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Allied intervention lands at Arkhangelsk

đź“… 2 August 1918

British-led Allied forces landed at Arkhangelsk, followed by intervention elsewhere in northern Russia. The operation aimed to reopen an Eastern Front and secure military supplies; it also supported...

Soviet troops occupy Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

đź“… 28 June 1940

Following a Soviet ultimatum, Romania withdrew and Soviet troops entered Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. The move expanded Soviet control and affected Romanian, Ukrainian, Jewish, Russian, and other...

New Baltic assemblies vote to seek incorporation into the USSR

đź“… 21 July 1940

Newly installed assemblies adopted resolutions seeking incorporation. These votes followed Soviet military occupation and political coercion; the Soviet and Baltic accounts of the process remain...

Operation Attleboro begins northwest of Saigon

đź“… 14 October 1966

U.S. and South Vietnamese forces launched a large search operation in Tây Ninh Province. It expanded into a major campaign around War Zone C, a border region with civilian communities and cross-border...

Israeli strike damages power facility near Sana’a

đź“… 16 August 2025

Israel said it struck infrastructure near the capital; Houthi authorities reported damage to a power plant. The event extended the pattern of attacks on essential infrastructure.

Israeli airstrikes hit Sana’a and Al Jawf

đź“… 10 September 2025

Israel conducted airstrikes on targets in Sana’a and Al Jawf after missile launches from Yemen. Houthi authorities reported dozens killed and injured; the totals were not independently verified.

Sainte-Soline protest challenges private control of water

đź“… 25 March 2023

Thousands of activists gathered in Sainte-Soline against a large irrigation reservoir, commonly called a 'mega-basin'. Opponents argued that the project privileged intensive agriculture and private...

Bassines Non Merci mobilizes against water storage basins in Épannes

đź“… 13 December 2020

A gathering at Épannes in Deux-Sèvres opposed large irrigation reservoirs, known as bassines, that store water for agricultural use. Opponents argued that public support for the reservoirs...

A69 highway opponents mobilize near Puylaurens despite a ban

đź“… 8 June 2024

Thousands gathered near the planned A69 motorway route after authorities prohibited the demonstration. Organizers linked opposition to farmland and tree loss, climate impacts and the project’s...

Migrants occupy Collège Guillaume Budé in Paris

đź“… 31 July 2015

People left without accommodation after earlier evictions occupied the disused Collège Guillaume Budé in the 19th arrondissement. Migrants and their support collective asked people to come and...

Opponents return to Bois Lejuc

đź“… 15 August 2016

After police had removed occupants, opponents re-enter Bois Lejuc and tear down a wall erected around the site. The forest occupation links a local land dispute to a broader challenge over who bears...

Anti-GCO demonstration draws residents and tractors near Strasbourg

đź“… 15 October 2016

A demonstration opposes the planned Grand Contournement Ouest (GCO), a motorway bypass whose opponents warn of farmland loss, ecological damage and added car traffic. Local environmental groups and...

GCO opponents begin recurring roundabout occupations

đź“… 17 March 2017

Opponents begin occupying roundabouts each Friday as part of a wider campaign of cabins, marches and encampments against the Strasbourg bypass. The tactics make opposition visible across affected...

Bure opponents hold a “Zombie Walk” against Cigéo

đź“… 15 August 2017

A protest in Bure, framed by participants as a “Zombie Walk,” proceeds despite a ban. Police use force; one marcher suffers a severe injury from a GLI-F4 grenade, according to the League of Human...

Police expel occupants from Bois Lejuc

đź“… 22 February 2018

Police evacuate the forest occupation at Bois Lejuc. The eviction ends a major phase of territorial occupation, while the wider movement continues legal challenges, public gatherings and opposition to...

Authorities restrict a planned anti-Cigéo gathering

đź“… 3 March 2018

A gathering in support of opponents of Cigéo faces police restrictions and force after the February eviction. The episode raises questions about public assembly and policing in a sparsely populated...

Demonstrators march in Bar-le-Duc against Cigéo

đź“… 16 June 2018

Opponents gather in Bar-le-Duc to challenge radioactive waste burial and state support for the project. The march carries the dispute from the occupied forest and village sites into the prefectural...

Associations ask prefect to stop Nestlé water withdrawals

đź“… 6 March 2019

France Nature Environnement Grand Est and local associations ask the Vosges prefect to stop or revise Nestlé’s water withdrawals around Vittel, citing pressure on local aquifers and the priority of...

“Manif du Futur” gathers opponents of Cigéo

đź“… 20 September 2025

A large demonstration in the Bure area links opposition to the repository with a month-long camp and renewed occupation activity. Attendance estimates vary by source; the event signals a new cycle...

Annecy climate march calls for adaptation and climate justice

đź“… 26 September 2026

Climate activists and allied organizations march in Annecy for a funded emergency plan for adaptation and emissions reduction. The call brings together environmental groups, unions and local...

Anti-racist and antifascist march opposes the RN congress in Orléans

đź“… 24 October 2026

A broad coalition marches against the Rassemblement National congress in Orléans. Politis reports a call by roughly seventy organizations; attendance estimates differed, with police reporting 13,000...

Environmental coalition challenges the Vlora Airport plan

đź“… 9 February 2021

A coalition of 16 Albanian and regional environmental organizations challenged government plans for an international airport inside the Vjosa–Narta protected landscape. They argued the decision lacked...

Residents resist fencing at Vjosa–Narta wetlands; Flamingo movement begins

đź“… 23 May 2026

Residents and activists arrived at Pishë Poro beach after fencing appeared on a protected coastal landscape and removed it, according to the community movement’s timeline. The resistance opposed a...

Roma families flee attack at Shishtufinë barracks

đź“… 23 May 2012

Roma families recently resettled at former military barracks on Tirana’s outskirts fled after local residents attacked them and threatened them with guns. The episode exposed how relocation schemes...

Citizens protest hydropower concessions in Lengarica Canyon

đź“… 11 October 2014

Environmental activists and citizens protested outside the Prime Minister’s Office against five planned hydropower plants in Lengarica Canyon. They demanded cancellation of the concessions and...

Blockades disrupt the G8 summit at Heiligendamm

đź“… 6 June 2007

Activists used mass blockades to obstruct routes into the summit security zone, arguing that political decisions affecting the world’s majority should not be made by a small club of powerful states....

Black Thursday: police clear Stuttgart 21 protesters from the park

đź“… 30 September 2010

Police used water cannon, pepper spray, and batons against protesters opposing the removal of trees for the Stuttgart 21 railway project. The confrontation injured hundreds, including students, and...

Ende Gelände activists block coal infrastructure in the Rhineland

đź“… 5 November 2017

Climate justice activists used mass civil disobedience to enter or block coal infrastructure, demanding that fossil fuels remain in the ground. The action drew on the Hambach Forest occupation and...

Hambach Forest occupation faces a major police clearance

đź“… 13 September 2018

Police began clearing tree houses in Hambach Forest as RWE prepared to expand the lignite mine. The occupation had developed since 2012 and linked forest defense to climate justice and opposition to...

Focus E15 marches through Newham for social housing

đź“… 5 July 2014

Mothers and supporters marched through East London demanding “social housing, not social cleansing.” The campaign connected eviction notices to a borough-wide housing crisis and the displacement of...

Climate activists protest new fossil-fuel projects and licensing

đź“… 24 June 2023

Climate campaigners marched and blockaded sites to oppose new oil and gas licenses. Organizers argued that fossil expansion contradicts climate commitments and perpetuates extraction whose harms are...

Anti-racist communities mobilize against far-right attacks and intimidation

đź“… 7 August 2024

Following far-right violence and threats, residents and community organizations organized counter-protests, vigils and mutual aid. Migrant and Muslim communities were not simply the subject of debate:...

Climate justice campaigners demand an end to new fossil fuels

đź“… 21 September 2024

Environmental and community groups organized public actions against new oil and gas expansion. Activists called for a transition that protects workers, Indigenous rights and communities already facing...

Settlers set fire to bulldozers and other equipment at Beita industrial zone

đź“… 9 November 2026

On 9 November, WAFA, citing security sources, reported that dozens of settlers set fire to three bulldozers and several vehicles and pieces of equipment at stone-cutting facilities in Beita’s...

Settlers attack olive harvesters near Deir Abu Mashal as Israeli forces fire tear gas and block farmland access

đź“… 10 November 2026

On 10 November, local sources cited by WAFA said Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, attacked olive harvesters in Deir Abu Mashal west of Ramallah, smashed the windows of two vehicles,...