At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, panic buying seemed to create a shortage of different necessities, including toilet paper. Midway through the COVID-19 pandemic, housing prices started rising drastically, as demand surpassed supply due to shortages of construction materials. As students returned to in-person learning, schools found nutritious food for school lunches more difficult to get, and the U.S. relaxed requirements that schools must comply with federal nutrition standards. Visit any grocery store recently and you are likely to find shelves bare of any number of items. A global shortage of computer chips has created a drastic reduction […]
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Above Photo: A sign is displayed during a protest against housing evictions during the pandemic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Michael Siluk / Universal Images Group / Getty Images) There is a battle raging in U.S. cities around land and who controls it. It is fought with zoning laws and red lines. Its battlefields are neighborhood associations and local elections. Across the country, racist reactionaries square off against capitalist developers in a struggle to determine the future of the housing market. In these types of battles, whoever wins, tenants lose, according to housing organizers working to halt the damage wrought by both developers […]
Above Photo: Grist / mikroman6 / RLT_Images / Getty Images. Now States Are Turning The Tables. As Recycling Heads To The Dump, Maine And Oregon Have A New Strategy: Make Companies Pay. If you’ve ever tossed a plastic water bottle in a trash can and felt a wave of guilt wash over you, well, judging by its marketing campaigns, that’s exactly how the packaging industry planned it. Consider this recent public service announcement, where two uncanny squirrel puppets sit in a tree, watching passerby on the sidewalk and cheering when they put plastic bottles in the recycling bin. A man nearly throws […]
To Solve The COVID19 Crisis, Biden Must Put People Over Profits By Margaret Flowers, Truthout. December 2, 2020 To Solve The COVID19 Crisis, Biden Must Put People Over Profits2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/biden.png200px200px Above photo: President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a press conference at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 16, 2020. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images. As infectious disease experts had warned over the summer, the fall brought another rise in COVID-19 cases in the United States. It is a third surge in what is still the first wave as the number of daily new cases only flattened slightly in the spring before […]
On Contact: Covid-19 And America’s Health Care Crisis November 22, 2020 On Contact: Covid-19 And America’s Health Care Crisis2020-11-222020-11-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mflowers.png200px200px On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Dr. Margaret Flowers about the Covid-19 pandemic and the catastrophic response to the public health crisis under America’s for-profit healthcare system. Without national coordination, or universal and free national health care, Americans are faced with uneven or absent care due to hospital closures, reductions in hospital beds and services. Lawmakers and hospital administrators compete to purchase basic supplies leading manufacturers to hike prices. The mercenary nature of the for-profit health care system also means many Americans are distrustful of […]
Unemployment Crisis Continues Unabated By Patricia Gorky, Liberation News. November 13, 2020 Unemployment Crisis Continues Unabated2020-11-132020-11-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/unemployment.jpg200px200px More than 1 million people filed for unemployment assistance last week according to new figures released today. 709,000 workers requested filled out applications for traditional benefits, and slightly under 300,000 applied for the specially-created Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. The Department of Labor’s reporting deceptively separates those who apply for standard unemployment benefits from those who apply for PUA. Similarly, official unemployment statistics only count people who have actively looked for work in the last four weeks. The real unemployment rate, counting those who have given […]
Shahid Buttar: The Crisis Is Constitutional By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. November 9, 2020 Shahid Buttar: The Crisis Is Constitutional2020-11-092020-11-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/shahidcrop_1-e1604950735818.jpeg200px200px The presidential election has been called for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. I speak with Constitutional lawyer and activist Shahid Buttar about what that means for our work on issues of social justice, his campaign to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her congressional seat, and critical issues of the day such as the media, democracy, militarization and mass surveillance. Buttar points out that the crises we face are more than political. The United States is in a Constitutional crisis […]
Above photo: The earth’s warming is not immediate, but gradual, and without a direct or immediate impact on our everyday actions. wildpixel / Getty Images. The science is clear. If we continue to emit greenhouse gases at the same rate we have been doing for the past decades, 80 years from now, our planet will be at least four degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels. “And the warming won’t stop there,” climate researcher and oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf told DW. “It will continue to rise to seven or eight degrees over the next 100 years. Human civilization won’t survive that.” Normally, we respond to danger […]
United Kingdom – Garden centres and DIY stores are way off track on meeting a government target to end peat use by amateur gardeners, figures show. Green experts said the rate at which peat is still being dug up means the UK’s gardens are helping to accelerate the climate crisis. Stores including B&Q and Wickes, as well as numerous websites, all sell peat products. Between 2015 and 2019, the amount of peat contained in composts sold to shoppers showed only a small drop, from almost 53 per cent to 41.5 per cent. Friends of the Earth called on ministers to act, after the government announced a […]
Court Protest Aims At Boston Covid Housing Crisis October 30, 2020 Court Protest Aims At Boston Covid Housing Crisis2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/ur-e1604067465299.png200px200px Boston, MA – Thousands of families in eastern Massachusetts face renewed risk of eviction. Governor Charlie Baker opted on October 17 to cease emergency measures to protect shelter that have been in effect throughout most of 2020, triggering a huge surge in “notices to quit” from landlords. A rally downtown outside the Eastern Housing Court near Haymarket on a rainy Thursday morning called for an alternative program at the state legislature, among other policies that have been proposed including a rent freeze. Unicorn Riot covered […]
Fascism Is A Failed Response To Capitalist Crisis By William I. Robinson, Truthout. October 27, 2020 Fascism Is A Failed Response To Capitalist Crisis2020-10-272020-10-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/poverty.png200px200px Above photo: Protestors demonstrate during a ‘No Evictions, No Police’ national day of action protest against law enforcement who forcibly remove people from homes on September 1, 2020, in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images. Few would disagree in light of recent events that the Trump regime, its most diehard extreme-right, white supremacist supporters, and elements of the Republican Party are bidding for a fascist putsch. Whether this putsch remains insurgent or is beaten back […]
by Valerie Kulikov, with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa [ Editor’s Note: The refugee immigrant situation has grown out of control because it serves the interests of both political and criminal entities, where it can be hard to tell the two apart. But when they are both, like the Trump regime, it is easy. Jim W. Dean – last press conference at Syrian elections – June 2014 Take Syria for example. When I was there as an […]
Activists Who Fought The AIDS Crisis On Organizing During A Pandemic By Loretta Graceffo, Waging Nonviolence. October 8, 2020 Activists Who Fought The AIDS Crisis On Organizing During A Pandemic2020-10-082020-10-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/actup-e1602192766554.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protestors in front of the James A. Shannon Building, National Institutes of Health, 1990. Donna Binder More than 30 years after ACT UP was founded, their bold activism in response to the AIDS crisis offers critical lessons for those mobilizing around COVID-19. During the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in New York, Avram Finklestein was inundated by the blaring noise of ambulance sirens outside his apartment. “Just day and […]
Indian business and industry leaders are seeing signs of recovery after the coronavirus crisis wiped out nearly a quarter of the country’s economy in the last quarter. “The more I converse with CEOs of various organisations, the more I get convinced that there is an improvement in the macro-economic situation, especially over the last month or so,” Axis Bank’s chief executive and managing director, Amitabh Chaudhry, told the Economic Times. Read more While the banker believes the recovery is imminent, he says the process could be slow or “L-shaped,” which is usually accompanied by persistent unemployment and stagnant economic growth. Chaudhry […]
Bolivia: Amid New Crisis, Coup Government Seeks To Divide Spoils By Federico Fuentes, Green Left. October 5, 2020 Bolivia: Amid New Crisis, Coup Government Seeks To Divide Spoils2020-10-052020-10-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/bolivia-e1601925135418.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protester in La Paz holds up a sign that reads: “Anez: hunger does not wait”. Radio Kawsachun/Facebook. Just weeks out from the October 18 elections, Bolivia’s coup government is again in crisis following the departure of three key ministers over an unconstitutional attempt to privatise an electricity company. It comes as polls show Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce potentially winning in the first round, less than a year […]
Scheer Intelligence: In A Time Of Mortal Crisis By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. October 2, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: In A Time Of Mortal Crisis2020-10-022020-10-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/rabbi-scaled-e1601663371500.jpg200px200px Above image: Mr. Fish. Rabbi Michael Lerner Prophesies a Caring Society. The lifelong progressive talks about his new book and what he found lacking in Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. There’s no denying there’s been a renewed wave of interest in socialism in the United States, thanks in large part to Bernie Sanders. While the Vermont senator gained support across the country for his rallying cry against inequality and for promoting equitable policies like Medicare for All, Rabbi Michael […]
The UK announced reversal of its decision on the Chinese telecoms giant in July, forcing British telecos to remove kit from existing networks over potential threats to network supply lines due to US sanctions. But the delays are set to cost billions in GDP and cause Britain to lose its place as Europe’s 5G capital, numerous reports have shown. A delay to Britain’s 5G rollout could cost billions of pounds due to a drop in economic output, a report from the Centre for Policy Studies read on Monday. The centre-right think tank noted legislative challenges, including Downing Streets rip and replace […]
by Valeri Kulikov, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa. [ Editor’s Note: NATO is now only an alliance on paper, as members are on the verge of war with each other, with little NATO ‘brotherhood’. The newest bad boy on the block is neo-Ottoman strong man, Erdogan. As other countries have done, he puts on his NATO country robe whenever it suits him, and casts it off when it does not, as in declaring Turkey’s right to […]
As The Veteran Suicide Crisis Persists, Washington Turns To Snake Oil And Swamp Creatures By Jasper Craven and Suzanne Gordon, Battle Borne. September 30, 2020 As The Veteran Suicide Crisis Persists, Washington Turns To Snake Oil And Swamp Creatures2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/battling_ptsd-e1601484685658.jpg200px200px The first major bill to privatize veterans’ mental healthcare is headed to the president’s desk. In mid-August, former Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Anthony Principi (2001-2005) worked to get a number of fellow former VA chiefs to sign on to a draft Op-Ed encouraging the House to take up a Senate-passed suicide prevention bill —S. 785: The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care […]
Bankruptcies in the New York City region have spiked by 40% during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the same time period last year, according to a new report by Bloomberg. The pandemic has resulted in almost 6,000 business closures across all five New York City boroughs between March 1 and September 11. Around 4,000 of those businesses have closed permanently. Between March 16 and September 27, more than 600 businesses filed for bankruptcy in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York alone. According to Bloomberg, the city’s Department of Small Business Services has also received around 35,000 calls since June […]
The Left And The Election Crisis By Larry Holmes, Workers World. September 27, 2020 The Left And The Election Crisis2020-09-272020-09-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/indiagenstrike-e1601214806270.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Two-day All-India General Strike, Jan. 8-9, 2019. The ‘elephant in the room’. The head of the U.S. Postal Service is sabotaging delivery of ballots through the mail. Trump is acting like he won’t step down even if he’s defeated in the elections. And it appears that right-wing and neo-fascist forces, who have guns, are getting ready to go into the streets after the elections to support an attempted coup. Every group and activist ready to fight fascism in the streets […]
Flint Water Crisis Continues Despite Settlement By Kim Brown, The Real News. September 20, 2020 Flint Water Crisis Continues Despite Settlement2020-09-202020-09-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/flint-e1600622266389.jpg200px200px Above photo: NurPhoto/Getty Images. In 2014, the water source of the city of Flint, Michigan, was switched from Lake Huron to the untreated and polluted Flint River, tainting the city’s water supply and setting off a chain of events that led to at least 12 deaths from Legionnaires disease, as well as miscarriages, brain and developmental damage to children, and lead poisoning for the 100,000 residents of Flint. In late August, the state of Michigan offered a $600 million settlement […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106916/67/1069166709_0:420:1920:1500_1200x675_80_0_0_61b819937a21b5d27466cde49037141e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202009191080514418-billionaires-urged-to-help-feed-millions-of-starving-people-amid-humanitys-greatest-crisis/ The WFP chief warned that there are some 30 million people out there who “rely solely” on the organization for survival. The global hunger crisis, “caused by conflict” and further compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, is now moving into a “new and dangerous phase – especially in nations already scarred by violence”, and it may be a good time for the private sector to help feed the hungry, United Nations World Food Programme executive director David Beasley announced in his remarks to a recent UN Security Council virtual session on the Protection […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for his initial response to COVID-19 as reports emerged in spring that he failed to attend five emergency meetings in January and February of the Civil Contingencies Committee, also known as Cobra, which deals with major crises London mayor Sadiq Khan revealed in a Q&A on LBC Radio on Friday that he has not spoken to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson since 10 May, which is also the last time the national emergencies committee Cobra met, despite the country facing “the biggest health, economic and social crisis since the Second World […]
Demonstrators march through the streets in Rochester, N.Y., Friday, Sept. 4, protesting the death of Daniel Prude. Prude apparently stopped breathing as police in Rochester were restraining him in March 2020 and died when he was taken off life support a week later. Adrian Kraus/AP hide caption toggle caption Adrian Kraus/AP Demonstrators march through the streets in Rochester, N.Y., Friday, Sept. 4, protesting the death of Daniel Prude. Prude apparently stopped breathing as police in Rochester were restraining him in March 2020 and died when he was taken off life support a week later. Adrian Kraus/AP Nationwide protests over police accountability […]
Jewish Society President Henri Goldstein ventured that a possible ban, backed by 86 percent of Danes and several parliamentary parties, would effectively spell an end for Danish Jewry. The Danish parliament is scheduled to consider a bill proposing a ban on non-medical circumcision of minors. The bill was submitted last month by former interior minister Simon Emil Ammitzboll-Bille, who leads the newly founded party Forward, a centrist party based on liberal values. “I don’t think cutting little boys should be legal in connection with an old, religious ritual”, Ammitzboll-Bille wrote on Facebook. “That’s my principled stance. That a person’s body belongs […]
The president and his allies have already had a field day attacking the Democratic House speaker over security cam footage showing her getting her hair washed and blow-dried at a beauty parlour, mask-free, despite regulations in her district which shuttered salons to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Students for Trump, a political youth group affiliated with the Turning Point Action political action committee, has posted a viral video from the 12th district in San Francisco, California, home district of House speaker Nancy Pelosi, showing major problems with rampant homelessness, drug use, and property destruction in the community she represents. […]
Paul Krugman, the Nobel prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist, has figured out that the doom and gloom over rampant violence and lawlessness in the largest US city is unfounded hysteria over a “nonexistent crisis.” All he needed to find the truth of the matter and prove the alarmists wrong was to go for a jog in the city Wednesday morning. “Am sorry to report that I saw very few black-clad anarchists,” Krugman tweeted after his run. “Also, the city is not yet in flames.” I went for a belated NYC run this morning, and am sorry to report that […]
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Is The US Deliberately Trying To Provoke A Military Crisis With Russia? By Ted Galen Carpenter, The American Conservative. September 2, 2020 Is The US Deliberately Trying To Provoke A Military Crisis With Russia?2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/us-soldiers-stand-near-russian-vehicles-in-syria.-by-delil-souleiman-for-afp-via-getty-images-e1599076901449.jpg200px200px Above photo: US soldiers stand near US and Russian military vehicles in the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah (Derik) at the border with Turkey, on June 3, 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images. A dangerous vehicle collision between US and Russian soldiers in Northeastern Syria on Aug. 24 highlights the fragility of the relationship and the broader test of wills between the two major powers. According to White House […]
Overfunding The Military Drives Climate Crisis And White Supremacist Culture By Jack Delaney, Peace Data. August 26, 2020 Overfunding The Military Drives Climate Crisis And White Supremacist Culture2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/pentagon1-e1598457390568.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ivan Cholakov / Shutterstock. As the U.S. now approaches the third month since protests erupted following the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless Black Americans calls to defund and abolish the police are resonating throughout public consciousness. While the Black Lives Matter movement rightfully pushes for the defunding and abolition of a white supremacist institution, it must be recognized that another institution — U.S. militarism — is also an overfunded […]
Common Ground Collective Teaches Us About Surviving Crisis Together By Shane Burley, Waging Nonviolence. August 26, 2020 Common Ground Collective Teaches Us About Surviving Crisis Together2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/commonground.png200px200px Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, the Common Ground Collective’s uncommon success offers lessons on how to build effective mutual aid projects today. It started in Malik Rahim’s kitchen, as the waters from the broken levees continued to flow through New Orleans’ lower 9th Ward. A small group of activists from the city and Austin, Texas, including former Black Panthers, began scratching down notes and trying to figure out exactly what they could do to provide […]
BENGHAZI (Sputnik) – Libyan tribes have been invited to participate in the political process on the Libyan crisis settlement by the United Nations, Senussi al-Haleeq, the deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of Libyan Sheikhs and Elders, which supports the Libyan National Army, said on Saturday. “We received an invitation from the parliament in Tobruk, as well as an official request from the UN for the participation [in the political proces] of representatives of tribes, including me”, al-Haleeq said, adding that tribes would be represented in negotiations. The deputy chairman also said that the exact date for the start of the […]
Despite having the third-highest COVID-19 burden, India’s global efforts in containing the pandemic by offering aid and assistance to countries in need have been appreciated worldwide. Moreover, India has not only been successful in rescuing its citizens stranded abroad but has also set an example by devising an ambitious plan to treat them. With sustained, pre-emptive, and timely interventions over two million people in India have successfully recovered from COVID-19 so far. The recovery rate continues to register an upward trend and stands at 73.64 percent as of Wednesday. The case fatality rate continues to show a steady decline and now […]
Former Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown is showing no sympathy for the millions of Californians now subject to rolling blackouts amid a brutal heatwave – let alone remorse – even though his policies contributed to power shortages. “Hey California! We can avoid a blackout, but you have to turn up your damn thermostat,” Brown tweeted Tuesday night. Brown, presumably, isn’t suffering the same fate of air-conditioning deprivation at his entirely solar-powered home on a 2,500-acre ranch in rural northern California. California’s grid operator ordered rolling blackouts last Friday and Saturday as scorching heat spurred demand for power to run air conditioners. Power […]
Make Corporate Landlords Pay For Housing Crisis By Sofia Lopez and Sara Myklebust, Inequality. August 18, 2020 Make Corporate Landlords Pay For Housing Crisis2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/right-to-housing-e1596131418813.jpeg200px200px The Covid-19 crisis has both exposed and exacerbated racial and wealth inequality in the United States. As unemployment skyrockets and tens of millions of Americans struggle with a sudden loss of income, many are unable to pay rents or mortgages and are facing eviction, foreclosure, and possible homelessness. We’ve seen this eviction crisis brewing for months, and despite platitudes about racial justice, our elected officials and corporate landlords haven’t taken any meaningful action to prevent it from hitting poor people […]
US Sanctions Are Strangling A Lebanon In Crisis By Bilal El-Amine, In These Times. August 16, 2020 US Sanctions Are Strangling A Lebanon In Crisis2020-08-162020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lebanon-e1597540616777.jpg200px200px Above photo: This picture, taken on August 4, 2020, shows a general view of the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon’s capital Beirut. STR/AFP via Getty Images. As Lebanon faces multiple, overlapping catastrophes, U.S. policies are making them worse. The Lebanese economy crashed into the equivalent of a brick wall sometime in the last few months of 2019. The Lebanese pound (or lira), which was pegged to the dollar and appeared to be stable for well over […]
So much has changed in the United States since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic back in late March and early April. Americans have endured economy crippling lock downs, people have lost jobs, and their savings. In a recent monologue on his show, Tucker Carlson pointed out how Democrats have used this crisis to their advantage politically, with little regard for the suffering of average Americans. Here’s a partial transcript, via FOX News: TRENDING: Garbage DC Website Known for Promoting Conspiracies Attacks Gateway Pundit After Crashing White House Press Corps Coven Tucker argues Democrats using coronavirus ‘as a political weapon’ in […]
Over seven months after the novel coronavirus went global, the United States still isn’t testing enough people. Nor is the U.S. delivering results quickly enough to provide meaningful disease surveillance. But virologists Dave O’Connor and Chris Mason had a simple idea for loosening up the testing logjam: pack vans with $5,000 worth of testing equipment and drive them around key locations in badly-hit communities with low testing rates and lagging test turnaround times. Welcome to Rabbit Hole, where we dive deep on the biggest story. It’s for Beast Inside members only. Join up today. Source link
General Strike: The Eviction Crisis Escalates August 8, 2020 General Strike: The Eviction Crisis Escalates2020-08-082020-08-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/cancel-rent-banner-e1596898340432.png200px200px Above photo: Cancel Rent banner from GenStrike. With an estimated 17 to 40 million people at risk of losing their homes by the end of September, and with the failure of the federal government to pass an eviction moratorium or an unemployment benefits extension, the greatest eviction and foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression is now upon us. In some states in the Southeast, as many as 60% of renters are at risk of being evicted, and people of color are likely to be hit disproportionately hard. […]
A new YouGov survey suggests it’s a case of unrequited love between the UK and EU member states. A majority of European participants said they’d be unwilling to help Britain in a crisis – much to the annoyance of many Britons. The survey published on Monday by UK polling company YouGov questioned 21,000 citizens from 13 EU member states and the UK, which will officially leave the bloc when the transition period ends on December 31. Also on rt.com British tourists NOT WELCOME in mainland Europe amid coronavirus crisis, new report suggests Even after a tempestuous Brexit process, the majority of […]
COVID-19 Crisis Failure, People Must Save Themselves And The Economy By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. August 2, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter COVID-19 Crisis Failure, People Must Save Themselves And The Economy2020-08-022020-08-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/covid-test-positive-from-shutterstock-e1596403076579.jpg200px200px Above photo: Positive COVID-19 Test. Shutterstock. The US is at a moment of truth. This week, Congress has to face up to a pandemic that is out of control and an economy that is collapsing. The Republican’s and Democrat’s proposals show they will fail this test. The people will need to protect themselves and lead from below. The pandemic is worsening with more than 60,000 new […]
As many as 40 million Americans are under threat of losing their homes due to the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, with tens of millions of people unsure where they will get the money to pay for rent after being put out of work, and a federal eviction moratorium expiring late last month. Outspoken comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore has slammed the US government and politicians in Washington over their alleged inaction amid the eviction crisis facing tens of millions of Americans, suggesting that it demonstrates the catastrophic condition that the country has been put in by […]
Democrats Offer Half-Hearted Measures To Impending Eviction Crisis By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. July 30, 2020 Democrats Offer Half-Hearted Measures To Impending Eviction Crisis2020-07-302020-07-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/cancel-the-rent-banner-out-of-window-e1596133595267.jpg200px200px Above photo: A view of a poster saying Cancel Rent Cancel Mortgage during the coronavirus pandemic on May 18, 2020 in Brooklyn Borough of New York City. By John Nacion from STAR MAX/IPx . The federal moratorium on evictions expired this week, leaving 12 million renters at risk of losing their homes, and much as they did with healthcare, Democrats are offering little more than token non-solutions. The best defense against a raging pandemic that has already claimed over 152,000 […]
On Tuesday, US authorities gave China 72 hours to shut down its Houston, Texas Consulate, accusing its staff of systematically engaging in espionage. Beijing responded by ordering US diplomats to leave America’s diplomatic mission in Chengdu, with Washington claiming that China has no right to respond in that kind of tit-for-tat manner. China strongly protests US officials’ “forcible entry” into the Chinese diplomatic mission in Houston on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has announced. “China has expressed strong opposition and a firm protest against the forcible entry of the US side in the territory of the Chinese consulate general in […]
Cuba Defeated The Pandemic, Is Preparing To Face The Economic Crisis By Arleen Rodríguez Derivet, Resumen English. July 24, 2020 Cuba Defeated The Pandemic, Is Preparing To Face The Economic Crisis2020-07-242020-07-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/cuba.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ismael Francisco. Possibly no other country in the world has it worse when it comes to facing what Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel has defined as the very challenging global economic scenario, after the impact of a pandemic that in the first six months of the year put almost all economies on hold and is still slowing down the most dynamic productive, financial and commercial processes on a planetary level. But […]
Capitalism May Not Survive The 2020 Global Crisis July 24, 2020 Capitalism May Not Survive The 2020 Global Crisis2020-07-242020-07-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/wolff.jpg200px200px Above photo: Getty Images/pidjoe. The crisis will cut deeper and last longer than many predict. The current global crisis triggered by Covid-19 is the third capitalist crash in this century. And governments’ incapacity to consider non-capitalist solutions threatens to keep deepening this crisis into capitalism’s worst. The first was in early 2000. Because it was triggered by the absurdly high prices of dot-com stocks, it got named the “dotcom crisis.” In 2008, the trigger was widespread subprime mortgage default in the US and the crash […]
The Russian government’s revenues and vast reserves have enabled the country to remain stable and deal with the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Wednesday. According to the top official, the pandemic has slowed down the rate of economic growth, reduced revenues at all budget levels “and caused significant damage to a large number of people, companies and organizations.” “As for our national reserves, or the so-called safety cushion, I want to assure everyone that our macroeconomic stability and reserves allow us to feel very comfortable and stable,” Mishustin said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV. He noted […]
The right-wing populist political party has been considering legal action against Chancellor Angela Merkel since February, when she attacked Thuringia Minister-President Thomas Kemmerich for depending on AfD support, prompting him to resign. Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative fur Deutschland, AfD) has filed complaints against Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government with the Federal Constitutional Court for their role in the Thuringian state government crisis, asking the court to determine whether they had done something illegal. AfD’s complaints are related to comments made by Chancellor Merkel in February during a trip abroad, during which she said that the election results in Thuringia’s […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian aviation sector is going through turbulent times in the wake of the pandemic, which has pushed numerous airlines to the brink of financial collapse. Several airlines have urged the government to provide short-term relief, including help to pay salaries for staff. Stating that measures such as salary cuts and cost-cutting policies were not enough to face the economic headwinds, India’s biggest carrier IndiGo decided to reduce the workforce by at least 10 percent on Monday. The airline further laid out a plan to help employees “tide over the uncertainties”. This included keeping notice pay in lieu, […]
Last week, UK Cabinet Minister Michael Gove admitted that London and Brussels still have differences on a post-Brexit deal as negotiations on their future relations are under way. The independent UK think tank Institute for Government (IfG) has warned that due to the COVID-19 crisis, many British businesses are still unprepared for the end of the Brexit transition period which wraps up on 31 December. “Firms reeling from the economic consequences of coronavirus are poorly placed to prepare for Brexit: in many cases, in a worse position than in the months leading up to the potential no deal in October 2019”, […]
While most oil-exporting nations saw international agencies knocking down their sovereign credit ratings amid the crisis spurred by the Covid-19 outbreak, S&P Global Ratings confirmed Russia’s rating at BBB- with a stable outlook. In its report on Friday, the agency said that the Russian economy is expected to contract by 4.8 percent this year due to lower oil prices, OPEC+ cuts, and the fallout from the pandemic. However, the country is expected to weather those economic shocks, thanks to a flexible exchange rate and fiscal balance, while their impact on the economy will be more modest than in developed countries. Also […]
Morris Koll, grandfather of NPR correspondent Pam Fessler’s husband, enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to the Philippines in 1902. That’s when he contracted leprosy. In 1935, public health authorities took him to the national leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana. Right: A treatment room at the facility is depicted on the cover of Fessler’s new book, Carville’s Cure. Courtesy of the Koll family hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the Koll family Morris Koll, grandfather of NPR correspondent Pam Fessler’s husband, enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to the Philippines in 1902. That’s when he contracted leprosy. In […]
…from SouthFront Saudi Arabia has become a hostage of its own military campaign in Yemen. The Kingdom suffers from both its own inability to achieve a military victory in the conflict and regular losses from the retaliatory actions of the Houthis. At the same time, the Saudi leadership has no opportunity to withdraw from the conflict and abandon its proxies there because this will undermine its already shaky position in the region and cause a wide-scale political crisis inside Saudi Arabia itself. The impact from such a crisis will be especially devastating. Over the past years, the Kingdom has been passing […]
Massive crowds of people have packed one of the largest squares in Tel-Aviv on Saturday to decry how Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, handled the coronavirus pandemic and its harsh economic fallout. The rally at Rabin Square, which is a traditional protest spot in the city, was staged by self-employed, small business owners and students, who claim that, unlike salaried workers, they never received the promised financial help from the government. The demonstrators, who also neglected self-distancing rules, carried banners, which read “Let us breathe” and jokingly asked for charity money to be sent to them via a baking app. The Jerusalem […]
Beware Of Right Deviations That Have Emerged From The Crisis Of US Imperialism By Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report. July 10, 2020 Beware Of Right Deviations That Have Emerged From The Crisis Of US Imperialism2020-07-102020-07-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/lockdown-protest-form-black-agenda-report-e1594394452468.jpeg200px200px Above: Beware of Right Deviations That Have Emerged from the Three-Headed Crisis of US Imperialism from Black Agenda Report. Libertarianism, like all capitalist ideologies, is bound with white supremacy. “Mass characterization of the partial ‘lockdowns’ in cities across the U.S. as ‘medical martial law’ deflected from the very real dangers of the U.S.-response to COVID-19.” Black Agenda Report places much of its attention on the Democratic Party, […]
The ancient missive reportedly shows how the rivals of ancient Egyptians had to seek the latter’s help in the face of the looming calamity. A request for aid sent by the Queen of the Hittites to legendary Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II over three thousand years ago provides additional insight into the nature of the crisis that plagued the region back then, the Daily Express reports. Citing the “Egypt’s Unexplained Files” TV series, the newspaper notes that around 1,250 BC, the region in question was ravaged by “an extreme drought”, and the queen sent this missive, written on a clay tablet, despite […]
(Sputnik) – Aguila Saleh, the president of the eastern-based Libyan Parliament, arrived in Moscow on Thursday to meet with Russian officials to discuss several issues, at the top of which was the initiative on a ceasefire, the return to the political process, and the Cairo Declaration on Libya, as well as the output of the Berlin Conference. The President of the eastern-based Libyan Parliament, Aguila Saleh, said on Friday that the Cairo Declaration is the only solution to the crisis in Libya, pointing out that there is consensus among Libyans. “In the Cairo Declaration, of course, as I mentioned […] we […]
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/europe/202007031079788996-french-prosecution-says-it-will-launch-inquiry-into-ex-pms-handling-of-covid-19-crisis/ Earlier in the day, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Jean Castex, deputy chief of staff to the French president, as the new prime minister, hours after Edouard Philippe announced that he was stepping down. The French prosecution stated on Friday that it intends to launch an inquiry into former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s handling of the coronavirus crisis in the country. In mid-June, Attorney General at the Court of Cassation Francois Molins stated that the country’s Court of Justice had received 84 complaints against the government regarding its management of the coronavirus crisis. DETAILS […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic has clipped the wings of major airlines around the globe. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation has predicted that most of the airlines are likely to go bankrupt if governments do not take efforts to rescue them. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, a global aviation market intelligence firm, has said that Indian airlines might require nearly $2.5 billion to to stay afloat during the financial crisis, as its pre-existing woes have been exacerbated by the pandemic. The sum may only last until the end of this year. Although the airlines approached the federal government […]
The Pandemic As Part Of A Much Broader Crisis Of Civilisation By Roland Kulke, Transform! Europe. June 27, 2020 The Pandemic As Part Of A Much Broader Crisis Of Civilisation2020-06-272020-06-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/gnd-e1593273315385.jpg200px200px Above photo: The corona crisis has already killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Politicians and society as a whole have rightly focused on combating the virus. However, underneath the pandemic there is still an environmental catastrophe exploding in slow motion. The corona crisis is only a small part of this puzzle. Covid-19 was first identified in November 2019 in the city of Wuhan. It is an infectious disease caused by […]
Sweden’s ruling coalition, which took months of intense deliberations and mutual concessions to build is now at risk of breaking up, should the Social Democrats accept the opposition’s demands for a harder immigration line. The Green Party has threatened to leave the government if the Social Democrats, their seniors, accept a more restrictive asylum immigration. Previously, the Social Democrats, Sweden’s ruling party presiding over a minority government, agreed to several of the liberal-conservative opposition Moderate Party’s demands, including a volume target for immigration. This is something the Greens, their junior colleagues, are not ready to accept, as the party seeks a […]
Another 1.48 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, according to the US Labor Department. Economists expected 1.3 million initial filings as the nation grapples with a coronavirus resurgence. The new filings brought the total number of claims since mid-March to 47.3 million. Continued regular jobless claims – that is by those who have filed for unemployment benefits for at least two weeks in a row – stood at 19.5 million, down from 20.3 million in the week before. “Initial jobless claims continue to moderate only gradually,” Nomura economist Lewis Alexander wrote on Wednesday, as cited by Yahoo Finance. “While […]
Black New Orleans Waste Workers Build Power Against A Crisis By Mindy Isser, Scalawag Magazine. June 21, 2020 Black New Orleans Waste Workers Build Power Against A Crisis2020-06-212020-06-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/untitled-design-5-e1592761688987.png200px200px Above photo: City Waste Union Facebook page. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. met with sanitation workers in 1968 in Memphis, they told him that Black workers were essential to keeping the city running—but were treated as if their work and their humanity were disposable. “All labor has dignity,” King thundered in a speech to the workers in Memphis and to the nation, just two weeks before he was assassinated. Today, Black sanitation workers […]
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! […]
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 global response and fallout from the coronavirus pandemic serves as a dress rehearsal for a worldwide climate catastrophe, the head of the UN’s sustainable business agency has warned. Lise Kingo, executive director of the UN Global Compact, insisted in an interview with The Guardian that there were “very, very clear connections” linking the current health crisis, climate change issues and the Black Lives Matter protests that have spread across the globe. The coronavirus pandemic is “just a fire drill” for what’s coming, she told the news outlet. Government actions purportedly taken to stop the spread of the virus have crippled […]
Health Workers March To Expose Racism As A Health Crisis By Hannah Weinberger, Crosscut. June 11, 2020 Health Workers March To Expose Racism As A Health Crisis2020-06-112020-06-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/rch2001-e1591886846467.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kelly Shontell, center, and Nawaf Alfaouri, right, during the Doctors for Justice March on June 6, 2020, in Seattle. Thousands of health care and public health professionals marched from Harborview Medical Center to Seattle City Hall to protest. Sarah Hoffman/Crosscut. Health professionals don’t want people ‘to survive COVID-19, and then get murdered by police.’ Seattle, WA – Dr. Nkeirika Banda’s phone was vibrating. “I’m scared to check it,” said the HealthPoint family medicine […]
A senator in Ohio has landed himself in hot water after asking an expert witness whether the ‘colored population’ suffered more than others from the deadly coronavirus, owing to inadequate hygiene skills. On Tuesday, during a meeting of the Senate Health Committee, Sen. Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City), who is white, asked the witness why the impact of Covid-19 has been worse on people of color than on white people. But he phrased his question in a way that can only be described as cringeworthy. “Could it just be that African Americans or the colored population do not wash their hands as […]
A leading activist group on climate change had entered a phase of “pausing and reflecting” on how to carry out its next stage of protests, a top spokesman from the organisation said in an interview this week. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has led Extinction Rebellion (XR) to review its progress and identify fresh protests for a green economy in a post COVID-19 world, spokesperson Prof Rupert Read told Reuters. The global environment group has been redirecting its efforts to providing “neutral” community aid and protests against UK government plans to restart development of the High Speed 2 railway network amid the […]
The families of George Floyd and others slain by law enforcement have joined the ACLU and hundreds of other activist groups in urging the UN Human Rights Council to convene an urgent meeting to address police violence in the US. The victims’ families – which include those of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown and Philando Castile, who were all killed at the hands of police – made a joint call with the ACLU and some 600 rights groups on Monday. In a statement, they asked the UN’s top human rights body to give “international scrutiny” to the police brutality issue […]
Workers board up windows of a store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, where some nonessential businesses are allowed to reopen starting Monday after an almost three-month lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Workers board up windows of a store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, where some nonessential businesses are allowed to reopen starting Monday after an almost three-month lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Lennihan/AP After a nearly three-month lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, New York City is taking its first steps to reopen parts […]
After showing the first signs of growth in April, Chinese exports fell again last month to $206.8 billion, contracting more than three percent compared with the same period a year earlier. The export data released by China’s customs agency on Sunday was still far better than economists expected, as a Reuters poll of analysts had forecast a seven percent plunge, with those surveyed by Bloomberg predicting a slightly smaller contraction. However, May’s year-on-year fall of 3.3 percent is still a steep decline from the surprise increase posted a month earlier, when exports rose 3.5 percent. Also on rt.com China vows to […]
Few would have guessed that this season would culminate in top clubs deferring wages and Premier League champions-in-waiting Liverpool tightening their purse strings. Here’s how Roman Abramovich is ensuring Chelsea take advantage. While sport’s spring shutdown has altered the financial outlook for many teams to a potentially irreversible extent, the certainty of Chelsea’s spending carries serenely on. At a time of instability, the Blues know they can seize the opportunity to beat their rivals to signings they might not otherwise have been favorites to make, buying wisely for the future at reduced prices and reasserting themselves as genuine challengers in the English […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107833/85/1078338529_0:140:2518:1556_1200x675_80_0_0_d1b7af7e7c4949bdc947390990e01beb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202006061079538444-nato-activities-likely-to-increase-as-covid-19-crisis-subsides-russian-diplomat-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – NATO activities are likely to increase as the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is subsiding, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Saturday. “Activity is still high, and as the pandemic is being overcome it is only likely to increase,” Grushko said. According to the diplomat, NATO military drill never stops and the alliance is particularly active in the Baltic region and in the Black Sea. He added that US vessels recently entered the Barents Sea. Earlier in the week, the NATO announced its annual Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise, a […]
Lebanon’s financial crisis has banks looking for alternative monetary policy and citizens scrambling for alternative banking services. The economic crisis has been raging for years, but political turmoil and the pandemic-induced global market downturn has raised fears of government defaults and the devaluation of the Lebanese pound. As a result, more Lebanese people are seeking information about bitcoin (BTC), which is relatively cheap and accessible compared to the fractured banking system. The exchange rate for Lebanese pounds to dollars has skyrocketed from 1,500 pounds for every dollar to 4,000 pounds for every dollar, said Patrick Mardini, CEO of the Lebanese Institute […]
Regular readers of this column will know about the recent surge in African peer-to-peer bitcoin transactions, now at more than $12 million a week, according to Useful Tulips. I think this, and similar patterns across other emerging market regions during the COVID-19 pandemic, reflect the most important cryptocurrency trend of the moment. We are a long way from mass adoption, but the circumstances driving this nascent demand in the developing world, not only for bitcoin but also for stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies, bring the human benefits of this new form of money into stark relief. You’re reading Money Reimagined, a weekly look […]
Up to 1.5 million Swedes in a nation of 10 million are employed by exports to other countries, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has emphasised. Up to 1.5 million Swedes in a nation of 10 million are employed by exports to other countries, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce emphasised. Exports of Swedish goods have dwindled sharply due to the novel coronavirus crisis, and this could have far-reaching consequences for the country, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has warned. In April alone, Swedish foreign trade plummeted by 17 percent compared to the same month last year. “For a small and export-dependent country […]
UK House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has come under fire after insisting the now-defunct virtual Parliament was “no longer necessary.” Now the MPs may have to form endless ‘social distancing’ queues to cast their votes. “Westminster has been the seat of our democracy for centuries. It will take more than the coronavirus to change that,” said Rees-Mogg, writing for the PoliticsHome website on Monday. Insisting that “If Parliament is to deliver on the people’s priorities, it must sit physically,” he argued that the “virtual Parliament” that has seen the majority of MPs take part in House of Commons debates from […]
Is the THAAD Missile Crisis in South Korea Escalating? By K. J. Noh, Popular Resistance. May 30, 2020 Is the THAAD Missile Crisis in South Korea Escalating? 2020-05-302020-05-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/koreans-protest-thaad-missiles-may-29-2020.png200px200px Above photo: Koreans protest THAAD Missiles May 29, 2020. Screenshot from KBS South Korea News. Why are thousands of South Korean Riot Police Bashing Anti-THAAD Protestors? According to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, on May 28th, 2020, “The Ministry of National Defense and the USFK (United States Forces in Korea) engaged in a transportation operation in the middle of the night to bring equipment to the Seongju THAAD [missile defense] system in Gyeong sang […]
BAP Calls On United Nations To Address U.S. Human Rights Crisis By the Black Alliance for Peace. May 30, 2020 BAP Calls On United Nations To Address U.S. Human Rights Crisis2020-05-302020-05-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/georgefloydprotest-e1590856411595.jpg200px200px The extrajudicial murders of African/Black people, such as Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, by agents of the U.S. government and armed civilians have sparked urban rebellions in cities across the United States. Yet these murders cannot be understood outside of the context of the U.S. state’s ongoing assault on the human rights of African/Black people. U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet demanding lethal violence—“…when the looting starts, the shooting […]
Trump ordering surrogates to say deaths a hoax and numbers all faked by George Soros NY Times: More than a hundred thousand lives have been lost to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, and while individuals and families have certainly grieved for their loved ones, there has been almost nothing in the way of a public remembrance of the lives lost. No national address; no moment of silence or official recognition beyond the occasional tweet. No sense from the president or his subordinates that these were untimely deaths — needless losses that ought to occasion collective mourning. There will be no […]
Health Care Crisis: Future Is Up To Us By Rita Valenti, Popular Resistance. May 29, 2020 Health Care Crisis: Future Is Up To Us2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ga1.jpg200px200px Above photo: Mary Spoto, general manager of Madison Chop House Grille, prepares the restaurant to shift from takeout-only to dine-in service. Information that influenced Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen the state may have distorted perceptions of progress against the coronavirus. John Bazemore/ AP. A society that is governed in such a way that it fails to protect its people from the catastrophic harm of the COVID 19 pandemic is a society ripe for revolutionary transformation. The pandemic crisis exposes […]
Global Crisis Spurs Global Activism By Norman Stockwell, The Progressive. May 28, 2020 Global Crisis Spurs Global Activism2020-05-282020-05-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/may-2020-blog-post-linking-cover-e1590681084908.png200px200px Above photo: From WILPF. The COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition launches a manifesto for change. The COVID-19 pandemic’s global spread has highlighted inequities in the world like inequality of income and access to resources in many communities. The response to the crisis has been a varied patchwork of public health measures and economic assistance, but in most countries, those with wealth and access to resources have fared significantly better than poor and marginalized communities. Now, a group of more than sixty academics, activists, writers, […]
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, may decline by 9.3 percent in 2020, according to the worst-case scenario outlined by one of the country’s largest economic think tanks, the Ifo Institute. The Munich-based institute presented three possible scenarios in its latest economic forecast update on Thursday. Based on a survey conducted among companies in May, it could take them nine months on average to get back to normal after the severe second-quarter lockdowns. In this case, the country’s economy could shrink by 6.6 percent this year and then recover from this level by 10.2 percent next year. Also on rt.com Britain may face […]
By Leif Johnson for VT Let us assume for the sake of argument that this Crisis is part of a considerably larger strategic plan of the Anglo-Americans, which ends in a state of war with the China-Russia bloc. That war could be surrogate wars, endless wars sapping the strength of the Sino-Russian bloc (as envisioned by George Orwell), or military confrontations short of nuclear war. I see that Russia has informed the U.S. that use of tactical nuclear weapons would mean full scale nuclear war. As Putin said a year ago, “Previously we had to catch up militarily to the […]
There is a great underreporting of deaths and COVID cases in Brazil due to a dramatic lack of testing, says Brazilian political analyst Gustavo Guerreiro, shedding light on government resignations and looming impeachment probes against President Jair Bolsonaro amid the coronavirus pandemic in the country. While Brazilian President Bolsonaro is pushing state governors to reopen businesses, the Latin American country reported a record 1,179 deaths and 17,408 new coronavirus cases in one day on 19 May. The president’s controversial handling of the pandemic has prompted the opposition to step up calls for his impeachment. To date, Brazil’s lower house has received […]
Pushing Back Against Habits Of White Supremacy During A Crisis By Kad Smith, CompassPoint. May 20, 2020 Pushing Back Against Habits Of White Supremacy During A Crisis2020-05-202020-05-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/dismantle-white-supremacy-every-day.jpg200px200px Above: Dismantle White Supremacy Every Day from Shutterstock. If you’ve checked out our offerings at CompassPoint before, you know that we’ve referenced the habits of white supremacy culture frequently. It’s become one of the guiding frameworks that have helped us build a common language around racial justice and equity at CompassPoint. As we all find ourselves being pushed, challenged, and transformed by this moment in time, it should be no surprise that dominant culture habits may be […]
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis took a victory lap touting Florida’s Covid-19 improved numbers after a partial lockdown lifting, and went after the media for their doomsday predictions. Speaking to the press on Wednesday, DeSantis said Florida has the “absolute best data” when it comes to coronavirus and anything saying otherwise is simply “typical, partisan narrative trying to be spun.” “And part of the reason [for] that is you got a lot of people in your profession,” the governor said, pointing to the cameras and microphones in front of him, “who waxed poetically for weeks and weeks about how Florida was going […]
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday EU states which are skeptical about a Franco-German proposal for a €500 billion (US$546 billion) coronavirus recovery fund should back it or risk making it even harder to get out of the crisis. “It’s in the interest of all European countries to sign up for this initiative… if there isn’t this momentum, nobody will be able to get out of it,” Le Drian told LCI television. The plan proposed by Berlin and Paris on Monday would offer non-repayable grants to EU regions and sectors hit hardest by the pandemic, with the cash […]
Japan’s Mount Fuji, a popular hiking location, will be closed this summer to prevent the spread of COVID-19, officials reported on Monday. According to officials in Shizuoka prefecture, whose boundary with Yamanashi prefecture Mount Fuji straddles, three of four main routes to the volcanic mountain’s peak will be shut down during the summer months, which comprise the climbing season. The decision comes after officials in the Yamanashi prefecture announced that the Yoshida trail, the most popular route for climbing Mount Fuji, would also be closed. The cabins along the routes, which are used by resting climbers, will remain closed this summer. […]
More than 1.1 million people in eastern India and Bangladesh are being hurriedly evacuated as the ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ threatens to make landfall within days. With winds of 150 miles per hour (241kph) and predicted storm surges of up to 30 feet, India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has mobilized more than 750 people to undertake the unenviable task of evacuating hundreds of thousands of people during a global pandemic. Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘AMPHAN’ (pronounced as UM-PUN) over west-central & adjoining central parts of South BoB: Cyclone Warning for West Bengal and north Odisha coasts. To intensify further […]
Unemployed people wait outside the state Labor Bureau in New York City in 1933. The current economic crisis has drawn comparisons to the Great Depression, but experts say this downturn should be shorter. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Unemployed people wait outside the state Labor Bureau in New York City in 1933. The current economic crisis has drawn comparisons to the Great Depression, but experts say this downturn should be shorter. AP With the U.S. economy in free-fall, a lot of forecasters have been digging deep into the history books, looking for a guideposts of what to expect. Often, they’ve […]
As the US ambassador to Germany – and acting spy chief – tried persuading Berlin to keep hosting US nuclear weapons, his colleague in Warsaw suggested Poland would be willing to take them instead, an act sure to provoke Moscow. “If Germany wants to diminish nuclear capability and weaken NATO, perhaps Poland – which pays its fair share, understands the risks, and is on NATO’s eastern flank – could house the capabilities here,” Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher tweeted on Friday. If Germany wants to diminish nuclear capability and weaken NATO, perhaps Poland – which pays its fair share, understands the risks, and is […]
The coronavirus pandemic could chop nearly 10 percent off global gross domestic product (GDP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicts, more than doubling its previous forecast. The global economy could suffer between $5.8 trillion and $8.8 trillion in losses, the equivalent of between 6.4 percent and 9.7 percent of global GDP, the report published on Friday said. This is much worse than the Manila-based bank predicted in April, when it said that the Covid-19 global cost could range between $2 trillion and $4.1 trillion. Also on rt.com Norway dipping into its massive piggy bank to battle Covid-19 crisis The blow to […]
World 01:55 GMT 15.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107844/34/1078443423_0:138:2801:1713_1200x675_80_0_0_275db2ff462217232792c5e59d34ef65.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005151079309153-pope-francis-donates-200000-to-scholarships-in-lebanon-amid-economic-crisis/ VATICAN CITY (Sputnik) – Pope Francis has decided to allocate $200,000 to support 400 scholarships in Lebanon, which has been facing an acute financial crisis, the Holy See said on Thursday in a press release. “As a tangible sign of his closeness, the Holy Father, through the Secretariat of State and the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, has decided to send to the Apostolic Nunciature the sum of USD 200,000 to support 400 scholarships in Lebanon, in the hope of achieving a gesture of solidarity and with the […]
As the COVID-19 crisis grows, some industries will recover quickly, but some won’t recover at all. In this episode we help you understand which is which. This is the second in a series of episodes on how the economic crisis is challenging and transforming different industries. NLW looks at: Disclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
The Intercept: FOR THE PAST several decades, rural America’s economic lifeline has been the construction and operation of prisons and immigrant detention centers, both public and for-profit. The 1980s saw the collapse of American manufacturing and a farm crisis that ripped through the countryside. Mass incarceration was well-timed to fill the gap, producing jobs where they were needed. But those lifelines have transformed into vectors for coronavirus, putting rural communities at risk of outbreaks. For many Americans, the plight of prisoners produces little sympathy. But in a twist on JFK — “Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are […]
J. C. Cole is a small farmer with global experience and a double engineering degree from Lehigh University. In this short interview he SOUNDS THE ALARM on the looming food and energy crisis and ends with specific suggestions for the President of the United States of America — create a small farm advisory council with no suits; invest in small farms; end all government regulations that keep small farmers from reaching the market place, and localize farming everywhere, starting with the East Coast where government regulations have killed the small farmer. American Heritage Farm Safe Sustainable Farm Concept Learn more (free […]
While the world’s second-largest economy, China, has suffered its first contraction on record due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some experts argue the country has been preparing for a possible crisis for a long time. RT talked to economists to find out if Beijing may have foreseen the economic crash and about the Chinese government’s response to it. “Nobody, including Beijing, could have foreseen the depth and gravity of this pandemic, specifically the cryptic transmission parameters by which the Covid-19 virus spreads. It is truly a once-in-100-year pandemic event,” said Sourabh Gupta, senior fellow at the Institute for China-America Studies. According to […]