Global Call By Mazin Qumsiyeh, Popular-resistance.blogspot.com March 27, 2020 Global Call2020-03-272020-03-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/49678500083_f0760cc3f1_c.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Yuri Samoilov/Flickr World War II transformed our planet in ways not foreseen before including creating instruments like the United Nations ostensibly to stop wars and conflict and encourage cooperation across borders. Yet, we had many wars & economic blockades and inequality that killed tens of millions of people since 1945. A large part of […]
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A group of US Senators from the ruling Republican Party have urged Saudi Arabia to leave the Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC), claiming that the kingdom along with Russia is waging an economic war against the US. In a letter signed by senators Lisa Murkowski, Kevin Cramer, Dan Sullivan, James Inhofe, John Hoeven and Cindy Hyde-Smith, the group stated that “The Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries is […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Conservatives and libertarians called out President Donald Trump for attacking Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Friday, after Trump called the congressman a “third rate Grandstander” who should be thrown out of the Republican Party. Trump attacked Massie for opposing the coronavirus relief bill, which the congressman described as “not a good deal.” Following the president’s attack, loyal Trump supporter Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) called […]
Karen Ducey/Getty Images According to a New York Times report, hospitals in New York are calling for blood plasma donations from those who have recovered from Covid-19 in order to test if the antibodies can be used as a potential treatment for the virus. The blood from survivors of the coronavirus can have high levels of antibodies, which could potentially attack the virus. This method has […]
Thomas Peter / Getty Images China President Xi Jinping on a call with President Donald Trump early Friday morning called for improved relations between the two nations while urging “cooperation.” Xi called on Trump to take “’substantive actions’ to improve US-China relations to develop a relationship that is ‘without conflict and confrontation’ but based on ‘mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation.’” The Guardian goes on to report […]
Elected Prosecutors Call For Dramatic Reduction In Prison Populations By Staff, Fairandjustprosecution.org March 25, 2020 Elected Prosecutors Call For Dramatic Reduction In Prison Populations2020-03-252020-03-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/49671208076_beec084554_c.jpg200px200px Above Photo: elbrozzie/Flickr Joint Statement from Elected Prosecutors on COVID-19 and Addressing the Rights and Needs of Those in Custody COVID-19 has the world on high alert. In recognition that the coronavirus is spreading quickly among high concentrations of people in close proximity, schools […]
The Saudi-led coalition has reportedly agreed to a truce in Yemen – five years to the day of launching an intervention there – as part of a United Nations call for a global armistice among the Covid-19 pandemic. Riyadh’s decision to stand down follows the acceptance of the ceasefire by the pro-Saudi followers of ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and the Houthi rebels that have controlled […]
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced over the weekend that starting Sunday the military will deploy medical help to hard-hit Italy, the coronavirus epicenter in Europe which has seen its death toll take record jumps in the past days, now approaching 5,000 killed from the disease. Image source: TASS The Kremlin said the emergency aid was initiated on orders from President Vladimir Putin after he spoke with Italian Prime […]
Indian police have charged Bollywood star Kanika Kapoor, who has tested positive for coronavirus, with endangering public health by attending parties. Her case has sparked fierce debate in India as the virus continues to spread. Kapoor has been accused of participating in malignant acts that could pose a danger to the public. The Bollywood star, who recently returned from a trip to London, attended a party […]
Rights groups operating in the Gaza Strip called on Wednesday for Israel to allow medical equipment and medicines needed for the fight against coronavirus to be allowed into the besieged enclave. “The Israeli authorities are legally responsible [as the occupying power] for providing Gaza with the medical equipment needed in the fight against coronavirus,” explained the Executive Director of Himaya Centre for Human Rights, Omar Al-Qaroot. […]
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, I have been slammed with emails over the last couple of days asking the following questions: “What just happened to my bonds?” “What happened to my gold position, shouldn’t it be going up?” “Why are all my stocks being flushed at the same time?” As noted by Zerohedge: “Stocks down, Bonds down, credit down, gold down, oil down, copper down, crypto […]
It’s definitely a ‘deer’ day… Stocks down, Bonds down, credit down, gold down, oil down, copper down, crypto down, global systemically important banks down, and liquidity down… Today was the worst day for a combined equity/bond portfolio… ever… Source: Bloomberg Jeff Gundlach predicted during his DoubleLine call yesterday that “the U.S. national debt likely to grow to $30 trillion in two or three years as spending […]
‘Mystery Chart’ time… No, it’s not Volkswagen, or even Tesla. This is the world’s reserve currency soaring to an all-time record high… …and this is what happens when a global margin call reveals there is a $12 trillion short squeeze. This is the biggest 7-day gain for the USDollar since Black Wednesday in 1992 when George Soros “broke The Bank of England,” crashing the pound […]
A letter signed by 64 American Congressmen addressing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the American administration to oppose Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes, news agencies reported yesterday. The Congressmen said in the letter, which was dated 16 March, that they were concerned about the Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. “We write with concerns over the ongoing […]
The parties to the conflict in Libya have been called upon to declare an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in light of the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, Anadolu has reported. The call was made by the Embassies of Algeria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, along with the Delegation of the European Union and the governments of Tunisia and the […]
Dozens of Sudanese workers who signed contracts with a UAE company have handed over a petition to the Council of Ministers demanding the government to request an official and public apology from the government in Abu Dhabi in addition to the total restitution of the victims’ rights, Anadolu Agency has reported. The workers had travelled to the UAE and signed up with Black Shield Security Services, […]
In an almost hard to believe story which proves people are taking the “shit hit the fan” description of the current state of things way too literally, an Oregon police department had to warn people in a public announcement against calling 911 because they were out of toilet paper. “It’s hard to believe that we even have to post this,” police in Newport, Oregon stated in […]
While many townships and cities were in the process of limiting hours for their restaurants and bars, there was a small collective of people out trying to get their last hours of socializing in before what feels like an inevitable nationwide lockdown. While some across the country are working hard at their social distancing practices, others, like Nicole Zanetti, were heading out to bars like “The […]
Around the time the Fed stunned markets with its 5pm Sunday emergency bazooka intervention, Goldman was holding an emergency conference call in which some 1,500 clients and companies dialed-in, making the comparisons to “Lehman Sunday” especially apropos. For those wondering what Goldman said, here is the bottom line via TME: 50% of Americans will contract the virus (150m people) as it’s very communicable. This is on […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Sunday’s municipal elections in France saw a record low turnout due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, pushing opposition politicians to demand the delay of the second round, which is scheduled for next Sunday, media reported. “We must then consider the many candidates who won from the first round as elected and postpone the other [elections], which should take place in a few months […]
Joe Biden has raised quite a few eyebrows after he compared the coronavirus outbreak in the US with “being attacked from abroad,” prompting many to wonder if he is to be held to the same standard by liberal media as Donald Trump. The first one-on-one debate between former VP Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders was largely overshadowed by the coronavirus crisis raging in the US, […]
Earlier today Trump declared that Sunday would be a national day of prayer. TODAY IS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. GOD BLESS EVERYONE! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2020 With Americans having far bigger concerns on their minds, we doubt many will have time for prayer today, although there is one person who certain could do with some divine assistance: Fed chair Jerome Powell. […]
Rosenberg Research‘s David Rosenberg provides our intro today: “The fact that Treasuries, munis, and gold are getting hit tells me that everything is for sale right now. One giant margin call where even the safe-havens aren’t safe anymore. Except for cash.” The Fed unveiled an unprecedented liquidity facility to rescue malfunction Treasury markets from themselves.. but it failed terribly. For a few brief moments, as Dow […]