Rights Or Power. Critical analysis from Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) on the limits of reformist legislation and why tenant organizations must aim for the abolition of rent and developing tenant power. In February, San Francisco officials amended administrative code to “require residential landlords to allow tenant organizing activities to occur in common areas of the building; require certain residential landlords to recognize duly-established tenant associations, confer in good faith with said associations, and attend some of their meetings upon request; and provide that a landlord’s failure to allow organizing activities or comply with their obligations as to tenant associations may […]
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Gwich’in Steering Committee Responds To AIG’s New Policy On Arctic Drilling March 4, 2022 Gwich’in Steering Committee Responds To AIG’s New Policy On Arctic Drilling2022-03-042022-03-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220304.png200px200px Protecting The Arctic. Today American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) announced new company-wide policy, which rules out providing insurance and investment to “any new Arctic energy exploration,” among other climate commitments. With this announcement, AIG is the first American company among a growing list of international insurance companies to publicly issue a policy ruling out new energy exploration projects in the Arctic. This announcement demonstrates continuing momentum towards the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights by the global insurance industry. AIG […]
Above Photo: Committee to Protect Journalists executive director Joel Simon (Screen shot from CPJ promo video on YouTube). A record number of journalists are imprisoned throughout the world, according to the annual prison index released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). But that number excludes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. CPJ, which is based in New York, opposes the United States Justice Department’s prosecution against Assange. However, for the third year, the press freedom organization declined to classify him as a jailed journalist. In the organization’s press release on the 2021 index, it states, “No journalists were jailed in North America at the […]
As 2021 comes to a close, the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee is collaborating closely with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak as they organize collective actions inside prisons and jails from August 21 to September 9, 2022. These actions will include labor strikes, work equipment sabotage, sit-ins, boycotts and hunger strikes. The campaign, called “Shut ‘Em Down 2022,” plans to focus on locally organized actions driven by incarcerated people to meet their abilities and the demands of their specific facilities. IWOC is a committee of the Industrial Workers of the World. “When you’re incarcerated, human rights abuses are happening left and right because the mentality is that you are […]
Only Supporters Of Peace Should Be Appointed To The Nobel Peace Prize Committee By Jan Oberg, Transnational. December 5, 2020 Only Supporters Of Peace Should Be Appointed To The Nobel Peace Prize Committee2020-12-052020-12-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/nobel-peace-e1607208180256.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2020. From left: Thorbjørn Jagland, Henrik Syse (vice chair), Berit Reiss-Andersen (chair), Anne Enger, Olav Njølstad (secretary), Asle Toje. Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix. NOTE: “Betraying the Nobel” by Unni Turrettini, provides more history to the article below. Here is the description of the book: In the years surrounding World War I and II, the Nobel Peace Prize became a beacon of […]
Bolivia: Parliament’s Committee Seeks To Prosecute Jeanine Añez November 10, 2020 Bolivia: Parliament’s Committee Seeks To Prosecute Jeanine Añez2020-11-102020-11-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/axez.jpg_1718483346.jpg200px200px Above photo: The coup-born regime leader Jeanine Añez, Bolivia. 2020. Twitter/ @NotivisionBO. Bolivia – The ministers of foreign affairs, defense, interior, and justice could also be subject to criminal proceedings. A special committee of the Bolivian Parliament on Monday recommended starting trials against the leader of the coup-born regime Jeanine Añez and some ministers for the massacres of Sacaba and Senkata that took place in 2019. The final report of this committee was referred to the National Congress, where it must be approved […]
Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls Committee Releases Final Report By Arizona Legislature Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Indian Country Today. November 3, 2020 Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls Committee Releases Final Report2020-11-032020-11-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mmiwg-e1604427576725.png200px200px Dozens of policy recommendations to address epidemic. Arizona’s Study Committee on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has posted its final report, including dozens of specific legislative, law enforcement and other policy recommendations to address the ongoing crisis. After nearly a year of in-depth research, which was slowed by COVID-19 and some enforcement agencies choosing not to participate, Arizona got its clearest picture to date of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010161080793872-republican-national-committee-accuses-twitter-of-illegal-support-for-biden/ Twitter and Facebook recently curbed the circulation of a New York Post exposé on Hunter Biden’s business dealings abroad, possibly involving his father, former US Vice President Joe Biden. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0b/1080741469_0:270:2730:1806_1200x675_80_0_0_5bad448db7a767dcc66a42f822d3f16c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010151080781612-iraq-forms-committee-to-develop-timeline-for-withdrawal-of-us-troops/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Iraqi authorities have formed a committee that will coordinate with the United States to develop the timeline for the withdrawal of US troops from the Middle Eastern country, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. “The meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry headquarters today, Thursday, October 15, 2020, in which a technical committee emerged to undertake the task of coordinating with the US side to schedule the redeployment of US forces outside Iraq,” the Iraqi Foreign Ministry wrote in a press release. The decision was taken during a meeting […]
The chairman of an Arkansas county Republican committee died from complications associated with COVID-19 on Tuesday—less than one month after his organization hosted a maskless gathering with other elected leaders. Steven Farmer, who served as the chairman of the Craighead County Republican Committee, died on Tuesday after a weeks-long battle with the coronavirus that resulted in a stay at the ICU and a ventilator, his daughter and the organization announced. The news comes just three weeks after his committee hosted an event with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), who contracted COVID-19 in July, for Reagan Day. Photos […]
The heads of major Big Tech firms have agreed to testify to a Senate panel later this month, where they’ll address legal liability for online platforms, privacy and “media domination” just days before the US election. The CEOs of Google, Twitter and Facebook are set to testify to the Senate’s Commerce Committee on October 28. The tech bigwigs will speak to lawmakers virtually during the hearing, which is scheduled only 6 days before Americans head to the polls to elect the next president. While the Commerce Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to authorize subpoenas to force the executives to attend the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107124/18/1071241801_0:0:1920:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_62d03c0f0834b3e36577b2fdd32af3d9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009271080583616-senate-judiciary-committee-reveals-amy-barrett-confirmation-hearing-details/ Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump announced Amy Barrett as his Supreme Court nomination pick, in a move to fill the vacancy opened after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Senate Judiciary Committee announced that the confirmation hearings for the Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin 12 October and will last from three to four days. “The hearing will last three to four days, using the format the committee has followed for recent Supreme Court nominees. Opening statements by Judiciary Committee members and the nominee will […]
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., announced Wednesday that former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has joined the group’s board of advisors. In a press statement emailed to CoinDesk, the blockchain advocacy group also said Visa, Goldman Sachs and Six Digital Exchange (SDX) have joined the group as executive committee members. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080331428_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_ba6c09a0e94bf3c0649e7deb71e95247.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009081080395664-three-members-of-belarus-opposition-council-cross-border-with-ukraine—border-committee/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Belarusian opposition coordination council’s presidium, and two more members of the council, Ivan Kravtsov and Anton Rodnenkov, crossed the border with Ukraine on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the Belarusian State Border Committee said. “The three of them implemented needed procedures at the Aleksandrovka checkpoint at the border with Ukraine, after that they departed in the direction of Ukraine,” Anton Bychkovsky said. On Monday, Kolesnikova’s family filed a missing person report with the police after her disappearance. On Monday afternoon, the opposition coordination council published […]
A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence in August in Winter Park, Fla. John Raoux/AP hide caption toggle caption John Raoux/AP A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence in August in Winter Park, Fla. John Raoux/AP A Census Bureau analysis has concluded that its curtailed schedule for the 2020 census increases the risk of “serious errors” in the results for the national head count, according to an internal bureau document obtained by the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The document — […]
Germany is looking at bringing in the UN over Washington’s threats of sanctions against the Russian-led pipeline, saying the US pressure runs contrary to international law. Klaus Ernst, the chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy, signaled during an interview with RT Deutsch that it is unacceptable when one country, for example, the United States, prescribes to another sovereign country or the European Union how to resolve the issue of its own energy supply. The politician said that this “is contrary to any reasonable relationship.” He added that if sanctions were imposed by the United States, it would […]
TRIPOLI (Sputnik) – The United Nations Security Council has approved a request by the Tripoli-based Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) to hold a session of the Sanctions Committee at the end of July over violations of the arms embargo imposed on the country, Libya’s permanent representative to the UN, Taher El-Sonni, said on Thursday. “The Security Council, chaired by Germany with support of a number of countries, follows up Libya’s request to organize a special hearing of the Sanctions Committee And the Panel of Experts,” El-Sonni wrote on Twitter. The session is scheduled to be held at the end of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107120/14/1071201459_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_d2c22a06c6ad1fd2db0581cd93c06be3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202007131079872715-audit-results-of-russian-anti-doping-watchdog-to-be-published-monday-olympic-committee-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The audit results of the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) will be published Monday, the head of the Russina Olympic Committee (ROC), Stanislav Pozdnyakov, said. “We will publish the report immediately after the press conference, and you will be able to look at it”, Pozdnyakov said. The ROC head added that he saw no problems with RUSADA’s actual work and expressed certainty that the agency would be able to continue working despite the scandal. © Sputnik / Alexandr Vilf Yuri Ganus The director general of RUSADA, Yury Ganus, on Friday denied allegations […]
As part of rolling out the UK’s own sanctions agenda for alleged human rights abuses around the world, London has blacklisted 25 Russian nationals, including the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. Bastrykin has led the law enforcement agency – the Russian equivalent of the FBI in the US – since January 2011. In that capacity, he was sanctioned by the US in 2017, ostensibly over the death of accountant Sergey Magnitsky in a Russian prison in 2009. While the sanctions, announced Monday by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, are supposed to be the first autonomous foreign policy initiative by the […]
Not every U.S. lawmaker is on board with the idea of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or digital dollar, but no one explicitly rejected it during a hearing of the powerful Senate Banking Committee Tuesday. That’s probably the biggest takeaway from Tuesday’s hearing, where the panel heard from former regulator turned CBDC evangelist Chris Giancarlo, Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla and Duke Law professor Nakita Cuttino as expert witnesses. The lawmakers present asked questions about financial inclusion, including what potential regulations or laws might make digitization easier and more accessible to the unbanked. “The U.S. needs a digital dollar,” said Senator […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106242/37/1062423724_0:214:4100:2520_1200x675_80_0_0_2dc970b8b3f13577092af79ad35df32c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006271079736987-us-house-of-representatives-committee-proposes-38-billion-to-fund-anti-russia-measures-in-2021/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has proposed allocating $3.8 billion to fund anti-Russia measures in the 2021 fiscal year, according to the committee’s National Defence Authorization Act proposal. “The proposal provides an additional $3.789 billion for strategic sealift, satellite communications, refueling, submarine, and antisubmarine warfare capabilities that enhance deterrence against Russia”, the document read. Additionally, officials in Washington are pushing to limit any military cooperation between the US and Russia, although exceptions will be made for the purposes of building dialogue that will reduce the risk of […]
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has approved a measure that would require the government, including the Pentagon and intel agencies, to compile all data on unidentified aerial phenomena into a declassified report. Though the provision is part of a broader annual intelligence bill and must still be approved by the full Senate, the intelligence committee recently voted to add the measure into the legislation, calling on the government to “standardize collection and reporting on unidentified aerial phenomenon,” or UAP – more commonly known as UFOs. “The Committee remains concerned that there is no unified, comprehensive process within the federal government for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107969/97/1079699775_0:81:1651:1009_1200x675_80_0_0_d4f82d73330f83701e35a00d5c2bbe48.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202006231079702279-us-congress-committee-probes-lockheed-martin-failure-to-meet-f-35-contract-demands/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Lockheed Martin must face accountability for its continuing and expensive failure to provide enough spare parts for the troubled F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, senior members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee said in a letter on Tuesday. “The military is spending tens of millions of dollars a year to overcome unresolved issues with the system Lockheed Martin built and maintains to track spare parts for the F-35”, the letter said. “It is critical that ongoing issues related to spare parts and the shortcoming of the information technology system […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106656/09/1066560952_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_65c7e4ec7181b111f35ce43046513300.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006211079682458-israeli-ministerial-committee-reportedly-backs-marijuana-bill-in-first-step-to-legalization/ TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill to legalize marijuana in the country, media reported on Sunday. The bill will now be forwarded to the Knesset for three rounds of voting, the first of which is scheduled for Wednesday’s session, The Times of Israel reported. The bill envisions fully legalizing possession and recreational use of up to 15 grams of marijuana for citizens over 21 years old and decriminalizing possession of up to 50 grams, according to the newspaper. “For the first in the State of Israel’s history, my […]
As Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) proclaims her exoneration from allegations of insider trading, she’s simultaneously building a campaign fundraising system that imagines her campaign as a Wall Street-style investment opportunity. The Georgia Republican is offering donors and fundraisers benefit packages to support her re-election bid. Those packages come in three tiers: investor, shareholder, and board member. That’s according to a fundraising brochure obtained by The Daily Beast, which also details each of the benefits that donors can expect from membership in what Loeffler’s campaign refers to as a “co-investor program” and has dubbed its “executive council.” It’s common for campaigns to […]
Lindey Graham’s Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing with Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday. After a totally unprepared and uncoordinated session with former DAG Rod Rosenstein, Graham’s committee is exhausted. They decided yesterday to postpone their vote for further testimonies to next Thursday. It was announced on May 14th that the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Senator Lindsey Graham, will hold hearings on Spygate and issues related to unmasking requests made by Obama officials against General Mike Flynn. “The Judiciary Committee will begin holding multiple, in-depth congressional hearings regarding all things related to Crossfire Hurricane starting in early June,” Lindsey Graham, the […]
Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general who’s seen here in 2019, testifies Wednesday in front of senators. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general who’s seen here in 2019, testifies Wednesday in front of senators. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Against the backdrop of a national crisis over race and law enforcement, the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to convene a hearing on Wednesday about the now-closed investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., appeared set to go ahead with a session […]
MP for Bournemouth East, Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood has called for the UK to collaborate with its top western partner, the US, to work out an effective roadmap for global unity amid China’s “different course”. As UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to chair a meeting of Britain’s National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday, for the second time since the lengthy coronavirus lockdown, China is likely to be the main and only topic to be discussed, Sky News reported. The scheduled get-together comes straight after the chair of the defence select committee, Tobias Ellwood, […]
Pulitzer Committee Favors False US Empire Stories On Hong Kong, Russia And China By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. May 18, 2020 Pulitzer Committee Favors False US Empire Stories On Hong Kong, Russia And China2020-05-182020-05-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/08/Nytimes_hq-300×199-150×99.jpg200px200px Above photo: New York Times building in New York City. (Photo from Wikipedia) The New York Times has apparently stolen its Pulitzer Prize-winning stories from Russian journalists – the same liberal anti-Putin reporters its correspondents have lionized. The New York Times has been accused for the second time of stealing major scoops from Russian journalists. One of those stories won the Times a Pulitzer Prize this May. […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in April. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in April. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, will remotely address the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday regarding the disbursement of hundreds of billions of dollars in coronavirus relief aid. In written testimony released on Monday (below), Powell described the pandemic as having […]
Updated plans in Low Earth Orbit and beyond now include replacing the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation and flight testing Orion’s rendezvous and docking systems. These goals were highlighted in a meeting of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) committee of the NASA Advisory Council Wednesday. (Lead image by Mack Crawford for NSF/L2) The topics discussed by the committee surround a common theme of learning from past successful commercial spaceflight programs, especially the Commercial Cargo and Crew programs, and applying those lessons to achieving the ambitious goals of the Artemis program. Interestingly, NASA has also aimed to commercialize its […]
This video was recorded by Viktor Stoilov, a member of SouthFront Steering Committee and a SouthFront press officer. Dear friends, you can find all SouthFront videos on our website in the section “SouthFront TV“. SouthFront’s YouTube Channel Is Banned (the text below was originally posted by SouthFront on May 2): DEAR FRIENDS, On April 30th, our Facebook page with about 100,000 subscribers was deleted without any warnings or an opportunity to file an appeal. (LINK) Now, the situation appears to be even worse. On May 1st, YouTube terminated all of South Front’s channels, with approximately 170,000 subscribers. Our YouTube channels were […]
The House Intelligence Committee released the 57 previously undisclosed transcripts from the Mueller probe into the Trump admininstration. Chairman Adam Schiff released the documents after DNI Rick Grenell threatened to release the documents earlier this week. The committee voted in 2018 to release the damning documents that show NO RUSSIA COLLUSION between the Trump Campaign and Russia. Correspondence Letter from HPSCI to Acting Director of Intelligence Richard Grenell (May 7, 2020) Correspondence between HPSCI and Office of Director of National Intelligence and White House (November 2018 – May 2020) Interview Transcripts Interview Transcript of Rinat Akhmetshin (November 13, 2017) Interview Transcript […]