J. Lester Feder
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Thousands Of Teens Have Gone On Strike From Schools Across Europe To Demand Action On Climate Change
After the UK prime minister said 15,000 UK students who boycotted school to demonstrate “wastes lesson time,” the 16-year-old girl who inspired the protest movement replied, “political leaders have wasted 30 [years] of inaction.”
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• 3 days ago
A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe. And It’s Coming To The US Next.
Students are going on strike around the world to demand action on climate change, in a movement led almost entirely by teenage girls.
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• 11 days ago
There’s A Civil War Brewing Within The Yellow Vests
An argument over whether Yellow Vests should stand for election threatens to tear the protest movement apart.
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• 25 days ago
Protesters Are Losing Eyes And Hands To Police Brutality In France
“When you lift the curtain, what happens in France is exactly what you see in America…It’s the same violence. We’re also dying.”
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• One month ago
German Police Have Raided The Homes Of Suspected KKK Members
More than 100 weapons were confiscated during the nationwide raids, and 40 people are now under investigation.
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• One month ago
German Intelligence Is Looking Into Suspected Extremism From The Largest Far-Right Party
The domestic intelligence agency's probe will examine the Alternative for Germany party and two affiliated organizations.
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• One month ago
She Called Out The Yellow Vests. Then She Was Bombarded With Sexist And Anti-Semitic Abuse.
“Every day. Complaints filed. Again,” wrote French Equalities Minister Marlène Schiappa.
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• One month ago
Italy's New Sanctuary Movement Will Challenge An Anti-Immigrant Law In Constitutional Court
The law strips legal immigration status from tens of thousands of people already in the country.
J. Lester Feder
• One month ago
Prosecutors Dispute A Far-Right Party’s Account Of A Street Attack On A Politician
German prosecutors told BuzzFeed News CCTV footage showed no weapon was involved in the assault on Frank Magnitz, contrary to what the far-right Alternative for Germany party had claimed.
J. Lester Feder
• One month ago
A Syrian Man Has Been Charged Over The Stabbing That Sparked Huge Anti-Immigrant Riots In Germany
The fatal stabbing in Chemnitz last August led to massive protests in the eastern German city.
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• One month ago
The World Bank Head Is Stepping Down Early And Donald Trump Will Likely Appoint His Successor
Jim Yong Kim, named head of the World Bank Group in 2012, still had three years left in his second term when he stepped down.
J. Lester Feder
• One month ago
A Sanctuary City Movement Is Beginning In Europe
Mayors of several large Italian cities are vowing to defy a new “security decree” with measures targeting migrants in the country.
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• One month ago
A Bannon Ally Went To South Africa And Did Firearms Training With A White Nationalist Group
Petr Bystron, a German lawmaker, was on an official trip to South Africa when he met with the Suidlanders, a white nationalist group with a leader who marched in the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally.
J. Lester Feder
• 2 months ago
The Far Right Has Been Rising For Years. The Left Is Finally Looking To Fight Back.
As Europe’s right wing bands together, the left is splintering. Yanis Varoufakis wants to be the one to unite them — but can that be done?
J. Lester Feder
• 2 months ago
This Small Town Was Once A Progressive Fairy Tale. But In 2018, It’s Living A Far-Right Nightmare.
A crumbling medieval village was rebuilt by a mayor who welcomed immigrants with open arms. That’s made him a target of Italy’s populist government, and a reluctant hero of the left.
J. Lester Feder
• 3 months ago
Bernie Sanders Is Partnering With A Greek Progressive To Build A New Leftist Movement
Yanis Varoufakis, famous for his motorcycle-riding style and clashes with the EU while serving as Greece’s finance minister, is teaming up with the Vermont senator to reboot progressivism.
J. Lester Feder
• 3 months ago
Steve Bannon Met A White Nationalist Facebook Personality During London Trip
Bannon was photographed with Michael Brooks, a moderator of a far-right Facebook group who suggested using a swastika in the group's banner and posted about creating a white paramilitary force.
J. Lester Feder
• 4 months ago
Seven Men Have Been Arrested In Germany On Suspicion Of Plotting A Far-Right Terror Attack
Investigators say the group was seeking automatic weapons to attack "foreigners and political opponents."
J. Lester Feder
• 4 months ago
These Influential Italians Are Signing On To Steve Bannon's "Movement" To Shake Up The EU
“People under 35 years old, the millennials, please understand one thing: You’re better fed, better educated, in better shape, you’re more culturally aware than 19th-century Russian serfs, but you are nothing but serfs.”
J. Lester Feder
• 4 months ago
This Party Wants To Make Germany Great Again After Far-Right Protests That Shocked The World
Alternative for Germany thinks it has a chance to win upcoming elections following an outpouring of anti-immigrant anger in the country’s east, and allegations of Nazi ties may only be working to its advantage.
J. Lester Feder
• 5 months ago