December 9, 2018
-
Are the Gilets Jaunes Today’s Sans-Culottes? By Gilbert Mercier
From the Island of La Reunion to the Napoleonic symbol that is the Arc de Triomphe, through big and small towns, as well as the usually bucolic countryside in France, there is something special in the air: the smell of fires on barricades, the smoke of tear gas, the anger built upon decades of inequality,… Continue reading
-
France’s “yellow vest” protesters brave repression and mass arrests By Alex Lantier and Kumaran Ira
For the fourth consecutive Saturday, “yellow vest” ( gilet jaunes ) protestors demonstrated yesterday across France against the rightwing government of Emmanuel Macron. They did so in defiance of ominous threats of state violence and a massive mobilization of security forces. Continue reading
-
Trump Turns International Organizations into ‘Neo-Confetti’ By Wayne Madsen
Trump and his neo-cons have withdrawn from so many international organizations and agreements that his foreign policy has earned a shameful nickname: “the Withdrawal Doctrine.” Continue reading
-
Emmanuel Macron & the Yellow Vests Protests: A Lesson in How Not to Mitigate Climate Change By Andreas Malm
Capitalist climate governance has always relied on pseudo-reforms that leave the richest free to accumulate capital, while dumping taxes on working people to nudge them in the ’right direction’. But as the protests of the gilets jaunes show, many working people no longer accept the moralising terms of capitalist approaches to climate change. In this… Continue reading
-
The Largest Conspiracy Theory Peddlers Are The MSM And The US State Department
The US State Department has issued a statement accusing the Syrian government of having carried out a false flag chemical weapons attack in northwestern Aleppo with the intent to blame it on the jihadist factions in the region, citing “credible info” that the public has not been permitted to see. Never mind the known fact… Continue reading
-
Seven Days of Failures for the American Empire Federico PIERACCINI
Ukraine’s provocation follows the advice of several American think-tanks like the Atlantic Council, which have been calling for NATO involvement in the Sea of Azov for months. The area is strategically important for Moscow, which views its southern borders, above all the Sea of Azov, as a potential flash point for conflict due to the… Continue reading
-
Live from Paris
9 December 2018 — Youtube A note about this video; I’m not sure how live this is now, plus the guy with the video camera, an American judging by his accent, can’t speak French which kinda limits his understanding! Toute alors! Continue reading
The New Dark Age 