stock photo of Nazi followers of Donald Trump Group involved has a history of GOP “dark funding” and ties to coal and tobacco lobbyists VT: The FBI raided a trailer park near Howell, Michigan, home of VT’s Mike Chester, seizing 6 and countless weapons. The plotters were planning to storm Michigan’s Capitol Building in Lansing, killing “every Democrat they could find” and then were to kidnap […]
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A semi rests in its side after after high winds toppled it on Interstate 15 near Bountiful, Utah, Tuesday. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption toggle caption Rick Bowmer/AP A semi rests in its side after after high winds toppled it on Interstate 15 near Bountiful, Utah, Tuesday. Rick Bowmer/AP Intense winds caused havoc on Utah’s highways Tuesday, flipping dozens of semi trucks onto their sides and forcing […]
A scene from the original March on Washington, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream Speech” in 1963. Demonstrators will again gather in Washington on Friday to call for racial justice and police reform. Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress A scene from the original March on Washington, where Rev. Martin Luther […]
Dozens of anti-police protesters have been swarming around downtown Denver, Colorado, setting fires and smashing windows, with authorities seemingly struggling to contain the hit-and-run violence. Police officers in riot gear were seen guarding the Denver Police Department on Saturday night, but elsewhere across downtown Denver, local reporters described “ugly scenes” of arson and vandalism. Police conducted eight arrests as smaller groups of rioters have been running […]
77-year-old Joe Biden on Monday looked old and feeble as he entered the Capitol rotunda alongside his wife Jill and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to pay respects to Congressman John Lewis who is lying in state. Democrat Congressman John Lewis’s body will lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda and he will be laid to rest on Thursday at South View Cemetery in Atlanta. Biden’s handlers let […]
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in January 2019. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in January 2019. Jose Luis Magana/AP The body of civil rights icon and longtime congressman John Lewis will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol next week, with a public viewing that will take place outdoors because of the coronavirus pandemic. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
A decision by the Virginia state government to order a giant American banner to be pulled from the would-be seat of the local General Assembly amid fears protesters could tear the flag down, has faced pushback online. The huge banner, made of tarps, which hung about two stores from the ground, was ordered to be taken down from what is set to become the future seat […]
Anti-Russia War Fever Spreads On Capitol Hill July 2, 2020 Anti-Russia War Fever Spreads On Capitol Hill2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/afghanistan.oppose-e1593711469876.jpg200px200px Above photo: While politicians quibble, the US war against Afghanistan rages on. Zakeria Hashimi/Getty Images. Groups of congressional Republicans and Democrats have visited the White House over the past two days for briefings on allegations that the Russian military intelligence agency GRU offered bounties to Taliban fighters who killed […]
Seattle Mayor Orders Police Clearing Of Capitol Hill Occupy Protest July 1, 2020 Seattle Mayor Orders Police Clearing Of Capitol Hill Occupy Protest2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/seattle-e1593630839689.jpg200px200px NOTE: Bear in mind when you read this that this article is from the corporate media and gives the police’s perspective, which may or may not be accurate. During the Occupy movement, camps were infiltrated by people from the extreme right as well […]
Early Saturday morning, two people were shot—one fatally—inside the section of Seattle known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest Area (CHOP), a police-free zone that sprung up in the wake of anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. The gunshots that rang out between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., killing a 19-year-old man and leaving another in critical condition, marked the first report […]
Life And Times At The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone By Shane Burley, ROAR Magazine. June 17, 2020 Life And Times At The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone2020-06-172020-06-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/one-of-the-entrances-to-the-chaz.-photo-by-derek-simeone-from-flickr-e1592408051577.png200px200px Above photo: One of the entrances to the CHAZ. Photo by Derek Simeone from Flickr. Following a long tradition of left revolutionary praxis, protesters in Seattle have declared a cop-free autonomous zone in the heart of the city. Over the past […]
After a week of lusting for conflict in a six-block activist zone in Seattle, far-right figures went and made their own trouble. Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone—or CHAZ, although some newer stylings refer to it as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP—is a small protest area that emerged last week, after police vacated a nearby precinct and city leaders agreed to leave the streets open […]
Seattle’s bustling Capitol Hill neighborhood has long been a hotbed of gentrification, but right now, the streets surrounding Cal Anderson Park are undergoing a different kind of transformation. Over the past several days of its remarkable existence, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) has captured radical imaginations across the country, and struck fear into the hearts of conservative politicians and right-wing media pundits (including the president). […]
Protesters have set up barricades around the abandoned Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct after police retreated from Capitol Hill on Monday in what was approved by the city mayor as an act of “trust and de-escalation”. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and police chief Carmen Best appear to disagree on how to handle the so-called “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone”, or “CHAZ”, set up by protesters around the East Precinct. […]
Taking cues from Seattle, protesters in Nashville are attempting to create their own “autonomous zone” near the Tennessee Capitol, but the governor is having none of it, warning that “lawlessness” will not stand in his state. A small group of demonstrators showed up to Nashville’s Legislative Plaza near the state capitol on Friday, setting up a tent and tables, laying out food and even informally renaming […]
The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, Where Seattle Protesters Gather Without Police By Evan Bush, Seattle Times. June 12, 2020 The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, Where Seattle Protesters Gather Without Police2020-06-122020-06-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/seattle-autonomous-zone-e1591927282924.jpg200px200px Above Photo: East Pine Street reopens to at least pedestrian traffic after Seattle police closed the East Precinct. Protesters surge toward the East Precinct as demonstrations continued. By Dean Rutz for The Seattle Times. Welcome to the CHAZ, […]
Top shelf CBDCsThe House Financial Services Committee (FSC) Task Force on Financial Technology will convene Thursday to discuss digital currencies and other novel technologies. This includes a discussion on how FedAccounts and other digital tools might help the federal government distribute stimulus payments to help Americans suffering the economic fallout of COVID-19. The virtual hearing kicks off at noon Eastern (16:00 UTC), which you can watch here. Separately, […]
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone Forms Around Emptied East Precinct By Jake Goldstein-Street and Alex Garland, CapitolHillSeattle.com. June 11, 2020 Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone Forms Around Emptied East Precinct2020-06-112020-06-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/chaz-e1591888459857.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Alex Garland. ‘Welcome to Free Capitol Hill.’ The first night in the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone that has formed in the wake of police giving up the week-long blockade of the East Precinct was rainy and […]
Activists have torn down a large bronze statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus near the Minnesota State Capitol. Though police had vowed to protect the monument, officers left the scene just in time for its destruction. The 10-foot statue was pulled from its base on Wednesday afternoon by a group of several dozen protesters outside the capitol in St. Paul, led by Native American activist Mike […]
Activists who established a commune around an abandoned police precinct in Seattle are finding out the hard way it’s not easy to run a revolution, dealing with food supply issues, internal squabbling and even a wannabe strongman. After Seattle PD vacated the East Precinct in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on Sunday, activists moved in and set up an “autonomous zone” spanning several city blocks, putting up […]
After police in Seattle, Washington retreated from the Capitol Hill neighborhood, protesters took over the abandoned ‘regime’ precinct and erected barricades to mark an ‘autonomous zone’ for several blocks around it. Six blocks of downtown Seattle have been declared the ‘Free Capitol Hill Zone’ or ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ (CHAZ), according to area activists that have taken control of Seattle PD’s East Precinct, on 12th Avenue […]