Updated: 17/03/2023 – 16:38 Clashes broke out on Thursday evening between riot police and protestors during the demonstrations against the pension reform, in Paris. Clashes broke out on Thursday evening between riot police and protestors during the demonstrations against the pension reform, in Paris. Similar scenes repeated themselves in numerous other cities, from Rennes and […]
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Not just about retiring at 64: What you may have missed in the French pension reform


The proposed reform to the retirement age and the benefits that come with stopping work prompted an outcry across France. But why is it proving so controversial? Here’s what we think you should know about it. It’s not just about retiring at 64 In France today, everyone can retire at 62. With this reform, as […]
Protests against Israeli government’s proposed judicial reform block Tel Aviv’s main airport


Protests against Israel’s proposed judicial reform block Tel Aviv’s main airport and disrupt President Netanyahu’s official trip to Italy Source
Protesters in Mexico say electoral reform proposals threaten democracy


Protesters in Mexico City urged the government to scrap controversial electoral reform championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Source
Rand Paul Slams Alarmist Default Rhetoric, Outlines Fiscal Reform Plan


Senator Rand Paul has slammed ‘doomsday’ talk regarding the debt ceiling and a potential default, saying that such rhetoric is “completely dishonest.” Appearing on Fox Business with Larry Kudlow, Paul noted that such alarmism will “worry the markets, and is bad for the country and bad for all of us,” further explaining that “There is […]
Thousands of Israelis protest planned judicial reform by Netanyahu’s gov’t


Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against a planned judicial reform by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports Anadolu Agency. According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, nearly 40,000 Israelis joined the anti-government rally in Tel Aviv's Kaplan Street area. Another protest attended by nearly 10,000 demonstrators took place at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, […]
Israel demonstrations: Protesters call for an end to ruling coalition amid plans to reform judiciary


Israel demonstrations: Protesters call for an end to ruling coalition amid plans to reform judiciary Source
Premiers Demand Bail Reform in Letter to Trudeau After Killing of OPP Officer


OTTAWA—Canada’s premiers are unanimously urging Ottawa to take “immediate action” to strengthen the country’s bail system. The premiers from all 13 provinces and territories signed a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dated Friday, that says the time for action is now and “our heroic first responders cannot wait.” The letter, which originated in Ontario […]
Making France work until 65: PM to unveil controversial new pension reform


It is expected that the retirement age will be raised from 62 currently, to 64 or 65. Source
Deception by Police supported by Australia’s Judiciary – Law Reform Commission


There is a long standing problem, that victims of police and the judicature’s ‘injustices’ have been not only harmed but seemingly there is no remedy from Australia’s corrupt administration of the justice business. Australia’s courts are not representing the Crown as erroneously believed, but rather operate as independent businesses accountable to their stakeholders. Sure some […]
Jordan-US deal to support Amman’s ‘economic reform program’: Foreign Minister


Jordan’s foreign minister said a recent agreement with the US will contribute to his country’s economic reform program, media reports said Saturday, Anadolu reports. Ayman Safadi said the fourth US-Jordan Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Partnership (MoU) signed Friday in Washington “will contribute to supporting the economic reform program,” according to Jordan’s official news agency […]
Lebanon Parliament postpones budget talks, slowing IMF reform checklist


Lebanon’s Parliament, on Friday, suspended talks on the 2022 budget after a walk-out by lawmakers sent attendance below quorum, further delaying efforts to complete requirements to access IMF funds to relieve its economic crisis, Reuters reports. A group of parliamentarians, including newly-elected lawmakers who ran on a reform platform, a bloc of Christian MPs and […]
Will Moon Jae-in be Successful in his Attempts to Reform the Public Prosecution Service?


On June 27, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice appealed to the Constitutional Court against the new laws aimed at reforming and, in time, ending the Prosecution Service’s authority to investigate crimes. The Ministry believes that these laws are unconstitutional. This is the latest round in a political struggle which reached its height at the […]
MSNBC’s Wallace: NYC Subway Shooting Shows Urgent Need for ‘Gun Reform’


MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said Tuesday on her show “Deadline” that the shooting on the Brooklyn subway train, which injured more than a dozen people, showed “how urgent gun reform” was needed in this country.
New York Bail Reform Fight


Above Photo: Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Mike Groll / Associated Press. Black legislators in New York are defending their legislation which reduces the use of cash bail. In so doing they protect the legal and human rights of Black people in that state. Black Agenda Report coined the terms […]
The Cruel Failure Of Welfare Reform In The Southwest


Above Photo: Duncan, wearing a scarf, at a demonstration outside a Las Vegas casino in March 1971. American Stock Archive / Archive Photos/Getty Images. A ProPublica Series Has Found That In Nevada And Neighboring States, Boom Times Hastened The Demise Of Cash Assistance For The Poor — But Not Poverty. As the 1960s came to […]
Senior Republican warns postal reform at risk if DeJoy’s job is threatened


While the postal bill is likely to pass regardless of Comer’s vote, thanks to filibuster-proof support among Senate Republicans, losing one of the top relevant committee leaders in both the House and Senate would hurt Democrats’ attempt at bipartisan unity as well as threaten the support of other House Republicans. And given that Comer is […]
Spanish police protest plan to reform unconstitutional “gag law”


Tens of thousands of Spanish police officers and their supporters marched in Madrid on Saturday to protest against government plans to reform a controversial security law known by critics as the “gag law.” Critics of the Citizens Security Law passed by the previous conservative government in 2015 have for years said that it gave too […]
Anti-Zionist Jews are ‘Jews in name only’ and ‘more dangerous than external antisemitic threat’ — Chicago Reform rabbi


I try to keep up on official Jewish claims about the oneness of Judaism and Zionism, and here is an important statement on that score from last May that I just saw. Days after Israel’s war with Gaza sparked unprecedented outrage in the west, Rabbi Wendi Geffen gave a sermon to her Reform congregation in […]
The Democrats in DC promised consequential racial justice reform—where is it?


Image Credit: Noah Berger/AP Photo This article was produced by Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute. The lesson of the 2020 U.S. election cycle was clear: Do not underestimate the influence of Black voters. At a time when the electoral process was characterized by voter suppression, Black voters in crucial swing […]
Senate attempt to reform U.S. police fails


Senate attempt to reform U.S. police fails – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Negotiations in the U.S. Congress to reform police practices following the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis have collapsed, Democratic Senator Cory Booker says, as President Joe Biden blamed Republicans for the failure. The end of congressional negotiations, at least for now, marked […]
Biden’s DOJ Sleight Of Hand On Police Reform


DOJ “reforms” are a smoke screen covering up systemic complicity with law enforcement. Police killing Black and Brown people hasn’t let up even though the public’s attention may have been diverted from it as a constant nationwide tragedy for which the federal government shares responsibility. Despite this, the feds have been working hard on reformism […]
Study: 68% of Jordanians don’t trust political reform committee


Sixty-eight per cent of Jordanians do not trust the recently-formed Royal Committee to Modernise the Political System and its expected outcomes, an official study revealed yesterday. The poll, carried out by the University of Jordan’s Center of Strategic Studies, showed that “only 32 percent of the Jordanian citizens believe that the committee will be able […]
Big Tech Execs & Deep State Attend Secret Society To Plan ‘Immigration Reform,’ ‘Criminal Justice Reform’ and ‘Climate Change’


Globalist Big Tech oligarchs Sheryl Sandberg, Mike Bloomberg, Bob Iger, Shari Redstone, Robert Kraft, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet along with current CIA director Bill Burns and others have gathered for a secret society-style meeting in Idaho to discuss how to shape the world in the next few years. According to a leaked document outlining […]
António Costa: Europe needs “reform and investment”


The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union began at one of the most difficult moments in the management of the pandemic. Work was very constrained. The lack of common vaccination rules and the digital COVID certificate continue to attract a lot of criticism. However, strong Portuguese pressure to approve the recovery and […]
Peace In Colombia Should Mean Land Reform And An End To Hunger


Colombia’s ongoing national strike is part of a decades-long struggle against the political and economic elites to demand peace and dignity for all. Since the end of April, Colombia’s streets have smelled of tear gas. The government of Colombian President Iván Duque imposed policies that put the costs of the pandemic on the working class and the peasantry and tried to suffocate any […]
Video: News Reporter Talks About “Police Reform” as Gunshots Ring Out at George Floyd Square


Numerous people are pointing out the chilling irony of a video which shows a news reporter talking about “police reform” at George Floyd Square as a criminal gunman began firing shots. The one year anniversary of Floyd’s death has provided Black Lives Matter activists and their slavishly sympathetic mainstream media echo chamber yet another opportunity […]
Floyd family expresses hope for tough police reform after meetings with Biden and lawmakers


Biden told the family that “he doesn’t want to sign a bill that doesn’t have substance and meaning,” Crump said. “He is going to be patient to make sure it’s the right bill, not a rushed bill.” Standing outside the White House after the meeting, Floyd’s 7-year-old daughter, Gianna, held up her fist with the […]
Biden will host the Floyd family but will miss his police reform deadline


Virtually all parties involved are okay with missing the deadline. Lawmakers working on the bill insist that they’re making progress and regularly engage with one another. And in conversations with the White House, activists and lawmakers have stressed that they want a substantial bill, not a quick one. “My concern is, and I’ve communicated this […]