The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Paris, France: People help a woman who fell on to railway tracks at a station, at the start of three months of rail strikes. Photo: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images.

Jump to the Fifth Dimension

La Paz, Bolivia: A medical student offers a flower to a police officer in riot gear during a protest against a law that penalises medical profession. After 43 days of protests, President Evo Morales has asked Congress to revoke the article and doctors to suspend the strike. Photo: Jorge Bernal/AFP/Getty Images.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Warsaw, Poland: Women stage a “Black Monday” strike against government plans to ban abortion. Thousands of women missed work and school to join the march. Photo: Radek Pietruszka/EPA.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Proposed ban would criminalise all terminations with women punishable by up to five years in prison. [Read more].

• Christian Davies, Women to go on strike in Poland in protest at planned abortion law, The Guardian, October 2, 2016

Women in Warsaw in September protesting against the proposed abortion law. Photo: Maciej Gillert/Gallo Images/Getty Images.

Flash Mob

Jakarta, Indonesia: Taxi drivers stand beside their cars during a strike against cab-booking applications Uber and GrabTaxi. Photo: Adi Weda/EPA.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Niente shopping oggi a Milano come nel resto d'Italia: i dipendenti della grande distribuzione (supermercati e grandi magazzini) incrociano le braccia per protestare contro il mancato rinnovo contrattuale. Nelle immagini, i dipendenti Zara e quelli della Rinascente in corso Vittorio Emanuele. [Read more].

• Sciopero, shopping a rischio a Milano: la protesta delle commesse da Esselunga a Ikea, la Repubblica Milano.it, 7 novembre 2015

Flying Carpet

Anish Giri (@anishgiri)

Artwork: recycledwax

Batmobile

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (@Vachier_Lagrave)

The “Batmobile” – Batman’s armored racing car, from Tim Burton’s 1989 film. Photo taken by Zachi Evenor and MathKnight at AutoMotor exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israel, 2013.

Mutiny on the Bounty

Zsuzsa Polgár (@SusanPolgar)

Creators say AeroMobil’s Flying Roadster 3.0 could “change personal transport on a global scale”. Photo: Pioneers/JFDI GmbH.

Bloody Shoes

• 自由亚洲电台, 工人维权潮的日趋上涨 特色政府已无法阻挡, RedChinaCn.net, June 1, 2015

Thousands of workers of Dōngguǎn (东莞)’s Yue Yuen shoe factory (裕元鞋厂), which supplies brands including Nike and Adidas, went on strike over social security payments and respect of labor rights. Bóxùn News (博讯网).