Brazil’s Ex-President Lula Speaks Out On Venezuela By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. April 4, 2020 Brazil’s Ex-President Lula Speaks Out On Venezuela2020-04-042020-04-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/lula-da-silva-brazil-venezuela-maduro.jpg200px200px Above photo: President Lula da Silva. Maduro is democratic, Guaido should be in prison, US blockade kills civilians. In comments ignored by English-language media, Lula da Silva slammed the US coup attempt against Venezuela, calling Nicolás Maduro a democratic leader who has supported dialogue […]
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The High Price Of US Militarism Comes Due By Mike Ferner, The Indypendent. April 4, 2020 The High Price Of US Militarism Comes Due2020-04-042020-04-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/bombers-e1586017373519.png200px200px Above photo: A plane and missile storage and maintenance facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tuscon, Arizona. Mouser Williams. Our national priorities have displayed much the same logic as the person who jumped off a 50-story building and observed, “This isn’t so […]
On Market Solutions To The Covid-19 Crisis April 4, 2020 On Market Solutions To The Covid-19 Crisis2020-04-042020-04-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/shutterstock-e1586022297202.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Valmedia/Shutterstock.com. Listening to Trump’s daily press conference, one gets injected with a healthy dose of how market-based solutions are already saving us from the virus. On a daily basis, Trump tells us what a fantastic job he’s doing, then trots out corporate CEOs before the camera, one […]
Here’s What A General Strike Would Take By Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. April 4, 2020 Here’s What A General Strike Would Take2020-04-042020-04-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/general_strike_covid-e1586011484286.jpg200px200px Above photo: Striking building workers raise their fists in salute during a rally in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, 13th June 1936. Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. NOTE: There are many ways to conduct a general strike. This article looks at it from the […]
In an act of appalling hubris, the oil and gas industry is asking the federal government to loosen enforcement of federal regulations on public lands in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Kathleen Sgamma of the Western Energy Alliance, one of the petroleum industry’s primary lobbying groups, was quoted in EnergyWire as seeking one-year extensions for two-year drilling permits and 10-year federal mineral leases, a change that would allow […]
The US’s Wave Of Hospital Closures Left Us Ill-Equipped For COVID-19 By Margaret Flowers, Truthout. April 3, 2020 The US’s Wave Of Hospital Closures Left Us Ill-Equipped For COVID-192020-04-032020-04-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/covid-19-ambulance-e1585838027122.jpg200px200px Above photo: First responders from IU Health Bloomington Hospital pick up a person describing COVID-19 symptoms in Bloomington, Indiana, March 23, 2020. Jeremy Hogan/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images. A couple of weeks ago, as countries scrambled to protect their […]
Coronavirus, Militarism And The End Of An Illusion By the Black Alliance for Peace, Black Agenda Report. April 3, 2020 Coronavirus, Militarism And The End Of An Illusion2020-04-032020-04-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/store.jpg200px200px Above photo: Grocery shelves are empty in Louisiana. WXYZ.com. People are waking people up to the fact that the US state and government does not belong to them but to a capitalist class that is only looking out for itself. […]
Coronavirus, Drugs, And The Future Of Festivals By Emanuel Sferios, DanceSafe.org. April 3, 2020 Coronavirus, Drugs, And The Future Of Festivals2020-04-032020-04-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-e1585932234680.png200px200px Above photo: Lightning in a Bottle, Photo by TheSightsAndSounds.com. “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort, you will not get either comfort or truth.” – C.S. Lewis As the founder of DanceSafe, I have worked in public […]
Scheer Intelligence: Even The ICC Can’t Rein In American Exceptionalism By Robert Scheer, KCRW.com. April 3, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: Even The ICC Can’t Rein In American Exceptionalism2020-04-032020-04-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/icc-e1585934162409.png200px200px Above photo: International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo credit: ICC. The U.S. response to the international criminal court’s decision to permit an investigation into the Afghanistan War highlights the profound danger America poses to the […]
What Planet Are We On? By Michael Klare, Tom Dispatch. April 3, 2020 What Planet Are We On?2020-04-032020-04-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/trees-e1585922290278.jpg200px200px Above photo: Moss-covered Mammoth Tree, from Imgur. In case you hadn’t noticed, the exploding coronavirus pandemic (we’re #1!) has taken a tad of our attention lately and the definition of “the future” has largely become: When will this be over? Not surprisingly, then, much real news about our […]
Federal Health Agencies Block Journalists’ Access To COVID-19 Experts And Information By Gary Schwitzer, HealthReviewNews.org. April 2, 2020 Federal Health Agencies Block Journalists’ Access To COVID-19 Experts And Information2020-04-022020-04-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/cdc_atlanta-e1585844424872.jpg200px200px It is a form of censorship. Journalists trying to cover COVID-19 are not allowed to talk with many federal health researchers or administrators without checking in first with government “public information officers” or PIOs. Sometimes the request is […]
IMF Conditions Emergency COVID-19 Loan To Venezuela On Regime Change By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. April 2, 2020 IMF Conditions Emergency COVID-19 Loan To Venezuela On Regime Change2020-04-022020-04-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/ap.jpg200px200px Above photo: Opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks to union workers and supporters in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Guaido is meeting with unions, rallying support within Venezuela to oust President Nicolas Maduro following his return from an international […]
The National Security State Left Us Defenseless Against Coronavirus By Gareth Porter, The Grayzone. April 2, 2020 The National Security State Left Us Defenseless Against Coronavirus2020-04-022020-04-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/esper-press-conference-e1585846930165.jpg200px200px Responsibility for pandemic preparation was privatized under the Obama and Trump administrations. It’s time to face down the national security state that wasted trillions on imperial wars and abandoned Americans to fight coronavirus alone. Donald Trump’s failure to act decisively […]
Letter From President Maduro As US Threatens Venezuela With War By Nicolas Maduro, Popular Resistance. April 2, 2020 Letter From President Maduro As US Threatens Venezuela With War2020-04-022020-04-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/img-20190315-wa0002-e1585849599833.jpg200px200px Above photo: President Maduro meets with a peace delegation from the United States and Canada in March 2019 where he expressed a desire for peace between our countries but said that Venezuela was prepared to defend itself if […]
Another Tourism Is Possible By Ranjan Solomon, Popular Resistance. March 30, 2020 Another Tourism Is Possible2020-03-302020-03-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/maya-bay-beach-ban-e1585580688534.jpg200px200px Above photo: Maya Bay in Thailand, which has been damaged by tourism. From Condé Nast Traveller. Tourism Alert and Action Forum Statement on Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis The members of the Tourism Alert and Action Forum come from organizations around the world that have joined in solidarity to oppose exploitative forms […]
Update: Statement From Striking Truthdig Workers By Truthdig Staff, Popular Resistance. March 27, 2020 Update: Statement From Striking Truthdig Workers2020-03-272020-03-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/truthdig-e1585358038950.png200px200px Above photo: Screenshot of Truthdig website. On Wednesday night, amid reports that much of the country was going into quarantine indefinitely, Truthdig’s staff received an email with the subject line “Re: Truthdig.” The email was to inform us that Truthdig LLC was being dissolved and that […]
Letter From Truthdig’s Editor-In-Chief, Robert Scheer By Robert Scheer, Popular Resistance. March 27, 2020 Letter From Truthdig’s Editor-In-Chief, Robert Scheer2020-03-272020-03-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/strikersforscheer_3-e1583950310744.jpg200px200px Above photo: Robert Scheer by Mr. Fish. To Zuade Kaufman: I want to register my strongest possible disagreement with your unilateral decisions to bar me from the Truthdig site, close the site, and discharge Truthdig’s employees. Each of your actions represents a violation of Truthdig’s Operating Agreement, which […]
American Suez?: The Costs Of Bombing Iran By Maj. Danny Sjursen USA (ret.), Popular Resistance. March 27, 2020 American Suez?: The Costs Of Bombing Iran2020-03-272020-03-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/suez.png200px200px Above photo: The Suez Canal in 1956, scene of Britain’s first great post-war humiliation. AFP. The ongoing pandemic-proxy-war on Iran may be the Empire’s point of no return. “Suez has not so much changed our fortunes as revealed realities.” – British Prime […]
Rights Of Nature Law Forces Revocation Of Fracking Permit March 27, 2020 Rights Of Nature Law Forces Revocation Of Fracking Permit2020-03-272020-03-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/58dec40a1400002000072b0b-e1585313401291.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Signs in Grant Township, Pennsylvania, oppose a fracking wastewater injection well and advocate for “home rule,” which gives the township broad power to legislate. Keith Boyer, The Contently Foundation. Grant Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania – In an extraordinary reversal, last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) […]
How Artists Are Exploring Radical Economies By Robert Kauffman, Resilience.org. March 26, 2020 How Artists Are Exploring Radical Economies2020-03-262020-03-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/reunion.width-800-e1585273400133.jpg200px200px Above photo: Still from ReUnion film | Image courtesy of ReUnion There are many proposals for radical economies from progressive economists, activists and think tanks. Artists are increasingly joining these debates with speculative proposals and unconventional methodologies. I will explore three art projects here that approach the economies of caring […]
War And Warming By Nathan Albright, VCNV.org. March 26, 2020 War And Warming2020-03-262020-03-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/us-army-photos-59-e1585274305163.jpg200px200px Above photo: US Army Photos. On June 5, 2019, senior intelligence analyst Rod Schoonover spoke before a House Intelligence hearing on National Security and Climate Change. “The Earth’s climate is unequivocally undergoing a long-term warming trend as established by decades of scientific measurements from multiple independent lines of evidence,” said Schoonover. “We expect […]
Doctors Warn Of Gaza Strip’s Collapse By Jack Khoury, Haaretz.com. March 26, 2020 Doctors Warn Of Gaza Strip’s Collapse2020-03-262020-03-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/gaza-e1585273837747.png200px200px Above photo: A man wears a mask in a bakery in Gaza City on March 22, 2020.Reuters / Mohammed Salem. First Coronavirus Cases Surface Medical and human rights organizations call on Israel to lift its blockade of the Strip to boost supplies of medical equipment and protective gear. […]
When Stereotyping Is A Screen For Genocide By Charmaine White Face, Popular Resistance. March 25, 2020 When Stereotyping Is A Screen For Genocide2020-03-252020-03-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/charmainewhiteface-e1585162708928.jpg200px200px Above photo: Pat Lee, Charmaine White Face and Mark Lone Hill are opposing a tribal takeover of the Indian Health Service facility in Rapid City, South Dakota. They are seen here outside of the federal courthouse in Rapid City as part of their lawsuit […]
US Senate’s Final Stimulus Bill: Why It Won’t Be Enough By Jack Rasmus, Jack Rasmus.com. March 25, 2020 US Senate’s Final Stimulus Bill: Why It Won’t Be Enough2020-03-252020-03-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/83011421-e1585147265993.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators protest the Wall Street bailout – Nicholas Roberts/AFP/Getty Images. Just after midnight March 25, 2020, eastern time the US Senate passed a compromise bill of fiscal spending to address the accelerating economic decline. Both Democrat and […]