Historically Huge Anti-Saudi Rallies Across Yemen on War’s Fourth Anniversary

Unprecedented numbers of Yemenis took part in the anti-Saudi demonstrations on the fourth anniversary of the war in Yemen this year, indicating a growing opposition to the Saudi-led presence in their country.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
Yemen | fourth anniversary

SANA’A, YEMEN -- Massive demonstrations took place across Yemen’s major cities on Tuesday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Saudi-led war on the country. The war ostensibly began on March 26, 2015, when Saudi Arabia, backed by the U.S. and other regional allies, launched a large-scale attack on Yemen under the pretext of reinstating

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Massive Demonstrations in Yemen Mark Muslim Holy Day and Signal Unbowed Resistance To Saudi War

Despite progress in peace talks and an appeal for calm, huge numbers of Yemeni residents have already responded to renewed Saudi coalition attacks by taking to the battlefield today.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
Sadaa Yemen demonstrations

SANA’A, YEMEN --  "Today we march to announce our readiness to confront the Saudi alliance more than ever before,” said Abdulrahman Al-Hamran, a demonstrator in al Sabeen, Yemen. Al-Hamran was one of the millions who gathered across six Yemeni provinces on Sunday to commemorate the birthday of Islam’s Holy Prophet Muhammad and to denounce Saudi

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On the 50th Anniversary of May 1968: Memories of an Illusory Revolution in Paris

At the time it seemed that Paris had yet again become the center of a world revolution, but in time a quite different legacy has emerged.

Diana Johnstone
By Diana Johnstone
A young demonstrator holds a red flag and kisses his girlfriend on the barricade built across the street in the vicinity of the Gare de Lyon station during riots in Paris, France on May 23, 1968, as students clashed with police. AP Photo

Nineteen Sixty-Eight began with the Têt offensive, when the Vietnamese national liberation struggle suddenly showed its strength as a military force, though it was eventually beaten back into guerrilla warfare. The images of burning villages and burning children were seared into the consciousness of millions of people around the world. In the

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Photo Essay: May Day Rallies Fill Streets Around The World

Workers around the world marked May Day with protests and demonstrations for better pay and working conditions.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A protesters chant slogans during a May day protest in Ankara, Turkey , Monday, May 1, 2017. Workers and activists marked May Day with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions Monday.

Workers and activists marked May Day around the world Monday with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions. Police detained 70 people in Istanbul as they tried to march, garment workers in Cambodia defied a government ban to demand higher wages, and workers in Spain deplored the country's 19 percent jobless

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Trump’s Inauguration Weekend Could See Biggest Nationwide Mobilization In US History

Thousands of protesters will participate in demonstrations planned for all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
Demonstrators holds banners and signs as they protest during a march in downtown Washington in opposition of President-elect Donald Trump, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

NEW YORK --- As thousands of protesters begin pouring into Washington to protest the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, others have planned simultaneous demonstrations across the United States. “There have been a wave of protests and walkouts across the country since Trump was announced as president-elect, mostly by students

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Declaring ‘Power In Numbers’, People Rally Nationwide For Peace With Iran

200 demonstrations sweep the country in a national day of action to support nuclear deal and say no to war.

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
Demonstrators call on Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) to support the Iran deal at a town hall meeting in Denver, Colorado August 4, 2015. (Photo courtesy of MoveOn)

People across the United States are taking to the streets, rallying at their local representatives' offices, and submitting open letters on Wednesday calling on Congress to choose a path to peace, not war, by saying yes to the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran. The national day of action was organized by a coalition that includes

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