CoronaShock And Socialism By Vijay Prashad, TriContinental: Institute for Social Research. July 14, 2020 CoronaShock And Socialism2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/202000702_coronashock-03_web-feature-5-e1594747554144.jpg200px200px Above photo: Adapted graphic from People’s Medical Publishing House, China, 1977. CoronaShock is a term that refers to how a virus struck the world with such gripping force; it refers to how the social […]
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To Abolish The Medical Industrial Complex By Gwendolyn Wallace, Black Agenda Report. July 14, 2020 To Abolish The Medical Industrial Complex2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/wallace-_845x400.jpeg200px200px Like prisons, healthcare systems are part of the way that empire reproduces itself. “Anti-blackness has not distorted medical relationships and institutions, so much as built them.” The past six […]
When The State Cannot Protect, Civilians Have The Responsibility To Intervene By Mel Duncan, Waging Nonviolence. July 14, 2020 When The State Cannot Protect, Civilians Have The Responsibility To Intervene2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/floyd.png200px200px Above photo: George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis. WNV/Marna Anderson. People can be trained to nonviolently intervene when they witness police brutality. […]
Millions Don’t Have Access To Safe Water In The United States By Holly Secon, Havovi Cooper, and Hannah Jiang, Business Insider. July 14, 2020 Millions Don’t Have Access To Safe Water In The United States2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/flint-e1594753460139.jpg200px200px Above photo: A water tower at the Flint Water Plant in Flint, Michigan. Rebecca Cook/Reuters. A lack of clean water […]
Amid Calls To Defund Police, Detroit Leaders Weigh In On Alternatives By DeJanay Booth, Model D Media. July 14, 2020 Amid Calls To Defund Police, Detroit Leaders Weigh In On Alternatives2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/amanda-e1594758310359.jpg200px200px Above photo: Amanda Alexander is founding executive director of the Detroit Justice Center. When Lisa Carter heard about the death […]
Opposition To ‘Pause’ On Johns Hopkins Private Police Force Grows By Jacob Took, Baltimore Beat. July 14, 2020 Opposition To ‘Pause’ On Johns Hopkins Private Police Force Grows2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/img_7432-1024×768-e1594759470440.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Brandon Soderberg. Abolish, Not Delay. Two weeks after Johns Hopkins University administrators announced what they called a two-year “pause” […]
Bastille Day: Protests As France Gives Tribute To Health Workers By Zoe Tidman, The Independent. July 14, 2020 Bastille Day: Protests As France Gives Tribute To Health Workers2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/pri157864283-e1594749906918.jpg200px200px Above photo: French health workers attend a demonstration on the Bastille Day in Paris to urge the French government to improve wages and […]
The Supreme Court Ruling On Oklahoma Was Welcome, But… July 14, 2020 The Supreme Court Ruling On Oklahoma Was Welcome, But…2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protest-mount-rushmore-e1594745848827.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man faces a row of police as activists and members of different tribes from the region block the road to Mount Rushmore National Monument in Keystone, S.D., […]
Undercover Patriots By Danny Sjursen, Tom Dispatch. July 13, 2020 Undercover Patriots2020-07-132020-07-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/ap20173119683473-e1594677701783.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters fill Boulder Ave. after Tulsa Police fired pepper balls at them after President Donald Trump’s campaign rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Saturday, June 20, 2020. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP. Trump, Tulsa, and the […]
Green Party Nominates Two Workers For The White House By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. July 13, 2020 Green Party Nominates Two Workers For The White House2020-07-132020-07-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/2020-hawkins-ready-to-debate.jpg200px200px The Green Party of the United States held its presidential nominating convention, a virtual convention, this past weekend. The nominees […]
US Blockade Over Cuba Grows During The COVID-19 Pandemic By Abel Gonzalez Ayalon, Cuban News Agency. July 12, 2020 US Blockade Over Cuba Grows During The COVID-19 Pandemic2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/bloqueo-cuba-e1594568170854.jpg200px200px Above photo: A mural in Cuba against the U.S. blockade. Reuters. Havana, Cuba – The US does not skimp on means to stop Cuba’s […]
How The FBI ‘Toppled Presidents’ In Brazil By Brasil 247, BrasilWire. July 12, 2020 How The FBI ‘Toppled Presidents’ In Brazil2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/lula-e1594580171287.png200px200px Above photo: Protesters demanding the release of Lula da Silva with signs that read, “Free Lula.” Amanda Perobelli/ Reuters. Natalia Viana, editor from the respected Brazilian investigative journalism site Agência Pública, […]
Nurse Strike Wave Grows By Mike Elk, Payday Report. July 12, 2020 Nurse Strike Wave Grows2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/nursuunionnbc-news-777×437.jpg200px200px Above photo: Nurses hold a demonstration outside Jacobi Medical Center to protest a new policy by the hospital requiring a doctor’s note for paid sick leave, Friday, April 17, 2020, in the Bronx borough of […]
Seattle: Get Police Out Of Handling Homeless By Joaqlin Estus, Indian Country Today. July 12, 2020 Seattle: Get Police Out Of Handling Homeless2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/seattletents-e1594582726449.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tents put up by homeless in Seattle. Gilfoto, courtesy of Creative Commons. Removals ‘often re-trigger trauma, deepen mistrust between Native community members and government institutions.’ […]
On Contact: Collateral Murder Video July 12, 2020 On Contact: Collateral Murder Video2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/5f0aba8e85f5403b156717ef.png200px200px On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist, Dean Yates, who, 13 years ago, was the head of Reuters’ Baghdad bureau. On July 12, 2007, Yates learned two of his employees, Saeed Chmagh and […]
The Struggle For No Police In Los Angeles Schools: Victory In Sight By Eric Mann, Counterpunch. July 12, 2020 The Struggle For No Police In Los Angeles Schools: Victory In Sight2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protest1-e1594574901861.jpg200px200px On Tuesday, June 23, in Los Angeles, the decade’s long struggle for No Police in the Schools had a […]
Ajamu Baraka: Race, Class And US Protests Today July 12, 2020 Ajamu Baraka: Race, Class And US Protests Today2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/abaraka-e1594571409316.jpg200px200px American anti-war activist Ajamu Baraka has urged the public to stay vigilant against US “attempts to control the narrative” of the Black Lives Matter movement. Speaking at an event organised by […]
Symbolism And African (Black) Men (Mostly) With Guns By Ahjamu Umi, A Better World. July 12, 2020 Symbolism And African (Black) Men (Mostly) With Guns2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/guns-e1594569942902.jpg200px200px The video was circulating endlessly this past weekend. Seemingly dozens of primarily African men (with a sprinkling of women) carrying semi-automatic weapons, marching, and chanting, […]
A Jewish Case For Equality In Palestine By Peter Beinart, Jewish Currents. July 11, 2020 A Jewish Case For Equality In Palestine2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_1376191130-e1594486986331.jpg200px200px Above photo: Separation wall between Israel and the West Bank near Jerusalem. Mazur Travel via Shutterstock. Why I No Longer Believe In A Jewish State. What makes someone a […]
Strike For Black Lives In 25 Cities On July 20 Wins Union Support By Mike Elk, Payday Report. July 11, 2020 Strike For Black Lives In 25 Cities On July 20 Wins Union Support2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/image0-e1589077925675-777×437-e1594489172116.png200px200px Above photo: Sanitation workers in Nola striking over safety conditions. The growing Black Lives Matters Strike Wave […]
Defending Black Lives Means Banning Facial Recognition July 11, 2020 Defending Black Lives Means Banning Facial Recognition2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/surveillance-e1594489812130.jpg200px200px Above photo: We see the videos of the people police hurt and kill—but the surveillance that led to that brutality is often hidden from us. Jon Shireman/Getty Images. What’s happening in Detroit should be a […]
#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives Wants Racial Justice In Medicine By Kim Brown, The Real News. July 11, 2020 #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives Wants Racial Justice In Medicine2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/dly070220_abramson_coats_web.jpg200px200px The healthcare industry has a long and well-documented history of racist treatment of Black and Indigenous people. Now, doctors join the movement for Black lives. Kim Brown: Welcome […]
Let’s Defund The Pentagon, Too By John Horgan, Scientific American. July 11, 2020 Let’s Defund The Pentagon, Too2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/pentagone-e1594491018751.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tom Weber/Getty Images. We must begin moving beyond militarism, as Martin Luther King urged more than 50 years ago. Toward the end of his life, Martin Luther King, Jr., after agonizing […]
COVID-19 Exposes The Weakness Of Capitalism By Richard D. Wolff, Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. July 11, 2020 COVID-19 Exposes The Weakness Of Capitalism2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/health-care-wealth-care-e1594485979198.jpg200px200px Above photo: John Flores. COVID-19 exposes the sham of orthodox economics. A cornerstone of orthodox economics is the idea that capitalists’ decisions […]