For weeks, there have been riots and protests in Lebanon. They began when authorities announced a tax on the messaging app WhatsApp, but they are directed towards all economic problems and the entire form of government in Lebanon. The country has been in a deep economic crisis for many years, and now people are rising in protest.
On October 9, Adobe reported that they would cancel all subscriptions in Venezuela, and the country’s citizens have been denied access to programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign.
In connection with demonstrations against the old Turkish state’s brutal attack on Northern Syria, two fights broke out on Saturday, October 26. In justified resentment and frustration, provocations led to the anger running off for a number of participants. The occasion was used by the Minister of Justice to express chauvinist slander.
In 2003, the NATO base Joint Warfare Center (JWC) was opened in the Jåttå area of Stavanger. This is a massive complex behind barbed wire fences adjacent to a suburb of Stavanger. Originally built within tunnels dug by Germans during WWII, but now also with large buildings above-ground.
Cuts and austerity in the rules for work assessment allowance force more people into welfare programs or leave them without any registered income. The poor and sick are under attack in today’s capitalist Norway.
NRK reports that US and Italian soldiers have been attacked in Somalia. Italy was a colonial power in Somalia and occupied large portions of the country under the name “Italian Somaliland” from the 1880s until the 1960s, interrupted only by British occupation during WWII.
NRK reports that the US will send several military forces to Saudi Arabia. In the last few years, Saudi Arabia, along with US-imperialism’s support, has been involved in a war in Yemen against rebels supported by Iran. Iran, in turn, answers by promising a full-scale war with a potential Yankee intervention.
The masses of Catalonia have protested and participated in uprisings for the entirety of last week (the week of October 14). A number of politicians from Catalonia have been sentenced to prison for their work for independence, and a general strike has been initiated in protest against these reactionary sentences.
In the last few days, there have been historically massive uprisings in Chile. In Santiago, the entire metro system has been closed in protests that have been directed against higher prices for public transportation, among other grievances.