Protest At Mitch McConnell’s House Over Supreme Court Vacancy By Mark Moore, New York Post. September 23, 2020 Protest At Mitch McConnell’s House Over Supreme Court Vacancy2020-09-232020-09-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/mcconnell-e1600879750723.jpg200px200px Above photo: A protester stands outside McConnell’s home holding a sign. AP. NOTE: No matter who is elected in November, we can expect the next […]
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Twenty Days Of Underground Protests By Olesya Orlenko, Struggle La Lucha. September 23, 2020 Twenty Days Of Underground Protests2020-09-232020-09-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/krivoyrog-e1600869694227.jpg200px200px Above photo: Miners protesting underground in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine. Ukraine – “This is not a strike, but a protest action.” Yuriy Samoilov, chairperson of the Krivoy Rog (Kryvyi Rih) organization of the Independent […]
How Police Reform Was Derailed In California By Anita Chabria, LA Times. September 23, 2020 How Police Reform Was Derailed In California2020-09-232020-09-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/la-e1600870074867.jpg200px200px Above photo: People with “I Can’t Breathe” signs and masks attend a protest over the death of George Floyd in Chicago, May 30, 2020. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press. Stall tactics. […]
Make Corporate Landlords Pay The Bills During The Pandemic By Sofia Lopez and Sara Mycklebust, Inequality.org. September 22, 2020 Make Corporate Landlords Pay The Bills During The Pandemic2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/cancelrent-e1600783330253.jpg200px200px Above photo: Getty Images. With fortunes inflated by corporate welfare, wealthy real estate owners can afford to cancel housing-related expenses and debts […]
Modern US Racial Capitalism By Charisse Burden-Stelly, Monthly Review. September 22, 2020 Modern US Racial Capitalism2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bacc-e1600784755926.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Facebook – Save Bethesda African Cemetery. Some theoretical insights. In recent years, “racial capitalism” has ascended across the humanities and social sciences. It has arisen as a conceptual framework to understand […]
The Case For Debt Abolition By Astra Taylor, ROAR Magazine. September 22, 2020 The Case For Debt Abolition2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/debt-e1600785306491.jpg200px200px Above photo: People impacted by human caging debt tell their stories. Debt Collective. “We cannot afford not to rebel.” By turning individual indebtedness into a source of collective leverage, debtors’ unions can exercise […]
Black People’s March On The White House By the Black is Back Coalition. September 22, 2020 Black People’s March On The White House2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bibcmarchonwhitehouse.jpg200px200px Call to Black People’s March on White House!!! Black Power Matters: Down with colonialism! Black Community control of the police! Register for the Black People’s March on […]
COVID-19: On The Decline In Nicaragua As Its Critics Fall Silent By John Perry, Popular Resistance. September 22, 2020 COVID-19: On The Decline In Nicaragua As Its Critics Fall Silent2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nicaragua.jpg200px200px Above photo: INTI OCON/AFP via Getty Images. No country can yet claim to have defeated Covid-19, but clearly some are having […]
Chris Hedges: The Cost Of Resistance By Chris Hedges, ScheerPost.com. September 22, 2020 Chris Hedges: The Cost Of Resistance2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/roger-and-julian-scaled-e1600787950797.jpg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. You can measure the effectiveness of resistance by the fury of the response by ruling elites. Two of the rebels I admire most, Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks […]
Assange’s Removal From Embassy Was Directed By US President By Mohamed Elmaazi, Sputnik News. September 22, 2020 Assange’s Removal From Embassy Was Directed By US President2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assange-1-e1600788609476.jpg200px200px Above photo: From video. Journalist Cassandra Fairbanks has informed the court in Julian Assange’s extradition hearing that Arthur Schwartz, who is known as Donald […]
Report, Monday, September 21: Julian Assange Hearing September 22, 2020 Report, Monday, September 21: Julian Assange Hearing2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assange-lawyer-e1600789832738.jpg200px200px Above photo: Julian Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson arrives at the the Old Bailey courthouse in London on Monday. Frank Augstein / AP. Monday was a frustrating day as the Assange Hearing drifted deep into […]
Julian Assange Trial: Monday, September 21, 2020 By Joe Lauria, Consortium News. September 22, 2020 Julian Assange Trial: Monday, September 21, 20202020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/old_bailey_london-e1600789107495.jpg200px200px Above photo: Old Bailey. US Tries to Undermine Doctor’s Testimony About Assange’s ‘High Risk of Suicide’. Consortium News is virtually “inside” the courtroom at Old Bailey, viewing the proceedings […]
Toronto: Protestors Successfully Prevent Eviction September 22, 2020 Toronto: Protestors Successfully Prevent Eviction2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/toronto.png200px200px Above photo: Peoples Defense TO. Toronto protesters engaged in a tense standoff with police outside the apartment building at 108 Goodwood Park Court this afternoon and successfully prevented a resident from being evicted. Tenant advocates and neighbours of the […]
Life In The US Has The Hallmarks Of A “Low-Grade War Zone” By Patrick Farnsworth, Truthout. September 21, 2020 Life In The US Has The Hallmarks Of A “Low-Grade War Zone”2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/po.png200px200px Above photo: A mailman makes a delivery on September 9, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Santiago Mejia / The San Francisco […]
Portland Protests, The Fire And Organizing Eviction Defense By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. September 21, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Podcast Portland Protests, The Fire And Organizing Eviction Defense2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/portland-e1600725346986.jpg200px200px Portland, Oregon is one of the epicenters of the rebellion against police violence that broke out after the murder of George […]
A Tribute To Kevin Zeese September 21, 2020 A Tribute To Kevin Zeese2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/kz-at-chamber-of-commerce-protest-april-25-2014-e1600688738490.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kevin Zeese. US Activists Remembered in a Virtual Vigil. Kevin’s family has launched the ‘Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund’ in his honor, to be coordinated by family members. Beloved U.S. activist Kevin Zeese was celebrated […]
Chiapas, The Return Of Paz Y Justicia By Luis Hernández Navarro, Chiapas Support Committee. September 21, 2020 Chiapas, The Return Of Paz Y Justicia2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/chiapas.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tila-Chiapas. Terror returned to Tila, Chiapas, hand in hand with the resurgence of the paramilitary group named Desarrollo, Paz y Justicia (Development, Peace and Justice). One after […]
Police Operation Arrests Anti-Racist Organizers September 21, 2020 Police Operation Arrests Anti-Racist Organizers2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/psl-e1600700226926.jpg200px200px Aurora, CO – Police agencies in the Denver area arrested anti-racist organizers in a coordinated assault today. People were arrested in a Home Depot parking lot, at their homes, and after they were pulled over while driving. […]
Greenwashing The US military, Julian Assange, RIP Kevin Zeese By Lee Camp, Redacted Tonight. September 21, 2020 Greenwashing The US military, Julian Assange, RIP Kevin Zeese2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/lee-e1600701951246.png200px200px The weather is getting more extreme by the year and conversations about climate change are growing along with it. So when Michael Moore […]
Call For Assange’s Immediate Release By Lawyers for Assange, Consortium News. September 21, 2020 Call For Assange’s Immediate Release2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assange-feature-e1600702467786.png200px200px Thirteen Former Presidents Urge United Kingdom Government to Immediately Free Julian Assange. Heads of state, prime ministers, parliamentarians, members of Congress, ministers and other politicians demand Assange be set free. Check here for […]
Sweden’s COVID-19 Response Is Nothing To Envy By Eleanor Goldfield, Mintpress News. September 21, 2020 Sweden’s COVID-19 Response Is Nothing To Envy2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/stockholm-e1600701000385.jpg200px200px Above photo: A hair stylist works inside her shop in Stockholm, Sweden. Andres Kudacki | AP file photo. No Socialist Paradise. Eleanor Goldfield reports from Stockholm on how COVID-19 […]
The New Faces Of BC’s Old-Growth Activism By Serena Renner, The Tyee. September 21, 2020 The New Faces Of BC’s Old-Growth Activism2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/torrancecosteemilyhoffpauircedar-e1600689817633.jpg200px200px Above photo: Torrance Coste and Emily Hoffpauir, campaigners with the Wilderness Committee near Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island. Serena Renner. It’s not mom and dad’s ‘War in the […]
‘We Have To Be Ever More Vigilant’ About The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples By Joaqlin Estus, Indian Country Today. September 21, 2020 ‘We Have To Be Ever More Vigilant’ About The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nid-e1600690647492.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesting against pipelines in Canada. The standard in the United Nations Declaration on the […]
What Does A “Safe Return” To School Look Like? By Lois Weiner and Jackson Potter, In These Times. September 21, 2020 What Does A “Safe Return” To School Look Like?2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/school-e1600686441274.jpg200px200px Above photo: Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), speaks August 3 prior to the Occupy City Hall Protest […]