Floridan advocates rallied at a grilled cheese cafe where they argued for the right to not wear a mask as well as the right for people to quarantine at home. Neighbors nearby who are self-quarantined shared their thoughts to those rallying. Click below to watch their rally! Source link
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Two energy companies behind the controversial 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline slated to run from West Virginia to North Carolina, said they are scrapping the project after it has been on hold for years due to legal challenges. In a joint statement on Sunday, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that […]
Seattle Activists Share Their Vision For Black Trans Pride By Manola Secaira, Crosscut. July 4, 2020 Seattle Activists Share Their Vision For Black Trans Pride2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/pride_hero-e1593891323571.jpg200px200px Above photo: LüChi raise their fists to the crowd during the duo’s performance at Taking B(L)ACK Pride at Jefferson Park on June 27. Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut. Pride Month […]
Two women activists were hit by a car last night in downtown Seattle early in the morning on July 4th. The women activists were standing on the interstate at 1:30 AM. The car suffered front grill and windshield damage. The driver was in custody but was not impaired when he […]
Activists Shut Down Cancer-Causing Plants July 2, 2020 Activists Shut Down Cancer-Causing Plants2020-07-022020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/gettyimage-e1593656826888.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters chant in front of the Oak Brook, Illinois, headquarters of Sterigenics in September 2018. Mark Black / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service via Getty Images. COVID is bringing them back. Jeanne Hochhalter has had health […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107237/23/1072372382_0:1207:2592:2665_1200x675_80_0_0_6d9e8e08d944ca9dfdc324237c28b97d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006291079751686-activists-erect-guillotine-outside-jeff-bezos-house-demand-destruction-of-amazon/ Jeff Bezos, the richest human on Earth, has long been the subject of anger amid accusations of overseeing poor working conditions, low wages, and of busting of organised labour movements. Activists protesting outside the purported home of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was targeted on Sunday by activists, who set up a guillotine outside his Washington DC home and called for an end to the “exploitation” of the company’s employees. In front of the guillotine was a sign reading: “Support our poor communities not our wealthy men.” Footage […]
People hold banners at a demonstration in support of Jasic Technology factory workers, outside Yanziling police station in Pingshan district, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, on Aug. 6, 2018. Sue-Lin Wong/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Sue-Lin Wong/Reuters People hold banners at a demonstration in support of Jasic Technology factory workers, outside […]
Activists Charged With Felonies After Delivering Formosa Plastic Pollution To Lobbyists By Julie Dermansky and Sharon Kelly, Desmog Blog. June 28, 2020 Activists Charged With Felonies After Delivering Formosa Plastic Pollution To Lobbyists2020-06-282020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/rolfes-and-mcintosh-e1593357003127.jpg200px200px Above photo: Activists including Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh at “Nurdlefest” held in front of the Louisiana Department […]
The Swedish teen eco-activist, who has posed alongside Britain’s Prince Charles and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, believes that high-ranking figures use her to score political points. Greta Thunberg has put to shame politicians who use meetings with her as a media opportunity. “Presidents, prime ministers, kings and princesses came and […]
Black Activists Expose The FBI Targeting Their Movements By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. June 22, 2020 Black Activists Expose The FBI Targeting Their Movements2020-06-222020-06-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/facial-recognition-software-one-year.jpg200px200px In 2017, a leak from the FBI revealed they were targeting black activists organizing to end racist policies and practices calling them […]
One of the vandals in Thousand Oaks Three men in Thousand Oaks, California were caught on camera vandalizing a Black Lives Matter flag. The owner put up a surveillance camera to catch the vandals of his sign. One of the villains is a sheriff’s office employee. The three men were […]
Police used non-lethal weapons to disperse a crowd of protesters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where US President Donald Trump held a campaign event. BLM activists, meanwhile, threatened Trump supporters with violence. Protesters gathered downtown during and after Trump’s speech. Though the demonstrations were largely peaceful, police occasionally fired pepper balls to […]
The French branch of the climate change movement Extinction Rebellion (XR) used a hose to spray fake blood on the facade of the office of the biggest employers’ organization in the country, accusing them of cynicism. A handful of XR activists gathered at the headquarters of the Movement of the […]
US President Donald Trump denounced Washington, DC police for seemingly doing nothing to prevent a group of activists from bringing down a Confederate general’s statue, calling for the “immediate” arrest of the perpetrators. Videos have emerged showing a group of protesters in the US capital dismantling a statue of Confederate […]
You’re going to just love your new country when it comes to your neighborhood–The far left citizens of CHOP, formerly CHAZ, attempted last night to hoist a giant Black Power Fist statue inside their commune. But the statue was too heavy for the far left activists and feminist allies so […]
Activists Paint ‘Defund Police’ In Front Of Baltimore City Hall By Jaisal Noor, The Real News. June 17, 2020 Activists Paint ‘Defund Police’ In Front Of Baltimore City Hall2020-06-172020-06-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/bmore-e1592410652246.jpg200px200px Black Lives Matter activists are demanding Baltimore cut half its police budget to fund schools and violence prevention programs. Protestors […]
FBI Misled Congress: Black Activists Still Under Investigation June 17, 2020 FBI Misled Congress: Black Activists Still Under Investigation2020-06-172020-06-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/notthreat-e1592411598570.jpg200px200px Above photo: YouTube. By New and Old Extremist Designations. MediaJustice and the American Civil Liberties Union File New FOIA Request Demanding FBI Transparency on Surveillance of Black Activists. As Black activists […]
Food Sovereignty Activists See The Pandemic Crisis As Pivotal For Change By David Bacon, Food First. June 16, 2020 Food Sovereignty Activists See The Pandemic Crisis As Pivotal For Change2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/people-over-profit-by-david-bacon.jpg200px200px Above photo: In Richmond, California on May 1, 2020, Jessica Etheridge, a hotel worker and member of UNITE HERE Local 2, […]
Growing restless under New York City’s ongoing coronavirus lockdown, a group of Orthodox Jews have taken matters into their own hands, using a pair of bolt cutters to forcefully reopen a park shuttered as part of the restrictions. Led by activist Heshy Tischler and a number of state assemblymen, the […]
The black community in the US lives in constant fear of trigger-happy officers who routinely avoid responsibility for misconduct, activists told RT, insisting that real change can only be brought by action, not words and retweets. “We keep hearing about how difficult the jobs of the officers are, but we […]
Howard University law students, from left, Chanel Sherrod, Domonique Dille and Temitope Aladetimi brought handmade signs to a protest near the White House last Saturday. Sam Gringlas/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sam Gringlas/NPR Howard University law students, from left, Chanel Sherrod, Domonique Dille and Temitope Aladetimi brought handmade signs to […]
Zoom acknowledged Thursday that it had suspended three accounts belonging to activists at China’s request. Two of the accounts belonged to U.S.-based activists and the third to a labor leader in Hong Kong. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Zoom acknowledged Thursday that it had suspended three accounts […]
The Police Have Been Spying On Black Reporters And Activists for Years By Wendi C. Thomas, MLK Memphis. June 10, 2020 The Police Have Been Spying On Black Reporters And Activists for Years2020-06-102020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/wendi-c.-thomas-learned-during-a-police-surveillance-trial-that-the-memphis-police-department-spied-on-her-and-three-other-journalists.-photo-by-andrea-morales.-e1591804722582.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Wendi C. Thomas learned during a police surveillance trial that the Memphis Police Department spied on […]