are loads of accounts covering France properly. No need to pick out one of the worst hezbollah and white nationalist supporting ones. "Ooh but so pretty, 'she' can't possibly be a loon."
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I assume all these questions about 'why aren't the BBC reporting this' are rhetorical?
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
A mystery for the ages.
mauvais
on reddit or something
There've been some excellent forms of protest recently. The police arrested a trade unionist so the rest of them, who work for the electricity supplier, cut off power to the precinct.
One of the state broadcasters' leaders gave a speech on some kind of reforms so the house choir turned up and drowned her out.
Refuse collectors welded the depot gates shut.
Lots of this shared over the last few weeks/months on Libcom's Twitter.
One of the state broadcasters' leaders gave a speech on some kind of reforms so the house choir turned up and drowned her out.
Refuse collectors welded the depot gates shut.
Lots of this shared over the last few weeks/months on Libcom's Twitter.
rekil
to menny cranks
I used the google machine to find secret bbc reports. Now what.
French police video of officer hitting protester sparks inquiry
The footage shows an officer repeatedly punching a man in the face at a Paris yellow-vest protest.
www.bbc.com
France protests: PM offers pension compromise in bid to end strike
PM Edouard Philippe offers to scrap a key proposal of pension reforms to end a lengthy stoppage.
www.bbc.com
Macron pension reform: Why are French workers on strike?
Hospital staff, police and transport employees join France's biggest strike in decades - but what for?
www.bbc.com
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Well I mean we all know the political reasons - there is also just media fatigue.
I went to a talk with one of the people involved with HK protests (over Skype) who said some interesting stuff about how they changed their tactics and themes deliberately to counter the latter and keep things current and high profile, even if international media coverage of HK has less political counterpressure than with France. The French seem to be trying to do the same but I guess the question is how much that sort of thing can help when there are specific reasons they don't want to cover you anyway.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Sure but this is the thing with the bbc isn't it - they have lots of good foreign correspondents who take an active interest in what they're reporting on and can write and broadcast great stuff, but that doesn't mean that it turns up in the day to day agenda which is what everybody looks at.I used the google machine to find secret bbc reports. Now what.
French police video of officer hitting protester sparks inquiry
The footage shows an officer repeatedly punching a man in the face at a Paris yellow-vest protest.www.bbc.comFrance protests: PM offers pension compromise in bid to end strike
PM Edouard Philippe offers to scrap a key proposal of pension reforms to end a lengthy stoppage.www.bbc.comMacron pension reform: Why are French workers on strike?
Hospital staff, police and transport employees join France's biggest strike in decades - but what for?www.bbc.com
I'm not a fan of "why isn't the MSM talking about this" stuff in general but this is more about priorities, and imo the French protests have gotten a lower priority than I think is appropriate.
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
I haven't got a clue who she is & don't follow her on twitter but it just came up on my feed. I apologise for not doing a full background check.
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
Not as long as we've been protesting about you, and still you're here.
Macron should step down over this, it’s gone on far too long with no sign of stopping. Unfortunately he’s currently busy telling the U.K. govt that he wants fishing access in U.K. waters for the next 25yrs or else no free trade agreement
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
rekil
to menny cranks
Np, lots of us have posted stuff from shitty sources at some point, I know I have.
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
Macron should step down over this, it’s gone on far too long with no sign of stopping. Unfortunately he’s currently busy telling the U.K. govt that he wants fishing access in U.K. waters for the next 25yrs or else no free trade agreement
Enough with this kind of thing!
rekil
to menny cranks
There was a report on "msm" here today.
www.rte.ie
Police and firefighters clash at Paris protest
French police have clashed with firefighters protesting in Paris against their working conditions and demanding more pay.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
...following...
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
About half of the French firefighters are organized as a branch of the military, and are under military discipline. I presume these weren't the ones fighting les cochons the other day?There was a report on "msm" here today.
Police and firefighters clash at Paris protest
French police have clashed with firefighters protesting in Paris against their working conditions and demanding more pay.
rekil
to menny cranks
Don't know. It's fair to say the police are very unpopular throughout France. I remember protests from a few years ago where the firemen brought their axes.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
There are 24 hours in the day and you have to sleep for part of it. If you devoted all your waking hours, you couldn't keep on top of what is happening in the world.
Given that we are going through a bit of turmoil ourselves, plus SARS, plus Australia, plus the earthquake in Turkey, plus the earthquake in the Caribbean etc etc I think that the France reportage is getting its share.
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