What happened in Venezuela today is so disturbing because it’s yet another sign of the ongoing dismantling of the post-war international legal order—an architecture built in response to Nazi crimes.
1/ It never worked particularly well. It was deeply flawed and often weaponized to serve Western interests. But it did place some constraints on unbridled power. That restraint is now being stripped away.
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"We’ve had enough. We have low salaries and pay too much tax and the combination is creating more and more poverty"
"We are just normal people who are fed up. I voted for Mr Macron last year, but I feel betrayed and I’m angry. I was wrong."
#GilestJaunes
theguardian.com/world/2018/nov… .@NabilaRamdani: "The majority of those I spoke to were part of a forgotten France based in the suburbs of major cities or the countryside. They rely on very low incomes or benefits, and are mainly dependent on their cars to get them anywhere"#GilestJaunes
independent.co.uk/voices/paris-p…