While the world condemns China for its response to the Hong Kong protests, the numbers and the images make clear that the US has responded to its popular uprising with more force and less tolerance than Beijing By Alan Macleod Published 6-5-2020 by MintPress News After just over a week of demonstrations, the number of […]
Protesters march along a street in Beijing on Nov. 28, 2022. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Teresa Wright, California State University, Long Beach Street protests across China have evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations that were brutally quashed in 1989. Indeed, foreign media have suggested the current unrest sweeping cities across China is […]
Now in their 10th week, the protests were sparked in June by a controversial extradition bill By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 8-12-2019 Thousands of pro-democracy protesters effectively shut down Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, the fourth day they have occupied one of the world’s busiest airports as part of the […]
The cops and the district attorneys want people to see what we are going through — the conditions of our arrests, our experiences in jail, and our legal battle — and to think that this is what you risk when you stand up against them. – Lillian House, Aurora Activist and Defendant By Alan Macleod […]
Sparked by a new bill that would make publishing photos of police illegal and a viral video soon after that shows French police brutally beating a black man, it appears that France may be headed for its own “George Floyd” moment. By Alan Macleod. Published 11-30-2020 by MintPress News Award-winning Syrian photographer Ameer Alhalbi lies […]
An ACLU leader urged the incoming administration to “take bold actions on day one to reverse President Trump’s harmful policies.” By Brett Wilkins, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 11-9-2020 The United States on Monday faced criticism over its human rights record from allies and adversaries alike at the United Nations as the country submitted […]
American voters now support sweeping changes to policing; 83 percent want a ban on racial profiling, 92 percent want police to be required to wear body cameras and White Americans’ concern over police violence has increased by 50 percent since 2019. By Alan Macleod Published 6-19-2020 by MintPress News Just four weeks of protest have radically altered […]
Calling out Trump’s racist views, critics stand in solidarity with ESPN anchor By Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 9-15-2017 In a display of a solidarity with the black female ESPN sportscaster under attack by the White House for calling out President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist” earlier this week, the hashtag #NaziBucketChallenge was […]
By MATT MULBERRY Does the term ‘occupation’ delegitimize movements by casting participants as short-term guests, instead of representatives communicating grievances held by a wider society within a public forum that is theirs? Hong Kong’s umbrella revolution on September 30, 2014. Pasu Au Yeung/ Flickr. Some rights reserved.The most recent protests in Hong Kong are indicative of […]
As you’ve probably noticed by now, the protests in Hong Kong have captured our attention. We normally wouldn’t write another piece on them so soon (we wrote about the protests two days ago), but there’s so much happening that we feel it’s worthwhile to catch up with what’s going on. What I personally find fascinating are the similarities in the responses both […]