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Georgia Elections 2024
The Georgian elections held in October 2024 were pivotal for the future of the country as citizens were called to choose between a closer alliace with Russia or a full membership in Europe. The pro-Russian party, Georgian Dream, won with 56% of the votes. On the day of the elections Georgian people were called to…
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Peaceful ProPal Protest in Rome
On 12th October 2024 people gathered once again in Rome to show support to the Palestinian and Lebanese population, and demanding the Italian government to stop sending weapons and justifying Israel’s genocidal attacks. The demonstration was conducted peacefully by both demonstrators and police.
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Clashes in Rome for ProPal Protest
5th October 2024, Rome (Italy). The ProPalestine protest, previously banned and then partially re-authorised, erupted in clashes between police and some demonstrators. The protest gathered about 7000 people, many other tried to reach the city from all over the country, but police forces were deployed on highways and trains with the specific order to stop…
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Irish far-right protest on May 6th 2024
Irish far-right demonstrators protesting the open-borders policy of the country. The movement was allegedly born out of the housing crisis that the major Irish cities have been experiencing for several years now. In the various interviews I have done with far-right protesters, no one has described themselves as such, no one has been hostile towards…
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Workers’ Day 2024 in Paris
As Labour Day demonstrations escalated in Paris, Gendarmerie and Police Nationale officers stormed the streets with batons, tear gas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades to repress demonstrators who retaliated with bricks and bottles. Unions demanded peace in Palestine and better working conditions, on a day that annually represents workers rights.
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Pro-Palestine march at Embassy of Israel to the United States of America
On 2nd March 2024 hundreds gathered to the Embassy of Israel at Washington DC to protest against genocide. The march then proceeded to the house of the Israeli ambassador.
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Police Violence in Pro-Palestine Demos in Italy
For the last fifteen years, people had forgotten to prepare for clashes when going to demonstrations. Yet, for some months now, police have started charging demonstrators again. According to Osservatorio Repressione, which collects all cases of physical, economic, or psychological political repression in Italy, the first case of police using batons at a protest in…
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Irish Far-right Rally
Dublin, 5th February 2024. The Irish National Party organised a rally in Dublin city centre (the same exact location that a riot organised by the National Party itself on the 23rd November 2023) to demonstrate against the open-border policy and the housing crisis which, according to the demonstrators, is a consequence of the presence of…
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Irish Far-right Riot
Dublin, 23rd November 2024. After a man naturalised Irish stabbed three children and two adults in front of a school in Dublin, many far-right supporters protested in the streets of the Dublin city centre, reducing the central O’Connell street to a battlefield. The situation escalated when a big group of what the community called ‘scumbaggs’…
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Protest to Expel the Israeli Ambassador from Ireland
On 15th November the Irish parliament voted on expelling the Israeli ambassador from the country, to show further support for the Palestinian community and at the same time protest against the nations that are not cooperating for ceasefire. The motion did not pass and the ambassador was not expelled.
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Gilet Jaunes 5th Anniversary Protest
On 18th November 2024, in Paris, the yellow vests gathered in all major French cities to show the government that the movement has grown and strengthened over the years. The protesters main demands were to lower petrol prices, France’s exit from Europe (Frexit) and NATO.
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Millions Take to the Streets in Unprecedented Show of Support for Palestine
On October 7th, the world witnessed the most aggressive response Hamas has had toward Israel. Hamas, fired around 5,000 rockets into Israeli territory, overloading their anti-missile system in a never-before-seen offensive many Israelis refer to as “their 9/11”. Israel’s response was equally unprecedented: a reinforcement of the naval blockade that had dramatically impacted the lives…
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Rally to the US Embassy in Ireland for Ceasafire in Gaza
On October 28th, 2023, Dublin hosted a peaceful demonstration in support of Palestine. Participants asked Palestinian liberation, ceasafire on Gaza Stripe, and the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador in Ireland.
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Unauthorised Demonstration in Paris for Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
Paris, 14th October 2023. France is one of the few countries in the world which banned pro-Palestine protests, but people met anyway to express their support and call for a ceasfire and respect of human rights in Gaza. French Gendarmerie proceded to stop, identify and in some cases arrest the peaceful demonstrators.
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Peaceful Protest against French Government
On 13th October 2023 strikes and demonstrations took place across France. Demonstrators gathered to protest against austerity policies, for higher wages and for equality between men and women. Many protested in support of the Palestinian population, leaning on an authorised demonstration after French government banned demonstrations in support of Palestine.
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Riot against Police Brutality and Discriminating Behaviours in France
Between the end of June and the beginning of July 2023, France experienced a long week of riots against the police and the anti-terrorism law of 2017. The protests originated after a police officer killed a 17 year-old man at a checkpoint in Nanterre, suburb of Paris.
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Peaceful Pride 2023 in Rome
On the 10th June 2023, 45,000 people marched in Rome for LGBTQ+ rights. A particularly needed march for the LGBT+ comunity after the election of a far-right government headed by Giorgia Meloni, former member of the neo-fascist party MSI.
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Postgraduate Workers Organization (PWO) Peaceful Protest
On 23rd March 2023, PhD workers coming from all over Ireland met in Dublin to protest against below-the-living-wages salaries, poor working conditions and no worker status recognised.
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Assemble at the Irish Parliament Called by the Cost of Living Coalition
Due to the housing crisis in Dublin, on the 1st April 2023, many city residents organised protests and assemblies to demand the government to take action.
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Women’s International Day 2023
Women’s International Day 2023 in Dublin, Ireland in support of Iranian women and migrants. Marching for gender equality, safer cities and houses.
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Finland joins NATO: What Are the First Consequences?
With Finland’s official participation in NATO, the alliance now counts 31 countries. When Sweden will also overcome Turkish opposition, NATO will comprise 32 countries. Already now, the enlargement of the alliance is a heavy blow for Russia, which sees a new border with NATO being established in front of it, and loses some of its…
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Guerra. Paradigma del patriarcato
DISCLAIMERQuesto intervento è stato tenuto l’10 febbraio 2023 nel contesto del convegno ‘Il Futuro Imprevisto. Genere, sessualità, politiche’. Il convegno, durato dal 9 all’11 febbraio e tenutosi all’Università di Genova, è stato organizzato da GIFTS – Rete di studi di Genere, Intersex, Femministi, Transfemministi e sulla Sessualità, Scuola di Scienze Sociali UniGe, About Gender –…
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One Year Later: NATO’s New Strategy for Europe
A year after the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, NATO wants to adopt a different strategy along its borders. The change regards a deterrence mechanism based on the advanced defence of Eastern Europe, with battalions of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, vehicles and logistical support, stationed along the entire Europe-Russia border. NATO wants to…
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Criminals at War. The New Internal Fight in Moscow
The victory in Soledar – a small town of 10,000 inhabitants before the war, now nearly destroyed by Russian bombing – represents for the Russian command more a propaganda value than a strategic one: it is the first advance in six months, to be given to a supreme commander who grew up in the “Soviet…
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A New Russian Mobilisation: Costs and Defeats
The Kremlin’s decision to annex the currently occupied Ukrainian regions to Russia, as well as the “partial” mobilisation now in full force, are measures that came at a particularly difficult time for the Russian army. Indeed, the latest events on the battlefield seem to confirm the military dynamic established in September, with the sudden retreat…
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May Day 2023
In France, People were protesting for months against the new pensions reform. Rioters and police officers in full anti-riot gear clashed once again on May Day in the streets of Paris.
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‘I won’t fight’. Conscientious Objection in Russia and Ukraine
This article is based on a conversation with Daniele Taurino, activist of the Italian Nonviolent Movement. Conscientious objection is a recognised worldwide right, already in use during the Second World War (think of Hacksaw Ridge). Little publicised by nation-states, which have no interest in anti-militarist propaganda, or in suggesting the existence of other ways…
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What is the Role of Military Industries in Climate Change? A Rapid Overview with some Examples.
DISCLAIMER This speech was presented on 1st December 2022 at the Sustainable Societies, Sustainable Communities organised by the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law. The speech had to be a maximum of 2 minutes long, but the following paper is slightly extended. With the academic purpose of this speech I want to personally support…