On Monday, September 13, solidarity activists protested outside the US Congress against the RENACER Act, which stands for the Orwellian title, “Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform.” The bill is part of the United States’ effort to undermine the presidential election in Nicaragua this November to prevent President Ortega from being re-elected. The RENACER Act would place more unilateral coercive economic measures (aka Sanctions) on Nicaragua, facilitate greater coordination of the US’ economic war on Nicaragua with Canada and the European Union, create stricter oversight of financial institutions doing business with Nicaragua and impose greater Visa restrictions. The Alliance […]
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Free Elections In Venezuela Are A Blow To Regime Change By Leonardo Flores, Popular Resistance. December 11, 2020 Free Elections In Venezuela Are A Blow To Regime Change2020-12-112020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/voter-dec-6-venezuela.jpg200px200px Above photo: A voter in Venezuela’s legislative elections. Photo: Manaure Quintero/Reuters. Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting President Maduro won 68% of the vote and a supermajority in the National Assembly. All the evidence suggests the elections were free and fair. However, turnout was […]
Socialist Alliance Victory In Venezuela’s National Assembly Is A Failure Of US Regime Change Policy December 9, 2020 Socialist Alliance Victory In Venezuela’s National Assembly Is A Failure Of US Regime Change Policy2020-12-092020-12-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/vzelection-e1607563003507.jpg200px200px Above photo: Members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela raise their hands with a clenched fist in a sign of victory on December 7, 2020 in Caracas, Venezuela. Getty Images / Leonardo Fernandez Viloria. The victory of Maduro’s political alliance in Sunday’s parliamentary election means that despite the Covid pandemic, economic hardships and sanctions by the US, Venezuelans voted for the continuation of the Chavista Revolution. A little […]
‘Refusing To Serve In The Army Is My Small Act Of Making Change’ By Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine. November 28, 2020 ‘Refusing To Serve In The Army Is My Small Act Of Making Change’2020-11-282020-11-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/hillel-e1606601620163.jpg200px200px Above photo: Israeli conscientious objector Hallel Rabin, Kibbutz Harduf, Israel. Oren Ziv. Hallel Rabin spent 56 days in military prison for refusing to serve in the IDF. Now she opens up about her time behind bars, conversations with her fellow inmates, and talking to young Israelis about the occupation. As Hallel Rabin stood before the IDF conscientious objectors committee two weeks ago, the military body that decides […]
Framing Climate Change as a “National Security Priority” Isn’t A Clever Maneuver To Get People To Care By Adam H. Johnson, Medium. November 25, 2020 Framing Climate Change as a “National Security Priority” Isn’t A Clever Maneuver To Get People To Care2020-11-252020-11-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/kerry-1-e1606322761412.jpg200px200px It’s a Centrist Co-option Strategy to Bloat the Budgets of ICE and the Pentagon. Read the fine print before rushing to deem climate change a “national security” threat. On November 23, President-elect Joe Biden announced that former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry will serve as special envoy on climate and have a seat on the National Security […]
Ending Regime Change In Bolivia And The World By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. October 29, 2020 Ending Regime Change In Bolivia And The World2020-10-292020-10-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/c1_3782515-e1603986419304.jpg200px200px Above photo: Bolivian woman votes in October 18 election. Less than a year after the United States and the U.S.-backed Organization of American States (OAS) supported a violent military coup to overthrow the government of Bolivia, the Bolivian people have reelected the Movement for Socialism (MAS) and restored it to power. In the long history of U.S.-backed “regime changes” in countries around the world, rarely have a people and a country so […]
Embracing The Gifts Of Conflict For Social Change By Jovida Ross and Weyam Ghadbiano, Turning Towards Each Other. October 19, 2020 Embracing The Gifts Of Conflict For Social Change2020-10-192020-10-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/conflict-e1603108479671.png200px200px Above image: By Shirien Damra. As a collective, we are living in unprecedented times. The triple pandemic of COVID-19, white supremacy, and capitalist-driven climate crisis has intensified survival fears and made the structural oppression we are living under more palpable and unbearable. We are coming face to face with the fact of our interdependence, and the stakes are high. Either we as a species learn to live well with each other and the earth now, […]
…from SouthFront.org The West is facing an unprecedented threat to its hegemony, as more agile, innovative, and cohesive non-Western powers are growing by leaps and bounds, to the point of making a transition to a global non-Western hegemony for the first time in history. During the last five centuries, the baton had passed from one European power to the next, and ultimately to the United States. Should the United States falter under the double weight of its global imperial overstretch and domestic oligarchy plundering even its own society, there will not be another Western state there to pick up where it […]
With the US inching ever closer to Election Day, observers are weighing in on how Washington’s foreign policy towards the UK might change given the Brexit realities and heated debate over Britain’s Internal Market Bill. British academics have discussed possible post-Brexit scenarios in case Joe Biden wins or Donald Trump stays in the Oval Office. The Internal Market Bill championed by the Boris Johnson cabinet has become an apple of discord between the UK and the EU and has been subjected to sharp criticism by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. “We can’t allow the Good Friday agreement that brought peace to […]
It was low tide on the north shore of Boston when Steve Kearns felt the mosquito bite that would land him in a hospital with West Nile Virus disease for a week. “For at least six months after that, I felt like every five minutes I was being run over by a truck,” Kearns says. “I couldn’t work, I couldn’t walk very well and I couldn’t focus. I wondered for a bit if I’d ever get better.” Kearns, 71, recounted the experience during a check-up with his physician, Dr. Gaurab Basu, and Dr. Charlotte Rastas, a third year resident in primary […]
Ripple’s Chris Larsen threatened to leave the U.S. if the country’s stance on crypto doesn’t soon change, Fortune reported. Source link
British coal drove the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century but the last deep mine, at Kellingley in Yorkshire, closed in 2015. But now plans are afoot to build a new pit in Cumbria, which could start producing coal as early as 2022. Climate change activists are urging government minister Robert Jenrick to block plans for Britain’s a new deep coal mine, the first to be built for 55 years. On Friday, 2 October, Cumbria County Council’s planning committee voted in favour of an application to build the mine, Woodhouse Colliery, on the site of a former sulphuric acid factory in Whitehaven […]
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, pictured in March, made climate change at the center of his presidential campaign earlier this year. Elaine Thompson – Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson – Pool/Getty Images Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, pictured in March, made climate change at the center of his presidential campaign earlier this year. Elaine Thompson – Pool/Getty Images The fires in Washington are largely under control now, but the state has been experiencing dangerous, even deadly, wildfires for years, something Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee says are only made worse by climate change. In a recent op-ed in Rolling […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106995/49/1069954969_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_aa4229c029a2fe76fadd548c8812a36d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080662566-iss-crew-instructed-to-resolve-air-leak-issue-before-mission-change-in-mid-october/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The current expedition on the International Space Station (ISS) has been tasked with fixing the air leak in the Russian Zvezda module before the arrival of the next crew later in mid-October, according to instructions sent from the Moscow Mission Control Centre. “The rate of leakage … is of the order of 0.9 millimetres [on the barometer column per day] from the atmosphere altogether. And in this regard, guys, we cannot shift this problem, or at least, it is very undesirable … to shift it to the next crew,” a specialist […]
pinterest.com Joshua Tree Is First Plant to be Placed on the California Endangered Species Act Despite prevailing through many cycles of ice ages and warming periods, a study from last year suggests that at the current rate of climate change, only 0.02 percent of Joshua trees’ habitat will remain by the end of the century. https://t.co/ih52fmk88x — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Joshua trees have existed in the Mojave Desert for 2.5 million years, through ice ages and periods of warming, but at the current rate of climate change they will not survive until the end of […]
youtube.com Flowers are Developing Their Own Sunscreen To adapt to climate change, some flowers are darkening their hue to protect themselves from the sun’s radiation, new research shows. https://t.co/fu535NnraI — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 2, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Ultraviolet pigments in flowers have increased over the past 75 years in response to increasing temperatures and thinning ozone layer. Humans cannot see this change but it is evident to pollinators which may not be able to see the flower at all and thus not land on it…..Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and […]
Many Superfund Sites Are Dangerously Threatened By Climate Change By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen, Inside Climate News. September 29, 2020 Many Superfund Sites Are Dangerously Threatened By Climate Change2020-09-292020-09-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/superfund.jpg200px200px Barrett, Texas – Fred Barrett thought he’d wait out Hurricane Harvey at his home in this town outside Houston, founded by his great-grandfather in 1889. He prepared for heavy rain, wind and flooding. But when the murky brown San Jacinto River jumped its banks, flooding Barrett’s neighbors and an ominous cluster of four hazardous waste Superfund sites nearby, Barrett worried the catastrophic 2017 storm could fill his community with deadly toxins. […]
Unfounded UN Report On Venezuela Used As Regime Change Tool By the US Peace Council. September 29, 2020 Unfounded UN Report On Venezuela Used As Regime Change Tool2020-09-292020-09-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/vzelections-e1601393814213.jpg200px200px Above photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters. The United Nations Human Rights Council issued a report* by the Independent Mission to Determine the Facts in Venezuela (Independent Mission), which accuses Venezuela of “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment committed since 2014.” The veracity, timing, and political intent of this report is best understood in the context of a campaign led by the U.S. to overthrow Venezuela’s democratically elected government of President Nicolás Maduro and before him […]
In August 2019, the world’s best-known teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg made a grand carbon-neutral journey to attend September’s UN Climate Action Summit in New York. After floating across the Atlantic Ocean for 15 days, the Swede appeared in front of the assembly to lambast the world’s leaders with her famous “how dare you” speech. A young climate change activist from Britain made an eye-catching trip to the Arctic this week as a part of the “Youth Strike” movement launched by Greta Thunberg. The photos of Mya-Rose Craig’s solitary protest were shared on her Twitter account, as the 18-year-old campaigner was pictured […]
Benji Backer, president of the American Conservation Coalition, testifies about climate change during a U.S. House hearing in 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Benji Backer, president of the American Conservation Coalition, testifies about climate change during a U.S. House hearing in 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images Think “climate change activist” and a young, liberal student may come to mind. A recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll showed climate change is the top issue for Democratic voters. For Republicans, it barely registers overall, but there is a growing generational divide. A recent Pew Research Center survey shows Republicans 18 […]
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it was imposing “UN” sanctions on the Iranian Defence Ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for what Washington called aiding Tehran’s weapons programmes. Iranian analyst Mani Mehrabi has explained what’s behind the failure of the US to gain international support for its Iran policy. “Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide: No matter who you are, if you violate the UN arms embargo on Iran, you risk sanctions,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated on 21 September. On 19 September, the US unilaterally re-imposed UN sanctions on Tehran through […]
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is leading an effort to ensure climate is addressed at every presidential debate this cycle. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal hide caption toggle caption Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is leading an effort to ensure climate is addressed at every presidential debate this cycle. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal When President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden face off Tuesday night in the first presidential debate, there’s one topic they’re not expected to get asked about: climate. Thirty-six senators, spearheaded by Ed Markey, D-Mass., signed a […]
Fellow CNN host Chris Cuomo tried to point out to Don Lemon that judges cannot re-write the US constitution, and Democrats would need a three-quarters majority in every one of the 50 state legislatures to do so, but Lemon was unperturbed. CNN Tonight presenter Don Lemon has urged US presidential candidate Joe Biden “blow up the entire system” if elected. During his nightly handover exchange with Cuomo Prime Time host Chris Cuomo on Monday night, the outspoken anchor said Democrats could “stack the courts” and use judges to abolish the electoral college system of presidential elections. His comments crew fire from […]
Democrat’s Climate Change Lies By Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. September 20, 2020 Democrat’s Climate Change Lies2020-09-202020-09-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/fr__845x400.jpeg200px200px The Republicans lie about the harm they do to the planet, and the Democrats lie and pretend they’re not doing the very same things. “The Democrats have turned their backs on their own timid, mealy mouthed proclamations of concern.” In recent weeks a combination of drought and record breaking heat have accelerated wildfire season to historic levels of devastation. More than 4.6 million acres have burned in the states of California, Oregon and Washington. Skies are colored orange and red, the air is unbreathable, […]
Venezuela Foils CIA Terror Plot; Pompeo On Regime Change Tour By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. September 19, 2020 Venezuela Foils CIA Terror Plot; Pompeo On Regime Change Tour2020-09-192020-09-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/tarek-william-saab_edited-e1600522819529.jpg200px200px Above photo: Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab holds a photo of bullets he says were seized with other weapons in connection with what the government calls a failed attack over the weekend aimed at overthrowing President Nicolás Maduro, during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, May 8, 2020. Matias Delacroix | AP. The State Department’s silence has been deafening following the arrest of a US citizen and former CIA operative allegedly caught plotting […]
Climate Change Will Force A New American Migration By Abrahm Lustgarten, Pro Publica. September 17, 2020 Climate Change Will Force A New American Migration2020-09-172020-09-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/fire1.png200px200px Above photo: Firefighter Zach Leisure working to contain the Ranch 2 Fire near Azusa last month. Meridith Kohut for The New York Times. Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes batter the East. Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation. Life has become increasingly untenable in the hardest-hit areas, but if the people there move, where will everyone go? This article, the second in a series on global migration caused by climate change, is a result of a […]
Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg, pictured in 2019, tells NPR there’s “real appetite for people to find out more for themselves” when it comes to climate change and factual information. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg, pictured in 2019, tells NPR there’s “real appetite for people to find out more for themselves” when it comes to climate change and factual information. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images Facebook is launching a climate change information page in an effort to promote facts about climate change from trusted sources. Users in […]
In the last two years, Venezuela has thwarted a coup attempt organised by opposition leader Juan Guaido, one attempt to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro, and energy outages reportedly caused by sabotage. These events were linked by Caracas directly or indirectly to the US, which has been seeking to unseat Maduro. Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro reported on 11 September that the country’s authorities captured a spy who was planning an attack on a refinery. He did not elaborate, but media reports suggest that the spy, a former US Marine and CIA operative, was targeting the Cardón refinery in the state of Falcón, […]
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Canada’s Regime Change Efforts In Nicaragua Rife With Hypocrisy September 7, 2020 Canada’s Regime Change Efforts In Nicaragua Rife With Hypocrisy2020-09-072020-09-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nicaragua_flag-e1599514233873.jpg200px200px Above photo: A woman stands near a burning barricade holding Nicaraguan flag, April 2018. Canada is supporting US efforts to overthrow Nicaragua’s government. A recently leaked USAID document highlights “the breadth and complexity of the US government’s plan to interfere in Nicaragua’s internal affairs up to and after its presidential election in 2021.” The stated aim is to replace president Daniel Ortega with “a government committed to the rule of law, civil liberties, and a free civil society.” HighlightingWashington’s aim, Ben Norton […]
An Ethereum smart contract feature that offers rebates for fees has developers scratching their heads, wondering if they should toss the old code in light of an exponential rise in transaction costs. Called gas tokens, these smart contract loopholes are a way to send transactions on the cheap by “tokenzing” gas, the fees paid for running computations on-chain. The feature allows an Ethereum user to buy up transaction fees when they are low, store them and then spend them when the fee price inevitably rises again. While the matter is still under discussion, some developers worry tokenized gas could one day […]
As she was putting together her portfolio collection during her last year as a fashion student at Parsons School of Design, Najla A. Burt called her mother for help. She needed to come up with a name for her clothing line. “We had a conversation around why she should not make her label her name,” Cynthia Burt, Najla’s mother, recalled in an interview with The Daily Beast. “We talked through the legal thing of not making your name the brand, because there are so many avenues for people to sue you personally. But beyond that, Najla said, ‘We’re not going to […]
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/img/107869/93/1078699307_0:105:1201:780_1200x675_80_0_0_91ed5a2df4bcb5ae41f197d4c7d67957.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008311080330811-lakes-help-protect-oceans-from-climate-change-by-holding-50-more-water-nasa-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Shrinking glaciers due to climate change have increased the volume of water stored in glacier-fed lakes by about half since 1990, buffering an anticipated rise in sea-levels from glacial melt, NASA reported in a press release on Monday. “In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50 percent since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change,” the release said. The findings, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, […]
The five largest fires in California history have occurred since 2003, a sign that climate change is making extreme wildfires more frequent. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images The upshot of climate change is that everyone alive is destined to experience unprecedented disasters. The most powerful hurricanes, the most intense wildfires, the most prolonged heat waves and the most frequent outbreaks of new diseases are all in our future. Records will be broken, again and again. But the predicted destruction is still shocking when it unfolds all at the same time. This week, […]
Testing contacts of those with confirmed cases of coronavirus is common public health practice. New CDC guidelines make it optional. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Testing contacts of those with confirmed cases of coronavirus is common public health practice. New CDC guidelines make it optional. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The Trump administration has stirred confusion and concern by rewriting its guidelines for coronavirus testing. Public health experts fear the revised guidelines will lead to less testing – something the president has repeatedly […]
Belarus Opposition Candidate Revealed As Western Regime Change Puppet By Steve Topple, Peace Data. August 25, 2020 Belarus Opposition Candidate Revealed As Western Regime Change Puppet2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/st-e1598397061790.jpg200px200px Above photo: Svetlana Tikhanovskayas (center). AP. Belarus’s political and social landscape grows more complex and precarious as time passes, with the aftermath of the recent election still unfolding. But what has already become apparent is that in this game of political chess, the people will not be winners. Because now-deleted webpages reveal opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya may be little more than a Western regime change puppet. And the end result will offer no solutions for […]
US President Donald Trump called the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency use authorization to treat COVID-19 with convalescent plasma a “historic announcement” on Sunday, but there isn’t enough data to tout it as a breakthrough, Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, assistant professor of viral pathogenesis at the University of Manitoba, told Sputnik. The technique uses plasma donated from survivors of the novel coronavirus to treat patients currently suffering from the disease. Doctors can isolate antibodies in plasma – the liquid component of blood – and then inject those antibodies into sick patients. “It really is, essentially, trying to take plasma from somebody […]
After an evening of unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Wisconsin authorities vowed that “justice will be served” as the city of Kenosha imposed a curfew and the governor called in the National Guard. A video of the shooting that was recorded by a bystander appears to show a Kenosha police officer shooting the Black 29-year-old several times at point-blank range as he tried to get into a van with his children. Immediately after the video was posted on social media, protesters took to the streets in outrage, with some setting fires and vandalizing parts of the city. “Justice […]
More than once in our conversation, the Broadway producer Brian Moreland qualifies an optimistic thought with, “I know that sounds very Pollyanna of me.” Moreland, one of the few Black producers working on Broadway, is hopeful for not just the healthy, post-pandemic return of Broadway, but also for a renewed kind of commercial theater which looks, sounds, and feels more diverse. “I feel there’s change in the air,” he told The Daily Beast. The lead producer of upcoming productions of Charles Randolph-Wright’s play Blue (which had been set to open at the Apollo Theater in May) and Keenan Scott II’s Thoughts of […]
The debate on renaming streets that refer to Germany’s colonial past has been going on for many years and recently gained momentum following global protests against racial discrimination and police brutality, which were sparked by a death of a black man in the United States, who died at the hands of a white police officer. Authorities in the German capital Berlin said they would change the name of the street Mohrenstraße (Moor street), because it has racist undertones and “incriminates and harms the national and international reputation of Berlin”. Mohren, the German name for Moor, is an old-fashioned term used to […]
You might seem put off by the idea, but a bidet can really change how you use the bathroom. You clean the rest of your body with water, so instead of using all of this toilet paper, why not use water, too? Bidets have come far, the technology has advanced so much so that there are plenty of options that connect to your toilet, no problem. You’ll hardly notice them. We’ve rounded up some of the best bidet attachments out there to help you pick the perfect one. FOR AN EASY TO INSTALL OPTION Scouted Contributor Gideon Grudo is a big […]
Donald Trump has taken his sporadic criticisms of Fox News to a new level, calling the network “worse than Fake News CNN” when it comes to its weekend programming and advising his supporters to switch over to a minor competitor. Trump said Fox News is simply “not watchable” during weekend afternoons. “It is worse than Fake News,” the president tweeted, on a day when his timeline was mostly filled with condolence messages about the passing of his younger brother Robert the night before. Not only did Trump slam Fox News’ coverage, but he also offered supporters advice about what they should […]
Since he was in elementary school summiting flagpoles, eating his lunch at the top of basketball hoops, and wriggling his way up the exposed seams of brick buildings, Kai Lightner has been a fearless climber. The 20-year-old professional from Fayetteville, North Carolina, has tackled some of the hardest routes in the world, ascending the formidable Era Vella in Margalef, Spain, when he was just 15. Still there are some spots he won’t go near—not due to any dangerous grade or slope, but because of the name. Across the U.S., Canada, and parts of Mexico, the so-called “First Ascensionists” who create routes […]
The US embassy has expressed its solidarity with anti-government protesters in Lebanon, urging all sides to “refrain from violence,” after clashes in blast-devastated Beirut left some 500 people injured. Thousands of people gathered in Beirut on Saturday, demanding government resignation over corruption and negligence that they believe led to the horrific explosion this week. Also on rt.com Lebanese protesters occupy Foreign Ministry & other govt buildings in Beirut (PHOTO, VIDEO) Amid clashes with riot police, protesters stormed several government buildings and attempted to reach the Parliament. Several military units were eventually deployed to help riot police restore order, forcing the US Embassy […]
An uncovered US Agency for International Development (USAID) document lays out a blueprint for regime change in Nicaragua. An expert told Sputnik the playbook shines a new light on the 2018 protests in Nicaragua as well as similar operations in other countries targeted by the US, such as Venezuela. A new report by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) has revealed a guide to regime change in Nicaragua by USAID. The document, which dates to March-April of this year, describes in frank terms how the agency, which maintains close ties with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), could create or exploit […]
COVID-19, Climate Change, And Chaos By Mel Gurtov, Peace Voice. August 4, 2020 COVID-19, Climate Change, And Chaos2020-08-042020-08-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fire.png200px200px Above photo: A bushfire rages in Australia’s Blue Mountains. Andrew Merry/Getty. Multiple Crises, Multiple Obstacles. COVID-19 and the protests for racial justice have drawn attention away from the mostly bad news about the environment. Yes, the skies in most parts of the world are a lot clearer these days as people stay home and auto emissions decline. But as one study points out, even if lockdown measures continue for the next several months, global carbon emissions will only drop by between 4 to 8 percent […]
U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walk up the stairs in the Foreign Office in London on Tuesday. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption toggle caption Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walk up the stairs in the Foreign Office in London on Tuesday. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP The U.S. and the U.K. have revised their diplomatic immunity rules, almost a year after the wife of a U.S. diplomat fled the country after allegedly killing a young man with her car. The move, announced by U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic […]
De’Andre Arnold appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in January following his suspension from high school because of a grooming policy forbidding long hair in boys. Arnold refused to cut his dreadlocks and was barred from attending his high school graduation ceremony and senior prom. Courtesy Ellen Digital Ventures hide caption toggle caption Courtesy Ellen Digital Ventures De’Andre Arnold appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in January following his suspension from high school because of a grooming policy forbidding long hair in boys. Arnold refused to cut his dreadlocks and was barred from attending his high school graduation ceremony and senior […]
The bible of writing rules for news organizations across the Western world – the Associated Press Stylebook – has made its ruling on uneven treatment of skin colors, and it turns out it might be in favor of the practice after all. One month after changing its style guide to require capitalization of the word “black” when referring to black people, the Associated Press wire service said it won’t do the same for the word “white.” “White people in general have much less shared history and culture, and don’t have the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color,” the […]
In his “Build Back Better” agenda, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden focuses largely on climate change, aiming at trying to “achieve the groundbreaking Paris Climate Accords”, a plan that sets a goal of significantly reducing carbon emissions around the world. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, announced his major $2 trillion climate change plan that aims to boost the development of sustainable energy and create more jobs. Outlining his contrast to incumbent President Donald Trump, who is not known to accept the reality of the climate crisis, Biden said that he thinks of the […]
Burger King has pledged to do its bit to combat global warming by attempting to reduce cow farts through dietary changes – but only for a limited time. The move was instantly mocked on social media as superficial pandering. “Cow farts & burps are no laughing matter,” the restaurant chain tweeted on Tuesday, declaring that it will be changing its livestock’s diet “to reduce emissions” by around 33 percent. The company aims to achieve this target by adding some lemongrass to the animals’ menu. The seriousness of the decision was perhaps undermined by the country music video accompanying the tweet, which […]
ATHENS (Sputnik) – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview with the Skai TV channel that it would be dangerous to look at the issue of Hagia Sophia’s conversion from a museum into a mosque from the perspective of the Greek-Turkish relationship alone, and called for addressing it as a global issue instead. “There, [at the EU meeting] Greece will ask the European Union to draw up a list of the stringiest possible measures against Turkey in case it violates the sovereign rights of Greece”, Dendias said in the interview. The top diplomat went on to say that Greece’s […]
Covid Recovery And Radical Social Change By Christos Zografos, The Ecologist. July 11, 2020 Covid Recovery And Radical Social Change2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/10/capitalism_isnt_working_via_popularresistance-e1592851999723.png200px200px A post-Covid world must genuinely value care, embrace vulnerability, and attack the existing structures of privilege. The view that radical social change has been taking place during the Covid-19 pandemic has been expressed by progressive figures and organizations. For example, George Monbiot has recorded a series of solidarity, bottom-up community actions to conclude that power has migrated from the market and the state to the commons. But despite fascinating and hopeful initiatives of solidarity and commoning developed during Covid-19, the experience of inequality during […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079852246_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_26e3f5dc717c7af4b7bc64f76f85770f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007101079852275-greek-prime-minister-says-change-of-hagia-sophia-status-will-affect-relations-with-turkey/ ATHENS (Sputnik) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis condemned on Friday the Turkish government’s decision to convert Hagia Sophia cathedral into a mosque, noting that this will affect Turkey’s relations with Greece and the global community in general. “Greece categorically condemns Turkey’s decision to convert Hagia Sophia to a mosque. This decision, taken 85 years after Hagia Sophia was declared a museum, is an affront to its ecumenical character”, Mitsotakis said in a statement. Ankara’s move offends everyone who recognizes Hagia Sophia as a world heritage site, the prime minister went on to say. […]
The former Lady Antebellum, left (photo by Keith HInkle), soul singer Lady, right (photo via Lady A’s Instagram). Follow along here, as there are multiple layers of irony at play; On July 8th, country band Lady Antebellum changed there name to simply Lady A to capitulate to the rioting BLM woke cancel culture mob. Turns out a Seattle based blues and soul singer has been going by the name Lady A for 20 years. So now the country Lady A is suing the soul Lady A over the name. The original Lady A, whose real name is Anita White, is black. […]
The Chicago Blackhawks have announced they will not change the team’s name as it honors a historic figure – the team is named after a famous Sauk leader. The NHL team issued a statement stressing that their name and logo will remain unchanged, despite mounting pressure from anti-racism activists who have urged the team to reconsider its use of Native American imagery. READ MORE: Time to kill off the Redskins? Teams changing their names to cave in to mobs who don’t watch sports will backfire “The Chicago Blackhawks name and logo symbolizes an important and historic person, Black Hawk of Illinois’ Sac […]
Nearly three years ago in August 2017 President Trump warned that Democrats will soon be taking down Washington and Jefferson statues. Trump called it. President Trump: George Washington was a slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? So will George Washington now lose his status? Are we going to now take down, excuse me. Are we going to take down statues of George Washington? How about Thomas Jefferson? What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? You like him? OK, good. Are we going to take down his statue because he was a major slave owner? Now, are we going to […]
Washington Redskins head coach Ron Rivera said work is underway to rename the NFL franchise, and revealed his hopes for the club to unveil its new name before the NFL season’s mid-September start. It was announced on Friday that the team was conducting a “thorough review” of the team’s name, and a host of outlets have suggested that a name change could be implemented before Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season, when Washington will take on the Philadelphia Eagles on September 13. Coach Rivera shares that optimism, and told the Washington Post that he would love for things to be […]
Many brands have recently reconsidered their name and actions in light of anti-racist protests rocking the US and some European countries. Last week, the US country music trio Dixie Chicks changed its name to remove the reference to Confederate states, which, in the mid 19th century, fought to preserve the enslavement of Blacks in the US. One of the top American football teams, the Washington Redskins, has announced that it will carry out a “thorough review” of the team’s name in a bid to rid itself of its derogatory perception, but while preserving the team’s heritage. “This process allows the team […]
The Washington Redskins’ lead sponsor, FedEx, has apparently caved to corporate pressure, asking the football team to change its name after a group of investment firms and shareholders urged major funders to sever ties. FedEx, which holds rights to the team’s stadium, formally requested the Redskins to ditch their name on Thursday, days after a group of 87 investment firms and shareholders, collectively worth some $620 billion, implored FedEx and two other major NFL sponsors – Nike and PepsiCo – to cut ties with the team unless it takes on a less “offensive” name. Also on rt.com ‘It’s past time’: NFL’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107978/11/1079781186_0:0:3572:2009_1200x675_80_0_0_5cd3b529032466902b7fe26fd4c58e2f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007031079781256-twitterati-divided-over-fedex-pushing-washington-redskins-to-change-team-name/ The Washington Redskins has a long history, starting from its foundation in 1932, with Forbes reporting them as the fifth most-valuable NFL franchise. A part of the team’s history is also involved with controversy over its name, which has been questioned by Native Americans and others since the 1960s. FedEx, the company holding the naming rights to the stadium where the National Football League (NFL) Washington Redskins play, on Thursday requested the team change its nickname amid the ongoing anti-racism movement spanning the US, dividing public opinion and causing hot debate on social media. […]
By Max Blumenthal The US Department of Treasury’s imposition this June of the so-called Caesar Civilian Protection Act, a draconian set of economic sanctions on Syria, amounts to a medieval-style siege on all Syrians living inside the country. Inspired by photos that Western governments and media claim were smuggled out of Syria by a supposed Syrian military whistleblower codenamed “Caesar,” the sanctions are the product of a highly deceptive intelligence operation orchestrated by the US and Qatari governments. As this investigation will demonstrate, a network of US- and Qatar-backed regime change operatives marketing themselves as human rights lawyers and concerned Syrian activists […]
(L to R): Sen. Heherson Alvarez, an environmental lawmaker from the Philippines; Durdana Rizvi, a doctor from Pakistan; Colombian actor Antonio Bolívar; ‘Nanī’ Nabi, a grandmother from Kashmir; Rocio Choque, a soup kitchen volunteer from Argentina. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters; Andaleeb Rizvi; Lucas Jackson/Reuters; Javaid Iqbal; Anita Pouchard Serra for NPR hide caption toggle caption Eduardo Munoz/Reuters; Andaleeb Rizvi; Lucas Jackson/Reuters; Javaid Iqbal; Anita Pouchard Serra for NPR (L to R): Sen. Heherson Alvarez, an environmental lawmaker from the Philippines; Durdana Rizvi, a doctor from Pakistan; Colombian actor Antonio Bolívar; ‘Nanī’ Nabi, a grandmother from Kashmir; Rocio Choque, a soup kitchen volunteer from […]
This year’s season of “Pride Plays,” produced by Rattlesticks Playwrights Theater in New York City, is showing online at Playbill.com. This is the first of two articles focusing on the Black queer playwrights with plays in the season. Rodney Hicks’ play, Just Press Save, is about the hopes, fears, and intrigues of a group of six high school seniors, including twins who are undocumented immigrants and a Black trans man. Hicks, 46, is also an actor who starred in the original productions of Rent and Come From Away. Just Press Save is directed by Michael Greif, who directed Hicks in the original production […]
Over 100 statues have been destroyed, taken down or vandalized in America in the last three weeks. The statues included Catholic saints, Confederate Generals, Christopher Columbus and the Founding Fathers. Young Venezuelan activist Elizabeth Rogliani Otaola fled the Marxist Chavez-Maduro regime from Venezuela with her family. On Tuesday night Elizabeth went on with Laura Ingraham to tell her story.The young activist warned Americans about dangerous days ahead if Americans do not rise up and confront the mob. TRENDING: We Were Right! FBI Confirms ‘Noose’ Found in Bubba Wallace’s NASCAR Stall Was Garage Door Pull Rope – It Was Just Another Hate […]
By Nebojsa Malic, senior writer at RT While special envoy James Jeffrey says the US no longer demands regime change in Syria, only “change of behavior,” his explanation shows this distinction is without a difference and no November election results will change it. “We’re not demanding total victory, we’re not saying that Assad has to go,” Jeffrey said on Monday, during a live event hosted by the Middle East Institute and moderated by MEI director Charles Lister. Instead, he explained, the goal of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act – a US sanctions law that came into effect last week – […]
The Black Lives Matter protests across the world show the ‘necessary force’ people need to use when fighting global warming, teen activist turned climate change icon Greta Thunberg believes. “It feels like we have passed some kind of social tipping point where people are starting to realize that we cannot keep looking away from these things. We cannot keep sweeping these things under the carpet, these injustices,” 17-year-old Thunberg told the BBC. She says the protests that have come in the wake of the death of George Floyd shows people can “have an impact.” Also on rt.com The king is dead! […]
A confectionery giant plans to rename its famous Eskimo Pie chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar to help achieve “racial equality.” The move comes as major brands try to appease the ‘woke’ movement. Eskimo Pie will change the brand name and its marketing, Elizabell Marquez, a representative for the brand’s parent company, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream (part of Nestle), told Rolling Stone magazine. We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is derogatory. This move is part of a larger review to ensure our company and brands reflect our people values. Activists have […]
A drive-by mugging in Karachi, Pakistan, ended in an unexpected way when the robbers appeared to have a change of heart and gave their victim back his belongings. They even shared an embrace, viral CCTV footage shows. The video shows a Foodpanda delivery rider being approached by a pair of robbers who pull up alongside on a moped. The thieves steal the rider’s bag and belongings from his pocket, but after he appears to plead with them, they seem to relent and give everything back to the distraught victim. One of the muggers even slaps the victim on the back in […]
Food Sovereignty Activists See The Pandemic Crisis As Pivotal For Change By David Bacon, Food First. June 16, 2020 Food Sovereignty Activists See The Pandemic Crisis As Pivotal For Change2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/people-over-profit-by-david-bacon.jpg200px200px Above photo: In Richmond, California on May 1, 2020, Jessica Etheridge, a hotel worker and member of UNITE HERE Local 2, joins workers demonstrating outside the Amazon warehouse on May Day to demand their labor rights. By David Bacon. The following is a special edition, eight-page Backgrounder covering the experiences and insights from farmers and farm workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Download a PDF of the Backgrounder here or read in full below. The […]
The Democratic Party Exists To Co-Opt And Kill Authentic Change By Caitlin Johnstone, CaitlinJohnstone.com. June 15, 2020 The Democratic Party Exists To Co-Opt And Kill Authentic Change2020-06-152020-06-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/democrats-play-acting-with-kente-cloth.-photo-by-chip-somodevilla-for-getty-images.jpg200px200px Above photo: Democrats play-acting with Kente Cloth. Photo by Chip Somodevilla for Getty Images. ESTRAGON: Well, shall we go? VLADIMIR: Yes, let’s go. [They do not move.] Curtain. So ends both acts of the Samuel Beckett play “Waiting for Godot.” One of the two main characters suggests leaving, the other agrees, followed by the stage direction that both remain motionless until curtain. This is also the entire role of the Democratic Party. To enthusiastically agree with American support for movements […]
Human Rights Expert Hopes COVID-19, Climate Change And Racial Injustice Are A ‘Wake-Up Call’ By Ilana Cohen, Inside Climate News. June 14, 2020 Human Rights Expert Hopes COVID-19, Climate Change And Racial Injustice Are A ‘Wake-Up Call’2020-06-142020-06-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/08/Seattle-Racism-Protest-holding-the-elephant1-150×112.jpg200px200px Above photo: The US is facing up to one elephant in the room, racism, will it face up to the climate crisis as well? New York University law professor and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, fears “a sort of crisis fatigue.” Philip Alston spent years at the United Nations confronting the vast societal injustices that have brought millions of demonstrators out […]
Hurricane Irma sends a storm surge crashing over a seawall at the mouth of the Miami River in Florida. The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a network of more sea walls, gates and other barriers to protect the Miami waterfront from storms and hurricanes. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP Hurricane Irma sends a storm surge crashing over a seawall at the mouth of the Miami River in Florida. The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a network of more sea walls, gates and other barriers to protect the Miami waterfront from storms and hurricanes. Wilfredo Lee/AP Thirteen-foot-high […]
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo (right) kneels as the hearse of George Floyd arrives to North Central University ahead of funeral service on Thursday. Protests in the wake of Floyd’s death while in police custody has erupted across the country. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im hide caption toggle caption The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo (right) kneels as the hearse of George Floyd arrives to North Central University ahead of funeral service on Thursday. Protests in the wake of Floyd’s death while in police custody has erupted across the country. The […]
Police Unions: It’s Time To Change The Law And End The Abuse By Benjamin Sachs, On Labor. June 6, 2020 Police Unions: It’s Time To Change The Law And End The Abuse2020-06-062020-06-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/1599px-george_floyd_protest_columbus-e1591451201215.jpg200px200px Collective action is the source of working people’s power. It is the source of the labor movement’s power. It is the source of power that has enabled workers to secure – through unionization and collective bargaining – fairness and dignity at work, living wages, protection against discrimination and harassment, and safe and healthy working conditions. It is the source of power that has allowed working people to demand progressive […]
The National Endowment for Democracy, a soft-power group mostly known for splashing government dollars on pro-US influence campaigns overseas to enforce regime change, has endorsed protests against police brutality at home. Also on rt.com America masterminded ‘color revolutions’ around the world. Now the very same techniques are being used at home In a statement on Friday, the NED came out in support of the protests against the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, which, while originally peaceful, spiralled into violence, wrecking havoc across dozens of US cities. The group, which styles itself as a “private and nonprofit foundation dedicated […]
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: You really can’t make this stuff up. The US and UK have spent years trying to destabilize the Hong Kong government, a game that Britain has a much longer history in doing then the US, who was once on the short end of the stick until the Neo-Americans, including my ancestors threw them out. So it is a sad twist of fate to see my country become a subversive Neo-colonizer. Unfortunately, as George Washington always warned, having a huge standing army would build up pressure to justify its expense […]
Former President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday, during virtual town hall event with young people to discuss policing and the civil unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Former President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday, during virtual town hall event with young people to discuss policing and the civil unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd. AP Venturing further into the public discourse he had largely held back from since relinquishing the Oval Office to President Trump, former president Barack Obama joined a virtual town hall Wednesday to advocate the kind of hope […]
As Attacks On Protesters and Journalists Increase, Coverage Of Communities And Police Need To Change By Timothy Karr, Free Press. June 3, 2020 As Attacks On Protesters and Journalists Increase, Coverage Of Communities And Police Need To Change2020-06-032020-06-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/police-attacks-cameraman-from-mediaweek-e1591210829959.jpg200px200px Above photo: Police attacks cameraman from Mediaweek. The weekend saw escalating police violence against protesters and reporters at nationwide demonstrations against the police killing of George Floyd and systemic racial injustices. There has been an unprecedented number of attacks against journalists at many of these protests as law-enforcement officers have specifically targeted those engaged in First-Amendment protected newsgathering and reporting. This mirrors the […]
Russia 11:17 GMT 03.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106628/63/1066286399_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_f767eca78fd17e29ee01f7b64dad95ae.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202006031079506495-kremlin-slams-computer-game-allowing-users-to-change-course-of-wwii-as-nazi-propaganda/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Ukrainian computer game in which users can change the course of World War II is Nazi propaganda and it’s availability in Russia is regrettable, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “We can only express deep regret over the fact that this game is available on the territory of our country, especially now, the year when we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory. From our point of view, this game is nothing but Nazism propaganda, which is inadmissible”, Peskov said when asked what […]
The ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Australia were damaged by recent wildfires. A new study finds the world lost roughly one-third of its old growth forest in the past century. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption toggle caption Nathan Rott/NPR The ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Australia were damaged by recent wildfires. A new study finds the world lost roughly one-third of its old growth forest in the past century. Nathan Rott/NPR The forests of today will not be the forests of tomorrow. Rising temperatures, deforestation, development and climate-induced disasters are transforming the very makeup of the Earth’s forests, new research published in the journal […]
_________Middle East Eye Russian jets in Libya: Why Haftar’s MiGs will ‘change nothing’ on the groundA fleet of Russian-made fighter jets which have arrived in Libya in support of Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army forces are militarily “useless” and will “change nothing” on the ground, aviation analysts have told Middle East Eye. Instead, the planes, which are probably piloted by mercenaries, have likely been deployed with Moscow’s approval in order to deter further Turkish-backed attacks on LNA forces. At least six MiG-29 Fulcrum and two Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer fighter jets escorted by two Russian Air Force planes were reported last week […]
Regime Change And Climate Change: Connecting The Dots By Popular Resistance. May 24, 2020 Regime Change And Climate Change: Connecting The Dots2020-05-242020-05-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/nowarnowarming.png200px200px On May 23, Popular Resistance hosted the webinar: Regime Change And Climate Change: Connecting The Dots. The goal of the webinar was to deepen the understanding of the connections between US militarism and imperialism and the climate crisis and encourage greater collaboration between the anti-war/anti-imperialist and climate justice movements. The focus of the webinar was on Iran and Venezuela, two countries with the largest oil reserves in the world and that are being targeted by the United States. The […]
The base has long been on the back burner in Pentagon’s plans to upgrade its training capabilities, but the situation could change if the military does not cut back on spending due to the economic effects of the global coronavirus pandemic. The Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), a remote US airbase that has been tasked with training novice pilots for real combat situations since the Cold War, is awaiting a major overhaul requiring $500 million in funding provided by the Pentagon, The Washington Post reported, citing military officials. The JPARC is expected to receive high-end surface-to-air missile simulators needed to […]
You just can’t make this up!Joe Biden tapped dopey bartender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to lead his Climate Change task force. Advertisement – story continues below Ocasio Cortez is famous for her gin and tonics and for pushing a plan to trash the entire US economy. OAC’s Green New Deal would cost over $600,000 per household. Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore weighed in on the “Green New Nightmare” saying it would “end civilization” and “half the population will die.” TRENDING: Sidney Powell Hits Back Against Judge Sullivan’s Dirty Political Move to Delay Flynn Case, ‘Proposed Amicus Brief Has No Place in This Court’ Greenpeace […]
Birth control pills in 1976 in New York. The birth control pill was approved by the FDA 60 years ago this week. Bettmann/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bettmann/Getty Images Birth control pills in 1976 in New York. The birth control pill was approved by the FDA 60 years ago this week. Bettmann/Getty Images Updated at 9:44 a.m. ET As a young woman growing up in a poor farming community in Virginia in the 1940 and ’50s, with little information about sex or contraception, sexuality was a frightening thing for Carole Cato and her female friends. “We lived in constant fear, […]