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Revolution In Air As Brits Burn Power Bills Amid Historic Energy Crisis
Revolution In Air As Brits Burn Power Bills Amid Historic Energy Crisis Energy prices for millions of households across the UK rose on Saturday. Soaring power bills amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation led to a continuation of growing discontent ahead of the dark winter. Thousands of Brits marched in London and other […]
Czech PM Blames Russian Propaganda For Mass Protests In Pragu
Czech PM Blames Russian Propaganda For Mass Protests In Prague Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala is blaming pro-Russian forces for mass demonstrations this weekend that saw tens of thousands of people protest against the government, the European Union and NATO amid soaring energy prices and inflation. The “Czechia First” demonstration saw 70,000 people gather to […]
European Natural Gas Prices Are 6 Times Higher Than Last Year, And This Is Sparking Widespread Civil Unrest All Over Europe
European Natural Gas Prices Are 6 Times Higher Than Last Year, And This Is Sparking Widespread Civil Unrest All Over Europe This is going to be a bitterly cold winter for a whole lot of people. In particular, things are likely to get really uncomfortable in Europe. Soaring energy prices and concern about potential shortages […]
“Widespread Civil Unrest” Looming in UK Over Cost of Living Crisis
“Widespread Civil Unrest” Looming in UK Over Cost of Living Crisis Movement to stop paying bills snowballs. SOPA Images via Getty Images The chance of “widespread civil unrest” occurring in the UK as a result of people being unable to afford to pay their bills due to the cost of living crisis is “inevitable,” according […]
Panama’s Inflation Upheaval Causing Food, Fuel Shortages
Panama’s Inflation Upheaval Causing Food, Fuel Shortages It started as a teacher’s strike to protest the high cost of gas, but it’s now the largest civil unrest in Panama since the end of dictator Manuel Noriega’s reign in 1989. With fiery roadblocks disrupting commerce and causing shortages of food, fuel and other supplies, the Panamanian government has […]
Dutch Farmers Livid Over EU’s ‘Green’ Nitrogen Rule Block Border Between Holland And Germany
Dutch Farmers Livid Over EU’s ‘Green’ Nitrogen Rule Block Border Between Holland And Germany Thousands of tractor-driving Dutch protesters came out this week to continue demonstrations against the government’s radical plan to cut nitrogen emissions by 30% – 70% as part of their ‘green’ agenda. Farmers from the world’s 5th largest exporter of food are demanding that the […]
The Struggle For What’s Essential
President of the Pueblo Shuar Arutam of Ecuador, Josefina Tunki, during a protest along with other Shuar women. (Photo: Comunicación PSHA) THE STRUGGLE FOR WHAT’S ESSENTIAL Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break […]
Will Famine Emerge by Year End? Yes.
Will Famine Emerge by Year End? Yes.
Inflation Protests Erupt Across Peru As President Imposes Curfew, Calls In Military
Inflation Protests Erupt Across Peru As President Imposes Curfew, Calls In Military Inflation poses severe challenges for emerging market economies. The latest example is in Peru, where social unrest spreads across the country, forcing the government to impose a curfew in the capital, Lima, on Tuesday, according to Reuters. “The cabinet has agreed to declare a ban […]
‘Climate Revolution’: Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign
Scientists hold a sign reading, “Climate Revolution Or We Will Lose Everything” at a rally. This week, scientists around the world will occupy universities to demand a “Climate Revolution” following the release of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Photo: Twitter/@ScientistRebel1) ‘Climate Revolution’: Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign “Scientist Rebellion will […]
Organizing Across State Lines to Stop a Pipeline
Organizing Across State Lines to Stop a Pipeline Activists protest against the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline at the United States Capitol on Friday, October 15, 2021. PHOTO BY TOM WILLIAMS/CQ-ROLL CALL, INC VIA GETTY IMAGES Activists in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Nebraska are proving that building collective community power can successfully counter Big […]
“Doesn’t Really Add Up”: Canadian MPs Grill Public Safety Minister On Use Of Emergencies Act
“Doesn’t Really Add Up”: Canadian MPs Grill Public Safety Minister On Use Of Emergencies Act MPs grilled Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Feb. 25 at a House committee hearing to examine the public order emergency declared by the government, with some focusing on whether the threshold had been met to call a national emergency, […]
Activism Uncensored: The Freedom Convoy
Activism Uncensored: The Freedom Convoy Fringe Minority, Eh? TK Partners News2Share take a balanced look at the Canadian protests In the above video, TK Partners News2Share do a fantastic job of doing what the conventional press mostly hasn’t done with the “Freedom Convoy” story, asking the right questions about who’s participating, what their concerns are, and how the […]
Ottawa’s “Freedom Convoy” Protesters Dig In As Canadian Government Suffers ‘Alex Jones’ Moment
Ottawa’s “Freedom Convoy” Protesters Dig In As Canadian Government Suffers ‘Alex Jones’ Moment Facing nearly a dozen separate “Freedom Convoy”-inspired protests that seemed to be springing up faster than police and his government could disperse them, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked a national emergency to implement sweeping police powers late Monday. Yet, protesters and their […]
‘Bypassing the democratic process’
‘Bypassing the democratic process’ A Q&A on the Emergencies Act with Noa Mendelsohn Aviv of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association A truck outside parliament in Ottawa, February 14. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images It’s a moment unlike any I’ve experienced in my 20-year journalism career, or, indeed, my lifetime. In response to the ongoing trucker […]
