Visit of the Minister of Overseas France to the West Indies, concerns about the omicron variant, meeting on migrants in Calais… Most of the news this weekend.
Omicron shakes the world. Since the detection of this new variant in South Africa on Thursday, suspected of being more contagious and resistant to vaccines, alarms have started flashing around the world over the weekend, along with new ones. cases have been confirmed on almost all continents. Twenty years have been reported in Europe, France was analyzing “a dozen” suspected cases this Sunday evening. Africa, put on the bench, also denounces the problems of access to vaccines.
Crisis in the West Indies: after talking about autonomy, Lecornu goes there. To try to extinguish the anger that has been erupting for ten days, the Minister of Overseas, Sébastien Lecornu, opened a door by letting it be known that the government was ” ready “ to discuss the political management of these territories. But this development does not seem to be part of the priorities of the inhabitants, a few hours before the arrival in the West Indies of the Minister.
After the shipwreck in Calais, words and nothing else. At the end of the European emergency meeting organized this Sunday in the port city, four days after the tragedy which killed 27 people in the Channel on Wednesday, the Ministry of the Interior announced the deployment of a Frontex plane, a response mainly focused on repression, in particular smuggling networks. Our article.
Virgil Abloh, artistic director of Vuitton, died of cancer. The American designer, multidisciplinary designer and jack of all trades, artistic director for men at Louis Vuitton died at the age of 41 this Sunday. He has been fighting cancer in secret for years. We met him in 2019 for his portrait.
In Marseille, Eric Zemmour without the honors. Before formalizing his candidacy on Tuesday or Wednesday, the far-right polemicist lived, Friday and Saturday, two very complicated days in Provence. The visit ended with a middle finger thrown at a passerby followed by a “And very deep” dropped by the almost candidate. A turning point in his road to the presidential election? Back on Eric Zemmour’s visit here.
Three quarters of children who have exercised a sport have been abused. Whether psychological or physical, violence was recorded by the vast majority of boys and girls while they were on pitches or in gymnasiums just for fun. The inaction of sports authorities is singled out. Our article.
The opening of the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein. After that in 2020 of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, the Manhattan federal court welcomes this Monday another emblematic trial of the #MeToo era. His former company, confident and associated, is accused of having “Help, facilitate and contribute” a “Sexual exploitation” of Adolescents by American financier Jeffrey Epstein. To read here.
Iranian nuclear negotiations representing a tense context. Although eagerly awaited, this resumption of discussions will take place in a complicated context. Tehran is seriously deviating from the provisions provided for in the 2015 compromise, including the very sensitive aspect of the control of its installations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). More information here.
In Beijing, the Olympics behind closed security and health. Faced with Covid, the “biggest challenge” of the Olympic Games, the power to organize a safe demonstration and display zero tolerance, in particular to silence threats of boycotts and criticism of its breaches of fundamental freedoms. Find our article here.
To read on Liberation.fr
Crack addiction: against the illusion of security, the quest for therapy. Beyond the ranting and repeated evacuations, health professionals and drug addiction experts are mobilizing to provide a concrete response to the problems caused by the lack of substitution treatment. Our article.
“Nona and her daughters”, the triplets of Goutte-d’Or. In a crazy closed door and signed Valérie Donzelli, three sisters quadruple the pregnancy of their 70-year-old mother, embodied by Miou-Miou, delicious as a feminist activist. Our review.
“Brasero”: the story by the marginalized. This new review of counter-history aims to scrutinize everything that is played on the margins of society. She delivers original and fascinating stories about the Trotskyite flying saucers or the birth of the counter-culture. Read our article.
Advent calendars, from chocolates to sex toys. In the small businesses that we open while waiting for Christmas, chocolates now rub shoulders with beers, jewelry and candles, brands that have transformed calendars into weapons of mass consumption. More information here.