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"It's Either Us Or Them': Far-Left French Mayor Calls For Insurrection If Conservatives Win Presidential Election

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3 months ago
"It's Either Us Or Them': Far-Left French Mayor Calls For Insurrection If Conservatives Win Presidential Election

Via Remix News,

If the National Rally (RN) candidate wins in the French presidential election next spring, far-left mayor Bally Bagayoko of multi-cultural Saint-Denis has said it will be invalid, calling for a “popular insurrection” if this were to occur.

One social commentator on X, Alain Weber, posted frankly about the reality France is facing: “Contrary to what the Democrats of this country thought, the danger will not come from Jean-Luc Mélenchon but from Bally Bagayoko, who is the calm face of the civil war being prepared in the suburbs.”

Attached to his post was an interview of Bagayoko with Jean-Michel Aphatie on LCI Direct in which he tells the shocked host that if RN wins the election next year, they will never have “popular legitimacy,” only what he calls “institutional legitimacy.”

The mayor also said that those who attempt to “normalize the far right” are “dangerous,” adding that “if the far right comes to power, which we do not want, we will do everything so that it cannot happen.”

During another interview on Oumma.com, a Muslim community media outlet, the mayor of Saint-Denis also attacked President Emmanuel Macron, the Bolloré group’s media outlets, and even certain left-wing parties, according to Le Figaro.

Blaming Macron for the rise of the far right, Bagayoko stated: “Under Macron, the far right has never been so strong. We’re now at almost 140 racist members of parliament,” calling them all “guardians” of RN’s history and doctrine, according to the portal.

Returning to the theme of inevitable insurrection, Bagayoko told the host: “It’s either us or them… that is to say, the far right,” adding later that he was “firmly convinced that the people will rise up” if RN wins next spring, while ignoring the fact that an RN victory would indicate voters exercised their democratic will.

Warned to “be careful” by the host, lest he “be accused of inciting insurrection,” the Saint-Denis mayor doubled down: “All the important reforms in this country have been achieved through popular uprisings,” he said, citing the storming of the Bastille and the Yellow Vest movement.

As noted by Weber, the danger of Bagayoko is real. “He is manufacturing the psychological conditions for a refusal of alternation, that is to say, quite simply, the conditions for a cold civil war, then hot.”

It is shocking to witness the rise of the far-left LFI mayor and the influence he now wields, when, in fact, he received just 13,506 votes out of approximately 64,000 registered voters in Saint-Denis. 

However, his voice calling for justice for the wrongs committed against those he sees as having been oppressed by France for centuries has been capturing headlines since his election in March.

In a recent example, Bagayoko drew ire from the local state prefect when it was revealed he had removed a photo of Macron, traditionally on display as a sign of respect, relegating it to a corner of his office and, by some accounts, turning it upside down.

“The portrait will remain in its place until the state fulfils its obligations under the Republican Pact, particularly toward the residents of our territory,” he said, presumably referencing Saint-Denis, a town with a population of some 150,000, as their territory.

Whose territory? That, we can suppose, would be of the Blacks and other minorities, as he has called the city “la ville de Noirs.”

We know that when Bagayoko speaks of “eliminating inequality,” any past colonial oppression and slavery are high up on his list, as he sees these as part of today’s problems. However, as pointed out point-blank by Marion Maréchal, president of Identité Libertés, in a recent interview, “Monsieur Bagayoko has a greater chance of being a descendant of slave traders than I do.”

Her comments came in the wake of the cancellation of an event commemorating the abolition of slavery in Vierzon, an RN stronghold. The town, which has only been holding the event since 2006, says the move is due to budget cuts, while many are predictably calling out RN for refusing to honor the importance of ending slavery.

In fact, the issue for many on the right is more complex. “The memory of slavery must not concern only Europeans. The Arab-Muslim slave trade: 17 million victims. The intra-African slave trade: 14 million victims,” Maréchal noted to viewers. She and many others would prefer a commemoration that addressed all wrongdoers, not simply Whites and Westerners.

In March, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that designated the Atlantic slave trade and its involvement in the slavery of Africans as “the most serious crime against humanity.” According to a UN statement, it seeks an order that “confronts historical truth while building mechanisms for equitable futures.”

But many want to know why the issue of African enablers, middlemen, and traders is never called out. “Since the beginnings of the trans-Saharan slave trade in the 7th century, Africans had been selling slaves to Arab Muslims,” and as demand grew from the New World centuries later, ethnic Africans happily met it, wrote Marie-Claude Mosimann-Barbier for Le Figaro last month, in a piece covered by Remix News.

“Long before the arrival of Europeans and the development of the Atlantic slave trade, internal slavery was a structural reality in most African societies,” she wrote.

The question for today is why anyone is welcoming the cries for insurrection from an activist mayor who has shown zero respect for the existing Republic of France — and zero interest in its continuation?

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Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2026 - 06:30
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Bessent's "Suffocating" Iranian Regime Strategy Materializes In Kharg Island Satellite Imagery

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3 months ago
Bessent's "Suffocating" Iranian Regime Strategy Materializes In Kharg Island Satellite Imagery

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's description of "suffocating" the Iranian regime through economic and financial pressure, whether via sanctions or the US military blockade of the world's most critical maritime chokepoint, now appears to be showing up in the data.

New geospatial intelligence indicates that Iran's main crude export terminal has gone quiet, while a separate report suggests seaborne oil exports have effectively been halted for the past month.

The first report comes from Bloomberg, which cited European satellite imagery showing a massive bottleneck developing at Iran's energy complex: no ocean-going tankers at Kharg Island, the country's main export terminal, on May 8, 9, and 11. This marks the longest stretch in no crude tanker loadings since the US-Iran conflict began nearly three months ago.

Kharg Island’s loading terminals were observed completely empty yesterday for the first time since mid-April, despite 19 tankers waiting nearby with ~25M bbl of capacity.

A recent 80,000 bbl oil slick suggests sustained infrastructure damage has halted all crude departures since… pic.twitter.com/6EKKigQghP

— Windward (@WindwardAI) May 12, 2026

Iran continued loading crude throughout the early weeks of the war, using tankers as floating storage after the US Navy effectively blocked ships from exiting the Hormuz chokepoint in mid-April, creating a massive energy bottleneck for Tehran. 

At the end of last week, we reported that a massive oil leak spanning dozens of square miles of water was spotted off Kharg Island. This was based on open-source satellite imagery.

Image source: Soar

"The slick appears visually consistent with oil," said Leon Moreland, a researcher at the Conflict and Environment Observatory, to Reuters. He believes it covers an area of approximately 45 square km (nearly 18 sq miles).

While it's unclear what may have caused it, or the extent of possible damage to Kharg Island's infrastructure or possibly docked tankers, the island has been attacked by US aerial forces in the recent past.

If Kharg Island remains idle and storage capacity reaches its limit, Iran could be forced into deeper oil production cuts.

"To our best knowledge, Iran hasn't successfully exported any crude oil by sea over the past 28 days. Some refined products managed to escape because US OFAC did not slap sanctions on those tankers," research firm Tanker Trackers wrote on X. 

To our best knowledge, Iran hasn't successfully exported* any crude oil by sea over the past 28 days. Some refined products managed to escape because US OFAC did not slap sanctions on those tankers.

In addition, Kharg Island hasn't loaded any tankers since 2026-05-06 as a result…

— TankerTrackers.com, Inc. (@TankerTrackers) May 12, 2026

This very development would support Bessent's claims: "We are running a marathon over the past 12 months, and now we are sprinting toward the finish. They are not able to pay their soldiers. This is a real economic blockade."

Ten days ago, Bessent forecasted that Iran's oil industry may need to start shutting in wells "in the next week" as the country's crude storage is "rapidly filling up."

"Their oil infrastructure is starting to creak," he said. "It hasn't been maintained again because of our decades-long sanctions against them."

Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2026 - 06:30
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The US Has Restarted Jungle Warfare In Panama After 25 Years

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The US Has Restarted Jungle Warfare In Panama After 25 Years

For the first time in roughly 25 years, the US has restarted jungle warfare training in Panama, signaling a broader return of American military activity in Latin America, according to a new Bloomberg feature.

At a rainforest training center near Colón, US troops practice survival techniques, patrol operations, casualty evacuations, and combat drills with Panamanian forces. The environment is intentionally unforgiving—thick jungle, venomous snakes, relentless insects—and soldiers often depend on machetes to move through dense terrain. One Panamanian instructor mocked the Americans’ inexperience, joking, “They’re always cutting themselves.”

The renewed training effort reflects a wider shift under President Donald Trump, whose administration has taken a far more aggressive posture toward the region. Officials have discussed military action against drug cartels in Mexico, increased pressure on governments in Cuba and Venezuela, and repeatedly raised the possibility of reclaiming the Panama Canal.

According to historian Alan McPherson, this approach represents a “coercive, multifaceted new imperialism,” combining military threats with trade pressure and diplomatic leverage.

Photo: Bloomberg

Bloomberg writes that beyond Panama, Washington has deepened military partnerships across the hemisphere. The US has reached new agreements with El Salvador and Paraguay, carried out drone strikes in the Caribbean, and expanded security coordination involving Ecuador. Trump has encouraged regional governments to take a harder line on organized crime, telling leaders they should respond by “unleashing the power of our militaries.”

Inside the Panamanian jungle camp, cooperation between both militaries is highly visible. Troops sleep in the same barracks, eat together, and train side by side. During one exercise, an American soldier explained how a trap designed for animals could also be repurposed in combat: “To trap an enemy, you just use different bait… Maybe some ammo.”

Still, the growing US presence remains politically sensitive in Panama because of the legacy of the 1989 US invasion that ousted Manuel Noriega. While some Panamanians support military cooperation, others see it as a dangerous erosion of sovereignty—especially as Trump continues invoking the canal. Activist José González warned, “We’re ceding national territory, Panamanian territory, to the United States.”

In neighborhoods such as El Chorrillo, where residents still remember the devastation of the invasion, anti-US sentiment remains visible. One mural captures that lingering anger: “We don’t forget or forgive.”

Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2026 - 05:45
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Scientists Intentionally Trigger 8,000 Earthquakes Deep Beneath Swiss Alps

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3 months ago
Scientists Intentionally Trigger 8,000 Earthquakes Deep Beneath Swiss Alps

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,

Scientists at ETH Zurich university in Switzerland have deliberately induced around 8,000 seismic events deep underground in the Swiss Alps as part of an experiment called Fault Activation and Earthquake Rupture (FEAR-2).

The team injected 750,000 litres of water into the ground via two boreholes over approximately 50 hours at the BedrettoLab facility. The quakes were too small to be felt at the surface or cause damage, with magnitudes ranging from -5 to -0.14.

The researcher explained “While some seismic events occurred on the target fault zone, a large number of events took place on neighbouring geological structures activated by the fluid injection.”

Uni researchers are making earthquakes happen under the Alps. Okayyy. https://t.co/EXZIYaGmnm

— m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) May 12, 2026

Professor Domenico Giardini, one of the lead researchers, stated: “If we master how to produce quakes of a certain size, then we know how not to produce them.”

He also noted the advantages of the site: “It is perfect, because we have a kilometer and a half of mountain on top of us… and we can look very close at the faults, how they move, when they move, and we can make them move ourselves.”

He doesn’t seem all that worried about the mountains crumbling on top of him.

Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored setting, as they seek to discover seismicity insights that could reduce risks. https://t.co/GLfbtgewPE

— The Japan Times (@japantimes) May 12, 2026

Researchers say that the experiment, conducted at the end of April, builds on efforts to better understand earthquake generation processes.

They contend that this could support safer deep geothermal energy development in low-permeability reservoirs.

⛰️ Beneath the Swiss Alps, scientists at #BedrettoLab run by ETH Zurich trigger micro-earthquakes 1,000 m underground to study how seismic events start and test geothermal systems that could power our future. ⚡🇨🇭 #Science #Geothermal
More info 👉https://t.co/yw6vfC2k1c pic.twitter.com/EAq4mrH8VF

— About Switzerland (@AbtSwitzerland) October 14, 2025

Researchers emphasized rigorous safety measures, remote control from Zurich, and multiple layers of risk assessment. They also claim that seismicity remained well below levels that would be perceptible or damaging.

🎧🎤💻👋https://t.co/SG9lHN4ke8
⛰️Triggering controlled #earthquakes under the #Swiss #Alps: a revolutionary #project! In this episode, we talk about #FEARproject and #JasonMorganAward with #LucaDalZilio, Senior #Researcher at the Institute of #Geophysics #ETH Zurich pic.twitter.com/xoMtFHxFNm

— Chelonia Applied Science (@CheloniaSwiss) October 24, 2023

This controlled seismic testing occurs alongside other potentially high-risk scientific interventions into natural systems.

Other seemingly bizarre efforts have included dumping 65,000 litres of chemicals into the ocean in a geoengineering experiment:

Experiments to dim the Sun:

Rogue climate groups launching sulfur dioxide balloons:

Insiders at Davos have also discussed weather manipulation:

Such interventions underscore ongoing efforts to manipulate complex Earth systems, sometimes with limited transparency.

The Swiss experiment has prompted renewed discussion around long-standing theories that earthquakes could be deliberately triggered for strategic purposes.

Proponents point to technologies like the U.S. High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in Alaska, which studies the ionosphere but has faced persistent claims of dual-use capabilities for seismic or weather influence.

Earthquake Weapon | HAARP Project

Could antenna arrays situated around the world cause deadly earthquakes thousands of kilometres away❓️

Did Nikola Tesla build an earthquake machine in the 1890's❓️ https://t.co/0OIBY8MZem pic.twitter.com/mIyYOVLV23

— 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐗🐦‍🔥𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍 (@XPHOENIXDRAGON) April 18, 2026

Theorists have cited examples including the 2010 Haiti earthquake, where Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez alleged U.S. involvement via HAARP-like technology.

Similar accusations arose after the 2011 Japan tsunami and the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes, with claims of electromagnetic or underground methods targeting fault lines.

Discussions often reference historical concerns from figures like Rosalie Bertell and books alleging ionospheric manipulation could affect tectonic activity.

While scientists maintain no established mechanism links programs like HAARP to earthquakes, these theories persist in public discourse, especially following major seismic events or experiments like the one in the Alps.

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Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2026 - 05:00
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