Above Photo: Plant Based Treaty. How should the global agricultural system change in order to prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis? A group of young activists believe the answer is a global shift towards plant-based diets, and they are not afraid to make their voices heard. The campaigners disrupted a meeting at the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, on Friday to call for a Plant Based Treaty. “This is a do or die decade, particularly when it comes to the methane crisis,” Plant Based Treaty campaigner Yael Hanna said in a press release emailed to EcoWatch. “We need an immediate and […]
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Above Photo: An aerial view of large crowds are seen during the ‘March For Our Lives’ protest as they march on Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, United States on June 11, 2022. Tayfun Coskun via Getty Images. “Avoid attending school if your leaders fail to do the job.” Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in over 450 protests across the country Saturday demanding lawmakers take action on gun control laws in the wake of recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. March for Our Lives, the youth-led organization created by students who survived the mass shooting at Parkland’s […]
Call for abolitionist ‘Shut’Em Down’ demonstrations and teach-ins from August 21st through September 9th in 2022. See report from 2021, here and here We know it takes courage to continuously speak out and invoke change. People in U.S prisons are calling on you now to stand with us in strength and numbers in our ongoing historical struggle for ABOLITION! How To Get Started Organize a Shut ‘Em Down demonstration in the spirit of Abolition on or between August 21st, 2022 through September 9th, 2022 in your local area. We encourage outside supporters to join together, develop strategies to promote the closing of prisons, jails […]
The Mayan Council Chilam B’alam of the K’iches, the Mayan Council Komon Ajq’ijab’, the National Coordinator of the Territories of Life Network (Coordinadora Nacional Red Territories de Vida), the National Ajq’ijab’ Council “Oxlajuj Ajpop,” and the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), inform the national and international communities that on May 4th, 2022 they presented a communication requesting urgent action by the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) […]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. The Workers Summit of the Americas meeting, in Tijuana, Mexico, offers a space to join with all the peoples of “Our Americas.” We will counteract the OAS Summit of the Americas organized by the U.S. Department of State in Los Angeles. The countries of the continent besieged by the USA (Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, among others) will not participate in the OAS farce. The Workers’ Summit gives us the opportunity to invite our comrades in struggle from North America who want to participate. Tijuana is a meeting place with the progressive forces of the South and the […]
Members of the German Bundestag To: Mr Richard Burgon MPMr David Davis MPMs Diane Abbot MPMs Caroline Lucas MPMr Tommy Sheppard MpMr John McDonnell MPMr Jeremy Corbyn MPMr Kenny MacAskill MPMs Apsana Begum MPMr Ian Byrne MPMr Neale Hanvey MPMs Bell Addy-Ribeiro MP Ms Claudia Webbe MPMs Kate Osborne MPMr Ian Lavery MPMs Zarah Sultana MPMs Joanna Cherry MPMr Martyn Day MPMr Stuart C McDonald MPMr Hywel Williams MPMr Grahame Morris MPMr Ben Lake MPMr Tony Lloyd MPMs Rachael Maskell MP Berlin, May 3, 2022 Subject: Concern for Julian Assange, founder of the platform Wikileaks Dear honorable Members of Parliament,Esteemed colleagues […]
Announcing the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners on June 11, 2022. As time moves on and the seasons change, we approach once again the June 11 International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. Another year has passed, and many of our dear comrades remain captives of the state, subject to its daily subjugation, isolation, and brutality. June 11 is a time to stop the ever-quickening rush of our lives and remember. Remember our imprisoned comrades. Remember our own histories of revolt. Remember the flame – sometimes flickering, sometimes blazing – […]
Above Photo: Shutterstock. When Women Who Sew Clothes For Famous Brands Are Harassed, There Is A New Place For Them To Turn. Maseru, Lesotho - When Nthabiseng Moshoeshoe’s supervisor told her he loved her, they were alone in a room where they both worked at a blue jeans factory in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, she says. It was early 2021. She was emptying the garbage. He said she was beautiful, that he wanted to be with her, says Moshoeshoe, who is going by a pseudonym to protect her safety and job security. “Let’s keep this professional,” she remembers telling him back. “I pushed him away gently.” But […]
Above Photo: Travis and Nicole Dardar’s view of Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility. Julie Dermansky. Louisiana regulator extends comment period for permit application for another LNG export project on the Gulf Coast after contentious public hearing, but does little to inform the public of the extension. Travis Dardar, an indigenous fisherman in Cameron, Louisiana, has a front-row view of the expansion of the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry’s export capacity on the Gulf Coast — and it isn’t pretty. “It disgusts me what man is doing to the planet,” Dardar told me as I photographed flares at the recently […]
A Climate Wake-Up Call For The Chemical Industry By David Moore and Donald Shaw, Sludge. March 14, 2022 A Climate Wake-Up Call For The Chemical Industry2022-03-142022-03-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/barrel.png200px200px Above Photo: Chemical drums that had washed away from the Arkema plant during flooding caused by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey are trapped by the facilities border fence on September 4, 2017 in Crosby, Texas. Scott Olsen / Getty images. Government investigators say lax regulations are increasing the risk of extreme weather-related chemical disasters. In 2017, the Trump administration sided with industry lobbyists and rescinded safety rules governing thousands of chemical plants across America. Five […]
Above Photo: Sputnik / Konstantin Michalczewski. Cites Potential Confrontation With Russia. Though fighting on the ground has continued with Russian troops moving closer to Ukrainian capital Kiev, both Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a second round of talks after the first round in Belarus on Monday. On Monday, February 28, the US rejected the Ukrainian demand to impose a no-fly zone over the country to prevent Russian airstrikes. Replying to a specific question in an interview to an American news channel, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the move would be escalatory as it will “potentially put us […]
This is a unique moment in Canadian history. Never in living memory has our nation’s capital city been occupied and disrupted for weeks, with the police and governments paralyzed. Ottawa residents are traumatized, wondering when their communities will be left in peace. Many of us are deeply troubled by what we see in the news every day. But for others, the convoy movement is about standing up to an uncaring government that they feel is over-reaching and interfering in their lives. In the streets of Ottawa, Edmonton, Quebec or Winnipeg, they see joyful gatherings of “good people” just like themselves waving […]
Above photo: Anti-war protesters gather in front of the White House on Jan. 27 to demonstrate against escalating tensions with Russia. Win McNamee/Getty Images. TAKE ACTION: Endorse the Call to Action by submitting the name of your organization. Click here to endorse. Hold a visibility action. Send photos of your action to info@popularresistance.org so they can be shared at the online rally. Register for the National Rally to be held on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 12:00 noon Eastern time. Click here to register. You can find and share the registration using bit.ly/StopWarWithRussia. Sign and share this petition to President Biden and […]
Above Photo: It is believed that over 200 Palestinians were killed in the 1948 massacre. Getty Images. NOTE: This is Ilan Pappe’s Facebook post from yesterday. The truth always prevails, no matter how hard Israel tries to hide it #FreePalestine #Tantura pic.twitter.com/v1fv1RaQlu — Zachary Foster (@_ZachFoster) January 21, 2022 Occupied Palestine – Palestinians has called on Saturday for the formation of an international commission to investigate massacres committed by ‘Israel’ in the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948. The international investigation was called for following revelations by Israeli newspaper Haaretz that a mass grave had been discovered at Dor Beach, where […]
We must fix our broken system of labor law. One of the most important things that could be done to generate a more equitable economy is to dismantle the barriers to union organizing and collective bargaining (McNicholas et al. 2019; Oliver 2021). New data on unionization from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2022), coupled with evidence on the value of unions and on workers’ desire to be unionized, reinforce the importance of this goal and the urgent need for policy reforms: In 2021, 15.8 million workers in the United States were represented by a union—a decline of 581,000 from 2019 […]
Austin Smith Student Body President at Alabama A&M University Chyna Brodie Student Body President at American University Angelina Han Student Body President at Amherst College Emanuella Ntim Undergraduate Student Government Vice President at Arizona State University Polytechnic Olivia Smith Student Body President at Augustana College Edidiong Emily Ndiokho Student Government Association President at Barnard College Ryan Britt Student Government President at Bowdoin College Krupa Souri Student Body President at Brandeis University Maggie Ober and Connor McNerney Student Government Association Co-Presidents at College of the Holy Cross Anuli Ononye Student Body President at Cornell University Watfae Zayed Morgan Coleman Student Government President […]
Above photo: Protestors wear orange detainee jumpsuits and black hoods as they hold a banner calling for the closing of the US detention center at Guantanamo naval base in Cuba in front of the White House in Washington on January 11, 2014.Nicholas Kahm / AFP/Getty Images. Washington, DC – On Tuesday, Jan. 11, twenty-nine national faith groups sent a letter to President Biden and all Members of Congress calling on them “to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and to ensure that all of the people held there are either released, agree to a plea deal, or receive a fair trial in […]
Imprisoned Wikileaks founder, journalist and free speech champion Julian Assange today faces life imprisonment for telling the truth about U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and at the U.S. torture base in Guantanamo Bay. Assange faces charges under the 1917 U.S. Espionage Act. Prosecution under that WWI anti-democratic law placed thousands of antiwar activists in prison for exercising their free speech right to protest WWI. Ironically, the Dec 19, 2021 New York Times front-page two-part series entitled, Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes, follows in Assange’s footsteps in reporting U.S. war crimes, yet The Times staff writers […]
The Neo-Nazi Group Behind Racist Attacks And Charlottesville Violence Antifascists in Chicago have issued a call for a community mobilization against the neo-Nazi group, Patriot Front, who has stated that they plan to rally alongside the March for Life anti-choice demonstration on January 8th. Patriot Front is the same group that is behind a wave of racist and anti-Semitic attacks and vandalism across the US, but is perhaps best known for its role in the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville in 2017, when the group was called Vanguard America. In leaked audio from a recorded meeting in December filled with racial slurs and screams of […]
New York, NY – Teamsters Local 863 member George Boada, 45, grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey and still lives “about seven traffic lights” away from Newark Liberty International Airport with his wife and their 14-year-old son. Boada’s worked at the same Jersey-based supermarket cooperative for more than 25 years. Now, however, he fears that Amazon and it’s ever growing monopoly is about to bring it all crashing down. “As companies fold under Amazon’s weight, it’s either you join them, or you go by the wayside. That’s what we’re facing. We’re facing a juggernaut — they’re not stopping,” Boada told LaborPress […]
Above Photo: ana5280 via Unsplash. Call from New York City Anarchist Black Cross for yearly New Year’s Eve noise demonstrations outside of jails, detention centers and prisons. This is a call for a night of strong solidarity with those imprisoned by the state. Historically, New Year’s Eve is one of the noisiest nights of the year. This year, most of which has been consumed by a global pandemic, we encourage folks to take whatever measures are necessary to insure individual and community well-being, in response to both the virus and the state, understanding the balance each of us must strike for […]
Above Photo: Bolivian Vice-President David Choquehuanca Said, “We Have An Awakened Bolivian People, Capable Of Organizing Themselves, Of Defending This Democracy That Has Cost Us Blood And Lives, We Bolivians Must Not Allow This History To Repeat Itself.” | (Twitter/@LaramaDavid) Several Bolivian Unions Have Described The Call For An Indefinite National Strike As An Illegitimate Action. Social organizations and various Bolivian unions rejected this Friday the call for a national strike for next November 8, made by sectors of the opposition that participated in the 2019 coup d’état, as well as any attempt that seeks to destabilize the country. Union leaders […]
This excerpt is from Chris Hedges’ newest book, “Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.” On September 5, 2013, I pulled my old Volvo wagon—a bumper sticker reading “This is the Rebel Base” stuck on the back by my wife, a Star Wars fan—into the parking lot at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway, New Jersey. I had taught college-level courses in New Jersey prisons for the past three years. But neither my new students nor I had any idea that night that we were embarking on a journey that would shatter their protective emotional walls, or that years later our […]
Above Photo: “Free our Elders,” Philadelphia, Sept. 30. Joe Piette. A movement of Pennsylvania activists are working to end the state’s policy of sentencing incarcerated people to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP). They have coined the term ‘death by incarceration’ to describe this cruel punishment. The activists held a press conference and rally in Philadelphia Sept. 30 to promote SB835, introduced by a bipartisan group of legislators. If passed, the state bill would offer geriatric and medical parole for anyone, aged 55 years or older, who has served 25 years or half their sentence, whichever comes first. The bill […]
Above Photo: People protesting for right to health. (NVMA) The Nonviolent Medicaid Army organized a week of action from September 13-20 to strengthen calls to expand healthcare coverage and unite organizations working on the issue Organizations across the United States organized protests, cultural activities, community kitchens, teach-ins, and other actions about the issue of healthcare access in the US from September 13-20 as part of the Nonviolent Medicaid Army Week of Action. The diverse actions had the goal of uniting people directly impacted by healthcare denial and linking the different issues related to healthcare such as housing, police violence, access to […]
Above Photo: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plascencia spoke in a press conference following the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends to Defend the UN Charter. (Zoe / Peoples Dispatch) The Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter held its first ministerial meeting at Venezuela’s UN Mission in New York City on Thursday, September 23 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting. The 18-country group adopted a declaration which outlines a policy in favor of respecting the UN charter. The statement says, “The UN Charter and its purposes and principles remain timeless, universal, and that all […]
Above photo: Campaigners condemn new £100m of UK aid for fossil fuels in Africa. Global Justice. More than 2,000 academics from around the world signed an open letter calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, as the United Nations’ 76th General Assembly kicks off its annual meeting. Mobilizing meaningful action on climate change is one of the UN’s top priorities this year, and it was just last month that UN Secretary General António Guterres said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report “must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our planet.” The hope many […]
Wet’suwet’en Call On Province To Close Pipeline Work Camps By Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee. December 4, 2020 Wet’suwet’en Call On Province To Close Pipeline Work Camps2020-12-042020-12-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mancamp-e1607089599886.jpg200px200px Above photo: Work camps like this one at the LNG project in Kitimat should be shut down to protect Indigenous communities from COVID-19 risks, say Wet’suwet’en chiefs. LNG Canada. Female chiefs say COVID-19 risk means work on oil and gas projects shouldn’t be classed as an essential service. Members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation are calling on B.C.’s public health officer to shut down work camps operating on their territory as COVID-19 numbers rise in northern B.C. […]
Call To Stop Shutting Off People’s Power For Good By Greg Harmon, Deceleration. November 28, 2020 Call To Stop Shutting Off People’s Power For Good2020-11-282020-11-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cutoffssoupedup-e1606585858807.png200px200px Disconnects by CPS Energy have doubled during CEO Paula Gold-Williams’ tenure. And there are still no promises of reform. Across San Antonio, the virus was hunting. Food insecurity was high. Mass layoffs and terminations rolled on. And it was hot. Hundred-degree days scorched much of July. Yet the lights and air conditioners—for the first time in many, many summers—were staying on reliably for rich and poor alike across the city. Every side of town. Every block. […]
Groups Call For Federal Investigation Of City Over Toxic Industry By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun Times. November 19, 2020 Groups Call For Federal Investigation Of City Over Toxic Industry2020-11-192020-11-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/chic.png200px200px Above photo: Residents on the Southeast Side have opposed the move of General Iron to their neighborhood. Sun-Times staff photo. City moving heavy industry to low-income neighborhoods. City’s role in relocating General Iron from Lincoln Park to a majority Latino neighborhood is one of many actions that violate civil rights, complaint alleges. The city of Chicago’s role helping General Iron move from affluent white Lincoln Park to a majority-Latino Southeast Side neighborhood to […]
Over 235 Organizations Call On Biden To Cancel Student Debt By Americans for Financial Reform. November 19, 2020 Over 235 Organizations Call On Biden To Cancel Student Debt2020-11-192020-11-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/debt-e1605833627587.jpg200px200px Washington, D.C. — Over 235 organizations sent a letter to President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris, calling on them to use executive authority to cancel federal student debt on day one of their administration. In the letter, 238 nonprofit and community organizations highlight that cancelling student debt would stimulate the economy, help reduce the racial wealth gap, and could have a positive impact on health outcomes. The groups write that “executive action is one of the few […]
Local Veterans, Workers Call Out Union Busting At VA November 17, 2020 Local Veterans, Workers Call Out Union Busting At VA2020-11-172020-11-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/va-e1605642851746.jpg200px200px Above photo: Workers at the VA Hospital in Minneapolis, members of AFGE Local 1969, rallied for a fair contract Oct. 29, with support from activists in the local chapter of Veterans for Peace. Local veterans and union members who staff the Minneapolis VA Hospital have been publicly calling out the Trump administration in recent months for understaffing in VA facilities and a string of attacks on VA workers’ rights. Members of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents about 260,000 […]
After Dr. Anthony Fauci gave an interview in which he claimed the White House was controlling his media appearances, the president lashed out at him, even taking to comparing how each of them throws a baseball. “Dr.Tony Fauci says we don’t allow him to do television, and yet I saw him last night on @60Minutes,” Trump tweeted on Monday, referencing the interview where Fauci made his claims about being limited in who he can talk to. “He seems to get more airtime than anybody since the late, great, Bob Hope,” the president added, referencing the late comedian known for his near-constant […]
What role should retailers play in pushing for harsher penalties for people caught shoplifting? erhui1979/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption erhui1979/Getty Images What role should retailers play in pushing for harsher penalties for people caught shoplifting? erhui1979/Getty Images What exactly did Abbie Welch put in her purse before she snuck out of a Walmart in Knoxville, Tenn.? The court ruling doesn’t say. Nor does it matter. What matters is a piece of paper she’d previously received from Walmart banning her from the store. Prosecutors used it to argue she was trespassing when she shoplifted. Her crime, typically a misdemeanor, was elevated […]
DLT is among 20 “critical and emerging” technologies in the Trump Administration’s new strategy for preserving the U.S.’ technological edge. Source link
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) claims US President Donald Trump is “deficient” in certain American values and, as a result, engages in a number of unconventional practices while occupying the White House, including treating the presidency “like a business opportunity” while kissing “dictators’ butts.” During a private call with constituents this week, Sasse was asked by an unidentified individual to provide an explanation as to why he feels the need to criticize Trump “so much.” Before answering the question, Sasse noted that he and Trump did agree on the judicial appointment of more originalists regarding the Constitution, including US Supreme Court nominee […]
Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police on a Black man after he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park, called 911 twice during the Memorial Day incident, falsely stating in a previously unreported call that he “tried to assault her,” prosecutors revealed Wednesday. Cooper, 41, was charged in July with a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said. In a 911 call captured in a viral video, she allegedly falsely reported that Christian Cooper, 57, was threatening her life. The charge is punishable by up to a […]
Lawyers from the US Department of Justice told a federal judge on Tuesday the department had no intention of totally declassifying documents related to the Russiagate investigation, despite US President Donald Trump’s tweets to that effect, since it hadn’t been given an official order to release unredacted files. On October 6, Trump tweeted he had “fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to” the FBI’s investigation of alleged collusion between Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign and the Russian government. The investigation, which presented its findings in a two-volume March 2019 report, found no evidence a crime had […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0d/1080753634_0:145:3074:1875_1200x675_80_0_0_31720840ab7eece61dc4bcb4060b3155.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010131080753689-trump-expects-iran-to-call-him-first-if-he-wins-november-election/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump says Iran will be eager to make a new deal with the US if he wins the November election. At the end of last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped Washington would continue with its current policy on Iran regardless of the outcome of the November presidential election. “I withdrew from the last administration’s disastrous nuclear deal”, Trump said at the Monday campaign rally in Sanford, Florida, adding “Probably the first call I’ll get after we win the election will be from Iran […]
After Republican Senator John Kennedy declared “racist” one of the worst insults Americans might face during Supreme Court confirmation hearings, social media took up the challenge, deluging the Louisianan with alternatives. Kennedy uttered the offending phrase in defense of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative lawmaker President Donald Trump nominated to the Supreme Court last month to fill the vacancy left by the deceased Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “I know, for someone unaccustomed to it, that it hurts to be called a racist. I think it’s one of the worst things you can call an American,” Kennedy declared in his trademark southern […]
In May, the UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) seemed to have been sidelined, with an expanded Joint Biosecurity Centre taking on a prominent role in co-ordinating the coronavirus response. The move had worried scientists, who said the new unit was “shrouded in mystery”. Senior MPs and scientists are rallying behind demands that advice issued to UK ministers by the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC), set up earlier this year to deal with the country’s coronavirus response, be made public, writes The Telegraph. The government is being called upon to lift the shroud of secrecy surrounding the body that has […]
China Leads Call In UN For US To End ‘Coercive’ Sanctions By David DeCamp, Antiwar.com. October 7, 2020 China Leads Call In UN For US To End ‘Coercive’ Sanctions2020-10-072020-10-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/chinaforeignmin-e1602076350344.jpg200px200px Above photo: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian. US sanctions devastate the civilian population of target countries. New York – China, Russia, and 24 other countries called for an end to unilateral sanctions by the US and other Western countries on Monday. Chinese envoy Zhang Jun read a statement at the UN that said the sanctions have made it harder for governments to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. “The response to and recovery […]
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow called for people to “pray” for President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, following their positive Covid-19 tests, only to find her own audience rejecting the surprising sympathy from the TV star. “God bless the president and the first lady,” Maddow tweeted on Thursday, a surprising statement from the frequent Trump critic who has accused the president of lying about everything from the pandemic to connections to Russia. “If you pray, please pray for their speedy and complete recovery — and for everyone infected, everywhere. This virus is horrific and merciless — no one would wish its wrath […]
Brad Parscale, who has been a familiar presence during President Trump’s election runs, had threatened to harm himself, his wife told police. Parscale is now in a hospital; police say he cooperated with officers who came to his home Sunday. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images Brad Parscale, who has been a familiar presence during President Trump’s election runs, had threatened to harm himself, his wife told police. Parscale is now in a hospital; police say he cooperated with officers who came to his home Sunday. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Brad Parscale, senior digital adviser for the Trump […]
Judge Robert Rosenberg, a member of the Broward County, Fla., canvassing board examines a disputed ballot in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Nov. 24, 2000. That close presidential contest was one of several in U.S. history. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption toggle caption Alan Diaz/AP Judge Robert Rosenberg, a member of the Broward County, Fla., canvassing board examines a disputed ballot in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Nov. 24, 2000. That close presidential contest was one of several in U.S. history. Alan Diaz/AP Through the years President Trump has been in office, Americans have grown accustomed to hearing of “norms” ignored and “guardrails” broken. […]
Seth Meyers spent several minutes Monday morning exposing the blatant hypocrisy of Republican senators trying to jam through President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee when they wouldn’t even allow a vote on President Obama’s four years earlier—all while admitting the entire exercise won’t have any effect whatsoever on their behavior “Now look, I get that highlighting their hypocrisy is mostly pointless,” the Late Night host said. “Hypocrisy only matters if you have shame. They don’t. Mitch McConnell certainly isn’t capable of feeling shame. He looks like a haunted wooden doll you’d find at an estate sale and has the same level of […]
Call For Assange’s Immediate Release By Lawyers for Assange, Consortium News. September 21, 2020 Call For Assange’s Immediate Release2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assange-feature-e1600702467786.png200px200px Thirteen Former Presidents Urge United Kingdom Government to Immediately Free Julian Assange. Heads of state, prime ministers, parliamentarians, members of Congress, ministers and other politicians demand Assange be set free. Check here for the latest update to this list. As Julian Assange fights U.S. extradition at the Old Bailey in London, over one hundred eminent political figures, including 13 past and present heads of state, numerous ministers, members of parliament and diplomats, have today denounced the illegality of the proceedings and appealed for Assange’s […]
The Commissioner of the Middle East for the International Commission for Human Rights and the envoy of the International Council to Geneva, Ambassador Dr. Haitham Abu Said announced that the statement of US President Donald Trump regarding the intention to kill the Syrian President Dr. Bashar al-Assad falls within the framework of organized crime and persecution, which falls under the elements of crimes of the International Criminal Court, which was adopted by the Association States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at its first session, held in New York from 3 to 10 September 2002. Ambassador Abu […]
A crowd estimated to be thousands strong gathered outside the infamous ‘Jersey Shore’ house, following the arrival of YouTube stars the Nelk Boys. Police had to call for reinforcements from nearby towns to control the masses. Outdoor gatherings in New Jersey cannot exceed 500 people under current coronavirus rules, and social distancing must be practiced. Judging by the hordes of adoring fans who gathered in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on Monday night, Covid-19 was the last thing on anyone’s mind. So shit is BANANAS in Seaside Heights right now—some loser youtubers r staying in the Jersey Shore House and this is […]
Israel and the US, which pulled out of the WHO this year, tried to reverse a UN call on member states to join forces in battling Covid-19, including by halting hostilities and sanctions that hinder the pandemic response. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has overwhelmingly supported a comprehensive resolution for “intensified international cooperation and solidarity to contain, mitigate and overcome the pandemic and its consequences.” The draft was adopted by 169 countries, with Ukraine and Hungary abstaining. Washington was only backed by Tel Aviv in voting against the document. Notably, the US is the worst-hit country in the world, having reported […]
youtube.com Stanford Medical School Researchers and Doctors Call Out Scott Atlas A group of 78 researchers and doctors from Stanford Medical School are calling out former colleague and White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Scott Atlas for spreading what they characterized as “falsehoods and misrepresentation of science.” https://t.co/B8d9fd0S18 — NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) September 11, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Stanford medical faculty have called to task Dr. Scott Atlas who was appointed coronavirus advisor by Trump. Many of Atlas’s opinions and statements run opposite to established science. Atlas had no background in infectious diseases and has pushed for reopening schools, questioned the […]
Finance ministers from five European countries have called on the EU Commission to introduce tough regulation for stablecoins. Source link
The European Environment Agency (EEA) on Tuesday revealed that environmental factors like air pollution and heat waves are responsible for around 13% of all deaths in Europe. Guy McPherson, scientist and professor emeritus of natural resources and ecology at the University of Arizona, joined Radio Sputnik Wednesday to discuss the report. According to the report, a total of 630,000 deaths in the European Union and Britain were caused by environmental factors in 2012, which is the latest year for which data was available. “These deaths are preventable and can be significantly reduced through efforts to improve environmental quality,” the report noted, […]
EU And France Call On US To Reverse ‘Unacceptable’ Sanctions Against ICC’s War Crimes Investigators September 5, 2020 EU And France Call On US To Reverse ‘Unacceptable’ Sanctions Against ICC’s War Crimes Investigators2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/icc-prosecutor-fatou-bensouda-left-was-sanctioned-wednesday-by-us-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-right-by-bas-czerwinski-for-pool-via-reuters-nicholas-kamm-for-pool-via-reuters-e1599327575710.jpg200px200px Above photo: ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (left) was sanctioned Wednesday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) By Bas Czerwinski for Pool via Reuters, Nicholas Kamm for Pool via Reuters. US sanctions against two International Criminal Court officials are “unacceptable and unprecedented” and should be reversed, said the EU’s top diplomat, while the French foreign minister called them “a grave attack” on the court. The sanctions are “unacceptable and […]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and other Democratic Party leaders claim that US President Donald Trump will appear to win on election night only to lose once millions of mail-in votes are counted. They say he is already laying the ground to claim ballot fraud and refuse to concede defeat. US Democratic Party Senate leader Chuck Schumer has backed Bernie Sanders’ call for a plan for the “nightmarish scenario” of President Donald Trump refusing to concede in November’s election. Vermont Senator Sanders is the latest Democrat to claim Trump will refuse to accept defeat if he loses the election scheduled for November […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009041080369037-belarusian-state-tv-releases-recording-of-warsaw-berlin-call-on-navalny/ Previously, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that his country had managed to intercept a call between Berlin and Warsaw, ostensibly proving that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s claims about Navalny having been poisoned were a deliberate lie. Source link
US sanctions against two International Criminal Court officials are “unacceptable and unprecedented” and should be reversed, said the EU’s top diplomat, while the French foreign minister called them “a grave attack” on the court. The sanctions are “unacceptable and unprecedented measures that attempt to obstruct the court’s investigations and judicial proceedings,” EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell said in a statement on Thursday. The US should “reconsider its position and reverse the measures it has taken,” Borrell added. His comments came shortly after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned the sanctions as “a grave attack against the court,” […]
US’ Anti-China Call To Arms Has Not Won Over All Of Europe By Jiang Feng, South China Morning Post. September 2, 2020 US’ Anti-China Call To Arms Has Not Won Over All Of Europe2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/chinas-foreign-minister-visits-europe.png200px200px Above photo: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Europe. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour of Europe comes at a time of heavy US pressure for the EU to step back from its dialogue and cooperation with China. But despite the frosty reception by some, a number of people are voicing support for a more balanced view of China, taking in all facets of the relationship. Against the backdrop of […]
One of the loudest and most aggressive conservative advocacy groups of the past decade is asking Americans to calm down and stop talking about politics, if only for a day. FreedomWorks, the libertarian outfit that rose to prominence through its hard-line opposition to Barack Obama, the Affordable Care Act, and the Republican establishment, has unveiled a new campaign that encourages Americans to tone down the rancorous political rhetoric. Dubbed “Celebrate Americans,” the initiative proposes setting aside Labor Day as a politics-free day of national harmony. It’s a message that most would expect to see from a kumbaya centrist organization like No […]
On Saturday, White House spokesperson Judd Deere confirmed that US President Donald Trump intends to visit Wisconsin’s city of Kenosha on Tuesday to “meet with local law enforcement and survey damage” from an ongoing wave of anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests in the city triggered by the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Sunday expressed concern about US President Donald Trump’s planned Tuesday visit to the city of Kenosha amid an ongoing wave of anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests, calling on the president to “reconsider” his plans. The governor argued that the president’s presence in Kenosha […]
Jacob Blake’s father, Jacob Blake Sr., recited a Quran verse this week when speaking to the media. Jacob Blake was shot multiple times by a Kenosha police officer on Sunday after he resisted arrest and opened his car door, allegedly reaching for a knife. Jacob Blake Sr. perfectly recited the first sura of the Quran: “Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim,” which means, “In the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate.” “This is for my son Jacob Blake,” he said as he rattled off the war cry prayer in Arabic. TRENDING: BREAKING: Violent Black Lives Matter Mob Attacks Sen. Rand Paul as He […]
As NXIVM leader Keith Raniere awaits sentencing for using the self-help group as a sex cult for his personal pleasure, prosecutors say he is still issuing demands to his disciples from inside a prison cell and has “demonstrated a complete lack of acceptance and responsibility for his crimes.” One of those commands was to “get scrutiny” on the Brooklyn federal judge that will issue his sentence for several sex crimes in October, prosecutors said in a sentencing memo filed late Thursday. Another was to get pundits, including Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, to speak on his behalf. And he allegedly wanted a […]
Just days after the Kenosha police department shot Jake Blake seven times in the back, a white supremacist vigilante came into town to murder two anti-racist protesters. The officer still has his job and police let the racist murderer walk away. Kenosha police chief Daniel Miskinis has blood on his hands. He must be fired ASAP. Sign the petition. Kyle Rittenhouse, a vocal white supremacist and Trump supporter, who was obsessed with guns and dreamed of being a cop, traveled across state lines with an AR-15 style rifle strapped across his body. For hours, he stalked and harrassed anti-racist protesters while “protecting” property that wasn’t […]
Jacob Blake’s mother stunned CNN’s Don Lemon after she apologized to President Trump for missing his call. 29-year-old Jacob Blake was shot multiple times in the back by a Kenosha police officer on Sunday night. Jacob Blake is seen on video brawling with cops, ignoring officers and attempting to reach for something in his vehicle before being shot in the back multiple times. On Wednesday, the Wisconsin DOJ confirmed that the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake is Rusten Sheskey and says Blake “admitted that he had a knife in his possession.” TRENDING: INSANE VIDEO: 17-Year-Old Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse Identified […]
Fox host Tucker Carlson kicked off an angry backlash after saying authorities were to blame for days of violent unrest in Wisconsin, which critics took as a defense of the vigilante gunman who shot two people dead on Tuesday. Carlson’s segment on the ongoing protests and rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Wednesday night largely took aim at state and local officials, arguing that those in positions of power were to blame for a spike in violence after leaving city residents to cope with the unrest on their own. “Kenosha has devolved into anarchy because the authorities in charge of the city […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080287212_0:0:2753:1549_1200x675_80_0_0_b7a7c89b8595134345945838efc29284.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008261080287337-trump-to-call-for-drug-test-before-presidential-debates-over-biden-performance-improvements/ US President Donald Trump said that he noticed a difference in Biden’s debate performances during the primaries, suggesting it could be the result of drugs. POTUS has offered no evidence to support his remark. US President Donald Trump suggested he would seek a drug test before his debate with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, sharing the plan in an Oval Office interview with The Washington Examiner. Trump offered that he saw a sudden improvement in Biden’s debate capability during the primaries, following what the president characterized as earlier performances by Biden that were “so […]
Organizing Call: After The DNC And RNC – We Can’t Breathe! By Coalition, Popular Resistance. August 26, 2020 Organizing Call: After The DNC And RNC – We Can’t Breathe!2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/black-lives-matter-protesters-at-tennessee-capitol-building-e1598457232891.jpg200px200px Above photo: Black Lives Matter protesters are seen marching upon the Tennessee State Capitol building on June 04, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. George Floyd’s death set off days and nights of protests as its the most recent in a series of deaths of African Americans by the police. Jason Kempin/Getty Images. After the Conventions and After the Election: Keep it in the Streets – Against Racism, Evictions and War. The Democratic and Republican […]
Haudenosaunee Land Defenders Call For Peace And Safety By Brent Patterson, PBI Canada. August 23, 2020 Haudenosaunee Land Defenders Call For Peace And Safety2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/1492landbacklane-e1598185292224.png200px200px On August 20, the land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane tweeted: “We call on our allies to continue to amplify our demand for peace and safety.” These Six Nations land defenders began a re-occupation of their territory on July 19 to uphold their right to free, prior and informed consent and in opposition to the construction of the McKenzie Meadows housing development on unceded lands near the city of Caledonia in the province of Ontario in central […]
Biden supporters attacked a 7-year-old boy Thursday night outside of the DNC convention. The boy, Riley, was attacked for wearing a red MAGA hat. Riley was heard on the video begging his mother to dial 9-1-1. “Get off my property! Are you going to destroy my property?” a woman said to a masked Biden supporter. “Yes, we are,” she replied. One of the Biden supporters then grabbed the child’s red MAGA hat and refused to give it back to the child. Riley’s mother didn’t back down and chased the Biden supporters. WATCH (language warning): Moments ago outside of the DNC convention, […]
As the Democratic Party moved to nominate Joe Biden, viewers watching at home were somewhat distracted, infatuated with Rhode Island’s calamari-wielding “ninja” and a bizarre “hostage-taking” scene in American Samoa. The party’s national convention pushed into its second night on Tuesday, seeing Biden officially elevated as the Democrats’ 2020 presidential candidate alongside running mate Kamala Harris. During the roll call vote prior to the nomination, however, spectators couldn’t help notice that delegates in American Samoa, a US territory, were flanked by a pair of uniformed soldiers, giving the appearance that they had been taken captive. Throwing off “disturbing” vibes, the scene […]
In May, Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Derkach released audio recordings purportedly featuring conversations between former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and then Vice-President Joe Biden. Among other things, the tapes revealed the extent to which Biden pressed Kiev to fire a prosecutor investigating a Ukrainian company his son was working for. President Donald Trump has retweeted purported leaked audio of an alleged 2016 telephone conversation between Petro Poroshenko and Joe Biden, with the Ukrainian president telling the US vice president that he has “a second positive news for you,” and revealing that he had met with Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin and asked him […]
Biden, a fierce advocate against so-called ‘Russian meddling’, has openly said that the US should work to unseat the Turkish president and make sure he “pays the price” for daring to cooperate with Russia. Turkey has accused Joe Biden of meddling in its internal affairs after an interview emerged in which the Democratic presidential candidate flirts with the idea of unseating Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “US Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s remarks (made in December but reported by the media today) reflect the games being played over Turkey and their interventionist attitudes,” Erdogan’s spokesman Fahrettin Altun tweeted on Saturday. He added that Biden’s […]
Tropical Storm Isaias downed wires and uprooted trees, like this one in New York City, leaving millions of customers without power in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday. The governors of Connecticut and New York have each declared a state of emergency and are calling for investigations into state utility companies’ response. Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Tropical Storm Isaias downed wires and uprooted trees, like this one in New York City, leaving millions of customers without power in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday. The […]
The day her two children’s remains were found gruesomely buried in her new husband’s Idaho backyard, Lori Vallow called her spouse from jail. “Are they seizing stuff again?” Vallow asked several times during the June 9, 2020 call from Madison County Jail, after Chad Daybell told her police were at his property. “What can I do for you?” Daybell, an author of apocalyptic novels for a Mormon audience, somberly told his incarcerated wife—who was being held on charges related to the disappearance of her kids J.J, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17—that although police were at his home, he was “glad” that […]
The cerebellum, or “little brain” in Latin, is responsible for a variety of functions, including motor control, emotions, language, and cognitive abilities. This jack of all trades looks like a flat sheet that folds into many layers and sits under the cerebral cortex in the hindbrain. A new study conducted by a team of international scientists claims that doctors were wrong about the size of the cerebellum, also known as the “little brain”. According to the research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the cerebellum is much bigger than scientists previously thought, with its surface area […]
The far left has been rioting and attacking a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon for over 60 days, and the media is still calling them “protesters.” The media won’t call them out because the media is on their side. This is obvious to anyone who has been paying attention. US Attorney Billy Williams of Oregon recently called out the media for this. Townhall reports: TRENDING: President Trump Suggests Delaying Election Until Americans Can Vote in Person US Attorney for Oregon Goes Off on the Media for Downplaying the Nightly Riots at the Courthouse U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Billy […]
A letter from Labour’s Shadow Culture Secretary Jo Stevens to communications regulator Ofcom demands that RT’s media license be reviewed, but a poll shows the party itself doesn’t want censorship, but to make their own decisions. The poll, conducted by Labour Grassroots, finds only 26 percent of Labour supporters feel the party should pursue having the media outlet’s license reviewed by a third party. While another 19 percent did not answer either way, 55 percent of the 620 respondents said no. And though those 55 percent believe RT is biased, many commented that the bias makes them no different from other […]
In Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, counselors guide girls as they face tough choices during the coronavirus crisis — from giving up on their education to opting for early marriage. Source link
A poll released by a Sydney-based think tank in June showed that only 23 percent, an all-time low, of Australians express trust toward China with regard to international responsibility. Australia’s agricultural business leaders are calling for a separation between foreign policy and trade ties in dealing with China as they’re concerned that rising tensions will impact the nation’s exports to the Celestial Empire. Mark Allison, the chief executive of agribusiness giant Elders and the president of Agribusiness Australia is among those concerned, stating that business is being used as a “weapon for foreign affairs”. “Foreign affairs is about protecting sovereign countries, and trade is […]
VT: A pro-Trump, anti-American militia, the 3 Percenters, were lauded as the saviors of Louisville from “evil Negros with guns.” When the “evil Negro’s” showed up to protest the murder of a 26 year old African American EMT by crooked white cops who were trying to rob a stash house (ten miles away…didn’t know how to use Google maps)… Say Her Name • #SayHerName #BreonnaTaylor #BLM pic.twitter.com/gMniO9kqyr — Breanna Stewart (@breannastewart) July 25, 2020 Yes…the cops were robbing stash houses and got lost. This is what Breonna Taylor is all about, a police force that is utter and absolute useless shit. […]
Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade stood up for his network’s polling operation on Friday morning, rebuking Trump campaign spokesperson Hogan Gidley for calling most polls “fake.” A bevy of new polls showed former Vice President Joe Biden with massive leads in key battleground states that President Donald Trump has to win in order to secure re-election. Fox News’ latest survey, for instance, found Biden comfortably beating the president in Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. Appearing Friday on the president’s favorite morning show, Gidley tried to boast about the so-called enthusiasm gap between Trump and Biden voters by outrightly dismissing polls showing […]
This story was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletter here. OLYMPIA, Wash.—On a rainy June day, the manager of a Motel 6 outside Olympia decided one guest had to leave. The woman had been smoking indoors and had an unauthorized visitor. She appeared to be on drugs and was acting erratically. Normally, that manager might call 911, which would bring police officers to the scene. If the guest refused to leave, the cops might handcuff and arrest her for trespassing. They could find an open warrant on her record or […]
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has urged Chicagoans to literally call the police over any “unconstitutional” actions by federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to help with a crackdown on skyrocketing violent crime. Residents should call the police or social services if they “see something that doesn’t look right,” Lightfoot said at a press conference on Wednesday. “If we see any steps out of line,” she said, “we are not going to hesitate to take the president to court and stop any unconstitutional actions.” The Democrat mayor singled out the Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for scrutiny. Chicago Mayor […]
Apparently, we have another “Yanny or Laurel” situation on our hands—except this one is more uniquely crafted for the deeply divided politics of 2020. During yet another combative White House press briefing on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany sparred a bit with Al Jazeera English correspondent Kimberly Halkett on issues of foreign election interference and mail-in voting. McEnany eventually cited a Wall Street Journal op-ed while saying there are “questions about mass mail-out voting,” prompting Halkett to interject. As a result, McEnany lectured the reporter. “I know you don’t want to hear them which is why you talk over […]
A liberal reporter on Tuesday appeared to call Kayleigh McEnany a “lying bitch” during a press briefing. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany shut down the liberal reporter and told her that she already asked two questions. Advertisement – story continues below “You’ve gotten two questions which is more than some of your colleagues,” McEnany said as she called on another reporter. “I think you’re a lying bitch” the reporter said in response. TRENDING: These People Are Nuts: Broward County Officials Now Require Citizens Wear Masks WITHIN THEIR OWN HOMES WATCH: Did a reporter call @PressSec a “Lying b*tch” on national […]
Harvard University is again caught up in controversy over a name that some students and alumni have found to be racially offensive, as an activist group is pressing the Ivy League school to rename its Board of Overseers. The Coalition for a Diverse Harvard is taking issue with the word “overseers” because it harkens back to slavery. The men hired by plantation owners to supervise and violently control slaves were called overseers. The activist group has been urging individual members of Harvard’s second-highest governing body to get rid of the word “overseers” in its name since 2017, and with anti-racism protesters […]
World Mayors Call For Car-Free Streets And More By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch. July 18, 2020 World Mayors Call For Car-Free Streets And More2020-07-182020-07-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/bikes.png200px200px Above photo: Cyclists ride through an intersection in downtown Brooklyn on July 30, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer / Getty Images. Also End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies as Part of ‘Green and Just Recovery.’ Mayors from some of the world’s major cities have unveiled their vision for how the world can recover from the coronavirus pandemic while encouraging environmental justice and fighting the climate crisis. The C40 Mayors’ Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery, announced Wednesday, includes measures already being adopted […]
Cadbury has been reducing portion sizes for years, in 2014 the company introduced a 250 calorie cap on all single-serve chocolate bars and launched a 98 calorie Dairy Milk bar. In 2019 the chocolate manufacturer also launched a Cadbury Dairy Milk bar with 30 percent less sugar. Popular confectionery brand Cadbury has announced it will be shrinking its chocolate bars sold in multipacks in an effort to tackle obesity. Mondelēz International, the company who own Cadbury have pledged to reduce the number of calories in their treats sold in four packs to 200 calories by the end of 2021. The company […]
…by PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: This comes as a surprise to see over a hundred French lawmakers do this as France is under Israeli Lobby pressure on the scale of the US. The “Lobby” which some claim works closely with Israeli intelligence, has pushed for anti-BDS laws to use foreign courts to punish their political opponents. I cannot image and anti-BDS law the the US Congress would not pass in a hear beat, and nor can I imagine a Congressional staff whistle blower coming forward to spotlight how American values of free speech get trampled when the Lobby turns the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed implementing the Minsk agreements to peacefully solve the conflict in eastern Ukraine in a phone call on Wednesday. Putin “emphasized the counter-productivity of Ukrainian attempts to distort the substance” of the agreements, amid Kiev’s statements about the need to review them, according to the Kremlin press service. “He underscored that Kiev’s course towards selective fulfillment of its obligations brings the negotiations process to a stalemate.” “Both sides condemned recent statements made by Ukrainian officials that the Minsk complex of measures must be reviewed,” TASS reported. The two leaders also confirmed that […]
TORONTO (Sputnik) – More than 60 Canadian lawmakers called for Magnitsky law sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for alleged human rights abuses in Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang in an open letter addressed to the government. “We, the signatories, call on the Government of Canada to invoke Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) S.C. 2017, c. 21 against individuals who are directly responsible for the human rights atrocities happening in Tibet, occupied East Turkestan [Xinjiang], and Hong Kong,” the letter said on Tuesday. The letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland […]
A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism towards Black employees. Graeme Jennings/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Graeme Jennings/Getty Images A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism towards Black employees. Graeme Jennings/Getty Images More than 1,000 current employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed a letter calling for the federal agency to address “ongoing and recurring acts of racism and discrimination” against Black employees, NPR has learned. In the letter, addressed to CDC […]
Robert Mueller Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday announced he will be calling Robert Mueller to testify after the former special counsel blasted Roger Stone in a Washington Post op-ed. “Apparently Mr. Mueller is willing – and also capable – of defending the Mueller investigation through an oped in the Washington Post.” – Lindsey Graham said. “Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have previously requested Mr. Mueller appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about his investigation. That request will be granted.” he added. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have previously requested Mr. Mueller appear before the […]
CNN has become the absolute worst cable news network. Anyone who remembers what it was like just ten years ago knows it is barely recognizable today. Former staffers and producers appear to agree. FOX News reports: TRENDING: WOW! NBC Guest Doctor Who Was Suffering from Coronavirus in Hospital in TV Interviews — NEVER HAD CORONAVIRUS! (VIDEO) CNN called out by former staffers; ex-producer says network has shown ‘lack of self-awareness’ in Trump era A former CNN producer accused Don Lemon of hurting the network with a “divisive” and “boring” show, telling Fox News that his former employer has shown “a lack […]
After the US hip-hop artist announced he would be running for presidency some detail of his biography resurfaced, making the fans of another music icon, Britney Spears, fly off the handle. On Sunday, the hashtag #freebritney started trending globally on Twitter after the pop princess’s fans launched an online campaign to put an end to her conservatorship: in 2009 she had been appointed a legal guardian by a court due to mental health issues. Few facts about Britney Spears’ conservatorship and why #FreeBritney is very important issue: – she can’t drive or vote– she has 10% custody of her children– her calls and […]
A midseason update for ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’ and ‘Warzone’ has one difference fans are pointing out: the removal of the ‘kay’ hand gesture, which has been deemed racist by politically correct activists on social media. When I tweeted about this, it was a joke, but you actually removed the “OK” hand gesture from the game? lol pic.twitter.com/Zc9rR8RvOu — 🇨🇺GG RELOADED🇨🇺 (@GOHGAMER) July 1, 2020 Producers behind the games have released no official word on the removal of the symbol from the game, leaving fans only to speculate as to the reason. Changes have been made to gameplay in the […]
FCA Toledo Jeep Workers Support Call For Rank-And-File Safety Committees July 4, 2020 FCA Toledo Jeep Workers Support Call For Rank-And-File Safety Committees2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/workers-at-fca-toledo-jeep-from-carscoop-e1593890306731.jpg200px200px Above photo: Workers at FCA Toledo Jeep from CarScoop. Support for rank-and-file safety committees continues to grow among autoworkers, following the initiation of committees last week by workers at Fiat Chrysler’s Jefferson North (JNAP) and Sterling Heights (SHAP) assembly plants. Autoworkers around the US have widely shared reports from the World Socialist Web Site about the courageous stand taken at the two Detroit-area plants, where workers stopped work to protest unsafe conditions and demand information about the spread of COVID-19 in their plants. Anger is […]
100 Jewish Lawyers And Judges Call On Israel To Halt Annexation Plans July 3, 2020 100 Jewish Lawyers And Judges Call On Israel To Halt Annexation Plans2020-07-032020-07-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/annexation-is-not-jewish-from-days-of-palestine-e1593785605489.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Annexation is not my Judaism from Days of Palestine. More than 100 of the world’s most senior Jewish lawyers and judges have called on Israel to “follow the path of the law” and end plans to annex land earmarked for a future Palestinian state. Practicing and retired signatories to the letter opposing Israel’s annexation plans include the former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Harry Woolf, former Supreme Court Justices, Lord John Dyson and […]
In one of the most moving Hannity Shows ever, the father of a son slain in the CHOP zone in Seattle spoke out. It was a very emotional interview for Hannity and viewers who could see the pain the father felt after losing his son so senselessly. Hannity held one of his most riveting interviews of all time last night when he brought on his show the father of a teen slain in Seattle’s CHOP zone a few weeks ago. Hannity provided the father ample time to share his story and feelings about losing his son so senselessly. Horace Lorenzo Anderson […]