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White-collar workers share widespread anger at the now-shelved government plan to introduce a law allowing the extradition of criminal suspects to mainland China.
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People are hitting the streets to protest government inaction, repression, and corruption. Youth have "unbounded energy and optimism coupled with idealism." That energy, however, can't be sustained without organization, activists warn.
The words, stitched in black, glare out from the center of a handkerchief, decorated with a motif of pink roses: “Oh, my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I’m fucked.”
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Nationwide - Immigrant justice, faith-based and civil rights organizations are continuing to mobilize #CloseTheCamp actions across the country.
This is an illegal, anti-democratic power grab rooted in racism. The only emergency at the border is the one created by Trump and the Republicans enabling his temper tantrum.
If the shutdown resumes, we urge federal workers to stay away from work and their allies to occupy airports on 2/16.
The scale of the movement and the speed with which it was formed are striking, outside trade-union organizations and political parties. Who are the gilets jaunes? What do they want? Are we witnessing a renewal of the forms of protest and politics?
France's elites were quick to condemn the gilets jaunes protesters as stupid and backward. But as novelist Édouard Louis writes, they're just standing up for their rights.
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