This Looks Like A Depression, Not A Recession By Steve LeVine, Marker Medium. April 2, 2020 This Looks Like A Depression, Not A Recession2020-04-022020-04-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/unemployment-from-national-film-board-of-canada-getty-images-e1585847355104.jpeg200px200px Note: For the last few weeks economists have begun using the ‘D’ word – depression – to describe what could be happening in the United States and the world. A depression is a recession with mass unemployment that lasts for years. We will […]
Kevin Zeese
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Polluting Industries Cash In On COVID-19, Add To Climate Crisis April 1, 2020 Polluting Industries Cash In On COVID-19, Add To Climate Crisis2020-04-012020-04-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/11/Air-pollution-150×96.jpg200px200px Airlines, farmers and plastic bag makers look for relief amid the pandemic. But the coal industry, and wind and solar energy concerns, lose out in the relief bill. With the attention of lawmakers and government agencies focused on the global coronavirus pandemic, polluting […]
Stop COVID-19 Without Violating Human Rights March 26, 2020 Stop COVID-19 Without Violating Human Rights2020-03-262020-03-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/human-rights-are-not-option-sign.jpg200px200px The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis. We need to take warnings from medical professionals seriously and do everything we can to slow down the spread of the virus and save lives. We must also ensure that governments and corporations do not endanger us further by increasing surveillance, censoring speech, […]
Massive Scandal: FDA Grants Exclusive Coronavirus Drug Monopoly Rights By Julia Conley, Common Dreams March 26, 2020 Massive Scandal: FDA Grants Exclusive Coronavirus Drug Monopoly Rights2020-03-262020-03-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/covid-19-testing-by-joseph-prezioso-for-afp-getty-imagees.jpg200px200px Above: A close up of a test kit for testing for the coronavirus, Covid-19 is seen at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts on March 18, 2020. (Photo: Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images). As healthcare providers across the U.S. desperately attempt […]
The Decade Of Transformation Is Here: Remaking Health Care By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance March 22, 2020 The Decade Of Transformation Is Here: Remaking Health Care2020-03-222020-03-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/img_0351-e1584904727515.jpeg200px200px We’ve been writing for a while that the 2020’s would be a decade when multiple crises would come to a head and we would have an opportunity for major transformations if we were organized to mobilize and […]
Striking Truthdig Staff Respond To Allegations By Publisher Truthdig Staff, Popular Resistance March 17, 2020 Striking Truthdig Staff Respond To Allegations By Publisher2020-03-172020-03-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/on-the-ropes-by-mr.-fish-march-17-2020-e1584483676729.png200px200px Above: On the Ropes by Mr. Fish March 17, 2020. Note: This morning Zuade Kaufman published an “Open Letter from Truthdig’s Publisher & CEO: Breaking My Silence” on Truthdig. OnMarch 11, 2020, we published, Truthdig Employees Stop Work To Protest Labor Conditions describing the strike by […]
We’re In A Recession, And It’s Likely To Get Worse By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance March 15, 2020 We’re In A Recession, And It’s Likely To Get Worse2020-03-152020-03-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/banks_0_1_0.jpeg200px200px The coronavirus epidemic is creating an ongoing teachable moment that could be used to transform the US economy. COVID-19 and the oil war are triggers leading to a recession that has its roots in record […]
Chelsea Manning Is Free From Jail, Faces Exorbitant Fines By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance March 12, 2020 Chelsea Manning Is Free From Jail, Faces Exorbitant Fines2020-03-122020-03-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/manning-speaking-outside-of-the-grand-jury-in-alexandria-va-before-being-incarerated..jpg200px200px Above: Manning speaking outside of the grand jury in Alexandria, VA before being incarcerated. Alexandria – Today, March 12, prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia ended the grand jury of Julian Assange and Wikileaks in which Chelsea […]
Saudi’s Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS By Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold, March 11, 2020 Saudi’s Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS2020-03-112020-03-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/loujain-al-hathloul-saudi-arabian-womens-rights-activist.jpg200px200px Above: Loujain al-Hathloul, Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist This week, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia’s 34-year-old de facto ruler, was on a tear. He arrested members of his own royal family and initiated […]
Coronavirus And Oil War Trigger Economic Collapse By Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance March 9, 2020 Coronavirus And Oil War Trigger Economic Collapse2020-03-092020-03-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/coronavirus-economic-collapse-e1583795732507.jpg200px200px Stock Markets Shrink, Oil Prices Drop Coronavirus Spreads Economist Jack Rasmus published a brief statement at 10:31 pm on Sunday, March 8, 2020: Financial Crash Now Underway!! March 8, 2020 by jackrasmus Here’s what is happening right now: Oil prices falling to $30/bb. (were $45 on […]
Seven Years After Death Of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela Still Resists March 9, 2020 Seven Years After Death Of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela Still Resists2020-03-092020-03-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/hugo-chavez-smiling.png200px200px Above: Note: Two films on Hugo Chavez. The Alliance for Global Justice highlights this film, Hugo Video Excerpts: Hugo Chavez at World Social Forum 2005, at UN September 2006 “We must transcend capitalism. And we need a revolution, there is no other way.” March 5 marks […]
Women Protest Around The World For Equality And Ending Violence And Exploitation By Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance March 8, 2020 Women Protest Around The World For Equality And Ending Violence And Exploitation2020-03-082020-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/pakistani-activists-take-part-in-an-international-womens-day-rally-in-lahore-pakistan-on-march-8-2020.-k.m.-chaudhry-for-ap-e1583708675526.jpg200px200px Above photo: Despite threats, Pakistani activists take part in an International Women’s Day rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Pakistanis held rallies across the country. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry) March 8 is International […]
COVID-19 Is A Classic Example Of The Dangers Of Putting Profits Over Health By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance March 8, 2020 COVID-19 Is A Classic Example Of The Dangers Of Putting Profits Over Health2020-03-082020-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/coronavirus-positive-test-photo-e1583694778566.jpg200px200px Above: Blood sample with respiratory coronavirus positive It is unusual for Popular Resistance to cover an issue two weeks in a row but the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is developing rapidly, […]
French Women March For Equal Rights In Solidary With Women Around The World By Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance March 7, 2020 French Women March For Equal Rights In Solidary With Women Around The World2020-03-072020-03-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/feminist-march-in-paris-march-8-2020-from-twitter.png200px200px Feminist March in Paris declaring their solidarity with women of the world. From Twitter @AudreyHarelLRSY The ongoing protests in France took a new turn today as French women marched for equal rights […]
International Conference Building Solidarity To Stop The US War Machine By Bahman Azaz, US Peace Council March 7, 2020 International Conference Building Solidarity To Stop The US War Machine2020-03-072020-03-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/06/us-bombs-imperialism-from-anti-imperialism.org_-e1583594946141.gif200px200px Cyprus International Conference: Confronting Imperialism’s War Machine — The Global Struggle For Peace, Social Justice, National Sovereignty And The Environment The conference seeks to create a broad, unified anti-imperialist front at the global level. Stopping the US war […]
With Help From US Media, Nicaragua’s Coup-Mongers Aiming For Western Hearts And Minds By Nan McCurdy and Nora Mitchell, Popular Resistance March 2, 2020 With Help From US Media, Nicaragua’s Coup-Mongers Aiming For Western Hearts And Minds2020-03-022020-03-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/nicaragua-novice-reporter-carl-david-goette-luciak.jpg200px200px Above: Novice ‘reporter’, Carl David Goette-Luciak from the Grayzone “How an US anthropologist tied to US regime-change proxies became the mainstream media’s reporter on the ground in Nicaragua.” With its […]
Israel Is Not A Democracy That Meddles In US Elections By Mazin Qumsiyeh, Popular Resistance March 2, 2020 Israel Is Not A Democracy That Meddles In US Elections2020-03-022020-03-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2014/10/ALeqM5iHelRYQPgRdAeerJhRGUybf3-u_w-150×100.jpeg200px200px Note: The article below is from an email by Mazin Qumsiyeh who lives in Palestine. Israel is not a democracy. Half the people living in Palestine (which includes the colonizer apartheid state of Israel) are not allowed to vote […]
The US Is Not Prepared For Coronavirus; We Need To Take Action By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance March 1, 2020 The US Is Not Prepared For Coronavirus; We Need To Take Action2020-03-012020-03-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/d9f0cb5e-e1583102011737.jpg200px200px The coronavirus (COVID-19) is in its very early stages in the United States so it is too early to predict its full impacts. The World Health Organization reports that COVID-19 has stricken […]
Endless Wars Persist Because They Don’t Exist (For Americans) By William J. Astore, Tom Dispatch February 26, 2020 Endless Wars Persist Because They Don’t Exist (For Americans)2020-02-262020-02-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/06/stop-the-war-machine-portland-workers-world-e1582769257330.jpg200px200px Above: Protesters gathered April 21 in industrial Portland behind a banner that read, “Stop the U.S. War Machine,” from Workers World. There is no significant anti-war movement in America because there’s no war to protest. Let me explain. In February 2003, millions of people […]
Why Should You Care About The UCSC Strike? By Nick Slater, Current Affairs February 26, 2020 Why Should You Care About The UCSC Strike?2020-02-262020-02-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/ucsc-students-on-strike-by-stephan-bitterwolf.png200px200px Above: UCSC Students on strike, by Stephan Bitterwolf The ongoing wildcat strike by grad students in Santa Cruz holds important lessons for workers of all backgrounds. Last December, hundreds of graduate students at the University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) voted to go on strike. […]
Seven Jewish Activists Arrested Demanding Biden Skip AIPAC February 26, 2020 Seven Jewish Activists Arrested Demanding Biden Skip AIPAC2020-02-262020-02-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/aipac-protest-at-biden-headquarters-2-25-20-e1582729698660.png200px200px Above #SkipAIPAC protest at Biden headquarters February 25, 2020 by Yonah Lieberman Note: IfNotNow.org is uring candidates seeking the presidential nomination to not attend the AIPAC meeting. Before the South Carolina debate, they protested former Vice President Joe Biden at one of his campaign offices and seven […]
Los Angeles To Dismiss 60,000 Felony Marijuana Convictions February 25, 2020 Los Angeles To Dismiss 60,000 Felony Marijuana Convictions2020-02-252020-02-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/cannabis-is-a-crime-e1582643785317.png200px200px The Office of the District Attorney for Los Angeles County (population: 10 million) has announced that it will be dismissing an estimated 66,000 marijuana convictions. Some 53,000 people are anticipated to have their records expunged. Nearly 60,000 of the cases under review are marijuana-related felony convictions, some of which […]
Extradition Hearing Against Julian Assange Begins Amid Protests And False Claims By US Government By Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance February 24, 2020 Extradition Hearing Against Julian Assange Begins Amid Protests And False Claims By US Government2020-02-242020-02-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/free-assange-graffitti-outside-westminister-magistrates-court-in-london.-by-kristy-wigglesworthy-ap..jpg200px200px Above: A pedestrian passes pro-Assange graffiti outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) In what has been described by many as the most important case for Freedom of […]
No Weapon Left Behind: The American Hybrid War On China By Pepe Escobar, Strategic Culture February 23, 2020 No Weapon Left Behind: The American Hybrid War On China2020-02-232020-02-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/chnias-bele-and-road-initiative-map-e1582461888483.jpg200px200px The New Silk Roads – or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – were launched by President Xi Jinping in 2013, first in Central Asia (Nur-Sultan) and then Southeast Asia (Jakarta). One year later, the Chinese economy overtook the […]