by Robert Holloway | 18 Dec 2018 | Climate change, Donald Trump, Europe, Future of Democracy
France’s “gilets jaunes” movement has forced President Macron to offer concessions. And the yellow vests are sending shock waves across Europe. French President Emmanuel Macron (C) assesses damage after “yellow vest” protests in Paris, France, 2...
by Robert Holloway | 7 Dec 2018 | Climate change, Europe
A surprise uprising of “yellow vests” in France has forced authorities to backtrack on a climate change policy, sparked riots and rattled the government. Protesters wearing yellow vests near the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 1 December 2018 (EPA-EFE/Yoan...
by John Talbott | 24 May 2018 | Discovery, Donald Trump, Eyewitness, United States, Women's rights
I returned from the Vietnam War in 1968 and helped lead the anti-war movement that exploded in Chicago. Looking back, I wonder what we learned. Chicago police officers try to disperse demonstrators during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 29 August 1968....
by Edward Mortimer | 2 May 2018 | Discovery, Europe, Eyewitness
Fifty years ago in May ’68, angry students and workers brought France to a standstill in a bout of civil unrest that had a whiff of revolution. Students and workers demonstrate during a general strike in Paris, 13 May 1968(AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas) Fifty years...
by Robert Holloway | 16 Apr 2018 | Europe
French rail workers have launched a strike that is stirring memories of past political convulsions and which is President Macron’s toughest test yet. A man wears a mask of French President Emmanuel Macron during a demonstration by workers in Paris, 3 April 2018...