Yellow Vests

Chile protests: Demonstrators take part in a protest against the increase in the subway ticket prices in Santiago on October 18, 2019 (Reuters Photo: Carlos Vera) On the face of it, the widespread and intense protests taking place in Chiles capital, Santiago…

How Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies Can Go Wrong: A lesson from Ecuador Franziska Funke , Laura Merrill Theres no question that abandoning fossil fuel subsidies will benefit the economy and the planet, but as protests in Ecuador show, reforms require carefu…

LONDON (Reuters) - An alarming spread of street protests and civil unrest across the world in recent weeks looms large on the radar of financial markets, with investors wary the resulting pressures on stretched government finances will be one of many conseque…

Thierry Meyssan underlines the extreme gravity, not of the US withdrawal from Syria, but of the collapse of the worlds current landmarks. According to him, we are entering a short transition period, during which the current masters of the game, the “financial…

I trust Bill Kristol. Not his political opinions, which are nuts. The guy wants to bomb Iran. No, I trust Bill Kristol’s commitment to Intellectual Elitism. He is the very model of a modern major elite: soft-spoken and chipper, with a default half smile that …

Are you planning a holiday abroad in the near future? If so you will want to read the government's new advice for UK travellers heading to those destinations. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office regularly updates its comprehensive guide for Brits heading a…

King Salman receives President Vladimir Putin, the Peacekeeper. It’s a time that only happens once or twice a century. A new world order is emerging. All previous references disappear. Those who were doomed to grieve triumph, while those who ruled are thrown…

Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Europe is crumbling, & Britains elite desperately want to be part of the wreckage... Brexit isnt going to happen. Left or Right Lexit or Rexit its over. Its time to make peace with that idea. Penned in by …

In May, with Brexit chaos and contentious EU elections in the air, more than 5,000 Europeans joined a novel social experiment. In cafés and parks in Poland and Italy, in Belgium and Denmark, they sat down to talk, one on one, with strangers from another count…

Greta Thunberg has become an international figure. The sixteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist has gone from a lonely student skipping school on Fridays to protest for more action on global warming to being nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. Gr…