Group That Helped Draft Anti-BDS Laws In US Didn’t Disclose Grant From Israel By Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. September 5, 2020 Group That Helped Draft Anti-BDS Laws In US Didn’t Disclose Grant From Israel2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/03/bds-580×433-2x.jpg200px200px The Israel Allies Foundation. There’s been a lot of talk about foreign governments intervening in our political process over the last few years, but some stories certainly don’t permeate mainstream discourse. A case in point […]
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UAE, Oman And UK Tell Court US Seized Their Oil By Haik Gugarats, Argus Media. September 5, 2020 UAE, Oman And UK Tell Court US Seized Their Oil2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/oil-tankergage_roads_fremantle-e1589550521384.jpg200px200px Note: When the US recently seized oil from three tankers it claimed were Iranian, Iran denied the oil tankers and oil were theirs. Now, more of the story about the US piracy is beginning to come out as the UAE, […]
EU And France Call On US To Reverse ‘Unacceptable’ Sanctions Against ICC’s War Crimes Investigators September 5, 2020 EU And France Call On US To Reverse ‘Unacceptable’ Sanctions Against ICC’s War Crimes Investigators2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/icc-prosecutor-fatou-bensouda-left-was-sanctioned-wednesday-by-us-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-right-by-bas-czerwinski-for-pool-via-reuters-nicholas-kamm-for-pool-via-reuters-e1599327575710.jpg200px200px Above photo: ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (left) was sanctioned Wednesday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) By Bas Czerwinski for Pool via Reuters, Nicholas Kamm for Pool via Reuters. US sanctions against […]
Why There Should Be A Pivot To Peace, Not War, With China By K. J. Noh, Pivot to Peace Inaugural Webinar. September 5, 2020 Why There Should Be A Pivot To Peace, Not War, With China2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/us-china-cooperation.png200px200px Speech by K. J. Noh, Journalist, Scholar, Peace Activist given on July 11, 2020 for the launch of the Pivot to Peace Movement. Full Webinar: Pivot to Peace Inaugural Webinar: Why […]
The Opposite Of A Cynic: David Graeber, 1961-2020 By James Butler, Novara Media. September 5, 2020 The Opposite Of A Cynic: David Graeber, 1961-20202020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/david-graeber-speaks-at-maagdenhuis-amsterdam-march-7-2015.jpg200px200px Above photo: David Graeber speaks at Maagdenhuis Amsterdam March 7, 2015. What is the opposite of a cynic? I have been wondering about this question since I heard the news of David Graeber’s death yesterday. I haven’t quite been able to come up with an […]
The US Has Long Led The Assault On Human Rights By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. September 5, 2020 The US Has Long Led The Assault On Human Rights2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/the-us-has-long-led-the-assault-on-human-rights-from-black-agenda-report.jpeg200px200px The historical record on U.S. human rights policies, both domestic and international, is one of hypocrisy, deceit, and denigration. “Europeans on both sides of the Atlantic reconciled slavery with human rights by declaring non-whites non-human.” The idea […]
Venezuelan Businessman Arrested And Tortured At US Direction September 5, 2020 Venezuelan Businessman Arrested And Tortured At US Direction2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/alex-saab-under-arrest-e1599326042981.jpg200px200px Note: Alex Saab is a businessman who was arrested by Interpol at the direction of the United States. Saab is accused of violating the illegal US sanctions against Venezuela for his work to keep the Venezuean CLAP program functioning. The Venezuelan CLAP program delivers food and other […]
Let’s Tell Lies… By Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, Venezuelan Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Relations. September 3, 2020 Let’s Tell Lies…2020-09-032020-09-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/elliot-abrams-testifying.jpg200px200px Above photo: U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams testifies before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Venezuela on Capitol Hill in Washington. By Jose Luis Magana for AP. In the Spanish-speaking world, there is a very peculiar children’s song: “Let’s Tell Lies”. Through the hilarious […]
US Determined To Make Assange Pay For Exposing The Cruelty Of Its War By Vijay Prashad, Globetrotter. September 3, 2020 US Determined To Make Assange Pay For Exposing The Cruelty Of Its War2020-09-032020-09-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/assange-e1595101693166.jpeg200px200px September 7, 2020, Julian Assange will leave his cell in Belmarsh Prison in London and attend a hearing that will determine his fate. After a long period of isolation, he was finally able to meet […]
Connecting Beyond The Height Of Emergency September 3, 2020 Connecting Beyond The Height Of Emergency2020-09-032020-09-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/george-floyd-protest-from-prism-e1599163558734.png200px200px Above photo: George Floyd protest from Prism. Community defense is about organizing for long term security, not just immediate crisis. Three months ago, protests in Minneapolis gave way to a national uprising. Ushering in a new focus on racial justice, the uprisings have challenged the way people relate to one another and […]
The US Expeditionary Kleptocracy By Danny Sjursen, AntiWar.com. September 3, 2020 The US Expeditionary Kleptocracy2020-09-032020-09-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/us-no.-1-terrorist-from-ruptly-e1599164069666.jpg200px200px Above photo: US No. 1 Terrorist from Ruptly. A Banana Republic And Its Banana Wars. According to Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perception’s Index, the US is the world’s 23rd least swindling state. A bit better than Bhutan, but not quite as honest as Uruguay or the United Arab Emirates. So much for “We’re number […]
How Big Corporations Are Draining The Life Out Of A Sick America By Paul Buchheit, Commondreams. September 2, 2020 How Big Corporations Are Draining The Life Out Of A Sick America2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/corporate-greed-is-killing-us.jpeg200px200px Above photo: “If today’s companies were truly offering a fair return to the taxpayers who built their businesses, they’d be doing a lot more to ensure that all Americans have the means to support their families, writes […]
The CIA’s Addiction To The Afghanistan War By Finian Cunningham, Strategic Culture. September 2, 2020 The CIA’s Addiction To The Afghanistan War2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/06/us-soldiers-in-afghanistan-from-al-manar-e1560103032848.jpg200px200px Above photo: U.S. Soldiers depart Forward Operating Base Baylough, Afghanistan, June 16, 2010, to conduct a patrol. The Soldiers are from 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. William Tremblay, U.S. Army/Released. It is America’s longest overseas war […]
Japan’s Slow Rot And Subservience To The US Will Likely Continue September 2, 2020 Japan’s Slow Rot And Subservience To The US Will Likely Continue2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-30-at-11.42.55-PM-150×100.png200px200px Above photo: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (center) speaks to media at his official residence in Tokyo on April 12, 2013. Reuters. Do not judge Shinzo Abe’s Japan by those shiny new structures of the Tokyo Osaka maglev project that will be […]
Hundreds Of Lawyers File Complaint Against Judge Over Targeting Steven Donziger By International Association of Democratic Lawyers. September 2, 2020 Hundreds Of Lawyers File Complaint Against Judge Over Targeting Steven Donziger2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/steven-donziger-speaks-in-quito-ecuador-march-19-2014.-by-rodrigo-buendia-for-afp-getty-images.-e1599076495486.jpg200px200px Above photo: Steven Donziger speaks in Quito, Ecuador, on March 19, 2014. By Rodrigo Buendia for AFP-Getty Images. Note: The persecution of Steven Donziger deserves nationwide attention. It exposes the abuse of power by Chevron […]
US Political Scientists Argue Evo Morales Should Be President Of Bolivia By Vijay Prashad and Manuel Bertoldi, Globetrotter. September 2, 2020 US Political Scientists Argue Evo Morales Should Be President Of Bolivia2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/evo-morales-re-election-sign-e1599077443525.jpg200px200px Three political scientists from the United States closely studied allegations of fraud in the Bolivian election of 2019 and found that there was no fraud. These scholars—from the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University—looked at raw evidence from the […]
NYPD Account In Killing Of Bronx Man ‘Not True,’ Mom Says By Rosa Goldensohn, The City. September 2, 2020 NYPD Account In Killing Of Bronx Man ‘Not True,’ Mom Says2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/ellen-trawick-and-her-son-kawaski-trawick-at-his-college-graduation-in-2013.-courtesy-of-trawick-family.png200px200px Above photo: Ellen Trawick and her son, Kawaski Trawick, at his college graduation in 2013. Courtesy of Trawick Family. Before the start of a Zoom call with the Bronx district attorney’s staff Wednesday, in the sitting room of the […]
US’ Anti-China Call To Arms Has Not Won Over All Of Europe By Jiang Feng, South China Morning Post. September 2, 2020 US’ Anti-China Call To Arms Has Not Won Over All Of Europe2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/chinas-foreign-minister-visits-europe.png200px200px Above photo: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Europe. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour of Europe comes at a time of heavy US pressure for the EU to step back from its dialogue and […]
Is The US Deliberately Trying To Provoke A Military Crisis With Russia? By Ted Galen Carpenter, The American Conservative. September 2, 2020 Is The US Deliberately Trying To Provoke A Military Crisis With Russia?2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/us-soldiers-stand-near-russian-vehicles-in-syria.-by-delil-souleiman-for-afp-via-getty-images-e1599076901449.jpg200px200px Above photo: US soldiers stand near US and Russian military vehicles in the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah (Derik) at the border with Turkey, on June 3, 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images. […]
Rescuers Penalized For Saving Lives At The World’s Deadliest Border August 31, 2020 Rescuers Penalized For Saving Lives At The World’s Deadliest Border2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/rescue-ship-the-louise-michel.-by-chris-grodotzki-e1598888708230.jpg200px200px Above photo: Rescue ship, The Louise Michel. By Chris Grodotzki. The Sea Watch 4 takes on 150 more refugees and continues to wait for Europe to provide it with a port to disembark the rescued. Humanitarian organizations are being penalized for fulfilling responsibilities abandoned […]
Extreme Right In Venezuela Seeks To Sabotage The Election By Katu Arkonada, La Jornada. August 31, 2020 Extreme Right In Venezuela Seeks To Sabotage The Election2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/12/venezuela_hands_off-e1597763660828.jpg200px200px In a little more than three months, on December 6, parliamentary elections will be held in Venezuela. The previous elections were on December 6, 2015 and the opposition gained a majority thanks to the abstention of 2 million Chavista voters who decided […]
Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation By Nelson Maldonado-Torres , Black Agenda Report. August 31, 2020 Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/kamala-harris-with-police.jpeg200px200px Racial liberalism attempts to shape the perspectives of communities of color through narrow ideas of national belonging, Manifest Destiny, and the American Dream. “Every second that liberals wait in finding ways to support community oriented antiracist measures and actions is […]
Trump And DeJoy’s Main Objective: Incapacitate The US Postal Service August 31, 2020 Trump And DeJoy’s Main Objective: Incapacitate The US Postal Service2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/postalsorter-e1598889795187.jpg200px200px What we need now is to see a plethora of other states joining in these lawsuits that are charging Trump and DeJoy with deliberate voter suppression. NOTE: We remind our readers that the Democrats are also responsible for the demise of the US […]
The Day After Election Day By Rob Urie, Counterpunch. August 31, 2020 The Day After Election Day2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/democracy-i-want-real-democracy-not-two-wall-st-parties-e1546300897640.jpg200px200px The view passed down from on high in the U.S. is that elections are the effective and legitimate means of collective decision-making in the realm of the political. Conversely, on matters of war and peace, economic distribution, environmental wellbeing, healthcare, education, housing, and social welfare— the areas where collective outcomes […]
Ten Days Of Climate Extremes By Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News. August 31, 2020 Ten Days Of Climate Extremes2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/california-firefighters-august-2020.jpg200px200px Above: Firefighters work to protect homes surrounding residences engulfed in flames in Boulder Creek, California, on Saturday, August 22, 2020. Dylan Bouscher for MediaNews Group and The Mercury News via Getty Images. From Record Heat To Wildfires To The One-Two Punch Of Hurricane Laura. Around the world, global […]
Know Your Rights – Don’t Talk To Cops At The Airport By John Kiriakou, Consortium News. August 31, 2020 Know Your Rights – Don’t Talk To Cops At The Airport2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/airport-police-officers.-by-teagasc-cc-by-sa-3.0-wikimedia-commons.jpg200px200px Above photo: Airport police officers. By Teagasc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. When an ICE officer stopped me after I got off the plane I knew the harassment was about to begin. But I was ready for […]
DC Police Ramp Up Aggressive Tactics After March On Washington By Jenny Gathright, DCist. August 31, 2020 DC Police Ramp Up Aggressive Tactics After March On Washington2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/police-confront-demonstrators-in-downtown-d.c.-early-on-aug.-30.-this-has-been-a-show-of-force-that-hasnt-been-seen-in-a-while-one-organizer-said..jpg200px200px Above photo: Police confront demonstrators in downtown D.C. early on Aug. 30. ‘This has been a show of force that hasn’t been seen in a while,’ one organizer said. By Jenny Gathright for WAMU. ‘Scary’ Show Of Force. Friday’s March on […]
US Sanctions Russian Institute That Developed COVID-19 Vaccine By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. August 30, 2020 US Sanctions Russian Institute That Developed COVID-19 Vaccine2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/russias-blacklisted-civilian-facility-is-the-state-research-institute-of-organic-chemistry-and-technology-in-moscow.-from-radio-free-europe-e1598730513429.jpg200px200px Above photo: Russia blacklisted research institutes from Radio Free Europe. The US Commerce Department blacklisted a Russian research institute that helped create the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine. Russia won the race to develop the first vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The United […]
Teen Who Organized BLM Rally Billed $2500 For Police Overtime August 30, 2020 Teen Who Organized BLM Rally Billed $2500 For Police Overtime2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/july-25-black-lives-matter-protest-in-englewood-cliffs-nj-e1598800019382.jpg200px200px Above photo: July 25 Black Lives Matter protest in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Emily Gil, 18, of Englewood Cliffs received a letter from the mayor looking for payment of $2,499.26. Englewood Cliffs, NJ – A teen who organized a Black Lives Matter rally in her […]
Health Insurance And The COVID-19 shock By Josh Bivens and Ben Zipperer, EPI. August 30, 2020 Health Insurance And The COVID-19 shock2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/09/healthcare-for-people-150×78.jpg200px200px Because the large majority of nonelderly U.S. households rely on employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) to pay for health care, any economic shock that destroys jobs also destroys access to health coverage. The COVID-19 crisis is one such shock, causing a near-total shutdown of huge swaths of the U.S. […]
33rd Anniversary Of Brian Willson Surviving The US Train Assault By S. Brian Willson, Popular Resistance. August 30, 2020 33rd Anniversary Of Brian Willson Surviving The US Train Assault 2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/07/nicaraguans-celebrate-1979-revolution-july-2018.-by-alfred-zniga-ap-e1598802655343.jpg200px200px Above photo: Nicaraguans celebrate the 1979 revolution, July 2018. Alfred Zinga, AP. Brian Willson Denounces Ongoing US Intervention in Nicaragua. On September 1, 2020, 8:45 am, Brian Willson will speak in front of the US embassy, Managua, […]
Report: White Supremacists And Militias Have Infiltrated Police Across The US August 30, 2020 Report: White Supremacists And Militias Have Infiltrated Police Across The US2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/militarized-police.-image-by-egan-jimenez-woodrow-wilson-school-of-public-and-international-affairs-e1594493461211.jpg200px200px Above photo: Militarized police. Egan Jimenez, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. NOTE: Below are excerpts from the Brennan Center report on right-wing militants in US law enforcement. The excerpts do not include footnotes. See the full report here. The […]
The Many Faces Of The Radical Right And How To Counter Their Threat By Archie Henderson, Open Democracy. August 30, 2020 The Many Faces Of The Radical Right And How To Counter Their Threat2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/charlottesville-unite-the-right-rally-august-12-2017-by-anthony-crider-from-flickr-cc-by-2.0-e1598799023936.jpg200px200px Above photo: Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ Rally’, August 12, 2017. By Anthony Crider from Flickr. CC BY 2.0. We should not assume that the radical right will collapse under the weight of its many […]
Kenosha Unsurprising By Paul Street, Counterpunch. August 30, 2020 Kenosha Unsurprising2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/wisconsin-militia-kyle-rittenhouse.png200px200px Above photo: Wisconsin militia, Kyle Rittenhouse insert. There is little to be surprised about by recent events in Kenosha, Wisconsin given: + The deepening crisis of Black life in the COVID-19 period. + The persistent problem of murderous and racist policing. + The possession of video-capable smart phones by tens of millions of Americans. + The ongoing […]
Kings Bay Plowshares Sentencing Delayed By Kings Bay Plowshares. August 29, 2020 Kings Bay Plowshares Sentencing Delayed2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/04/the-kings-bay-plowshares-defendants-patrick-carmen-martha-clare-in-brunswicks-doing-some-trial-preparation..jpg200px200px The six remaining Kings Bay Plowshares defendants have had their sentencing dates moved from September to October 15 and 16. They had requested a continuance because they want to appear in open court in Georgia and the virus situation there is still too out of control to safely allow it. Steve Kelly has now served almost 29 […]
A Colombian Activist Is Killed Every 20 Hours By the Alliance for Global Justice. August 29, 2020 A Colombian Activist Is Killed Every 20 Hours2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/colombia-peace.jpg200px200px End The Slaughter! Alliance for Global Justice Statement on the Recent and Ongoing Massacres of Colombian Social Leaders and Ex-Insurgents. The Alliance for Global Justice is extremely concerned with the recent increase of violence in Colombia. In our June 16, 2020 action, we […]
Colombian President Duque Authorizes The Return Of US Troops August 29, 2020 Colombian President Duque Authorizes The Return Of US Troops2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/colombias-duque-with-troops.jpg200px200px Above photo: Colombia’s President Ivan Duque speaks next to commanders of military forces in Popayan, Sept. 12, 2019. The U.S. Security Force Assistance Brigade was created to advise and support military operations in allied nations. Colombia’s Defense Ministry Thursday informed that President Ivan Duque allowed the […]
These Six Banks Have Frozen $4.6 Billion Belonging To Venezuelans By La IguanaTV/La Tabla. August 29, 2020 These Six Banks Have Frozen $4.6 Billion Belonging To Venezuelans2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/07/bull-by-arturo-di-modica_sam-valadi_flickr-1024×595.jpg200px200px Above photo: Charging Bull by Arturo Di Modica: “Wall Street icon” the symbol of aggressive financial optimism. Flickr/Sam Valadi. The looting, theft and hijacking of resources from Venezuela has been of great magnitude, six banks withhold under the excuse of […]
Assange ‘In A Lot Of Pain’ Says Partner After Prison Visit By Alan Jones, The Irish Examiner. August 29, 2020 Assange ‘In A Lot Of Pain’ Says Partner After Prison Visit2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/assange-partner-and-children.jpg200px200px Above photo: Julian Assange’s partner and children, Stella Moris (centre) and sons, Gabriel (right) and Max (left) leave Belmarsh Prison after visiting her partner and their father, Julian Assange. Aaron Chown/PA. Julian Assange’s partner has […]
Venezuela: Aggression In October? By Ángel Guerra Cabrera, La Pupila Insomne. August 29, 2020 Venezuela: Aggression In October?2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/venezuela-civilian-militia-being-trained.jpg200px200px Above photo: A member of the Militia of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces teaches a woman how to use a rifle during a military exercise in Caracas, Venezuela, August 26, 2017. Reuters/Andres Martinez Casares. A US-sponsored military aggression against Venezuela could take place before the November 3 elections in that country. […]
Democrats Are Officially Republicans By Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. August 29, 2020 Democrats Are Officially Republicans2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/democrats-and-republicans-one-political-animal.png200px200px Above photo: The Democrats and Republicans are one political animal. The Democrats claim to be the opposition party, but they seek out Republicans, hate the left of their own party, and don’t seem to care if they lose the election. “Biden’s slogan may as well be He’s Not Trump because that […]
The Two Parties Have Failed Us, But The People Can Succeed By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance August 29, 2020 The Two Parties Have Failed Us, But The People Can Succeed2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/ourfuture.jpg200px200px The Republican and Democratic Party conventions showed that both major parties are failing to control the pandemic and protect people, address the climate crisis and clean up the environment, support families and businesses […]
Protesters Gather In ‘Noise Protest’ Trump’s RNC Speech August 28, 2020 Protesters Gather In ‘Noise Protest’ Trump’s RNC Speech2020-08-282020-08-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/protesters-outside-of-white-house-during-president-trumps-speech-at-rnc.-by-ap-e1598644394994.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters outside of White House during President Trump’s speech at RNC. By Carolyn Kaster for AP. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered around the White House on Thursday night for a “noise demonstration and dance party” in an attempt to drown out President Donald Trump’s speech accepting the […]
Lebanon: Inconvenient Truths About Syria, Iran, Hezbollah And The Shia ‘Street’ By Danny Sjursen, AntiWar.com. August 27, 2020 Lebanon: Inconvenient Truths About Syria, Iran, Hezbollah And The Shia ‘Street’2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lebanon-e1597540616777.jpg200px200px This is the fourth segment in the author’s backstory series – “Lebanon: Bellwether, Battleground, and Bastard Child” – in the wake of the August 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion. Check out parts one, two, and three, plus stay tuned for upcoming segments […]
Israel’s Crimes Must Be Met With Arms Embargo By Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada. August 27, 2020 Israel’s Crimes Must Be Met With Arms Embargo2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/10/200714_ash_00-12-e1598541717933.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinians flee to safety as the Israeli military attacks the Shejaiya neighborhood between Gaza City and the Israeli border. Ashraf Amra. Israel’s bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip must be met with an “urgent and comprehensive military embargo,” the Palestinian […]
The Eurasian Century Has Already Begun By Scott Foster, Asia Times. August 27, 2020 The Eurasian Century Has Already Begun2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/trade-is-moving-away-from-us-dollars.-photo-afp.jpg200px200px Above photo:Trade is moving away from US dollars. AFP. America’s obsession with global strategy resulted in neglect at home and the first casualty will be the dollar. In 1997, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote: “Eurasia is the axial supercontinent … It is imperative that no Eurasian challenger emerges, capable of […]
For Democracy And Transparency In The Plurinational State Of Bolivia By Progressive International. August 27, 2020 For Democracy And Transparency In The Plurinational State Of Bolivia2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/bolivia-protest.png200px200px Above photo: Protest in Bolivia. Corrado Scropetta. Members of the Progressive International call on the UN and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to guarantee fair elections in Bolivia. We are witnessing the systematic destruction of democracy at the hands of the de […]
Update On Navalny’s ‘Poisoning’ August 27, 2020 Update On Navalny’s ‘Poisoning’2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/paramedics-load-a-stretcher-into-an-ambulance-that-allegedly-transported-russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-at-charite-mit-e1598283076880.jpg200px200px Above photo: Paramedics load a stretcher into an ambulance that allegedly transported Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at Charite Mit. The Back And Forth About Navalny’s ‘Poisoning’. The case of the alleged ‘poisoning’ of the Russian rabble-rouser Alexey Navalny is becoming more curious. Navalny fell ill on August 20 during a flight from Tomsk in […]
Might Belarus Become The Next Syria? August 26, 2020 Might Belarus Become The Next Syria?2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lukashenko-on-helicopter-arriving-with-weapon-in-hand.-his-15-year-old-son-arrived-with-him.-from-rt.png200px200px Above photo: Lukashenko on a helicopter and arriving with an assault weapon in hand with his 15-year-old son, Nikolay. From Russia Today. Okay, I admit it, the title is rather hyperbolic 🙂 But here is what I am trying to say: there are signs that Russia is intervening in the Belarusian […]
Over 40 Protests Across The UK On #StopArmingIsrael Day Of Action By The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. August 26, 2020 Over 40 Protests Across The UK On #StopArmingIsrael Day Of Action2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/palestine-protest-in-uk-stop-arming-israel-campaign-8-25-20-e1598477244768.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestine protest in UK, #StopArmingIsrael Campaign August 25, 2020. From the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. Hundreds have taken to the streets in dozens of towns and cities to call for an end to the UK’s complicity […]
Wildfire, Hurricanes, Floods And Droughts Quadrupled In Cost Since 1980 By Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News. August 26, 2020 Wildfire, Hurricanes, Floods And Droughts Quadrupled In Cost Since 19802020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fire.png200px200px A new report looks at the price of climate-linked natural disasters and how global warming is making them worse. Lisa Paul was still recovering from the wildfire trauma of 2017 when she experienced a renewed wave of sickening dread […]
Organizing Call: After The DNC And RNC – We Can’t Breathe! By Coalition, Popular Resistance. August 26, 2020 Organizing Call: After The DNC And RNC – We Can’t Breathe!2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/black-lives-matter-protesters-at-tennessee-capitol-building-e1598457232891.jpg200px200px Above photo: Black Lives Matter protesters are seen marching upon the Tennessee State Capitol building on June 04, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. George Floyd’s death set off days and nights of protests as its the most recent in […]
Germany Begins A Universal-Basic-Income Trial For Three Years By Adam Payne, Business Insider. August 25, 2020 Germany Begins A Universal-Basic-Income Trial For Three Years2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/09/basic-income-150×117.jpg200px200px Starting this week, 120 Germans will receive a form of universal basic income every month for three years. The concept of universal basic income has gained traction in recent years, and Finland tested a form of it in 2017. Germany is about to […]
Koch Academic Influence Returns To Massachusetts With New Tufts University Think Tank By Dana Drugmand, DeSmog Blog. August 25, 2020 Koch Academic Influence Returns To Massachusetts With New Tufts University Think Tank2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/tufts-university-e1598364445281.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tufts University by Pete Jelliffe (CC BY–ND 2.0). When a new Massachusetts think tank housed at Tufts University launched earlier this year, Boston-based media described it as a “CBO-like center” (referring to the Congressional Budget Office) that would offer an “independent […]
Are Postal Service Cuts Motivated By Voter Suppression, Privatization Or Both? By Sarah Anderson and Scott Klinger, Inequality. August 25, 2020 Are Postal Service Cuts Motivated By Voter Suppression, Privatization Or Both?2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-1.39.18-PM-150×99.png200px200px Above photo: Members of the Campaign for Postal Banking delivered more than 150,000 signatures on a petition to the U.S. Postal Service headquarters in December 2015. Throughout its 245-year history, the Postal Service has persevered […]
US Sanctions Are Starving Syria By Aaron Maté , The Grayzone Project. August 25, 2020 US Sanctions Are Starving Syria2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/stopusmurderinsyria-e1598365202191.jpg200px200px Leading Syria scholar Joshua Landis on how crippling US sanctions are devastating Syria’s people and hindering post-war reconstruction. In a new article for Foreign Affairs, scholar Joshua Landis and former Obama administration official Steve Simon write that US sanctions on Syria “further immiserate the Syrian people, blocks […]
How The Pandemic Has Sped Up The Passage To Postcapitalism By Yanis Varoufakis, Thoughts for the Post-2008 World. August 25, 2020 How The Pandemic Has Sped Up The Passage To Postcapitalism2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/economic-collapse-from-return-of-kings.jpg200px200px Above photo: Economic Collapse from Return of Kings. Two days ago, something extraordinary happened. Something that has never happened before in the history of capitalism. In Britain, the news came out that the economy had suffered […]
The Irresistible Rise Of The Civilization-State By Aris Roussinos, Unheard. August 25, 2020 The Irresistible Rise Of The Civilization-State2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/vladimir-putin-narendra-modi-and-xi-jinping.-by-mikhail-svetlov-for-getty-images.jpg200px200px Above photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) pose for a group photo prior to their trilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit 2019 on June 28, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. Vladimir Putin has arrived in Japan to […]
California And Colorado: Climate-Driven Transformation Of Wildfires Worldwide By Michael Kodas, Inside Climate News. August 25, 2020 California And Colorado: Climate-Driven Transformation Of Wildfires Worldwide2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fire.png200px200px Wildfires from Australia to Siberia are not just larger, hotter and faster, but burning in areas and seasons where they were previously rare. The wildfires that exploded over the past few days in California and Colorado show clear influences of global […]
Who Benefits? The Navalny Case: Usual Suspects, Actual Culprits By David C Speedie and Krishen Mehta, East-West Accord. August 25, 2020 Who Benefits? The Navalny Case: Usual Suspects, Actual Culprits2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/alexei-navalny-taken-to-hospital.jpg200px200px We are concerned about the recent news relating to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, and believe that it may be another attempt by certain interested parties to worsen the already strained US-Russia relations. […]
Tennessee To Strip Right To Vote From Protesters August 24, 2020 Tennessee To Strip Right To Vote From Protesters2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/black-lives-matter-protesters-at-tennessee-capitol-building.jpg200px200px Above photo: Black Lives Matter protesters are seen marching upon the Tennessee State Capitol building on June 04, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. George Floyd’s death set off days and nights of protests as its the most recent in a series of deaths of African Americans by the police. […]
Police Continue To Repress Protesters In Portland August 24, 2020 Police Continue To Repress Protesters In Portland2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/portland-protests-80-days.png200px200px Above photo: Protesters have taken the streets for over 80 days to demand justice for police brutality victims. August 13, 2020. Twitter @Rebelutionary_Z. Portland Police confirmed that since May, over 500 protesters have been arrested. U.S. Police repression continues in Portland, Oregon against demonstrators who continue to take to the streets […]
Disastrous US School Openings Lead To 2,500 Infections Across 44 States August 24, 2020 Disastrous US School Openings Lead To 2,500 Infections Across 44 States2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/map-of-covid-reports-in-us-schools.jpg200px200px Above photo: Map of COVID reports in US schools, August 20, 12020, WSWS. Within weeks, the reopening of schools across the United States has already become a complete catastrophe. Outside of the mobilization of educators, parents and the broader working class to […]
Pressure On Netanyahu Mounts As Israel Bombs Gaza Again By Steve Topple, The Canary. August 24, 2020 Pressure On Netanyahu Mounts As Israel Bombs Gaza Again2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/netanyahu-protested-e1598295796710.jpg200px200px Above photo: Israeli PM – YouTube and Wikimedia. Additional images and reporting by PA News Agency. Embattled Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been facing pressure at home and abroad amid his government’s continued bombing of the Gaza strip. With protests in both Jerusalem and the […]
How To Remember A Feminist Movement That Hasn’t Ended By Erin L. Thompson, Tom Dispatch. August 24, 2020 How To Remember A Feminist Movement That Hasn’t Ended2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/the-monument-of-elizabeth-stanton-susan-b.-anthony-and-sojourner-truth-would-be-the-first-statue-of-real-women-in-central-park.-photo-credit-monumental-women.jpg200px200px Above photo: The monument of Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth would be the first statue of real women in Central Park. Credit Monumental Women. On August 26, 2020, Alice in Wonderland will get some company. She will be joined in […]
Grand Jury Resistor Jailed For Fighting Federal Repression Against BLM August 24, 2020 Grand Jury Resistor Jailed For Fighting Federal Repression Against BLM2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/freedom-fighters-legal-support-from-facebook-e1598296803483.png200px200px Above photo: Freedom Fighters Legal Support from their Facebook page. Report on grand jury resistor recently jailed for refusing to work with a grand jury. For more updates see Freedom Fighters Legal Support. Madison, Wisconsin – At 3:00 pm, Wednesday, August 19th, Jesse Shackelford, 28, […]
Uribe Called To Testify Over Alleged Role In Three Massacres By Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports. August 24, 2020 Uribe Called To Testify Over Alleged Role In Three Massacres2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/colombias-former-president-alvaro-uribe-e1598284903102.jpg200px200px Above photo: Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe. Uribe Investigated 10 years after receiving Medal of Honor for ‘opposing terrorism.’ Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe is sinking even deeper into legal trouble after the Supreme Court called him to testify over his alleged role […]
Reforms Are Won When Social Movements Inflict Real Costs On The Economic Elite By Justin Vassallo, Truthout. August 24, 2020 Reforms Are Won When Social Movements Inflict Real Costs On The Economic Elite2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/you-have-the-power-to-be-the-change-e1577647608266.jpg200px200px There’s a tendency in US progressive politics to focus on rehabilitating capitalism for working people. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for president had the patina of an “anti-corruption” crusade, giving a populist spin to technocratic fixes that […]
How Co-operative Architecture Shaped Britain By Tess Pinto, Tribune Magazine. August 24, 2020 How Co-operative Architecture Shaped Britain2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/the-co-operative-building-in-stirchley-birmingham.-credit-stirchley-historical-society.png200px200px Above: photo The Co-operative building in Stirchley, Birmingham. Credit Stirchley Historical Society. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Britain’s growing co-operative movement provided an alternative to capitalist business practices – and made its mark on cities and towns with ambitious building projects. Co-operative forms of organization have proliferated in […]
How Much Will Earth Really Warm By? Here’s The Latest Research By Ben McNeil, Science Alert. August 24, 2020 How Much Will Earth Really Warm By? Here’s The Latest Research2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2014/12/Climate-Change-only-thing-bigger-is-the-movement-e1419787543109-150×103.jpg200px200px A major new study has been published – one that gives much more certainty on the extent of future warming we might expect. Along with many other international climate scientists, it was led by my colleague, climate scientist Steven […]
Navalny Was Not Poisoned August 24, 2020 Navalny Was Not Poisoned2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/paramedics-load-a-stretcher-into-an-ambulance-that-allegedly-transported-russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-at-charite-mit-e1598283076880.jpg200px200px Above photo: Paramedics load a stretcher into an ambulance that allegedly transported Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at Charite Mit. Note: The story that Russian dissident Alexey Navalny was poisoned by President Putin did not make much sense to me. The source was a statement from his spokesperson. Of course, the western media and anti-Putin politicians […]
Responding To Voter Suppression, Understanding Manipulated Elections By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. August 23, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter Responding To Voter Suppression, Understanding Manipulated Elections2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/stop-voter-suppression-from-union-of-concerned-scientists-e1598211803467.png200px200px Above photo: Stop Voter Suppression from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Voter suppression in the 2020 election has become a topic of great concern. In reality, voter suppression has been part of US politics since the founding of the […]
Voter Suppression Has Haunted The United States Since It Was Founded By Amy McKeever, National Geographic. August 23, 2020 Voter Suppression Has Haunted The United States Since It Was Founded2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/voting-rights-protest-e1598184134444.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators march through the streets of Winston-Salem, N.C., Monday, July 13, 2015, after the beginning of a federal voting rights trial challenging a 2013 state law. Election law experts say the case could determine how […]
Lenders Deny Mortgages For Black Homeowners At A High Rate August 22, 2020 Lenders Deny Mortgages For Black Homeowners At A High Rate2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/black-home-ownership.-by-shannon-wright-for-nbc-news-e1598104929683.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Black homeownership. By Shannon Wright for NBC News from The American dream while Black: Locked in a vicious cycle. This Black borrower has an outrageous story about his mortgage refinance. When the coronavirus struck the U.S. in early spring, and the stock market […]
Reckoning With Labor Law’s Racist Roots By Marina Multhaup, On Labor. August 22, 2020 Reckoning With Labor Law’s Racist Roots2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/07/farm-fields-migrant-workers_usda.jpg200px200px The Washington Supreme Court is currently deliberating a case that could have major economic effects for our most vulnerable workers while beginning to unravel one long-standing piece of our nation’s white supremacist history. The case, Martinez-Cuevas v. Deruyter Brothers Dairy, has gone relatively uncovered by national media but […]
Antifascists Are Facing Off Against The Far-Right, Backed By Local Cops August 22, 2020 Antifascists Are Facing Off Against The Far-Right, Backed By Local Cops2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fascists-v-anti-fascists-e1598106117369.jpg200px200px Above photo: Fascists v. anti-fascists in Sunland-Tujunga in the San Fernando Valley, CA from Twitter. Every Friday in Sunland-Tujunga, a small neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, just 15 minutes from Downtown LA, a group […]
Banks Have Made $18 Billion From ‘Paycheck Protection Program’ Processing Fees By Collen Boyle, In These Times. August 22, 2020 Banks Have Made $18 Billion From ‘Paycheck Protection Program’ Processing Fees2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/01/jpmorgan-chase-building-nyc_credit-ben-sutherland_creative-commons.jpg200px200px Fees paid to banks eclipse funding allocated to develop vaccines, provide medical supplies and feed children. Whether or not a single job or company is saved through the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), lenders will be […]
The Ongoing US Dominance Of The Dominican Republic By Narciso Isa Conde, Noticias sin. August 22, 2020 The Ongoing US Dominance Of The Dominican Republic2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lus-abindar-with-mike-pompeo-getty-images-e1598106836489.jpg200px200px Above photo: Luís Abindar with Mike Pompeo. Getty Images. The Adventures of Pompeo in the Transfer of Leadership in the Dominican Republic. The U.S. gave particular importance to the inauguration of the new president of the Dominican Republic, Luís Abindar by sending Secretary of […]
Israel Cuts Fuel, Gaza Goes Dark By Tamara Nassar, Electronic Intifada. August 22, 2020 Israel Cuts Fuel, Gaza Goes Dark2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/gaza-flames-and-smoke-rise-after-bombing-2020-e1598107224502.jpg200px200px Above photo: Flame and smoke rise as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 16 August. By Ashraf Amara for APA Images. The Gaza Strip’s only power plant shut down on Tuesday after Israel stopped the transfer of fuel to the territory. […]
Walking The Tightrope: Latin America’s Pink Tide By: Frederick B. Mills, New Politics. August 22, 2020 Walking The Tightrope: Latin America’s Pink Tide2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/pink-tide-daniel-del-toro-e1598107694132.jpg200px200px Above photo: Latin America’s Pink Tide Pink Tide. Daniel Del Toro. Latin America’s Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings, edited by economic historian and prominent Latin Americanist Steve Ellner, offers a critical ethical theoretical framework for assessing the performance of left and left-of-center governments in Latin […]
On Bombs And Bombings August 21, 2020 On Bombs And Bombings2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/israel-bombings-of-gaza-from-twitter.jpg200px200px Above photo: Israel bombing of Gaza August 2020 from Twitter. For a full week now the Israeli army has been bombing Gaza, a population that is about to run out of fuel for its only power plant due to a years-long Israeli program of deliberate siege warfare. Yesterday the US ordered an airstrike on Syrian forces, killing one, when they refused to let […]
The End Of The Hariri Trial August 21, 2020 The End Of The Hariri Trial2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/emergency-personnel-inspecting-the-scene-of-the-hariri-bombing-in-2005.-by-wael-hamzeh-of-epa-e1598031692760.jpg200px200px Above photo: Emergency personnel inspecting the scene of the Hariri bombing in 2005. more than two tons of explosives shredded the armor-plated car of Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister of Lebanon, in a suicide bombing that killing him and 21 others. More than 200 people were injured in the 2005 attack. By […]
Torturing Assange: An Interview With Andrew Fowler By John Kendall Hawkins, Counterpunch. August 21, 2020 Torturing Assange: An Interview With Andrew Fowler2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/julian-assange-court-sketch-e1598032163479.jpg200px200px Above photo: Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in the dock reading his papers as he appears at Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court in London for his extradition hearing. “I love Wikileaks.”– DJ Trump “Can’t we drone him?”– Hillary Clinton Andrew […]
Shrinking The Footprint Of Police: Six Ideas For Enhancing Safety By Center for Court Innovation. August 21, 2020 Shrinking The Footprint Of Police: Six Ideas For Enhancing Safety2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/defund-the-police-demonstrators-in-hollywood-on-june-2-2020.-by-ringo-h.w.-chiu-for-associated-press-e1598033284662.jpg200px200px Above photo: Defund the Police demonstrators in Hollywood on June 2 2020. By Ringo H.W. Chiu for Associated Press. Overview Spurred by the brutal and senseless murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black Americans, people are demanding […]
New York Teachers Union To Strike Against School Reopening August 21, 2020 New York Teachers Union To Strike Against School Reopening2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/teachers-protest-re-opening-from-izod-news-e1597242732951.jpg200px200px Above photo: Teachers protest re-opening from Izod News. Despite Donald Trump’s administration pressure for schools reopening, several states and institutions postponed the resume of learning activities or issued not-in-person strategies due to new spikes of COVID-19 cases. The U.S New York United Federation of Teachers (UFT) […]
Climate Activists Are Closer Than Ever To Ending All Fossil Fuel Investments By Nick Engelfried, Waging Nonviolence. August 19, 2020 Climate Activists Are Closer Than Ever To Ending All Fossil Fuel Investments2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/divestment-protest-at-ny-capitol-albany-ny-e1597806879642.png200px200px Above photo: A group of NY2CL activists met in Albany to chalk pro-divestment messaging outside of the Capitol building when the legislative session began in May. NYYCL. Big Win Against Coal. When New York State […]
Lebanon: The Top Ten Myths About The Country And Its Conflicts By Danny Sjursen, Antiwar.com. August 19, 2020 Lebanon: The Top Ten Myths About The Country And Its Conflicts2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/12/lebanon-protest-e1575811916920.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protest in Lebanon, 2020. This is the second segment in the author’s backstory series – “Lebanon: Bellwether, Battleground, and Bastard Child” – in the wake of the August 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion. Read part one here. […]
The Basic Case For A Wealth Tax By Bob Lord and Lee Price, Inequality.org. August 19, 2020 The Basic Case For A Wealth Tax2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/06/inequality-e1560652979383.jpg200px200px Changes in tax policy since 1980 have been driving U.S. inequality to levels not seen since the original Gilded Age. Reversing that trajectory — and restoring a more egalitarian society — will require a complete overhaul of the changes in tax policy […]
$16.5M Settlement Reached In Class-Action Lawsuit Over Mass Arrests August 19, 2020 $16.5M Settlement Reached In Class-Action Lawsuit Over Mass Arrests2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/police-encircle-and-detain-a-crowd-of-protesters-in-toronto-on-sunday-june-27-2010.-by-chris-young-for-the-canadian-press.png200px200px Above photo: Police encircle and detain a crowd of protesters in Toronto, on Sunday June 27, 2010. Chris Young for The Canadian Press. Compensation for those arrested will be between $5,000 and $24,700. The settlement agreement of $16.5 million comes after 10 years of court proceedings […]
At North Carolina Colleges, ‘Safe Jobs Save Lives’ By Calvin Deutschbein, Workers World. August 19, 2020 At North Carolina Colleges, ‘Safe Jobs Save Lives’2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/unc-protest-for-safe-schools-e1597808235953.jpeg200px200px Above photo: UE 150 organized an action at North Carolina State University in Raleigh on Aug. 6. NCSU, the only UNC System school larger than UNC-Chapel Hill, also reopened for in-person classes on Aug. 10. UE150. At 2:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14 — […]
Canada’s Post-Pandemic Response By Christian Favreau, Canadian Dimenson. August 19, 2020 Canada’s Post-Pandemic Response2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/01/class-war-brewing-e1536692216239.jpg200px200px Socialism For The Rich, Austerity For The Poor And Working Class. Community groups and unions are speaking out against COVID-19-related deficit burden being placed on most vulnerable. Too often, discussions about the deficit are laden with the perceived inevitability of austerity cuts. The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic ramifications are in no way […]
The Supreme Court Dropped The Ball On The Right To Protest By Kia Rahnam, Politico. August 19, 2020 The Supreme Court Dropped The Ball On The Right To Protest2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/militarized-police-attacking-protesters.-by-noah-berger-ap-e1597809491595.jpg200px200px Above photo: Militarized police attacking protesters. By Noah Berger AP. Over the years, courts have carefully updated our speech protections while mostly ignoring the freedom of assembly. Now they may have a chance to change that. In recent months, […]
Tenant Unions For The Future By Hannah Black, Dissent Magazine. August 19, 2020 Tenant Unions For The Future2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/tenant-activists-in-crown-heights-brooklyn-on-july-31-2020-by-scott-heins-for-getty-images-e1597809850742.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tenant activists in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on July 31, 2020. Scott Heins for Getty Images. Calls to rent strike have yet to cohere into a national political movement. But as the economic crisis deepens, tenants’ fates will ultimately be decided by their level of collective organization. With […]
Postal Service Halts Some Changes Amid Outcry, Protests And Lawsuits By Lisa Mascaro and Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press. August 19, 2020 Postal Service Halts Some Changes Amid Outcry, Protests And Lawsuits2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/protest-for-the-post-office-from-saveourpostoffice-e1597810636347.png200px200px Above photo: Protest for the Post Office from SaveOurPostOffice.com. Facing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, President Donald Trump’s new postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery […]
‘What Happens If Julian Assange Dies In A British Prison?’ August 18, 2020 ‘What Happens If Julian Assange Dies In A British Prison?’2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/prison-belmarsh-with-assange-image-e1597681085846.jpg200px200px Julian Assange appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court via video-link on Friday, August 14, 2020. Seen to those in attendance through two flat-screen monitors placed at either side of the west London courtroom, the WikiLeaks founder and former editor patiently sat through the proceedings […]
The Specter Of A Fascist Coup By Trump Haunts The US By Roger Harris, Popular Resistance. August 18, 2020 The Specter Of A Fascist Coup By Trump Haunts The US2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/01/capitalism-harm-good.jpeg200px200px There’s Worse To Worry About. Spreading faster than COVID-19 among those on the portside, warnings of a fascist-style coup by Trump are rampant this presidential campaign season. Should Trump fail to carry the Electoral College, Noam […]
Bolivia: The Scream Of Áñez Out! By Ángel Guerra Cabrera, La Jornada. August 18, 2020 Bolivia: The Scream Of Áñez Out!2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/bolivia-rejects-election-postponement-2-e1597767723707.jpg200px200px Above photo: Bolivians protest the postponement of the election. Áñez Out is the main demand of the current popular protest mobilization in Bolivia. Barely a week ago the demand was: Elections, now! That was calling for September 6, agreed date by the political organizations and the Supreme Electoral […]
UN Ambassador Moncada: US Keeps Plotting To Invade Venezuela August 18, 2020 UN Ambassador Moncada: US Keeps Plotting To Invade Venezuela2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/hands-off-venezuela-crowd-shot-2.jpg200px200px The Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, reiterated his denunciation of the United States’ orchestrating an invasion in Venezuela to destroy the military and political forces of the Bolivarian Revolution. On his Twitter account, the Ambassador indicated that the White House’s war propaganda […]
Coup 53: The Anglo-American Coup Against A Democratic Iran August 18, 2020 Coup 53: The Anglo-American Coup Against A Democratic Iran2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/prime-minister-mossadegh-nationalized-irans-oil-resulting-in-a-us-uk-coup-of-the-democratically-elected-leader.jpg200px200px Above photo: Prime Minister Mossadegh nationalized Iran’s oil resulting in a US-UK coup of the democratically elected leader. On August 19, the 67th anniversary of the Anglo-American coup in Iran, COUP 53 will hold a special transatlantic virtual premiere in partnership with venues across the US, Canada, […]