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Fourteen women from different places all around the world have come together for the film project “Regie für mein Leben übernehmen – Geschichten gestrandeter Heldinnen” (“Taking control of my life – stories of stranded heroines”, although this translation misses the double meaning of “Regie übernehmen”, which means both “to take control” and “to direct a […]

World Refugee Day 2016: Retrospective Cornebarrieu
World Refugee Day 2016: Retrospective Cornebarrieu

On the occasion of the World Refugee Day 2016, I will share some photos from an essay about a protest at the the Centre de rétention administrative in Cornebarrieu, close to Toulouse, with a capacity of 126 detainees. The protest was organised by the Confédération nationale du travail (CNT) in 2008. The following passages are […]

104 Adequate Housing Protest in Taipei, Taiwan
104 Adequate Housing Protest in Taipei, Taiwan

[11 photos] On October 10 (‘104’), several thousand people protested against skyrocketing housing prices. Since 2001, real estate prices have tripled in Taipei while income has stagnated. This has made Taipei the worldwide #1 city of income/housing price disparity. 70 civic groups organised a large-scale sleep-out on Ren-Ai Road, Taipei’s most expensive residential area.

5000 people gather in Taipei to support Occupy Hong Kong
5000 people gather in Taipei to support Occupy Hong Kong

[11 photos] On October 1st, 5000 people gathered in ‪‎Taipei‬’s ‪#‎Liberty‬ Square to support Occupy Hong Kong (香港).

Taiwan’s students block Hong Kong Office in Taipei
Taiwan's students block Hong Kong Office in Taipei

[13 photos] PROTEST AT HONG KONG TRADE OFFICE IN TAIPEI TAIWAN SHOWS SOLIDARITY WITH HONG KONG MOVEMENTS As a sign of solidarity with the Hong Kong Class Boycott and Occupy Central, Taiwanese groups attempted to occupy the Hong Kong trade office in Taipei in the night of September 28 to 29. In the morning of […]

Su Beng, Taiwanese Revolutionary
Su Beng, Taiwanese Revolutionary

Su Beng, who fought with the Chinese Communist Party against Japan during the fourties, planned to assassinate Chiang Kai-Shek in the 1950s, wrote “Taiwan’s 400 Years of History” in Japanese Exile, still receives people interested in his story and views at the age of 95.

Sunflower Movement: Protest in front of the Ministry of Economic Affairs
Sunflower Movement: Protest in front of the Ministry of Economic Affairs

[9 Photos] — September 10, 2014

Aboriginal tribes protest against the Taiwanese government
Aboriginal tribes protest against the Taiwanese government

On a grim day in Taipei on October 9, 2011, the members of various aboriginal peoples of Taiwan gather in front of the Presidential Palace to voice their anger against the government’s occupation of aboriginal land as well as against the repression of languages and culture (photo series). Omi Wilang of the Atayal explains the […]

Train Drivers protest in Toulouse
Train Drivers protest in Toulouse

French train drivers protest against the planned abolishment of certain privileges in Toulouse, France.

Burning flags during a demonstration against the Gaza War
Burning flags during a demonstration against the Gaza War

A group of agitated youths burn flags during a protest against the Gaza War in early 2009 (Toulouse, France).

Airbus employees protest in Toulouse against the relocation of the A320
Airbus employees protest in Toulouse against the relocation of the A320

Airbus employees of the company’s factory in Toulouse, France, protest against the relocation of the A320 production to Hamburg.

Police forces approach a burning barricade
Police forces approach a burning barricade

A group of CRS anti-riot police forces approaches a burning barricade during protests against Jean-Marie Le Pen in Toulouse, France.

Everyday life continues as a demonstration passes through Toulouse
Everyday life continues as a demonstration passes through Toulouse

The market vendor seems unimpressed, as a huge demonstration by Airbus employees passes through the city of Toulouse, France. While some people stop to watch, others continue with their daily routine.

Shutdown of a shopping mall during student protests in Toulouse
Shutdown of a shopping mall during student protests in Toulouse

The employee of a french giant supermarket (“Hypermarché”) looks onto the group of students that attempted to occupy the supermarket during the protests against the Contrat Première Embauche (CPE) in 2006 in Toulouse, France. The students were able to enter the mall of the complex, but security employees were able to close down the fence […]

Protest at a detention center in Toulouse-Blagnac
Protest at a detention center in Toulouse-Blagnac

Protesters grab the fence around a detention center at the airport of Toulouse-Blagnac.

My body belongs to me: feminists protest in Toulouse
My body belongs to me: feminists protest in Toulouse

French feminists confront a group of anti-abortionists, which had gathered around the church of St. Etienne in Toulouse, France, to pray against abortion.

Protest against the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Protest against the Guantanamo Bay detention camp

A group of protesters gathers in Toulouse during a demonstration organized by Amnesty International against the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.

Angry women protest against the Gaza War 2009
Angry women protest against the Gaza War 2009

Angry women mourn the dead during a protest in the streets of Toulouse, France, against the Gaza War 2009.

Police oversee the Place du Capitole in Toulouse during anti-CPE protests
Police oversee the Place du Capitole in Toulouse during anti-CPE protests

A police squad looks over the Place du Capitole in Toulouse (France) during the protests against the Contrat Première Embauche (CPE) in spring 2006.

Eating Dust: Protest against Jean-Marie Le Pen in Toulouse
Eating Dust: Protest against Jean-Marie Le Pen in Toulouse

A protester is arrested by the French police during a demonstration against the visit of French right wing leader and then-candidate for the presidential elections, Jean-Marie LePen.

Burning trash containers during protests against Jean-Marie Le Pen in Toulouse
Burning trash containers during protests against Jean-Marie Le Pen in Toulouse

A police officer overseas the emptied streets after clashes between protesters and French authorities during the visit of French right wing leader and then-candidate for the presidential elections, Jean-Marie Le Pen, in 2006.

Police uses tear gas during a demonstration against Jean-Marie Le Pen in Toulouse
Police uses tear gas during a demonstration against Jean-Marie Le Pen in Toulouse

A protester is tear gassed by the French police during a demonstration against the visit of French right wing leader Jean-Marie LePen in 2007

Let us grow up here! Children during a demonstration against administrative removal
Let us grow up here! Children during a demonstration against administrative removal

“Laissez-nous grandir ici!” or “Let us grow up here!” is the demand of these children, menaced by what is called administrative removal. This picture has won the “ART against Racism” award 2007, granted by the association People to People International, and has subsequently been shown at expositions in Berlin, Warsaw and Plovdiv.

José Bové in a silent moment during an election campaign
José Bové in a silent moment during an election campaign

José Bové, then-candidate for the presidential elections in France 2007, during a campaign meeting (now member du Groupe Europe Écologie – Les Verts and member of the European Parliament).

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