International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon By Loren Grush, The Verge. November 27, 2020 International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon2020-11-272020-11-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mamzon.png200px200px Above photo: The “Make Amazon Pay” logo projected onto Amazon’s campus in Hyderabad, India. Make Amazon Pay campaign. Demonstrations are planned in five continents. An international group of climate activists and Amazon warehouse workers have launched an online campaign called “Make Amazon Pay,” […]
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Indigenous Activists Are Occupying The Hamptons Until Thanksgiving By Loretta Graceffo, Waging Nonviolence. November 25, 2020 Indigenous Activists Are Occupying The Hamptons Until Thanksgiving2020-11-252020-11-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/hamptons.png200px200px Above photo: Tela Troge holding “Honk for Indigenous Rights” and Shinnecock elder Jennifer E. Cuffee-Wilson holding “This Indigenous Woman ‘I’m Done’” sign at rush hour. WNV/Matt Ballard. As a leader of Sovereignty Camp 2020, Shinnecock attorney Tela Troge discusses why they are […]
Kings Bay Plowshares Activists Pay Heavy Price Resisting Nuclear Warfare By Jonathan Michels, Shadowproof. November 19, 2020 Kings Bay Plowshares Activists Pay Heavy Price Resisting Nuclear Warfare2020-11-192020-11-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/trident-omnicide-e1605830176566.jpg200px200px Above photo: (Left to right) Clare Grady, Liz McAlister, Patrick O’Neill, Carmen Trotta, Steve Kelley, Martha Hennessy and Mark Colville. Photo courtesy Kings Bay Plowshares. Patrick O’Neill gripped the hammer tightly in his hands. The police would soon surround […]
Pandemic Transforms People Into Voting Rights Activists October 28, 2020 Pandemic Transforms People Into Voting Rights Activists2020-10-282020-10-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/dropbox.png200px200px Above photo: A voter places their ballot in a curbside ballot drop box to help prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the Maryland U.S. presidential primary election as other voters stand in a long line waiting to cast their votes in College Park, Maryland, U.S., June 2, […]
Anti-Racist Activists Brutally Arrested In Michigan October 26, 2020 Anti-Racist Activists Brutally Arrested In Michigan2020-10-262020-10-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/shelby6.jpg200px200px Above photo: Anna Van Schaap. Free the Shelby Six . In yet another instance of violent repression against the anti-police movement, several activists, including a Left Voice collaborator, were arrested in Michigan on Saturday and are being threatened with felony charges. On Saturday, an anti-racist demonstration in Shelby Township, Michigan was […]
Following the 2014 coup and the establishment of a military government, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha granted himself sweeping powers to curb opposition. The 2019 election saw the former officer returned to office while opposition groups dispute the legitimacy of the poll. Thousands of activists marked the fourth day of anti-government protests by occupying key areas of Bangkok on Sunday in opposition to a ban on demonstrations. The crowds […]
Red lips, scintillating saris, hair tied up with flowers and chiming bangles, or skimpy dresses paired with heels; sought after at night but ostracized by day. This is the imagery the term sex worker arouses in India. Though legal, sex workers are an outcast community beyond the purvey of government welfare schemes. In a breakthrough decision, sex workers in India have now been listed by the […]
Activists Mobilize To Help Incarcerated People Get Stimulus Checks By Mike Ludwig, Truthout. October 16, 2020 Activists Mobilize To Help Incarcerated People Get Stimulus Checks2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/check.png200px200px Above photo: President Trump’s name appears on the coronavirus economic assistance checks that went out earlier this year. Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Images. For months incarcerated people and their families heard conflicting messages about whether they were eligible to receive the pandemic […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has paid an unexpected visit to a detention center in Minsk, meeting incarcerated members of the so-called ‘Coordination council of the opposition’. The unusual move was reported by local media on Saturday, with a short video from the meeting emerging on social media later in the day. Members of the opposition ‘council’ were detained over calls to overthrow the government amid the […]
Activists Who Fought The AIDS Crisis On Organizing During A Pandemic By Loretta Graceffo, Waging Nonviolence. October 8, 2020 Activists Who Fought The AIDS Crisis On Organizing During A Pandemic2020-10-082020-10-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/actup-e1602192766554.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protestors in front of the James A. Shannon Building, National Institutes of Health, 1990. Donna Binder More than 30 years after ACT UP was founded, their bold activism in response to the AIDS crisis […]
Drop All Charges Against Activists And Protestors By Angela Davis, National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. October 7, 2020 Drop All Charges Against Activists And Protestors2020-10-072020-10-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/ag-e1602082906763.jpg200px200px Above photo: Famed political freedom fighter Angela Davis gives a keynote speech at the NAARPR Re-founding Conference in Chicago. Morgan Elise Johnson/The TRiiBE. I add my voice to the millions here in our country and throughout the world who […]
Conservative critics of South Korea’s government persist in pressing claims of widespread fraud in the country’s April elections, pointing to what they say is new evidence—in the form of alleged electronic distortions and mail-in balloting irregularities—to suggest the country’s ruling party won its majority in the National Assembly with expertise and advice from China. The ongoing controversy comes as U.S. President Donald Trump and his Justice […]
British coal drove the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century but the last deep mine, at Kellingley in Yorkshire, closed in 2015. But now plans are afoot to build a new pit in Cumbria, which could start producing coal as early as 2022. Climate change activists are urging government minister Robert Jenrick to block plans for Britain’s a new deep coal mine, the first to be built […]