State guarantees
European banks benefit from a “financial support” worth 200 to 300 billion euros every year, thanks to ’implicit subsidies’ provided by the states. The equivalent of 1.5% of the European GDP and (...)
United Kindgom
This article was originally published in French. Translation: Egor Lazebnik.
While incarcerated at the end of November in the privatized Peterborough prison, run by French multinational Sodexo, (...)
A bit of History
With politicians showing unusual agreement among themselves and media focused on the "global" tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in France for the South African leader and (...)
Indigenous peoples
Oil extraction right in the middle of untouched primary forest, a pipeline project running through indigenous lands... In the Peruvian Amazon, two French oil companies, Perenco and Maurel et (...)
Coal mining
This article was originally published in French. Translation by Natasha Edwards.
3.6 °C by the end of the century. That is the estimated increase in global temperatures according to the (...)
Alpha Coal
Northeastern Australia’s enormous coal deposits attract interest from all directions. Nine huge mining projects are underway in Queensland – along with train tracks and freight terminals, CO2 (...)
Greenwashing
A museum funded mostly by Areva has recently opened in the Limousin region of France. Built on a former uranium mine and close to nuclear waste disposal sites, the museum invites people to come (...)
Hi-Tech
Apple, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung: giants of the electronics industry ... who don’t really seem to know from where some of their raw material comes from. Tin is essential for the welds in the (...)
Greenwashing
“Responsible” but still contributing to climate change? In recent months, BNP Paribas has engaged in a large-scale media campaign aimed at presenting itself as a responsible, environment- and (...)
Garment industry
Six months ago, the Rana Plaza building and its five textile factories collapsed, resulting in 1.133 deaths and even more injured. One of the brands for which they were working is Auchan, but the (...)
Action
Ils sont entre 400 et 500, résidant en Belgique depuis cinq, dix ou quinze (...)
Multinationales
Basta ! vous en parlait il y a quelques mois : le Traité international sur (...)
Prison
Cesare Battisti, militant de la lutte armée italienne dans les années 1970 au (...)
Utopies concrètes
C’est un sursis bienvenu et une victoire pour le Laboratoire écologique zéro (...)
Paix
4,7 milliards d’euros. C’est la somme que l’État français a dépensée en 2020 (...)
Santé
Suspendues depuis 2018 par crainte d’un danger toxique, les machines de (...)
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