All of it, 10-26-26

Links to three reports: from National Public Radio and Deutsche Welle, and to commentary via Forum Geopolitica; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s UKRAINE and WEST BANK, and down for ALL OF IT 10-25.) — MCM

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Macron vows ‘strong measures’ to combat protests, by Matt Ford | DW, with AFP, Reuters  The French government is set to announce a series of “strong measures” to assuage protests which have rocked France in recent weeks, President Emmanuel Macron said today. READ MORE . . .

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What’s fueling youth-led protests across Europe? Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Paris-based professor Alberto Alemanno about whether youth protests across Europe are a sign of a generation in crisis. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM OCT. 25  What’s bringing protestors to the streets in Europe? Ayesha Rascoe of NPR asks British historian Timothy Garton Ash what’s roiling a continent amid widespread protests in France, Italy, Spain and Albania. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Trump’s war overreach may be the straw that breaks the back of the West’s financialised architecture, by Alastair Crooke | Forum Geopolitica  Almost everywhere there is a deepening sense that the western Liberal economic project is on the verge of collapsing in very fundamental ways — most obviously, this has been on display on the streets of Paris. But it can be seen too . . . READ MORE . . .

West Bank, 10-25-26

Links to this morning’s discussion from Consortium News and to a report from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials, (Scroll down this date’s ALL OF IT, and for WEST BANK 10-24-26.) — MCM

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The World This Week — War in the West Bank and elsewhere. Joe Lauria of Consortium News hosts former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and Matthew Hoh, former U.S. Marine Corps captain and former State and Defense departments official. Topics include: * Israel, the West Bank and Israeli elections, * Russia’s “gradualist approach” to the war in Ukraine, * prospect of resumed war against Iran, * mid-term elections in the U.S., * protests in France and Italy, * Israel’s dominance in Washington, * truth vs. careerism in Washington and the Pentagon, * the relevance of the Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq wars today, * politicized intelligence, * end-of-empire behavior. Click HERE to watch and listen. 

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Israel presses ahead with West Bank operation as election approaches, by Melanie Lidman | AP  TEL AVIV — The Israeli military pressed ahead today with a massive military operation in the occupied West Bank that has displaced hundreds of Palestinians and placed major restrictions on movement in response to a gun attack last week that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.