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French Court Hears Case Against Chemical Corporations Over Agent Orange Use in Vietnam

Peace Village ward at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is home for children with disabilities believed to be caused by Agent Orange, the herbicide used by the U.S military during the Vietnam War. (Photo: Hiroko Tanaka/NurPhoto/via Getty Images)

With New Covid-19 Strain 70% More Transmissible, Nations Rush to Contain Spread From UK

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Scientists should watch and worry, yes, but the rest of us need not panic."

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Six Environmental Heroes Awarded Goldman Prize for 'Taking a Stand, Risking Their Lives and Livelihoods, and Inspiring Us'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The winners of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize were announced Monday. (Photos: Goldman Environmental Foundation)

This year's recipients of the annual honor hail from the Bahamas, Ecuador,...

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'Brutal and Shocking': Outrage After Paris Police Violently Evict Hundreds of Migrants From Tent Encampment

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

A French police officer evicts a migrant from a tent in Place de la République in Paris on November 23, 2020. (Photo: Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"To think that we will solve a social problem with police batons is totally...

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Masked Parisian commuters pack a crowded metro train on October 8, 2020. France and other European nations are reporting surges in Covid-19 infections. Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images)

'A Definite and Sustained Increase': Europe Leads Record Single-Day Worldwide Covid-19 Infection Surge

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House June 20, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

'A Farce': Trump Critics, European Allies Challenge Pompeo Claim About Snapback of UN Sanctions on Iran

The newly elected mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic (R) of the Greens Party, takes part in a meeting with members of his campaign team on June 29, 2020, a day after the second round of the French mayoral elections.

'Incredible Green Wave' in French Elections Celebrated as 'Mandate to Act for Climate and Social Justice'

A woman in Toulouse, France shows a placard reading 'Stop to the slaughter in Gaza, stop to the accomplice silence of all Macron' on May 12, 2018. Several associations and organizations called for a peace march in support of Palestine and Palestinians as the 70th birthday of the creation of the state of Israel and the Naqba (catastrophe for Palestinians) approach.

In Landmark Ruling, European Court of Human Rights Sides With BDS Movement Over French Government

Young protesters attend the Global Climate Strike in London on March 15, 2019.

Pairing 'Green Deal' With 'Just Recovery' in EU, Groups Embrace Tackling COVID-19 and Climate Emergency in Tandem

Record-Breaking Warm Weather Expected Around Globe As Human-Caused Climate Crisis Now As Powerful As El Niño's Effects, Says WMO

A procession of demonstrators marched in front of the statue of the Republic with trade union flags and banners calling for struggle on December 19, 2019, the fifteenth day of a national strike.

Latest Bid by France's Macron to Quell Protests Over Neoliberal Pension Scheme Fails as Strikes Continue

A protester holds a flare as public and private workers demonstrate and shout slogans during a mass strike against pension reforms on December 05, 2019 in Marseille, France. France has drawn up emergency plans for a major strike against pension reforms, which is one of the biggest challenges in President Macron's far-reaching reform. (Photo: Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)

Denouncing Macron's Neoliberal Pension Reforms, Hundreds of Thousands of Striking Workers Bring France to a Halt

Black Friday Protests Across Europe Demand Amazon 'Start Treating Workers Like Humans—Not Robots'

A French mayor banned the pesticide glysophate from areas near homes in his village and inspired other municipalities to do the same.

After Mayor of Small Village Bans Glyphosate, Dozens of Others Join Rebellion Against French Law

Bolsonaro's Misogynistic Attack on Brigitte Macron Offers Glimpse Into Psyche of 'Idiotic Baby Men'

Oxfam activists with a big head with the effigy of Shinzo Abe (C) perform during a demonstration in Biarritz, France on August 23, 2019, on the eve of the Group of Seven (G7) summit.

Despite Massive Police Lockdown, Protesters Vow to Offer 'Radical Solutions' to Counter G7 Failures

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Charlie's Many New Friends, Both Bogus and Harrowingly Real

It's impossible not to be moved by the spectacle of over three million people flooding Paris to reject fear and defend freedom. Sparked by the spilling of senseless blood, Sunday's march personified a multi-layered wave of support for Charlie Hebdo ranging from the grossly hypocritical - cue Netanyahu and other "predators" - to the truly brave and grieving.

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Food & Water Watch

Merger of World's Biggest Water Corporations Creates Dangerous Monopoly

350 Action

French Judges Fail to Rule Against Total Over Human Rights & Environmental Violations

Peace Action

Escalating the Syrian Civil War Won’t Help Protect Civilians

Amnesty International - USA

France: New Bill Fails to Address Challenges Faced by Migrants and Asylum Seekers

350.org

350.org On the ‘One Planet’ Summit: “This Charade Can’t Carry On”

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

French Insurance Giant AXA to Halt Insuring, Investing in Tar Sands and Coal

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Juan Cole

Former US Allies Britain, France, Germany join Russia and China in Forcefully Rejecting Trump Iran Sanctions

Juan Cole

How Did Americans Become Such Wimps?

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Sandrine Dixson-Declѐve, and Bas Eickhout

To 'Build Back Better,' We Must Ditch Public Financing of Fossil Fuels

Lawrence Wittner

The World’s Major Military and Economic Powers Find Happiness Elusive

Manuel Serrano

Avoiding the Collapse of Democracy Is Our Responsibility

Chris Hedges

Hope Lies in the Streets

Danica Jorden

Last Straw as Teachers in France Join Nationwide Strike

Robert Freeman

Re-Reflections on the Start of World War II

Juan Cole

France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal

Jacqueline Keeler

Notre Dame and the Fight for Sacred Lands