By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge – 01/09/2019 France is signaling it’s making preparations for a massive new crackdown on the gilets jaunes or “yellow vests” anti-government protests that have gripped the country for seven weeks. A new law under consideration could make any demonstration illegal to begin with if not previously approved by authorities, in an initiative already being […]
By Jeff Mackler | CounterPunch | January 3, 2019 On December 27, Philadelphia Superior Court Judge Leon Tucker ruled in favor of Mumia Abu-Jamal, holding that the actions of former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge Ronald Castille demonstrated a “lack of impartiality” and “the appearance of bias.” Tucker’s decision represents a major victory for Abu-Jamal that […]
By Max Parry • Unz Review • January 2, 2019 ”The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.”— C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins In less than two months, the yellow vests (“gilets jaunes”) movement in France has reshaped the political landscape in Europe. For a seventh straight week, demonstrations continued across the country […]
Gilad Atzmon By Richard Hugus | December 26, 2018 More facts have come to light in the case of Gilad Atzmon and his banning by the Islington Town Council from performing at a jazz concert on December 21, 2018. The original scenario was that one e-mail from one person calling Atzmon an antisemite somehow persuaded […]
We check in to Banksy’s bizarre Palestinian hotel, where the hospitality is as peculiar as the message is powerful By Jonathon Cook – The National – December 21, 2018 Anonymous British street artist Banksy made headlines in October when his $1.4 million artwork Girl with Balloon self-destructed by passing through a shredder concealed in its […]
By Binoy Kampmark | Dissident Voice | December 20, 2018 It has been an ordinary year for universities in Australia. While the National Tertiary Education Union pats itself on the back for supposedly advancing the rights and pay of academics, several face removal and castigation at the hands of university management. Consumerism and pay are […]
If you want change, begin to play hardball By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review • December 18, 2018 In his recent article “Averting World Conflict with China” Ron Unz has come up with an intriguing suggestion for the Chinese government to turn the tables on the December 1st arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Canada. Canada […]
By Blake Alcott | Palestine Chronicle | December 17, 2018 In what is written and said about Israel and Palestine the word ‘occupation’ is ubiquitous. But what territory, exactly, is the ethnocratic state occupying? Is it just the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, or all of Palestine? Everybody agrees that the territories Israel took […]
RT | December 17, 2018 A Texas elementary school speech pathologist has filed a federal lawsuit after her school district refused to renew her contract unless she signed a pro-Israel oath. Bahia Amawi has worked for the Pflugerville Independent School District since 2009 on a contract basis. Each year when it came to the time […]
French lawyers burn legal codes as part of a nation-wide strike against planned justice reform law. | Reuters teleSUR | December 14, 2018 In solidarity with the popular ‘yellow vests’ movement, France’s workers have gone on national strike Friday, a move called by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT). “The best way to protest is […]
