The most well-known problem with lesser-evil, two-party, winner-take-all elections, at least in a system of legalized bribery and corporate-state media, is the absence of virtually any really good candidates. Naturally this results in (or is at least one major cause of) the tendency of many to not vote at all — with the United States claiming a lower voter turnout than many other countries it loves to look down on. But the most serious problem is the tendency of those voters who do vote to nonetheless identify themselves with one of the lousy candidates and parties and its statements and actions year-in-and-year-out so […]
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Above Photo: A woman from the Matagalpa’s Rural Women’s Cooperative of the Rural Workers’ Association (ATC) shucks corn. Friends of the ATC. Erika Takeo and Rohan Rice reflect on the advancement of women in Nicaragua since the Sandinista revolution. “Throughout Central America, women are actively mobilizing for their rights; the crucial difference in Nicaragua is that the new government has a commitment to support them. The challenges they face are similar to those faced by each of the neighboring republics – but only in Nicaragua have concrete opportunities for change arisen.” – Helen Collinson et al., ‘Women and Revolution in Nicaragua’ […]
Above Photo: The Jewish Youth Climate Movement, with support from the interfaith organization GreenFaith, led a non-violent civil disobedience action on October 18, 2021 outside of BlackRock’s New York headquarters to demand the global asset management firm stop funding the fossil fuel industry. Police arrested at least nine people -including three rabbis- who were demonstrating as part of the protest against BlackRock. Erik McGregor. There’s less than a week to go until COP26, the United Nations climate conference which some are calling the most important yet. As folks across the globe make their way to Glasgow, pressure is mounting to hold […]
Above Photo: Devastation in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, October 11, 2019. (Anya Douglas / Shutterstock.com) The climate crisis is posing an existential threat to the Caribbean — labor unions have a crucial role to play in preventing and preparing for impending disasters. In 2017, Hurricane Maria raged across the Caribbean island of Dominica, leaving 31 people dead with many more still missing to this day. When the hurricane had passed, island residents were left to contend with widespread infrastructural damage and economic instability. Life as Dominicans knew it, would never be the same again. In the wake of […]
The US Out of Africa Network, which is coordinated by the Black Alliance for Peace, launched a month of action on October 1, the 13th anniversary of the launch of AFRICOM (the US’ Africa command) to educate the public about what AFRICOM is doing and to build the movement against US imperialism on the African continent. Clearing the FOG speaks with Tunde Osazua, who organizes the network, about the harm the US is doing on the continent such as the increase in violence and terrorist acts against the people as well as supporting coups and an economic war. What the US […]
In his recent article, “America’s Fate: Oligarchy or Autocracy,” Chris Hedges writes that bankrupt liberals have sold out to the oligarchic class to try to prevent an autocracy from rising but that is actually creating the conditions for autocracy. Hedges speaks with Clearing the FOG about the lessons from the Occupy movement – he was involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City and the occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC in 2011 – and why we must build a militant movement now to confront and hold power accountable. He explains how power works, including the role […]
Ten years ago, prominent activists and a variety of organizations came together early in the year to organize the October2011 Movement, styled on the occupations of space that were occurring during the Arab Spring and in capitals across the United States. That movement merged with the Occupy Movement when it was announced later that year. Clearing the FOG speaks with Bill Moyer of the Backbone Campaign, one of the organizers of October2011, about what was happening at the time, the occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC and the impact the Occupy Movement had on activism in the United States. Moyer […]
GM Defense, a General Motors division launched in 2017, announced that it has started renovations of an existing GM building to support the production of the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV), a light and agile all-terrain troop carrier intended to transport a nine-Soldier infantry squad. According to the company, the facility, located in Concord, North Carolina, will produce ISVs for the U.S. Army as part of a $214.3 million contract awarded to GM Defense in June 2020. GM Defense celebrated the delivery of its first ISVs to the U.S. Army in October of the same year, just 120 days from contract award. […]
Blockchains: Building Blocks Of A Post-Capitalist Future? By Hannes Gerhardt, ROAR Magazine. November 9, 2020 Blockchains: Building Blocks Of A Post-Capitalist Future?2020-11-092020-11-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/overcoming-market-e1604941815736.jpg200px200px Above photo: Zoran Svilar. Finding the political power to pursue a more just and sustainable economy is the hard part, but the tools to effectively execute such an economy are developing quickly. On a small boat off the coast of Thailand fishermen take stock of their haul for the day. They whip out a phone, open an app and record essential information regarding the amount of fish caught, the location, the time and under what conditions. This is uploaded […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010171080801130-supporters-of-iraqs-pmf-attack-kurdistan-democratic-party-building-in-baghdad—photos-videos/ CAIRO (Sputnik) – Supporters of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Front (PMF), an Iran-backed conglomeration of Shia militias, attacked and set fire to the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Baghdad over comments made by a Kurdish leader, media reported. Images shared by national broadcaster al-Sumaria TV showed supporters of PMF gathering outside the building as smoke billowed. They held up images of Shia figures, including US-assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. According to the broadcaster, the attack came as a result of statements by prominent Kurdish leader Hoshyar Zubari implicating the PMF for rocket […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain have expressed concern about Israel’s plans to built nearly 5,000 housing units in the occupied West Bank and called on Tel Aviv to stop all settlement-related activities in the region, according to the joint communique by the foreign ministries of these states. “We are deeply concerned by the decision taken by the Israeli authorities to advance more than 4,900 settlement building units in the occupied West Bank. The expansion of settlements violates international law and further imperils the viability of a two-state solution to bring about a just and lasting […]
People protest beside the parliament building in Bishkek, which also houses the offices of Kyrgyzstan’s president, during protests on Monday. Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images People protest beside the parliament building in Bishkek, which also houses the offices of Kyrgyzstan’s president, during protests on Monday. Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images Protesters in Kyrgyzstan, angered by weekend elections they say were rigged, seized and ransacked the country’s parliament building, briefly setting part of it on fire early Tuesday, according to local news reports. In video posted to social media, a mob can be […]
Restaurant Workers Are Building Solidarity Amid The Pandemic By Alice Herman, In These Times. October 2, 2020 Restaurant Workers Are Building Solidarity Amid The Pandemic2020-10-022020-10-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/rest-e1601665058621.jpg200px200px Above photo: Augie’s Coffee, a coffee chain in the Inland Empire of California, laid off 54 employees during the pandemic only a week after workers announced they would unionize, leading employees to stage a strike in July. Members of the Augie’s Union are part of a growing number of movements, like the Pie Hole Workers Union, to organize restaurant workers. Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times via Getty mages. When workers at a pizza joint refused to train the people […]
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As decentralized finance (DeFi) balloons to a roughly $10 billion market, infrastructure builders are coming up with ways to reduce the associated risks. Announced Wednesday, wallet and custodial technology provider Trustology has added a “DeFi Firewall” to its suite of institutional-investment tools. The “Firewall” is basically a set of rules or filters selected by a fund, specifying which DeFi protocols or decentralized exchanges they consider kosher. With DeFi’s liquidity mining opportunities driving adoption and demand, investors from a more traditional or institutional background want some of this action. At the same time, they have to be able to show that funds […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/16/1080532427_0:6:3072:1734_1200x675_80_0_0_ac17cdaa93ee23c18b3501c8061f1e01.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009221080532199-death-toll-from-building-collapse-in-india-swells-to-20-as-rescue-efforts-continue-for-over-24/ In the early hours of Monday, a three-storey residential building in Bhiwandi, a city near Mumbai in India’s Maharashtra state collapsed, leaving many people under the rubble. In the day since a building crumbled in the Indian state of Maharashtra near Mumbai, the death toll in the incident has risen to 20. The deceased include eight children aged between 2 and 14. The incident occurred in Bhiwandi, a city of over 700 thousand people approximately 15 km away from Mumbai. Around 20-25 people are still feared trapped under the debris, with […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States is building a coalition against the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview. “We hope that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline won’t be completed. We’re working to make sure we build out a coalition that prevents that from happening,” Pompeo told Bild on Monday. The United States has opposed the natural gas pipeline since its inception, arguing that it would lead to a European overdependence on Russian gas and thus pose a risk to European security. The US campaign against Nord Stream 2 intensified after the […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US-Cyprus agreement to construct a new regional border security training center on the island will not contribute to peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, Spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hami Aksoy said. “The steps taken by the US, such as lifting the arms embargo on the Greek Cypriot Administration and including the Greek side in the military training program disrupt the balance between the two peoples on the island and increase tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Aksoy said. The spokesperson said that the US actions will not contribute to reaching a compromise on […]
On Friday night, Bill Maher returned to his Real Time studio for the first time since the lockdowns started. He performed in front of a tested, masked, scaled-down, and socially-distanced crowd—in lieu of his giant L.A. backyard. “Boy, I picked a good week to get back to the studio with people because the forecast on my phone today said: smoke. Tomorrow’s forecast? Blade Runner,” Maher said of the horrific wildfires ravaging California and Oregon. Then he segued to his favorite target. “And President Trump has been monitoring the fires very closely. He said his heart goes out to the insurance […]
Staff Refuse To Enter Unsafe School Building By District 75 P352X Special Education Staff, Popular Resistance. September 10, 2020 Staff Refuse To Enter Unsafe School Building2020-09-102020-09-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/schools-e1599739012880.jpg200px200px Above photo: Twitter. NOTE: CBS News reports: Yellow water. Dead roaches. Dusty desks. That’s how teachers at a Crown Heights school for children with special needs were welcomed back Tuesday. “It just looked dirty, like we left it in March,” special ed teacher Mark John said. “Your anxiety goes up.” So after finding bathrooms lacked soap and promised PPE was not available, teachers worked outside. However, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza claimed only a handful of schools were affected. […]
Actress Jane Lynch, a vocal Democrat supporter, invoked ire on Twitter after she suggested a US Senate building should be named after the late Senator John McCain – a Republican anti-Trump icon. The ‘Party Down’ star tweeted late on Monday that “as soon as the nightmare” of the Donald Trump presidency is over, “the Senate building” should be renamed after the politician who died in 2018 following a brain cancer diagnosis. As soon as the nightmare is over please let’s rename the Senate building for John McCain. — Jane Lynch (@janemarielynch) September 8, 2020 Lynch did not specify whether by “the […]
A movement calling to “defund the police” seeks to reduce the amount of financing for law enforcement and for the dismantling of police departments amid nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States. The Michigan Republican Party said its headquarters in the city of Lansing was vandalised with “radical anti-police statements”, posting photos of graffiti on the walls of the buildings that say “f**k police”, “f**k you”, “abolish the police” and more. A party tweet stated that “we will not be intimidated”, promising to continue to work so that the incumbent US […]
Chadwick Boseman’s hometown is already working on a statue dedicated to the late actor—but it will not replace the Confederate monument that still stands in the town square. After the actor’s tragic death from colon cancer, fans began signing a petition calling for Anderson, South Carolina, where Boseman was born and raised, to replace the Confederate statue that claims the soldiers who fought for the South “were in the right” with one dedicated to Boseman, the town’s most famous resident. More than 60,000 people have signed it so far, although it’s unclear how many of the signatories hail from Anderson itself. […]
The city of Portland has witnessed nightly protests for the last three months, with violent attacks on police, court buildings, and federal government facilities, beginning after the death of Black man George Floyd while in police custody on 25 May. Demonstrators in Portland, Oregon have broken into the lobby of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s apartment building and staged a sit-in protest, according to photos and videos posted on Twitter. The videos show activists entering the building and promptly re-arranging furniture in the entryway for a sit-in despite objections from private security guards at the complex. According to the protesters, they are demanding that the […]
Historic fee pressure plaguing the Ethereum blockchain is forcing one of decentralized finance’s (DeFi) hottest projects to consider swapping tires while driving. Digital asset trust company BitGo is in the process of “reaching out” to community partners to build an Ethereum sidechain due to heightened fees, according to CTO Ben Chan in an email exchange. BitGo’s premiere product wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) is an ERC-20 token with a 1-1 peg to bitcoin. It currently secures some 46,000 BTC worth just north of $500 million through a custodial patchwork. “During the time the white paper was written, we wanted to consider potential solutions […]
People on the scene in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are reporting that families are currently trapped inside an apartment building that was set on fire by the violent rioters. Kenosha has been under siege by leftist rioters for two days in response to an officer involved shooting of a man with a history that includes previous violence against an officer during an arrest, a sex crime, domestic abuse, and more. During a livestream of some of the fires burning around the city, a woman is heard explaining that there are families trapped inside an apartment building that was engulfed in flames. “There’s families […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008211080239796-iraqi-demonstrators-set-parliament-building-afire-in-city-of-basra-reports-say/ On Friday, the country’s security forces resorted to firing live rounds in the air to disperse protesters who were demanding that a local governor be sacked following a string of killings in the region over the past week. Reuters reported on Friday, citing witnesses, that Iraqi protesters have set fire to a parliament building in the southern city of Basra, where demonstrations against the regional governor have taken place. The security personnel fired live rounds in the air in order to disperse the demonstrators who were hurling the petrol bombs at the law encorcement […]
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By recycling used or old rocket engines, the US Army has found a way to save up to half the money it would have spent on test rockets. After US Army rockets finish their useful lives, an increasing number of them are being given a second life – but it is an unnatural life, one in which their sole purpose is to be killed for practice. That’s right, these are zombie missiles! The real story is far less scary, however: the US Army is saving a ton of money by reusing old rocket motors to power target missiles for use in […]
Antifa-BLM militants roved into residential neighborhoods in Portland Saturday night and threatened to kill people in an apartment building. “Black Lives Matter!” the rioters chanted in the middle of the night causing residents to awaken. “We’re gonna burn your building down!” a terrorist screamed at a person who looked out their window. “We know where you live!! TRENDING: RUMORS SWIRLING: President Trump’s Recent Actions Indicate Something HUGE Is About to Drop One of the terrorists accused the Portland resident of “internalizing Capitalism” for wanting to sleep so they can work. “You’ve really internalized Capitalism if you’re more worried about getting a […]
Matic wants its incubator fund to incentivize promising DeFi projects to build on its scalable sidechain, rather than directly onto Ethereum itself. Source link
A reading of Meltem Demirors new essay “Unintended Architecture” asks some key questions about intention setting for the future of Bitcoin. Bitcoin started as a rebellious, anti-establishment technology. In many parts of the world, and for many people, it remains exactly that. At the same time, however, there is a wave of traditionalists and institutional players moving into the space. Are they buying into the revolution, or are they trying to capture value while fitting the disruption into a box that maintains the current power structure they lead? Those are the key questions explored by Meltem Demirors in her new essay “Unintended Architecture.” The […]
In the parking lot of Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina, construction workers have been working around the clock to erect a series of inflatable white and blue medical tents as doctors inside scramble to contain the wave of coronavirus patients. The rural hospital, which serves a population twice the size of Rhode Island, is nearly full, forcing officials to ask the National Guard to erect the state’s first field hospital, comprising four tents to provide overflow capacity for at least a dozen virus patients at a time. While the alternative care site won’t be usable for up to three […]
This is just stunning.Mayor Ted Wheeler and Portland, Oregon officials have made it clear whose side their on and it’s not the side of law and order. For over 50 straight nights antifa-BLM rioters have ransacked the downtown and destroyed public property. Advertisement – story continues below Portland pic.twitter.com/NlM4J3Jc0P — maria viti (@selfdeclaredref) July 25, 2020 TRENDING: Car Drives Through Mob of Protesters on Colorado Highway, Protester Shoots Fellow Protesters While Trying to Shoot Driver (VIDEO) When the leftist mob took aim at the Hatfield United States Courthouse that President Trump sent in federal agents. Now Portland officials are ORDERING the […]
The Antifa-BLM mob brought a power saw with them last night to cut down the metal fence outside the Federal Courts Building in Portland, Oregon. Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler has turned his city over to the Marxist mob. Advertisement – story continues below And the mainstream liberal media will no doubt call this another night of “mostly peaceful protesting.” Is there ANY DOUBT that these gatherings are highly organized? TRENDING: SATURDAY: Antifa Cells Announce Day Of Retribution Across US After Feds Quell Riots In Portland Via Drew Hernandez. Rioters cutting fencing with a powered saw at courthouse in Portland @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/7iSgOe4q6b […]
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Newly surfaced cellphone footage has placed the spotlight on a California resident who recently went out of her way to block a Postmates deliveryman from entering an apartment complex and bringing an order to a customer. Footage of the bizarre confrontation was recorded and shared on social media Wednesday by part-time Postmates contractor Jordan Gipson. At the time of recording, Gipson was completing a delivery for a customer in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles when he was suddenly confronted by an unidentified white woman at the entrance of a building. The initial confrontation shows the pair standing at the entrance […]
Building On Victories For A Stronger Climate Justice Movement By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. July 19, 2020 Building On Victories For A Stronger Climate Justice Movement2020-07-192020-07-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/frontline.jpeg200px200px While the climate justice movement has been winning important victories, stopping and slowing pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure, and putting the future of fossil fuels in doubt, the political system, long connected to the fossil fuel industry, is still fighting the urgently needed transition to clean sustainable energy. Both President Trump and former Vice President Biden put forward energy plans that do not challenge fossil fuels. The only candidate with a […]
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Portland Antifa and Black Lives Matter launched explosives at the Federal Courthouse and Justice Center while attempting to barricade agents inside on the 50th night of riots in the ultra liberal city. There was also severe violence against random citizens that they disagree with politically during Friday night’s chaos. Portland pic.twitter.com/V1CDjPLYDg — maria viti (@selfdeclaredref) July 18, 2020 TRENDING: Noose Hoaxer Bubba Wallace Booed at NASCAR All-Star Race Qualifier, Cheered After Crash (VIDEO) Portland pic.twitter.com/FvU28gvgrk — maria viti (@selfdeclaredref) July 18, 2020 The Portland Police tweeted “Officers have observed people in the area of the Federal Courthouse and Justice Center on […]
Jackie Robinson and Daniel Boone President Donald. J. Trump’s Executive Order on the building of a garden park with statutes of American heroes. Last night on July 3rd, 2020, President Trump delivered an unforgettable speech on a Friday night at Mount Rushmore National Park in South Dakota. The president defined the current battle between good and evil in America today. President Trump vowed to defend America, its heroes and its history. This is while Democrats vow to tear down statues, rewrite history and defund police. TRENDING: LIVESTREAM VIDEO: Via RSBN– President Donald Trump with First Lady Melania Speaks at Mount Rushmore […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has launched eight unique index futures and volatility markets in less than 12 months. But enticing sophisticated traders to use these novel products has proved challenging. At the time of publication, Antigua and Barbuda-based FTX supports 115 different cryptocurrency futures markets. BitMEX, currently the largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchange by open interest, supports 23. FTX’s unique futures markets, including decentralized finance and “shitcoin” perpetual futures, rank in its top 25 traded markets by 24-hour volume. Since August 2019, when FTX launched its altcoin index futures, the product strategy for these innovative markets has been to build and launch rapidly […]
Atlanta Jail Task Force Recommends Razing Building, Creating Equity Center By Raisa Habersham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 22, 2020 Atlanta Jail Task Force Recommends Razing Building, Creating Equity Center2020-06-222020-06-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/atlanta-city-detention-center-from-the-atlanta-journal-constitution-e1592856674438.jpg200px200px Above photo: Atlanta City Detention Center from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Nearly a year after its creation, the Atlanta City Jail task force has recommended closing the jail, demolishing the building and replacing it with a Center for Equity that would support Atlantans’ needs. The 26-page report was delivered to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on June 12, giving suggestions on how the city can change the institution and convert it into a space to […]
Building Power To Win Is The Revolutionary Approach To Bourgeois Electoralism By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. June 19, 2020 Building Power To Win Is The Revolutionary Approach To Bourgeois Electoralism2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/baraka_-_-_845x400.jpeg200px200px We must make clear that it is imperialism that degrades and destroys the earth, makes water a commodity, food a luxury, education an impossibility, and health care a distant dream. “The struggle is for power not reform.” The following is excerpted from a presentation by Ajamu Baraka to a national webinar Electoral School of the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations, June 13 and 14. The […]
An image of CNN protecting its Atlanta headquarters from protesters with a fence has inspired many to go after the network for constantly questioning President Donald Trump’s support of a southern border wall. The photo of CNN’s fortified headquarters went viral on Friday, as many conservatives blasted the network for hypocrisy, based on its past coverage of both the proposed border wall between the US and Mexico and the protests over George Floyd’s death. CNN is home to a gallery of commentators who are vocally opposed to Trump’s border wall, and the network’s news coverage has been skeptical of the idea. […]
Executives at South Carolina’s largest newspaper asked staff to return to work in the office full-time despite concerns about the coronavirus. Now, there’s a COVID-19 case in the paper’s building. Multiple sources told The Daily Beast that Post and Courier higher-ups have informed staff in recent days of one confirmed case in the paper’s Charleston office. Upon learning the news, employees were horrified. “Disgusted, distraught, angry,” one staffer said, describing the mood. After The Daily Beast reached out for comment, the newspaper’s bosses confirmed the coronavirus case to worried staffers in a regularly scheduled meeting. Some employees would be allowed to […]
The Uprising Is Only Beginning: Building Power To Win Our Demands By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. June 14, 2020 The Uprising Is Only Beginning: Building Power To Win Our Demands2020-06-142020-06-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/united-state-e1592186175647.jpg200px200px The current uprising against police violence and racism is just beginning. It is rapidly shifting public consciousness on issues of policing, violence against Black people and others, and systemic racism. The movement is deepening and becoming broader as well as putting forward solutions and making demands. The confluence of crises including recent police violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic collapse along with the ongoing crises of lack of healthcare, […]
Minneapolis Organizers Are Building The Tools For Safety Without Police By Jae Hyun Shum, Truthout. June 13, 2020 Minneapolis Organizers Are Building The Tools For Safety Without Police2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/mplspol-e1592064031898.png200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators calling to defund the Minneapolis Police Department pause on Hennepin Avenue on June 6, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images. In 2018, members of the Minnesota grassroots groups Reclaim the Block and Black Visions Collective dropped a banner at Minneapolis City Hall. On it were two lists: on the left, three budget items on the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) budget, totaling $9 million. The right side was significantly longer, listing programs and organizations […]
Suspect Brenden Michael Wolfe was wearing police gear stolen from the 3ed Precinct when it was looted and torched. A federal court charged Branden Michael Wolfe with looting and torching the Third Precinct last week during the leftist riots and looting. He was wearing his police gear when he was arrested.What a winner. KIMT reported: A federal charge has been filed against a St. Paul man for the burning down of the Third Police Precinct in Minneapolis. United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald says Branden Michael Wolfe, 23, is accused of aiding and abetting arson. He is scheduled to make his […]
Ten Action Ideas For Building A Police-Free Future June 7, 2020 Ten Action Ideas For Building A Police-Free Future2020-06-072020-06-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/ten-action-ideas-for-building-a-police-free-future.png200px200px Imagine that you were asked to help create stability in a newly-founded city. How would you try to solve the problems that your friends and neighbors encountered? How would you respond to crisis and violence? Would your *first* choice be an unaccountable army with a history of oppression and violence patrolling your neighborhood around the clock? — from Enough is Enough: A 150-Year Performance Review of the Minneapolis Police Department What makes a community healthy and safe? This document doesn’t have all […]
Option market traders look to be placing bets for a continued upward move in bitcoin, according to a key metric. The put-call open interest ratio, which measures the number of put options open relative to call options, fell to 0.43 on Thursday – the lowest since March 24, according to crypto derivatives research firm Skew. The data takes into account open interest at leading derivatives exchanges Deribit, OKEx, CME, LedgerX and Bakkt. Notably, the ratio has declined sharply from 0.81 to 0.43 over the last four weeks. “The put-call ratio can gauge the overall sentiment of traders and the lower ratio […]
Three of Japan’s largest banks are among major players joining a study group looking at developing a digital payment system that may address concerns about cryptocurrencies. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Mizuho Financial Group, and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group – institutions that control more than $6.6 trillion in assets between them – will participate in a study group to determine the feasibility of a national digital payments solution. Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DeCurret, which is hosting the study group, said in a statement Wednesday, that the members would “examine and discuss challenges and solutions concerning digital currencies and digital settlement infrastructure, to […]
Demonstrators have set fire to a building in Minnesota amid chaotic protests over the police killing of an unarmed black man this week, with dramatic scenes of clashes, looting and now arson emerging on social media. A Minneapolis auto parts store was seen nearly engulfed in flames on Wednesday night, with a column of black smoke pouring out of the building after protesters set it alight. While police initially appeared to maintain some distance from the burning store, a significant law enforcement presence was seen nearby, as officers clad in riot gear descended on the area. Autozone in Minneapolis is burning.Burning […]
Asia & Pacific 06:35 GMT 12.05.2020Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005121079277591-explosion-happens-at-entrance-to-kabul-hospital-militants-enter-building—reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – An explosion occurred at the entrance to a hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul, and militants then entered the building, 1TV broadcaster reported on Tuesday, citing a doctor working at the hospital. This was a suicide bombing, 1TV specified. Only some staffers have managed to leave the hospital. A gun fight is ongoing in the building, with militants using hand grenades, 1TV added, citing a security source. Source link
Mutual Aid: Building Networks Of Solidarity Not Charity By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. May 11, 2020 Mutual Aid: Building Networks Of Solidarity Not Charity2020-05-112020-05-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/eleanor-e1589216856619.png200px200px In the face of the twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic collapse, people are organizing mutual aid networks to provide food, medicines and other basics to those in need. This is done in the spirit of solidarity, not charity, a non-hierarchical empowering approach versus a hierarchical exploitative approach. We speak with Eleanor Goldfield, an activist in Washington, DC who is active in her local mutual aid network and has written about […]
Appearing in an Instagram live chat with soccer star Megan Rapinoe on April 30, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden made a spontaneous, vague statement about how he’s been “speaking to a lot of Republicans,” including “former colleagues, who are calling and saying Joe, if you win, we’re gonna help.” Then he showed his hand: “Matter of fact, there’s some major Republicans who are already forming ‘Republicans for Biden,’” the former vice president said. “Major officeholders.” The comment hardly received any attention at the time. But in declaring it, Biden ended up tipping off the earliest stages of a brewing effort that’s […]