Protest - Revolt

23/04/24
Author: 
Raf Casert
Farmers Rebel in Europe, Far Right Stokes the Flames

Apr. 18, 2024

ANDEREN, Netherlands (AP) — Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d’Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle.

Little could be more idyllic.

Little, says Ubels, could be more under threat.

28/03/24
Author: 
João Camargo and Leonor Canadas
Demonstration organized by the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party

We must resist the temptation to think that "Canada is different." The analysis and strategic points below definitely apply here, provincially and federally. Organizing our power to replace profit as the goal of society with democratic social and economic planning is the task before us.

      -- Gene McGuckin

Mar. 27, 2024

25/03/24
Author: 
Brendan Montague
São Paulo, Brasil, June 11, 2013. Image: Gabriel Cabral / flickr. Creative Commons 2.0

A reposting of this article - https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/you-burn-us-if-we-burn-mass-protest-decade-and-missing-revolution-book

A deeper-than-usual dive into the need for strategies that go beyond petitions, lobbying, and small demos. Of course, this is just the beginning of a crucial discussion.

        -- Gene McGuckin

12/03/24
Author: 
Elizabeth Thompson
A wildfire burns near a home in the city of Kelowna, B.C., on Aug. 18, 2023. An internal RCMP report warns that a series of geopolitical and national threats — including climate change — will test the ability of governments and police services to protect Canadians in the coming years. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Mar. 10, 2024

Canada faces a series of 'crises' that will test it in the coming years, RCMP warns

Report examined 'shifts in domestic and international environments' that could affect policing

The "crises" rocking national and international affairs are likely to get worse over the next few years and could have a significant effect on the federal government and Canada's federal police force, says an internal report prepared for the RCMP.

29/02/24
Author: 
Pippa Norman
Members of the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) protested in Vancouver on Wednesday, calling for a "fossil-free and weapons-free portfolio." (Raynaldo Suarez, CityNews)

Feb. 28, 2024 

Members of the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) protested in Vancouver on Wednesday, calling for a “fossil-free and weapons-free portfolio.”

The rally, organized by BCTF Divest Now and Van Climate Strike Coalition, was held outside of the BCTF’s offices in an effort to get the attention of the federation’s President Clint Johnston, says Jillian Maguire, co-founder of BCTF Divest Now.

23/02/24
Author: 
Rachel Sherrington, DeSmog.
photo: Burning piles of hay sent up dark plumes of smoke in Brussels on February 1, as farmers protests sweep through Europe. Rachel Sherrington.

Feb. 7, 2024

Big Agriculture And Far-Right Parties Set Farmers Against The Environment.

But producers on the ground in Brussels told a different story.

Across France, Italy and Belgium last week thousands of farmers descended on capital cities to express their deep discontent with the European food system.

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