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The New French Revolution?
The New French Revolution? France is now preparing to use chemical weapons against its own citizens around Paris to counter-attack the Yellow Vest rioters as their anti-Macron protests continue after 5 weeks. This chemical is a debilitating powder that can be spread over an entire area of the size of six football fields in ten seconds. So far, […]
Energy Transition Under Fire As Power Bills Soar
Energy Transition Under Fire As Power Bills Soar For a long period of time, the energy transition was primarily a technical topic concerning the transformation of the energy grid. Technological developments and the decreasing costs of renewables have made it a viable alternative to fossil fuels. The integration, however, of these new systems requires considerable […]
“Throw Them All Out!” The Yellow Vests Uprising in France
“Throw Them All Out!” The Yellow Vests Uprising in France It is a euphemism to say that the yellow vests movement does not correspond to any other major movement in the history of contemporary France. What has characterized social movements since 1968 was their political legibility. Either they were launched by labour unions and subsequently […]
Your Biometrics: Silent Witnesses Against You and Tools to Track You
Your Biometrics: Silent Witnesses Against You and Tools to Track You Another week has gone by where we have seen a tremendous amount of activity around the world: the French, Belgians, and Dutch are engaged in protests labeled “yellow vest” protests. In actuality, the yellow vests are insignificant: these Euro-Socialist countries require citizens to wear […]
“We Made Mistakes”: France Changes Tone On Yellow Vests As Movement Hits Canada
“We Made Mistakes”: France Changes Tone On Yellow Vests As Movement Hits Canada The Macron government has changed its tone after five straight weeks of violent “Yellow Vest” demonstrations across the country. On Sunday Prime Minister Édouard Philippe admitted to Les Echoes newspaper that mistakes were made in the handling of the protests, and that a dialogue is […]
Brexit: stage one in Europe’s slow-burn energy collapse
Brexit: stage one in Europe’s slow-burn energy collapse The Brexit fiasco and French riots are accelerating symptoms of Europe’s earth system crisis Riots in Paris (source: Irish Times) Everyone’s talking about Brexit. Some about the French riots. But no one’s talking about why they are happening, and what they really mean. They might think they are, but they […]
The War Against Globalism
The War Against Globalism We are the Little Folk—we! Too little to love or to hate. Leave us alone and you’ll see How we can drag down the State! -A Pict Song, Rudyard Kipling Belgium has joined the list of countries that are rebelling against their elected leadership. Over the weekend the Belgian government fell over Prime […]
French Police Brace for Fifth Wave of Yellow Vest Protests
French Police Brace for Fifth Wave of Yellow Vest Protests France is set to deploy tens of thousands of police and gendarmes across the country on Saturday, including 8,000 in Paris, to deal with a fifth weekend of Yellow Vest protests – just days after three people were killed and 13 injured after a mass shooting […]
The End of France as We Know It?
The End of France as We Know It? When an event grabs headlines like the protests in France have I temper my reactions to it. I didn’t give the Yellow Vest protests much thought at first wanting to see where they would lead. Protests like this and even bigger ones like Catalonian independence are invariably […]
France in a Nutshell: “The Government Stopped Listening to the People 20 Years Ago”
France in a Nutshell: “The Government Stopped Listening to the People 20 Years Ago” The elites’ clever exploitation of politically correct cover stories has enthralled the comatose, uncritical Left, but not those who see their living standards in a free-fall. A family member who has lived in France for decades summarized the source of the […]
Are The YELLOW VEST Protests Coming To CANADA? (With G. Edward Griffin)
Are The YELLOW VEST Protests Coming To CANADA? (With G. Edward Griffin) The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau is planning to dramatically increase taxes on carbon emissions to combat climate change…he plans to set a national price on carbon emissions of $7.5 a ton rising to $37.50 by 2022! Similar tax hikes have caused […]
Can the ‘Yellow Vests’ Protests Go Global?
Can the ‘Yellow Vests’ Protests Go Global? When it comes to the relationship of U.S. citizens to the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington D.C., there’s no indication that anything remotely resembling self-government is happening. Rather, the relationship is far more like that of a servant to a master. From the October post: Americans are Stuck in […]
The EU and the warning signs of Fascism
The EU and the warning signs of Fascism Image source – here. Things are spiralling out of control in Europe, faster than many predicted. Outside of Brexit, there is strong anti-EU feeling in Hungary, Spain, Italy, Greece and France. The EU is in danger of crumbling, and people afraid of losing power are prone to […]
Trust Is Failing on Both Sides of the Pond
Trust Is Failing on Both Sides of the Pond I’ve been warning for a while now that we are pushing towards an inflection point in history. With each passing week it feels like events are accelerating as change to the status quo is everywhere. In Europe, the EU leadership and Theresa May are so desperate […]
Watch Live: Paris On Lockdown – Tear Gas Fired, Mass Arrests Amid “Act IV” Yellow Vest Protest Chaos
Watch Live: Paris On Lockdown – Tear Gas Fired, Mass Arrests Amid “Act IV” Yellow Vest Protest Chaos Paris police resorted to extreme crowd-control measures on Saturday as tens of thousands of “Yellow Vest” protesters descended on the French capital for a fourth weekend of chaos which began over fuel taxes and quickly morphed into […]
