Civil rights groups and other critics say the social network has not done enough to curb misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption toggle caption Thibault Camus/AP Civil rights groups and other critics say the social network has not done enough […]
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Attorney General William Barr said in a speech Wednesday that lockdowns intended to slow the spread of the new coronavirus were “the greatest intrusion on civil liberties” in the history of the United States since slavery. “You know, putting a national lockdown, stay at home orders, is like house arrest. […]
There is no shortage of local topics that interest the Kremlin—from the poisoning of an inconvenient dissident, to the events in neighboring Belarus and the ongoing battle against the coronavirus. In the thick of it all, America remains front and center of the Russian state media’s steely focus. In Putin’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105881/67/1058816757_0:421:4186:2775_1200x675_80_0_0_5f2ab24339f803cb004f8e6dda3e224f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009061080381495-civil-unrest-over-gentrification-continued-in-germanys-leipzig-on-saturday—photos/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Civil unrest continued on late Saturday in the German city of Leipzig in the eastern Saxony state, involving 500 protesters against gentrification, the ARD broadcaster reported on Sunday. According to the German news outlet, it was the third day in […]
AG William Barr’s praise for the police takedown of Michael Reinoehl, the self-avowed ‘Antifa’ who shot dead a Patriot Prayer member in Portland, has left the social media fuming. But his sister told the media she saw it coming. Reinoehl “attempted to escape arrest and produced a firearm” before he […]
Google, Facebook, and other social media companies, like Twitter, have come under pressure from Democrats, who have claimed that the tech giants’ platforms were used to influence the result of the last election and could be used to tip the scales in the upcoming vote. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106549/85/1065498526_0:12:2428:1378_1200x675_80_0_0_0e7f94e070a29d473054f273226ecb98.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009011080339948-former-prince-william-aide-simon-case-appointed-as-uks-top-civil-servant/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Simon Case, a former aide to the UK’s Prince William, has been named on Tuesday as the country’s new top civil servant, according to a government press release. Case, a former private secretary to the Duke of Cambridge, will serve […]
By Gordon Duff and New Eastern Outlook of the Russian Academy of Science (Est: 1816) The United States, in the fourth year of the Trump presidency, is in near anarchy. On April 29, 2020, a 600-car caravan, mostly trucks, from the ‘suburbs’ of Portland, Oregon, drove through town on what […]
By Gordon Duff and New Eastern Outlook of the Russian Academy of Science (Est: 1816) The United States, in the fourth year of the Trump presidency, is in near anarchy. On April 29, 2020, a 600-car caravan, mostly trucks, from the ‘suburbs’ of Portland, Oregon, drove through town on what […]
Maria Bustillos, founding editor of the digital magazine Popula, is also one of the founding members of Brick House, an umbrella of independent publishers operating under a collectivist business model. An earlier supporter, and benefactor, of the now-defunct media startup Civil, Bustillos said she never lost sight of the possibility […]
On 4 August, a massive blast shattered almost half of Lebanon’s main political and economic hub, killing over 180 people and injuring thousands more. Crowds of protesters have since rallied in the city and beyond, blaming the disaster on the authorities’ negligence and corruption. France’s President Emmanuel Macron has warned […]
On Saturday morning, protesters showed up to the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles, carrying signs. To passing drivers, the scene looked pretty typical. There have been protests in Los Angeles nearly every day since the civil uprising in June over police brutality, and the signs’ […]
Kenosha police officers’ shooting of unarmed African American man Jacob Blake late last week has reignited race-related demonstrations and nationwide calls for police reform in the United States. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a civil rights probe into Sunday’s shooting of African American man Jacob Blake who […]
‘How The South Won The Civil War’ August 4, 2020 ‘How The South Won The Civil War’2020-08-042020-08-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/service.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run, Va. July 21st 1861, Currier and Ives. Library of Congress. Yes, the Civil War brought an end to the slave order of the […]
Obama called on Americans to stand up for the late civil rights leader’s most enduring cause: the right to vote. Source link
A mourner pauses by the casket of Rep. John Lewis lying in repose at the state capital on Wednesday in Atlanta. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died on July 17. John Bazemore/AP hide caption toggle caption […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1a/1079984765_0:0:2875:1619_1200x675_80_0_0_29408071debe026116e0257bc43d978c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007261079984799-seattle-police-arrest-16-people-during-civil-unrest-in-city/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Seattle police have announced arresting 16 people during the civil unrest, classified as a riot. “Update: 16 arrests for assault on officers, obstruction and failure to disperse”, the police tweeted. Update: 16 arrests for assault on officers, obstruction and […]
The Rev. Darryl Caldwell speaks as the casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., lies in repose during a service at Troy University in Troy, Ala., on Saturday. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynn Anderson/AP The Rev. Darryl Caldwell speaks as the casket of the late Rep. John […]
Border Patrol Violently Assaults Civil Rights And Liberties By Andrea Flores and Shaw Drake, ACLU.org. July 24, 2020 Border Patrol Violently Assaults Civil Rights And Liberties2020-07-242020-07-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/wmilitarized-federal-agent-e1595617967743.jpg200px200px Above photo: Dave Killen, the Oregonian. Ending Border Patrol’s long-standing abuses and impunity requires divestment, accountability, and removing the agency from U.S. communities. In […]
New Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Law Enforcement By Jonathan Levinson, Oregon Public Broadcasting. July 23, 2020 New Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Law Enforcement2020-07-232020-07-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/intpress-e1595537495251.jpg200px200px Above photo: Police stand as protesters gather during a demonstration, Thursday, July 16, 2020 in Portland, Ore. Federal officers deployed tear gas and fired less-lethal […]
US Silver Certificate – real money backed by silver bullion held in US government reserves. Donald Trump has sent a bunch of far-right thugs disguised as ‘federal law enforcement officers’ into Portland, this is in gross violation of constitutional law. The governor of Oregon has correctly identified these ‘feds’ as […]
In November 2016, Congressman John Lewis viewed for the first time images and his arrest record from a March 5, 1963 nonviolent sit-in at Nashville’s segregated lunch counters. Rick Diamond/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rick Diamond/Getty Images In November 2016, Congressman John Lewis viewed for the first time images […]
Florida Senator Marco Rubio was among many in Washington paying tribute to Rep. John Lewis. However, Rubio posted a picture of himself alongside the late Elijah Cummings, another civil rights leader who shares Lewis’ skin color. Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, passed away on Saturday after a short battle with pancreatic […]
John Lewis, who spent his life and career as a civil servant battling tirelessly for civil rights, died Friday at the age of 80. Late Saturday morning, after hours of silence, the White House issued a proclamation calling for the flag to fly at half-staff on White House and public […]