Organizers expected the crowd to swell to at least 150,000 and were hoping as many as 500,000 would turn out to call for reforms allowing residents to elect their leader.
Organizers expected the crowd to swell to at least 150,000 and were hoping as many as 500,000 would turn out to call for reforms allowing residents to elect their leader.
Organizers expected the crowd to swell to at least 150,000 and were hoping as many as 500,000 would turn out to call for reforms allowing residents to elect their leader.
The groups have called upon their government to resist any attempts to extradite Edward Snowden, who likely faces serious charges from U.S. authorities.
The groups have called upon their government to resist any attempts to extradite Edward Snowden, who likely faces serious charges from U.S. authorities.
(NEW YORK) MintPress — The end has finally come for one of the global Occupy movement’s longest-running encampments in Hong Kong. On Tuesday afternoon, security guards completed the removal of a handful of protesters from the street-level plaza underneath the Asian headquarters of HSBC, located in the Central business district, Hong Kong’s equivalent of Wall Street, where as many […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — The end has finally come for one of the global Occupy movement’s longest-running encampments in Hong Kong. On Tuesday afternoon, security guards completed the removal of a handful of protesters from the street-level plaza underneath the Asian headquarters of HSBC, located in the Central business district, Hong Kong’s equivalent of Wall Street, where as many […]
NEW YORK (MintPress) – “One country, two systems” is supposed to define the way Hong Kong is governed. The idea, proposed by then Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s, was the principle behind Britain’s handover of the former colony on July 1, 1997. Indeed, the Hong Kong Basic Law, the territory’s constitution, reads, “The socialist system […]
NEW YORK (MintPress) – “One country, two systems” is supposed to define the way Hong Kong is governed. The idea, proposed by then Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s, was the principle behind Britain’s handover of the former colony on July 1, 1997. Indeed, the Hong Kong Basic Law, the territory’s constitution, reads, “The socialist system […]
Palestine’s football team is a tale of resilience amid deliberate Israeli attacks. MintPress investigates the global push to suspend Israel from international sports, exposing the harsh realities faced by Palestinian players advocating for justice on and off the field.
Palestine’s football team is a tale of resilience amid deliberate Israeli attacks. MintPress investigates the global push to suspend Israel from international sports, exposing the harsh realities faced by Palestinian players advocating for justice on and off the field.
United Against Nuclear Iran, a secretive neoconservative organization with close links to the CIA and the Mossad, is trying to escalate the Israeli assault on Gaza into an Iraq-level U.S. Attack on Iran.
United Against Nuclear Iran, a secretive neoconservative organization with close links to the CIA and the Mossad, is trying to escalate the Israeli assault on Gaza into an Iraq-level U.S. Attack on Iran.
The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished. This means new tactics and new strategies, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book “If We Burn.”
The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished. This means new tactics and new strategies, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book “If We Burn.”