Press TV – February 3, 2019 Hundreds of Germans have donned yellow vests to match protesters in France, demonstrating in the bastion of Germany’s car industry in Stuttgart against a recent driving ban on older diesels. The protest came after organizers asked people to hit the streets clad in the yellow high-visibility vests that have […]
MEMO – February 2, 2019 A Spanish company announced yesterday that it had rejected an Israeli tender to build part of the Jerusalem railway, which will cut deep into occupied territory. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF or Construction and Other Railway Services) announced that it “refuses to build a section of the railway in […]
By Vanessa Beeley | 21st Century Wire | January 29, 2019 A 30-year-old volunteer fireman who joined the Gilets Jaunes protests in Bordeaux, France on the 12th January 2019, is in a coma after being shot in the back of the head by an LBD or “flashball” bullet fired by French security forces who are […]
By Whitney Webb | Mint Press News | January 29, 2019 WASHINGTON — In an evening vote that garnered essentially no national media coverage, the U.S. Senate voted last night to advance the “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019” – sometimes called the “anti-BDS bill” for its component that would allow […]
The Canadian BDS Coalition sent an Open Letter to the Government of Canada, regarding their involvement in the upcoming CanaDanse Festival in Israel. (Photo: via Social Media) By Marion Kawas – Palestine Chronicle – January 28, 2019 On January 15, 2019, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau further embellished his “trash talk” on BDS by responding to […]
Photo by John LaForge: International youth group blockades one of three main gates to Buchel Air Force in Germany, July 2018. By John Laforge | CounterPunch | January 25, 2019 Hamburg, Germany – I was with Gerd Büntzly, 69, of Herford, in a demonstration in Germany July 17, 2017. So were Steve Baggarly, Susan Crane, […]
RT | January 26, 2019 A mob of angry civilians has attacked a Turkish military camp near the Iraqi city of Dohuk, burning equipment and vehicles. The incident comes in response to the deaths of civilians during Turkish airstrikes, local media reports. The incident occurred in northern Iraq on Saturday, when a large mob of […]
By Yousef Aljamal | Palestine Chronicle | January 22, 2019 Malaysia has historically been a strong supporter of the Palestinian people who experienced and continue to experience colonization, military occupation and many forms of discrimination for over 100 years. In fact, it has always been Malaysia’s policy to support the Palestinian people, who have suffered […]
By Teodrose Fikre | The Ghion Journal | January 19, 2019 First, the ruling class kill messengers and then co-opt their messages. It’s a ploy that dates back to biblical times; Pharisees dispatch prophets and then whitewash their legacies in a concerted campaign to appropriate their movements. Truth tellers are twice victimized, once by assassins […]
The Gilets Jaunes in 2019 Gilets Jaunes song performed at French traffic circle: Les Gentils et les Méchants By Diana Johnstone | Unz Review | January 11, 2019 Paris, France – French Democracy Dead or Alive? Or perhaps one should say, buried or revived? Because for the mass of ordinary people, far from the political, […]
