My full conversation with a French police officer yesterday during Acte XXV of the #GiletsJaunes protests. 25 weeks of state sanctioned violence and savagery. Thankfully, yesterday was relatively quiet and ended without any major tension although we left around 6pm and I cannot speak for anything that flared up after that.
Economics
Middle East Eye – Russia-Ukraine war: Global chickpea shortage threatens hummus supply
The normality that we knew is swiftly becoming a thing of the past Read Here Photo: Ella Olsson licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Corruption
The Guardian: Cloud of corruption hangs over Bulgaria as it takes up EU presidency
Among journalists there is a trick to getting controversial articles past the powers that be: wait until between Christmas and New Year. This is a real corker in the Guardian, explaining why despite the horrendous […]
Geopolitics
Kadal Jesuthasan – French Dockers Block Weapons to Israel
‘Last Wednesday, workers at a port in southern France searched a cargo ship headed for Haifa — and found it carried 19 pallets of machine-gun parts. They blocked the shipment, refusing to be complicit in […]
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