Showing posts with label protests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label protests. Show all posts
Saturday, October 31, 2026
The Little-Known Weapon Behind Some of the Worst Protest Injuries in America – Mother Jones
Marketed as highly safe and very accurate, this .68 caliber pneumatic launcher has been used by law enforcement agencies all over the world— from Belgium and Turkey, to Georgia and even Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, whose ministry of defense purchased 2000 launchers in 2009. Though it closely resembles a pepperball or paintball gun, with a plastic body and air tank affixed to the front, it fires a denser and faster-moving projectile that can cause debilitating injuries in crowd control settings…
Friday, October 23, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
How the Global Climate Fiasco Fueled France’s Student Revolt – Mother Jones
Sweltering school conditions—and government’s failure to adapt—helped spawn a political crisis…
Monday, October 19, 2026
Outrage after Meta suspends No Kings Instagram account during protests
‘Meta owes us an explanation,’ group says as organizers fear censorship after account goes dark for several hours…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/18/no-kings-instagram-account-suspended-during-protests
French government in crisis talks after ‘colossal failure of the state’
Ministers, officials and police under pressure over response to days of violent unrest in cities across France…
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests
Trump briefly stepped away from the microphone after one protester appeared to approach the stage…
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Sunday, October 4, 2026
Hundreds gather in Mississippi to protest Republican redistricting: ‘This fight is familiar territory’
Hundreds of people gathered across from the Mississippi state capitol building on Thursday evening to rally against the aggressive Republican efforts to draw maps that favor their own party…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/02/mississippi-republican-redistricting-protest
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Friday, September 18, 2026
Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’…
Monday, September 7, 2026
Broken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protests
Despite the logistical difficulties presented by the war with the US and Israel that began in February, Iran has executed more than 500 people this year, including at least 29 people in connection with the anti-government protests in January...
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Auchter's Art: Christian crusaders
Honestly, I don't think I'll ever understand how some people who purport to be Christian so thoroughly miss the actual teachings of Jesus Christ...
https://www.michiganpublic.org/opinion/2026-08-21/auchters-art-christian-crusaders
Thursday, August 20, 2026
"Christian crusader" rally meets resistance in Dearborn, where officials extol diversity, tolerance
The Dearborn Police Department made 22 arrests. The individuals ranged in age from 18 to 64 years old, and belonged to areas from across the state and locations as far out as New York and Tennessee. A variety of misdemeanor charges ranged from breach of peace, disorderly conduct, and more…
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
HCA workers push for higher pay and more staffing amid billions in profits: ‘I’m struggling’
Largest for-profit hospital system and operator in the US reported $6.8bn in profits, while employees find it difficult to make ends meet…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/union-hca-healthcare-workers-protest
Thursday, July 30, 2026
The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’
Davis, the government says, has attended and facilitated meetings about protests and discussed his “anti-authoritarian” ideology with other activists. He is not accused of violent acts, taking any specific actions at protests nor having any encounters with ICE agents.
He is facing six years in prison.
“It’s petty revenge,” Davis said. “They’re trying to portray being part of a community as an illegal conspiratorial act.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/28/ice-protests-antifa-minnesota?
Friday, July 17, 2026
Lafayette Park permanent fencing proposal worries protesters : NPR
Pearl said it might, paradoxically, make it easier to convey his message, since more fencing would have the practical effect of funneling tourists into an even smaller area. But he's upset about the symbolism of the White House — which is funded by taxpayers — being further closed off from the public it is supposed to serve.
"What this fencing represents, to me, is the worst of what the new attitude toward politics represents. And that is imperialism, fascism, dictatorship," Pearl said. "Because what dictators do is isolate themselves from the people they rule. That is not, for me, the way democracies can possibly work."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/nx-s1-5893465/dc-lafayette-square-park-permanent-fencing-proposal
Thursday, July 16, 2026
‘Fear, intimidation, violence’: calls mount to remove ICE from US streets after agents killed two men
“The bystander videos I watched make it clear that ICE agents carried out another extrajudicial public execution in Maine,” Lauren Bonds, the executive director of the National Police Accountability Project, said in a statement.
“It’s clear that the only way to prevent ICE from killing us in the streets is to remove ICE from the streets.”
Congress can do so, she added, by freezing funding to the agency and limiting their jurisdiction…
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace
Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say…
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