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FREXIT – Is France Hurling toward Exiting the EU?
FREXIT – Is France Hurling toward Exiting the EU? France is by no means calming down. There is a major underlying problem in France which is rising to the surface in direct confrontation with the government and Macron’s ambition to lead Europe. Macron’s confrontation with Trump over NATO is a reflection of a historical posture […]
French MPs Want To Ban Black Friday Because Of “Resource Waste” And “Overconsumption”
French MPs Want To Ban Black Friday Because Of “Resource Waste” And “Overconsumption” Members of the French Parliament are now demanding the government prohibit Black Friday, reported The Independent. French MPs passed an amendment Monday that could make the annual shopping holiday, widely popularized in the US, illegal, warning that a shopping frenzy causes “resources waste” and […]
UAE To Host European-Led Naval Mission To Secure Gulf Waters
UAE To Host European-Led Naval Mission To Secure Gulf Waters France announced Sunday that a proposed European-led mission to patrol the Persian Gulf will be based out of a recently established French naval base in Abu Dhabi, and that the naval patrol will soon go “operational” amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. Paris has spearheaded efforts to […]
France: More Death to Free Speech
France: More Death to Free Speech Defending someone who is accused of being a “racist” implies the risk of being accused of being a “racist” too. Intellectual terror reigns in France. France is moving from a “muzzled press to a muzzling press that destroys free speech”. — Alain Finkielkraut, writer and philosopher. Writers other than […]
“This Is A Major Risk”: France Rolls Out New Facial Recognition Technology
“This Is A Major Risk”: France Rolls Out New Facial Recognition Technology Is this how French President Emmanuel Macron is choosing to celebrate 70 years of Communist rule? In a plan that sounds eerily similar to China’s ‘social credit score’ system, Macron and the French Interior Ministry are pushing ahead plans to launch a national […]
Burgundy’s Vineyards Haven’t Been This Hot And Dry Since “The Black Death” In The 14th Century
Burgundy’s Vineyards Haven’t Been This Hot And Dry Since “The Black Death” In The 14th Century Vintners in France haven’t seen such a succession of hot weather and dry harvest since the 14th century, during a time called “the Black Death”, according to Bloomberg. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Though these weather extremes may seem […]
Global Warming and U.S. National Security Diplomacy
Global Warming and U.S. National Security Diplomacy Old power station, West Linn, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Control of oil has long been a key aim of U.S. foreign policy. The Paris climate agreements and any other Green programs to reduce the pace of global warming are viewed as threatening the aim of dominating world […]
Macron’s French Police Openly Attacking the People Seriously Injuring if not Trying to Kill Them
Macron’s French Police Openly Attacking the People Seriously Injuring if not Trying to Kill Them Video Unfortunately, as governments begin to collapse moving into 2021/2022 due to the complete failure of Socialism, they will not simply yield to the people and admit that their fiscal mismanagement is the cause of destroying everyone’s future. They will […]
Spain Battles Self-Combusting Manure As “Heat-Wave From Hell” Torments Europe
Spain Battles Self-Combusting Manure As “Heat-Wave From Hell” Torments Europe Update (1240ET): Temperatures were even hotter than expected across Europe today and, as Accuweather reports, the extreme heat wave is suspected of killing several people as it set an all-time high in France. The highest temperature ever measured across France in the entirety of record keeping was […]
Putin, the African Queen
Putin, the African Queen Luke Harding is a former journalist for the Guardian. I say former because while he is still writing for the paper, he lost his one remaining shred of credibility last November with an article about Paul Manafort visiting Julian Assange multiple times in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, which soon was discredited […]
France threatens journalists with jail time for exposing use of French arms in Yemen
France threatens journalists with jail time for exposing use of French arms in Yemen French journalists could face up to five years in prison and be fined up to $83,000 France is ranked 32nd out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2019 World Press Freedom Index (AFP)By MEE and agencies France has threatened three French journalists with potential […]
Chaos Erupts In Paris As “Armageddon” Protesters Riot During French Holiday
Chaos Erupts In Paris As “Armageddon” Protesters Riot During French Holiday Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris and other French cities on Wednesday to mark International Workers’ Day (also known as Labor Day), only to clash with French riot police. The demonstrators included Yellow Vests, trade unionists, climate change protesters […]
Yellow Vest Movement Struggles to Reinvent Democracy as Macron Cranks Up Propaganda and Repression
Yellow Vest Movement Struggles to Reinvent Democracy as Macron Cranks Up Propaganda and Repression Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair After five months of constant presence at traffic circles, toll-booths and hazardous Saturday marches, the massive, self-organized social movement known as the Yellow Vests has just held its second nationwide “Assembly of Assemblies.” Hundreds of autonomous […]
Firing on Protesters: Will Macron’s New Tactics Against the Yellow Vests Make Simmering Pot Boil Over?
Firing on Protesters: Will Macron’s New Tactics Against the Yellow Vests Make Simmering Pot Boil Over? France stands at a crossroads, with the Macron government attempting to drag the country in a new direction and a disunited and leaderless movement attempting to reverse this change. The outcome of this battle will shape the course of […]
Spectacular Violence as a Weapon of War Against the Yellow Vests
Spectacular Violence as a Weapon of War Against the Yellow Vests Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair Violence is a spectacular weapon deployed by the ruling class to discredit movements from below and justify their repression. It is spectacular in the sense of being a great and powerful political tool for governing the masses, and keeping them in […]
