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Teaser photo credit: Members of seven different unions side-by-side, in a demonstration that walked through a shopping area in Sens on 11 March. By François GOGLINS – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=129533015
Robert Raymond is the Co-Producer and Creative Director of the Upstream Podcast and Senior Producer, Designer, and Creative Director of The Response. He is passionate about exploring the intersections of sound design, storytelling, and eco-socialist principles to help ease our way out of these tumultuous times.
Tags: economic justice, France, pension reform, social unrest
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