Tag: Protests

Demonstrators face riot police officers during a protest near the opera house on Saturday in Paris.

Energy and Environment

Tear gas on Champs-Elysees but fewer Paris protesters seen

Associated Press · December 15, 2018 4:55 pm

James Alex Fields Jr., who was charged with second-degree murder and other counts after authorities say he rammed his car into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Va., was denied bail during his first court appearance Monday.

Neo-Nazi who killed 1, injured 35 in car attack at Charlottesville rally sentenced to life

Katelyn Caralle · December 11, 2018 9:52 pm

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks to reporters during a news conference at the British Embassy in Washington, Nov. 15, 1986.

Beltway Confidential

France needs a Margaret Thatcher, not a weak Emmanuel Macron

Tom Rogan · December 10, 2018 9:53 pm

A protester holds the flag of the Corsica island near the Champs-Elysees avenue Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in Paris. Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting.

Beltway Confidential

France’s ‘yellow vests’ want to have their cake and eat it too

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 10, 2018 6:41 pm

A demonstrators stands alone with a French flag during clashes Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in Paris. Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting.

Paris under siege: Tear gas, fury on the Champs-Elysees

Associated Press · December 8, 2018 11:15 pm

Demonstrators run away from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Paris, France, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Crowds of protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting.

French police fire tear gas in Paris to halt angry protests

Associated Press · December 8, 2018 3:15 pm

A protester holds the flag of the Corsica island near the Champs-Elysees avenue Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in Paris. Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting.

Trump blames Paris climate agreement for French fuel tax riots

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · December 8, 2018 1:46 pm

A demonstrator walks past a burning barricade near the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration.

Beltway Confidential

DGSI, or why French rioters cannot defeat the state

Tom Rogan · December 6, 2018 10:03 pm

Counter-protesters at left confront a man protesting with the conservative group Patriot Prayer, right, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash.

Red Alert Politics

Infamous university bans the word ‘covenant,’ citing ‘cultural genocide’

John Patrick · December 6, 2018 3:00 pm

A demonstrator holds a placard reading " Join us" as they stand by toll gates on a motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Wednesday, Dec.5, 2018. The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed on Wednesday to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray.

Beltway Confidential

American conservatives shouldn’t want Macron to fail

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 5, 2018 11:09 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2015, file photo, Jonathan Butler, center, addresses a crowd in Columbia following the resignation of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe after days of protests over concerns about the administrationâs handling of racial issues. With changes afoot, the University of Missouri is facing a challenge: How to repair the schoolâs image nationally and statewide.

Universities must not be run by authoritarian mobs

Brett Kittredge · December 5, 2018 4:59 pm

Former NFL football quarterback Colin Kaepernick is seated on stage during W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremonies.

Colin Kaepernick in DC? Head coach says Redskins considered it

Claude Thompson · December 5, 2018 3:36 am