An excellent piece on Sexual Assault, Take Back the night, and Yale.



French actors unions are threatening to disrupt Cannes



Even the announcement of the Cannes lineup on Wednesday was slightly delayed by protests in the morning. The festival's board then issued a statement saying it hoped the dispute would be resolved before the event begins on May 12. If not, the board authorized the festival's president, Gilles Jacob, and director general, Véronique Cayla, to find a way to let the protesters express their views peacefully. The protesters want to revoke an agreement, reached in June by three unions and the national employers' association in France, that reduces unemployment benefits for about 100,000 self-employed artists and technicians. The employers said that an earlier agreement was being widely abused and cost them $1 billion a year. Two leftist unions, which refused to sign the deal, have been leading the protests. Before the June agreement, if employees worked 507 hours during a 12-month period they were guaranteed 12 months of unemployment benefits. Now they must work 507 hours in 11 months to earn 8 months of unemployment benefits.



And as i walk around on this beautiful summery afternoon, I wonder what "Earth Day" means in the context of colonial warfare and corporate power