What The US Can Learn From Canadian Activists Who Blocked Truck Convoys By Shane Burley, Waging Nonviolence. March 3, 2022 What The US Can Learn From Canadian Activists Who Blocked Truck Convoys2022-03-032022-03-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220303-1.jpg200px200px Above Photo: The Ottawa Community Solidarity rally on Feb. 12. (Twitter / James Hutt) As the trucker convoy makes its way to Washington, Canadian blockades offer lessons on how to stop far-right occupations in their tracks. After several years of far-right insurgencies in the United States, the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s return to public life, few expected Canada to be the location of the next […]
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The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, has reported on Tuesday that it blocked a systematic steal of aircraft components from the strategic aerospace enterprise. According to a press release issued on 3 November by the SBU, the security service has blocked the illegal supply of helicopter engines to Russia. The stolen spare part and engines were exported abroad by intermediaries outside customs control. According to forged documents, the equipment was sold to defense companies from the Middle East and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Special service carried out an operation prepared […]
Ex-OPCW Chief Jose Bustani Reads Syria Testimony Blocked At UN By Aaron Maté, The Grayzone. October 7, 2020 Ex-OPCW Chief Jose Bustani Reads Syria Testimony Blocked At UN2020-10-072020-10-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/jose-bustani-opcw-syria-un-e1602083249152.jpg200px200px At the UN Security Council, the US, UK, France and allies have blocked the testimony of Jose Bustani, the OPCW’s first Director General, on the chemical watchdog’s Syria cover-up scandal. The Grayzone has obtained Bustani’s prepared statement and is publishing it in full. Jose Bustani was invited to brief the Security Council on the OPCW’s cover-up of an investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018. The US, UK, […]
Amsterdam claims the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) was unable to participate in the US’ NATO-inclusive Operation Allied Sky because its US-made F-35 Lightning II aircraft had vulnerable fuel tanks due to pipe damage of unexplained origins, making them unsafe to fly in thunderstorms. “Damaged pipes have been found on F-35A fighters. These are pipes from the On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) in a fuel tank,” read a Friday release issued by the Dutch Ministry of Defense. “All countries with F-35As were advised to avoid flights near storm cells and to protect the aircraft on the ground by a shelter […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080545177_0:0:3076:1730_1200x675_80_0_0_431f74a6e5894171ed6cf0788d014e21.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009231080544908-rains-reign-over-mumbai-again-leaving-city-waterlogged-roads-blocked–netizens-bewildered/ Marking the second-worst series of downpours in 26 years, India’s tinsel town Mumbai has been witnessing heavy torrential rainfall since Tuesday evening. As of now, rainfall of 273.6 mm has been recorded in Mumbai in less than 24 hours, turning city life upside down. Thick clouds and rumbling thunder ushered the torrential rain spells across the Indian city of Mumbai, from posh areas like Colaba to residential neighbourhoods like Bhayandar. Short phases of intense rainfall have also been reported from isolated areas of Mumbai, especially in the early hours of Wednesday morning. […]
As Missouri University reportedly approaches 1, 185 positive cases of the coronavirus, Chancellor and President Mun Choi has blocked students from viewing his Twitter account after they voiced concerns about the school’s handling of the outbreak. It ultimately took a lawsuit threat from one student for Choi to unblock them. The public university, which is conducting half of its fall classes online and the other half remotely, has come under fire from students for what they believe to be unclear guidelines and lackluster protections against further outbreaks at the school. For instance, Mizzou’s administration in a matter of days switched from […]
Bitmain’s appeal to recoup $30 million in alleged lost revenues from Poolin has been denied, Digital Currency Group has acquired a retail-focused exchange and Venezuelan officials appear to have blocked access to Coinbase. Top shelf Bitmain bustA court in China has denied an appeal by bitcoin mining giant Bitmain seeking $30 million in damages from the three co-founders of Poolin, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency mining pools, CoinDesk’s Wolfie Zhou reports. The mining giant Bitmain claims Poolin’s founding executive broke non-compete agreements in starting its BTC mining operations, leading to millions in lost revenue. While the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court found Bitmain […]
…from SouthFront.org For the first time in about a year, Syrian pro-government forces and the US-led coalition found itself engaged in what seems to be direct clashes near the village of Tal al-Dhahab in northeastern Syria. Syrian sources said that on August 17 an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter struck a checkpoint of the Syrian Army in the province of al-Hasakah after the Syrian Army and pro-government locals blocked a US military convoy in the area. According to state-run news agency SANA, the strike killed a soldier and injured two others. It is interesting to note that according to the US-led coalition […]
U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block Stops Administration From Enforcing Regulation Monday’s preliminary injunction from U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block in Brooklyn bars the administration from enforcing the regulation until the case can be heard in court and decided. https://t.co/sAWU7jLBM5 — WTVG 13abc (@13abc) August 18, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Trumps administration’s regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people has been blocked by a federal judge. This regulation, from the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was to have gone into effect today. The Supreme Court had ruled in June that sex discrimination against […]
South Dakota will play host to the yearly Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, with hundreds of thousands of bikers riding to the Mount Rushmore state amid rising concerns over a spike in coronavirus cases. Thousands of bikers taking part in South Dakota’s annual 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will not be granted permission to pass through Cheyenne River Sioux checkpoints, a Native American group spokesperson said on Saturday. The move is meant to prevent access to native tribal sites during the rally but has put seven tribes that make up the Great Sioux Nation in conflict with federal and state authorities, which claim the checkpoints […]
Amazon Workers Blocked Delivery Trucks For Hours By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Vice. August 5, 2020 Amazon Workers Blocked Delivery Trucks For Hours2020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/amazon.png200px200px Above photo: YouTube/Labor Video. A caravan of protestors demanding increased pay and COVID-19 protections disrupted business at an Amazon Distribution Center in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday. Amazon warehouse workers shut down deliveries at an Amazon Distribution Center in the San Francisco Bay Area for several hours on Saturday, demanding the company implement more safety measures to protect workers against COVID-19 and increased pay to reflect the cost of living in one of the country’s most expensive […]
Former CIA director John Brennan is working on a memoir but can’t access his own classified notes. He found this out recently because he is working on a book and tried to access them. It couldn’t happen to a nicer member of the deep state. The Washington Examiner reports: TRENDING: TGP at Tech Hearing: Rep. Greg Steube Grills Google CEO on Why Google Is Hiding Gateway Pundit — Steube Demands Evidence Within 2 Weeks! (VIDEO) John Brennan blocked from accessing classified information Former CIA Director John Brennan, a vocal critic of President Trump, found out he had been blocked from accessing […]
Next, our film’s American cinema release was cancelled and a US TV network pulled the plug on screening it. This was after Trump International had issued a legal threat to anyone who showed the film or repeated Molly’s allegation about her water supply. The threats were enough to undermine our film’s release. Source link
Model Chrissy Teigen has gone on a major Twitter offensive, accusing “sick psychopaths” of inundating her with unfounded accusations she flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane or was involved in some way with his illegal acts. “I have block chained over one million people, ONE MILLION people today and I am still flooded with sick psychopaths. So please, spare me the ‘just ignore them, they’re just trolls,’” she tweeted on Wednesday morning. I have block chained over one million people, ONE MILLION people today and I am still flooded with sick psychopaths. So please, spare me the “just ignore them, they’re […]
At least two protesters were left clinging to a vehicle for dear life after they attempted to block the car from driving through the scene of a protest in Bloomington, Indiana, videos posted to social media show. It’s not clear what provoked the altercation. After a passenger in the car gets out to clear a scooter placed in the middle of the road, a woman can be seen attempting to physically block the car from proceeding any further. The vehicle then takes off anyway – with the woman clinging to the hood. Another protester appears to jump onto the fleeing car from […]
Native American Protesters Blocked The Road Leading To Mount Rushmore By Ashley Collman, Business Insider. July 4, 2020 Native American Protesters Blocked The Road Leading To Mount Rushmore2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/trush.jpg200px200px Above photo: Activists and members of different tribes from the region block the road to the Mount Rushmore National Monument as they protest in Keystone, South Dakota on July 3, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images. Faced off with the National Guard in the hours before Trump’s speech. The Supreme Court ruled in 1980 that the Black Hills — where Mount Rushmore resides — was unlawfully taken from the Sioux people. A group of […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in May. She wants an Army officer who testified at Trump impeachment hearings to get his promotion. Greg Nash/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Nash/Getty Images Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in May. She wants an Army officer who testified at Trump impeachment hearings to get his promotion. Greg Nash/Getty Images An abnormal stall in an otherwise routine promotion of an Army officer who testified last year in the House hearings on the impeachment of President Trump could result in a highly unusual […]
Russian fitness model and former hockey TV presenter Yulia Ushakova has shared photos from a revealing photoshoot which saw her own mother block her on social media platforms. The former professional bodybuilder posed for Russian men’s magazine Maxim, adding that the provocative snaps from the photoshoot three years ago caused problems with her family members. Also on rt.com ‘Worst joke I’ve seen’: Russian fitness model slammed for using medical masks as BIKINI during Covid-19 pandemic (PHOTOS) “This was Maxim cover in March 2017. Can you imagine, I don’t have any copies left. I remember my mom blocked me for that picture,” […]
Chinese opera singer Liu Keqing, currently living in Berlin, uses social media footage to demonstrate his outstanding vocal abilities. The singer has stated that he does not “feel like” he shares a resemblance to the Chinese leader and denies that he has attempted to use his “similarity” for personal gain. Chinese opera singer Liu Keqing has been blocked on the country’s social media, due to his resemblance to President Xi Jinping, The New York Times reported. His Douyin and TikTok account were reportedly blocked several times, although he provided personal identification. Cited by The New York Times, the singer claimed that […]
A judge on Tuesday granted Robert Trump, US President Donald Trump’s younger brother, a restraining order which temporarily blocks the publication of a book by the president’s niece, Mary Trump, titled “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.” Judge Hal Greenwald of the Dutchess County Supreme Court in upstate New York on Tuesday barred Mary Trump and publisher Simon & Schuster from releasing the book, which is slated to hit shelves on July 28. The book, written by the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the president’s deceased older brother, is already charting at number […]
Deep State attempts to hide the fact that Trump and Barr are criminally insane. Good luck with that one. (CNN)The Trump administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to order former national security adviser John Bolton to stop the publication of his upcoming book on his White House tenure, arguing in a lawsuit that Bolton had breached a contract and was risking the exposure of classified information. And there it is: Trump’s Department of Justice is suing to stop John Bolton from publishing his book on Trump. The lawsuit references possible “criminal penalties” for any “unauthorized disclosure of classified information.” pic.twitter.com/3glJ9SiYKT […]
The chief of the Richmond, Virginia, police department told reporters Sunday that Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters set fire to a multi-family home with a child inside while blocking access for firefighters to get through to save the child. Richmond Police Chief William Smith broke down while speaking about the horrible burning deaths of a children after their occupied building was torched by rioters. The chief of the Richmond, Virginia, police department said Sunday that rioters set fire to a multi-family home with a child inside while blocking access for firefighters to get through to save the child. Richmond Police […]
Roddie Bryan of Brunswick, Georgia Daily Beast: Police tried to make an arrest shortly after 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot on February 23 but they were blocked by Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson, two Glynn County commissioners said Friday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Thursday charged Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, with murder and aggravated assault, two days after graphic footage emerged of them shooting Arbery while he was out jogging. Commissioner Allen Booker told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday: “The police at the scene went to [Johnson], saying they were ready to arrest both of them. These were […]