Global Nonviolent Action Database | Swarthmore University By Aly Passanante | (Edited by Max Rennebohm) | Global Nonviolent Action Database | – – Amidst the omnipresence of violence during World War II, nonviolent protest is often overlooked or unheard of. However, there were several resistance campaigns that took place in Germany, led by its own […]
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Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Steve Bannon ran, and is still likely pulling the strings at, Breitbart, the “Stormfront” in a business suit with a skinny tie. Bannon once characterized it as enabling what he called the “alt right,” by which he meant a slightly more presentable version of the skinheads, […]
Trumpism: White Terrorist Murders 2 after harassing Muslim-American
TeleSur | – – According to one witness, the suspect was heard saying “get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don’t pay taxes here.” Amidst rising rates of violence directed toward Muslims and those percieved to be Muslim in the United States, two men on a commuter train in Portland, […]
Roger Ailes: The Man Who Destroyed the News
By Neal Gabler | ( Billmoyers.com) | – – The founder of the right-wing network inflicted harm on the body politic that may be impossible to heal. Fox News creator and former chief Roger Ailes, who died at 77 last week from complications after a fall in his Florida home, may have been the most […]
Fascist, Go Home! After Bombing, Manchester Residents Shut Down Anti-Muslim Demo
TeleSur | – – “The people of Manchester don’t stand with your xenophobia and racism,” one man shouted at the English Defence League racists. In the aftermath of Monday’s tragic bombing, the people of Manchester showed little patience with the racist opportunists of the extreme right English Defence League, quickly confronting EDL attempts at provoking […]
As Russians Hack, France decides if it Hates Foreigners
Richard Fogarty | (The Conversation) | – – On April 24, the day after her second-place finish in the first round of the French presidential elections, Marine Le Pen thundered against her opponent, Emmanuel Macron, declaring, “Nothing in Monsieur Macron’s plan, nor anything in his behavior indicates the least evidence of love for France.” (Update […]
Uh, oh: French Left can’t bring itself to Vote for Macron
TeleSur | – – TeleSUR spoke with two French voters to discuss Sunday’s second-round presidential election in France and lesser evil voting. French voters are confronted with a difficult choice on Sunday’s runoff presidential election: Emmanuel Macron, a neoliberal former investment banker who served as an economy minister in the current — and historically unpopular — government, and […]
Rightwing False Flag: German Officer Posed as Syrian Refugee, Planned Attack
TeleSur | – – The man knew no Arabic and is of German heritage, but successfully posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker. German authorities have uncovered the case of a man who posed as a Syrian refugee and who was planning on carrying out a terror attack. The man, whose identity has not yet been released, […]
Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real
By Annemarie Toebosch | (The Conversation) | – – The Dutch elections on March 15 have received a lot of attention in the international media. The reason for the attention is clear: A Trump lookalike populist, Geert Wilders, was rumored to win big as part of a Western populist movement that some call the “Patriotic […]