While claiming to fight for “self-determination,” Hong Kong opposition leaders are collaborating with regime-change neoconservatives in Washington to “preserve the…
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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the protests in Hong Kong, and the stand-off inside a Hong Kong university campus which has led to clashes, as protesters tried to repel a police advance.
Large fires broke out at entrances to the Polytechnic University (PolyU), where protesters hurled petrol bombs and shot arrows from behind barricades.Chinese police warned they may use live ammunition if protesters did not stop firing improvised weapons.
All eyes are on Hong Kong as police and rioters remain locked in a standoff. Anti-government protesters have barricaded a university campus, attacking police forces who have closed in on them, with various weapons including bow and arrow.
© (L) Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters; (R) Stringer / Hong Kong Police Force / AFP RT | November 17, 2019 Demonstrators in Hong Kong attacked common citizens who attempted to free the roads from barricades amid a new round of clashes with police. A fierce street battle erupted outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) […]
Sputnik – November 15, 2019 With violence in Hong Kong progressing throughout the week, Chinese state media is warning demonstrators that they are now “at the edge of doom” – possibly signaling an upcoming deployment of the People’s Liberation Army to quell the unrest. Though the Hong Kong Education Bureau canceled classes in the semi-autonomous […]
Contrary to its claim to universally protect free expression, the NBA has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to sanction its players’…
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Color revolutions, uprisings and unrest. Every week it seems, a new country added to the list. What’s driving this trend and are all protests alike?
“All across the Middle East and beyond there are large scale protests and growing political instability. In many countries the old ways of doing business have only enriched privileged elites, while the prospects for the many are few and far in between. Do the elites have answers for today’s growing problems?”
During EP #300 of the SUNDAY WIRE, host Patrick Henningsen spoke with geopolitical analyst, social activist and veteran intrepid reporter, Andre Vltchek, to discuss to multiple popular uprisings happening now, including protests and political unrest in places like Chile, Hong Kong, Ecuador, Lebanon, Bolivia, Catalonia and others.
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Earlier this week, pro-democracy leader Jimmy Sham was attacked with hammers by unknown assailants, which left him in critical condition in the hospital. After Hong Kong Police denied protesters a the right to march through an upscale shopping district, tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets.
