SEPTEMBER 2022 | NO 2209

RUSSIA/UKRAINE

US/ASIA

MIDDLE EAST

Setting the media agenda on Ukraine China/US relations plunge over Taiwan Arab regimes resist calls for democracy Since Russia’s invasion how does the West’s media report unwelcome news? | S HALIMI & P RIMBERT ▶ p9

Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has provoked a new low in deteriorating relations | MICHAEL T KLARE ▶ p11

But a younger and tech-savvy generation may offer hope for future change | HICHAM ALAOUI ▶ p12

FRANCE

1907 strike of Paris waiters and bakers

They fought for decent work conditions, the right to a day off – and a moustache | MATHIEU COLLOGHAN ▶ p14

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Palestine: resistance in spite of growing Israeli nationalism

Palestine, still resisting, against all the odds | ALAIN GRESH ▶ p2 Israel in the grip of hardline religious nationalism | CHARLES ENDERLIN ▶ p4 Does Israel’s policy of small gestures really help Palestinians? | OLIVIER PIRONET ▶ p5 Palestinians make do by living on credit | ABAHER EL-SAKKA ▶ p7 When home is no longer home | SAM BAHOUR ▶ p6