After weeks of targeted strikes, French President Emmanuel Macron refuses to change course on his plans to reform the country’s beloved pension system. Last week, unions across France upped the ante and launched an indefinite strike to force his hand.
Author Archives: Brandon Jourdan
Brandon Jourdan is an independent filmmaker, journalist, and writer. Jourdan has contributed to the NY Times, CNN, Arte, Reuters, Babelgum, Deep Dish TV, Democracy Now!, the Independent Media Center, Now with Bill Moyers, Foreign Exchange, and Free Speech Television. He co-founded the Global Uprisings film series, producing over 20 short documentary films covering the large-scale uprisings, occupations, protests and revolutions in Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Greece, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Turkey and the United States. His films have played in various international film festivals and exhibitions including the 2006 Whitney Biennial: Day For Night, the Museum of Modern Art, the Denver International Film Festival, the Aljazeera International Film Festival, the Contemporary Art Meeting Point in Athens, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. @brandonjourdan
