Tag: workingclass
Residents of Veenendaal working-class neighborhood angry about demolition plans: ‘Neighborhood is losing its character’
According to the three residents, minimal maintenance has been carried out over the past twenty years, making demolition now inevitable, according to the housing association. Although the residents themselves think…
Mehdi Fikri: “I wanted to show the organizational capacity of people from working-class neighborhoods”
Mehdi Fikri, former journalist turned screenwriter, director of the film Before the Flames Go Out, is this Friday, November 17, the big guest of RFI. His film is released this…
Elected officials call for government action for working-class neighborhoods
The mayors of cities and suburbs do not feel listened to enough. Starting this Monday, a delegation is going to the Élysée to deliver the Lyon Appeal to the Head…
“Lyon’s Call” for working-class neighborhoods: “The State must play its role”
Elected officials from Ville & Banlieue launched “Lyon Call” yesterday, to mark the 40th anniversary of their association. Six years after their “Grigny Appeal”, they urge Emmanuel Macron to take…
in the working-class Vila Carioca district of São Paulo, voters are very divided
Tomorrow Sunday, Brazilians return to the polls for the second round of the presidential election. They will have the choice between far-right outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro and his left-wing rival…
a traveling exhibition of young photographers in working-class neighborhoods
In Goma, two young photographers from the Goma Oeil collective exhibit their works outdoors. From the Paralympic stadium to the volcanic lava fields, “Without limit” is a traveling exhibition which…