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Madagascar Erupts, Indian Ocean Power Dynamics In Flux

October 21, 2025 Aidan J. Simardone, The Cradle. Strategize! China, France, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Trade Routes

After weeks of protests and a mutiny, former Madagascar president Andry Rajoelina boarded a French military plane and fled the country. With a public angry at a corrupt, western-aligned government, Madagascar has the potential to shape its future and the whole Indian Ocean. This development comes as global powers scramble for strategic access in a region that holds five of the world’s nine maritime chokepoints. India, China, and the US are expanding their naval and commercial footprint, while France – once the uncontested gatekeeper of these waters – finds itself besieged and in retreat.

FIDH Report: The Repression Of The Solidarity Movement With Palestine

October 15, 2025 the International Federation for Human Rights. Educate! France, Germany, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Report, Repression, United Kingdom (UK), United States

Behind the fight against hate, a trend of repressing dissenting voices is emerging. Titled Criminalisation and Narrative Control: Solidarity with Palestine in the Crosshairs, the report documents how across all the countries studied, the dynamics observed since 7 October 2023 have intensified pre-existing structural trends: the continued shrinking of civic space, the weakening of democratic safeguards, the normalisation of Islamophobia, and the institutionalisation of racial profiling. Under the guise of maintaining public order, fighting antisemitism, or protecting national security, authorities have resorted to exceptional measures such as bans on demonstrations, arbitrary arrests, repression within academic institutions, media censorship, and legislative threats.

France Is A State Sponsor Of Terror, AES Countries Declare

October 7, 2025 Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. Resist! Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Burkina Faso, France, French colonialism, Mali, Niger, Sahel region, UN General Assembly, United Nations (UN)

“Terrorism is being used” by imperialist forces “to pillage African resources,” said Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba Ouédraogo in his address at the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA). “A case in point is France,” whose troops Burkina Faso expelled in early 2023. Mali, which had also expelled French troops the year before, had sought a meeting of the UN Security Council in 2022, “so that my country could provide irrefutable proof of France’s support for terrorist activities,” recalled its Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga in his address. “So far, this request has not been followed up on,” while France continues its “sabotage”.

Iran Recalls Envoys From Germany, France And United Kingdom

September 28, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Foreign Relations, France, Germany, Iran, Sanctions, United Kingdom (UK), United Nations

Iran has recalled its ambassadors from Germany, France, and the UK for consultations, state media reported on 27 September, after the three European states triggered the UN mechanism to reinstate sanctions. The Foreign Ministry said the decision was taken in response to the “irresponsible action” of the European trio in reviving UN Security Council resolutions that had been repealed under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The sanctions, scheduled to take effect at midnight, will impose restrictions on Iran’s banking, shipping, arms purchases and nuclear cooperation. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told reporters that Washington and its allies were seeking to topple the Islamic Republic under the guise of the nuclear dispute.

Day Two In French Anti-Government Actions: ‘Stop Austerity!’

September 24, 2025 John Catalinotto, Workers' World. Resist! Anti-Austerity, France, Mass Actions, Unions

A million people joined the Sept. 18 protest action aimed at stopping the French regime’s war on the workers. Besides street demonstrations and some traffic disruptions, tens of thousands of workers held strikes that closed schools and shut down significant public transportation. Strikes cut the metro traffic in Paris in half. It only ran during rush hours. Behind the eruption of class struggle on Sept. 10 and 18 is the continuous decline in the quality of life for working people in cities and in rural areas. This decline includes the 2023 legal rise in retirement age — a de facto cut in pensions — and the current regime’s attempt to cut social services that mainly aid the working class.

France’s ‘Block Everything’ Anti-Austerity Movement Could Point The Way For Europe

September 16, 2025 Emiliano Brancaccio, il manifesto global. Strategize! Alternative Economy, Anti-Austerity, Block Everything, France, Social Movements

“Due to social unrest, the Musée d'Orsay is closed,” a sign might have read on Wednesday, when tourists were not able to admire the works of Courbet. The great revolutionary painter would have surely looked on with sympathy at this shutdown laden with irony, and at the movement that paralyzed Paris on Wednesday with the rallying cry of “let’s block everything.” There were some thoughtless vandals, to be sure. But the protesters were mostly young people, very many women, many immigrants, and red banners were everywhere. Some say the movement originated among the sovereignist right, active on social media. Although that is possible, there was little sign of them on the streets on Wednesday.

Hundreds Arrested As ‘Block Everything’ Protests Grip France

September 10, 2025 Al Jazeera. Resist! Anti-Austerity, Blockades, Emmanuel Macron, France, Mass Protests

French police have arrested hundreds of people as protests led by left-wing forces under the banner “Block Everything” spread across the country. Nearly 300 people were detained on Wednesday after demonstrators set fire to rubbish bins and blocked highways, fuelled by growing anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s government amid a deepening political crisis. Authorities said 80,000 police officers were deployed nationwide, though French media reported closer to 100,000. Officers fired tear gas in several cities as they moved to disperse crowds and make arrests. The demonstrations – organised under the grassroots slogan “Bloquons Tout” or “Block Everything” – combined work stoppages, road blockades and acts of civil disobedience in opposition to what protesters denounced as years of austerity.

West Asia Is Lurching Toward War

September 5, 2025 M.K. Bhadrakumar, Consortium News. Educate! Britain, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Sanctions, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

There is extremely alarming news about the situation around Iran. In consultations with the Trump administration — rather, in deference to the command from Washington — the E3 countries (Britain, France and Germany) who are the remaining western signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as JCPOA, have initiated the process of triggering the so-called snapback mechanism with the aim to reimpose all U.N. sanctions against Iran on the plea that it has breached the terms of the ten-year old agreement. A joint statement issued in the three European capitals on Aug. 25 notified the U.N. Security Council that Tehran is “in significant non-performance of its commitments under the JCPOA” to give a 30-day notice “before the possible reestablishment of previously terminated United Nations Security Council resolutions.”

Belgium To Recognize Palestine, Impose Sanctions On Israel

September 2, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Belgium, France, Israel, Palestine, Sovereignty, United Nations

Belgium will join France in recognizing a Palestinian state at the upcoming UN General Assembly session in New York this month, the country’s foreign minister announced on 2 September. “Palestine will be recognized by Belgium during the UN session! And firm sanctions are being imposed on the Israeli government. Any antisemitism or glorification of terrorism by Hamas supporters will also be more strongly condemned,” said Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot in a post on X. “In view of the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Palestine, particularly in Gaza, and in light of the violence perpetrated by Israel in violation of international law – given its international obligations, including the duty to prevent any risk of genocide – Belgium had to take bold decisions to increase pressure on the Israeli government and the Hamas terrorists,” he added.

Iran’s Parliament Vows ‘Decisive’ Payback To Snapback Of Sanctions

September 2, 2025 PressTV. Educate! Britain, Europe, France, Germany, Iran, Sanctions, UNSC

The Iranian legislature raised the alarm in a closed session on Tuesday as the lawmakers reviewed for one and a half hours the repercussions of the anti-Tehran move on the country’s economy and other fields. Germany, France and Britain, the three European signatories — the European troika or E3 — to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), announced last week they would invoke the snapback procedure, a clause that reinstates pre-JCPOA era sanctions on Tehran over claims of the Islamic Republic’s “significant non-compliance” with the landmark pact. The snapback mechanism, defined in UN Security Council Resolution 2231, opens 30 days before the restoration of previously terminated UN Security Council sanctions against Iran.

Europe Just Made War With Iran More Likely

September 1, 2025 Trita Parsi, Responsible Statecraft. Educate! Europe, France, Germany, Iran, United Kingdom (UK), Wars and Militarism

France, Germany, and the UK (E3) have announced they will trigger snapback sanctions on Iran at the United Nations. This will launch a 30-day process that will likely culminate in the full reinstatement of all U.N. sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. The move will carry four major consequences. First, the U.N. Security Council will formally adopt the demand — pushed by Israel — that Iran cease all uranium enrichment. Israel designed this demand to sabotage nuclear diplomacy and edge the conflict toward war. Next, a U.N. arms embargo on Iran will return, potentially curbing Tehran’s ability to rebuild deterrence against future Israeli or American strikes, provided Russia and China treat the snapback as legitimate and enforce it.

Meet The Squirrels — Earth Protectors In Southern France

August 28, 2025 Nadia Mejjati, Waging Nonviolence. Resist! Direct Action, Environment, France, Nonviolence, Roads

In France an activist group called The Squirrels is at the center of a movement opposing the construction of a motorway extension from Toulouse to Castres — the A69. They are gravely concerned by the ecocide that this represents. The project is highly contested due to protected species, ecological habitat and fertile agricultural land in its path, as well as a castle. Furthermore, the project’s opponents and the administrative court have deemed the A69 unnecessary and expensive. There is even a proposed, alternative plan to upgrade the existing road (the RN126) to suit the community’s needs. The A69, if completed, would mean that those who can’t afford the toll would have to reroute, increasing traffic through local towns, which isn’t an issue with the RN126.

Niger’s Revolution Against French Neocolonialism Enters Third Year

July 31, 2025 Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. Educate! Africa, Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Decolonization, France, Neo-Colonization, Niger, Pan Africanism

Under siege by France’s monetary strangulation and a war against their state by armed groups, Nigeriens marked the second anniversary of the July 26 revolution against French neocolonialism. The wave of mass protests against French military deployment in its former colonies had already washed away the regimes it had propped up in Mali and Burkina Faso when Niger’s then-president, Mohamad Bazoum, was also toppled in a coup on this date in 2023. With the support of pan-Africanists, the left, and the mass movement protesting against French domination, the coup leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, established the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) as a military government.

Iran Agrees To Nuclear Talks With European States

July 20, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! European Union (EU), France, Germany, Iran, Iran Nuclear Deal, Sanctions, United Kingdom (UK)

Iran has agreed to hold nuclear talks with the UK, France, and Germany, an informed source told the semi-official Tasnim News Agency on 20 July. “Tehran and the European troika have come to an agreement in principle on the resumption of the talks about Iran’s nuclear program, but the timing and location of the negotiations are under debate,” the Iranian source said. “The decision as to which country will be hosting the upcoming talks has not been finalized yet,” the source added. The report goes on to say that “Iran was considering a request from the EU3 about the resumption of talks on the nuclear issue and the removal of sanctions.”

Niger Nationalizes Uranium Mining Company

July 16, 2025 Carlos Lopes Pereira, Workers World. Resist! France, Mining, Nationalization, Neocolonialism, Niger, Uranium

After taking other initiatives aimed at better controlling and managing its natural resources, Niger has announced that it will nationalize the mainly French-owned company that has been mining uranium in that African country for decades. In question is Somair, the only uranium mine still in operation in the country. Somair was operated by Orano (formerly called Areva), a French multinational specializing in nuclear fuels. Orano had already had its rights to export Nigerien uranium and its operational control of the company withdrawn. The authorities in Niamey, Niger’s capital, explained their decision by accusing Orano of “irresponsible acts,” namely extracting more than its authorized share of uranium.

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