Graffiti on a Tesla dealership sign. Molotov cocktails thrown in another dealership’s lot. Tesla charging stations set on fire. Across the country, the electric vehicle company’s facilities and vehicles are being hit with protests and violence over Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration. A wave of anti-Tesla protests and attacks have occurred as Musk,…
A driver in Carson City allegedly pointed a gun at a demonstrator protesting the policies of the Trump administration outside the State Capitol on Wednesday. It happened just before 2:10 p.m. according to a post from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were notified of a dispute involving a driver and protestors at the Capital…
Backed into a political corner, with a hostile parliament and tanking approval ratings, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol opted for the nuclear option. In a late-night televised address, the beleaguered president and former prosecutor announced he was imposing martial law. “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist…
Jimmy Lai was the chief of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily. Now 77, he’s facing a life sentence in a national security trial in Hong Kong. He was arrested in August 2020 after the intense anti-China government protests of 2019. Jimmy Lai, once one of Hong Kong’s most outspoken media tycoons, has been…
Over 200 activists with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), including artists Nan Goldin and Molly Crabapple and filmmaker Laura Poitras, were arrested for participating in a sit-in for Palestine outside the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, October 14. The action criticized the rising stock prices of weapons manufacturers such as Lockheed Martin, the biggest arms…
Hundreds of demonstrators held a pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, chanting “Free Palestine” and “Long live the intifada” as they protested Israel’s war in Gaza and Lebanon while marching from Pershing Square to City Hall. The largely peaceful demonstration came two days before the anniversary of Oct. 7, when Hamas militants…