I will always remember the day Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States of America.

For us in France, the results were coming in the night between Tuesday, November 8 and Wednesday, November 9.

There was a special edition on national radio, and I woke up several times in the night to tune in and listen to the latest news. When I went to bed, every single poll indicated that Hillary Clinton would win. Every time I woke up, it was becoming less and less sure. Until, at some point, around 5, when it became almost impossible.

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Depuis l’attaque du Congrès le mercredi 6 janvier, on a pu entendre, notamment dans les médias français et par des politicien-ne-s (centristes), pas mal d’“analyses” de la personnalités des participant-e-s de cette tentative de coup d’État.

D’après la plupart de ces personnes -qui pour la plupart n’ont pas de connaissances spécifiques de la politique américaine-, les assaillant-e-s du Capitole seraient des “Gilets Jaunes américains”.

Cette affirmation est fausse. Complètement fausse, et c’est une tentative de récupération politique honteuse au vu de la gravité de cette attaque sur l’institution la plus importante de la plus vieille démocratie du monde.

La grande…

Well, here we are. We’re turning the page on 2020. For good. We’ve made it through.

I cannot really describe how I’m feeling about it, honestly. I’m not really happy, and not even sad. Actually, I’m disappointed. Very disappointed.

This is how I feel about this year: we lost it. I feel like the pandemic took a full year away from me and the things I should have done this year. At my age, with the end of high school and the beginning of university, we’re supposed to have fun, spend time with our friends and make new ones, and…

Last Friday, an investigation revealed that our Ministry of Education had orchestrated the creation of a high school union in order to block other unions from getting coverage and to support the Government’s plans.
It was while the Yellow Vests movement was at its peak, with high schools blocked all across the country.
The Minister abused of his power, gave high positions to members of Macron’s party youth organization, and gave them fundings (65,000€) for nothing, while cutting funds to other long-established student unions. …

Two years ago today, a young Swedish girl started a school Strike to protest her leader’s inaction against the climate crisis.‬

‪This day, Greta started a Revolution. She gave millions of young people, who like me, didn’t believe in our power to make change,‬ ‪the opportunity to fight and have a voice. I will never be able to thank her enough for what the Fridays For Future movement gave me. Last year for the first anniversary of the Fridays For Future, I wrote this (https://medium.com/@ClementFavaron/about-fridays-for-futures-first-anniversary-by-clement-favaron-96685ccab9e). Everything that I said one year ago‬ ‪still stands. …

Un rapport scientifique, toujours le même. Encore une fois, c’est le Rapport spécial du GIEC publié en octobre 2018 qui justifie ce texte. Plus précisément le budget carbone qu’il détaille. La dizaine d’années, bien entamée maintenant, qui nous restait à sa publication pour diminuer très fortement nos émissions de gaz à effet de serre pour que le dérèglement climatique ne devienne pas incontrôlable.

Il nous reste donc bien moins de 10 ans pour agir. Chaque minute qui passe sans que l’on agisse est perdue.

Dimanche, c’est le deuxième tour des élections municipales. Un mandat, c’est 6 ans. Les conseils municipaux…

In the past days and weeks, we’ve witnesses Black Lives Matter protesters removing statues all over the world. A lot of people criticize these acts, saying it’s about erasing and rewriting history, even comparing it with what happens in 1984, by Orwell.

I’m going to ask yourself a simple question: when you see a statue, what do you think? What’s your reaction and thoughts?

Do you think that this statue is there for educational purposes? To remember something bad? No. Absolutely no. A statue is used to commemorate something. Its purpose is to honor and celebrate someone. …

Two weeks ago, Iranian 14-year-old Romina Ashrafi ran away from home with her older boyfriend after her father refused to allow them to marry.

They were arrested by the police five days later. Romina repeatedly said she was fearing for her life, and that her father would be violent. The police officers didn’t listen. She was sent back home.

In the night of May 21, she was killed by her father while she was sleeping.

He beheaded her.

With a sickle.

Il y a deux semaines, Romina Ashrafi, iranienne de 14 ans s’est enfuie de chez elle avec l’homme, plus…