Protesters Descend On Garcetti’s House For 6th Consecutive Day November 29, 2020 Protesters Descend On Garcetti’s House For 6th Consecutive Day2020-11-292020-11-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/la-e1606694286447.jpg200px200px Above photo: Black Lives Matter Los Angeles gathered for a protest outside of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s residence at the Getty House to demand that President-Elect, Joe Biden, not pick him for a cabinet position, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Trevor Stamp. […]
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National Day Of Action For Palestine By Palestine Solidarity Campaign. November 28, 2020 National Day Of Action For Palestine2020-11-282020-11-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/palestine-e1606585273401.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Twitter. The Israeli government continues to press ahead with its gross violations of international law and Palestinian human rights, accelerating the ongoing colonisation of yet more Palestinian land. These include plans to proceed with formal annexation. Despite the rhetoric from some of our political […]
Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix On Day One By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. November 21, 2020 Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix On Day One2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/saudiarabia-e1605995000182.png200px200px Above photo: Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen Has Failed – Council on Foreign Relations. Donald Trump loves executive orders as a tool of dictatorial power, avoiding the need to work through Congress. But […]
Brazilian Elections – A Day Of Shame For The Far Right By Brian Mier, Brasilwire. November 17, 2020 Brazilian Elections – A Day Of Shame For The Far Right2020-11-172020-11-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/brazilvotes.jpg200px200px Above photo: An illiterate voter uses his fingerprint to sign at a polling station in Igarape Miri, Para state, Brazil on November 15, 2020, during the first round of Brazil’s municipal elections. AFP/Tarso Sarraf. As the PT […]
Palestinian Maher al-Akhras Wins Freedom After 103 Day Hunger Strike November 7, 2020 Palestinian Maher al-Akhras Wins Freedom After 103 Day Hunger Strike2020-11-072020-11-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/maheraa-e1604776685701.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Key News. Palestinian prisoner Maher Al-Akhras announced the suspension of his 103-day hunger strike, following an agreement to release him on November 26. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said in a statement on Friday, “After 103 days of the heroic hunger […]
Celebrate Armistice Day – Wage Peace With Renewed Energy! By Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. November 7, 2020 Celebrate Armistice Day – Wage Peace With Renewed Energy!2020-11-072020-11-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/vfp-e1604780978651.jpg200px200px Above photo: Veterans for Peace. November 11 is Armistice Day, marking the 1918 armistice that ended the First World War, on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” Horrified by the industrial slaughter of millions of […]
Confronting Bipartisan Repression And The US-led Axis Of Domination Beyond Election Day By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. November 5, 2020 Confronting Bipartisan Repression And The US-led Axis Of Domination Beyond Election Day2020-11-052020-11-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/baraka_845x400.jpeg200px200px No matter who sits in the white peoples’ house, we will have to continue to fight for social justice, democracy, and People(s)-Centered Human Rights. “Our survival depends on seeing this violent, barbarian behemoth […]
A small asteroid is headed towards Earth at over 25,000 miles per hour just in time for the US election, but if something kills us all in 2020, it won’t be this particular space rock, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says. With an estimated diameter of 2 meters (6.5 feet, or roughly one ‘refrigerator’), the asteroid known as 2018VP1 is just “not big enough to cause […]
Filecoin, a decentralized storage network launched by Protocol Labs, is off to a rocky start after a strike by miners just one day after its highly anticipated miannet launch on Oct. 15. Five of its largest miners turned off their machines to protest the project’s “unfair” economic model that requires a significant amount of FIL tokens to start mining operations, according to a report by 8btc.com. […]
A ballot drop box is shown where voters can drop off absentee ballots instead of using the mail in Detroit. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP A ballot drop box is shown where voters can drop off absentee ballots instead of using the mail in Detroit. Paul Sancya/AP Ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day in Michigan cannot be counted, an appeals court […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/10/1080793008_0:144:3072:1872_1200x675_80_0_0_56c4075bb3580894add3c05f173366a1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010161080793162-another-protest-day-in-bangkok-ends-after-clashes-between-demonstrators-police—photos-video/ BANGKOK (Sputnik) – Leaders of the protest movement in Thailand announced an end of a rally on Friday soon after the police, equipped with riot gear, used chemical-laced water cannons against the demonstrators, according to a live broadcast on Facebook. The live stream is broadcasted by protesters. The police have made several attempts to disperse people who gathered in […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US company Fortitude Ranch will operate its three vacation condos as survival communities on November 3 in anticipation of possible civil unrest that may follow the presidential and general elections, the company’s Vice President for Sales and Business Development Alicia Cachuela told Sputnik. “We are going to open up as a survival community on November 3 and spanning out for several days […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US state of Texas has had a record turnout on the first day of early voting this week, the Office of the state’s Secretary of State revealed in data on Wednesday. Texas marked a 31 percent increase on the first day of early voting on Tuesday compared to the first day of early voting in the 2018 midterm election, according to data […]
As a kid growing up in Mumbai, India, Chintan Pandya wasn’t a fan of vegetables. Like many youngsters around the world, his unwillingness to eat his greens presented a challenge for his parents—but his mother was undeterred by his picky eating habits. She had one foolproof trick up her sleeve to get her son, now chef and partner at New York restaurants Adda Indian Canteen and […]
There are two things we love in this world: pans and supporting small businesses. Well, we like more than that, but those two things are great, too. Our Place, the makers of the Always Pan, is having a two day sale right now, where shoppers can take $30 off the Always Pan with the code SHOPSMALL. Scouted Editor Jillian Lucas loves this pan, as do I, […]
Monument To Colonialism Toppled On Indigenous Peoples’ Day By Charles Davis, Business Insider. October 13, 2020 Monument To Colonialism Toppled On Indigenous Peoples’ Day2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/santafe-e1602616056104.jpg200px200px Above photo: “Ogha Po’oge” is the indigenous, Tewa term for the city named “Santa Fe” by Spanish colonists. The Tewa language is spoken by the modern-day Puebo people. Charles Davis. Two protesters chained themselves to an obelisk in Santa Fe to protest the […]
“I voted” stickers at the Arlington Art Center in Arlington, Virginia. Several prominent Virginians including Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax are calling for an extension to the voter registration deadline. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images “I voted” stickers at the Arlington Art Center in Arlington, Virginia. Several prominent Virginians including Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax are calling for an extension to the voter […]
Native Americans Tear Gassed, Arrested On Indigenous Peoples’ Day By Kenny Stancil, Commondreams. October 13, 2020 Native Americans Tear Gassed, Arrested On Indigenous Peoples’ Day2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/oodham.jpg200px200px Above photo: A dozen land and water protectors were arrested after Border Patrol and Arizona State Troopers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a Native American ceremony on Indigenous Peoples’ Day on October 12, 2020. Rafael Samanez/O’odham Anti Border […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0d/1080759995_0:328:2491:1730_1200x675_80_0_0_c3a881d9e9a4d6f5ed4c65a0a976fdde.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010131080760030-virginia-system-goes-down-on-last-day-of-voter-registration-due-to-cut-cable/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Virginia voter registration system has gone down on the last day for voters to register before the 3 November presidential and general elections as a result of a cable cut, the Virginia Department of Elections said in a statement on Tuesday. “This morning we were alerted by VITA [Virginia Information Technology Agency] that a fiber […]
There’s no two ways about it: we all use way too much plastic. One of the easiest ways to reduce your reliance on single-use plastic is to pick up some reusable storage bags. Stasher is a Scouted favorite and you can pick up practically any style you want while they’re on sale for Prime Day. You can cook in them, microwave them, shove ‘em in the […]
At first, the opening confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court not only sounded like the senators were in different hearing rooms—some were, in fact, due to COVID-19 concerns—but like they occupied different political universes altogether. In their opening remarks on Monday, each Democratic senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee cast the stakes of Barrett’s confirmation as nothing less than the […]
Police cleared the streets of central Portland after rioters pulled down the statues of two US presidents and carried out other acts of vandalism in the city, as part of an “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage” protest. Demonstrators targeted statues of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln as they marched through downtown Portland on Sunday night. Footage shows a crowd cheering as the statue of Roosevelt mounted […]
A man holds up his hands as he is taken into custody after a fatal shooting in Denver on October 10, 2020. The shooting came at the end of a day of competing rallies by far-right and far-left demonstrators. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images A man holds up his […]
BBC World News was left red-faced after it accidentally broadcast footage of National Day celebrations in Taiwan while claiming they were actually a military display marking the 75th anniversary of North Korea’s ruling party. The mistake was made by the network on Saturday, when it aired footage captioned ‘Live Pyongyang’. However, the video was from Taipei, with multiple Taiwanese flags fluttering in the air and distinctive […]
Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day By Supporting Indigenous Resistance By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. October 11, 2020 Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day By Supporting Indigenous Resistance2020-10-112020-10-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/ind-resistance-e1602420916405.jpg200px200px Above photo: Jenna Pope. This weekend, celebration of Indigenous People’s Day will replace the federal holiday, Columbus Day, in at least eight states and over 130 cities in 34 states. Along with the toppling of Columbus statues and the removal of a […]
Donald Trump is a uniter—just not in the way he had hoped. His presidency has brought American Jews and Muslims together to defeat him in 2020. It has also increased each respective community’s support for fellow minority groups. Those are the findings of a new report by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), a nonpartisan organization created in 2002 that focuses on issues impacting […]
Protest Over Arrest Of Pregnant Woman Enters Seventh Day By Justine Coleman, The Hill. October 9, 2020 Protest Over Arrest Of Pregnant Woman Enters Seventh Day2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/kc-e1602242971445.jpg200px200px Above photo: Charlie Reidel. A protest in front of City Hall in Kansas City over the arrest of a pregnant Black woman entered its seventh day on Thursday. Demonstrators have camped out in front of City Hall after videos circulated showing […]
Backed by the United Nations, Girls Takeover Day is meant to celebrate the power of girls and highlight the barriers they face. Sixteen-year-old girl, Aava Murto, has walked in the shoes of Finland’s prime minister as part of a UN day to raise awareness about gender inequality. The incumbent Social Democrat Prime Minister Sanna Marin ceremoniously stepped aside, allowing Aava Murto, a native of the small […]
More than 1,000 birds reportedly died or were injured after flying into skyscrapers in Philadelphia on October 2 as they migrated south ahead of the winter season. “So many birds were falling out of the sky, we didn’t know what was going on,” Stephen Maciejewski, a volunteer at Audubon Pennsylvania, an organization that works to conserve and restore the habitats of wildlife, specifically birds, recently told […]
The UK has recorded 17,540 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The new figure is an increase of 3,300 above those reported on Wednesday, and smashes the country’s previous record for cases registered in a single day. A further 77 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were also reported by UK health officials on Thursday. The latest data means that a […]
Amber Rose is on the move, weaving through L.A. traffic to squeeze in a quick gym session—she says she’s still shedding the baby weight from her second child, Slash, delivered late last year—before picking up her little ones from childcare. “This mom life, you know!” she exclaims, with a chuckle. The 36-year-old has, over the last decade-plus, done just about anything and everything in the realm […]
Judgment Day For Greek Fascism By Eleftheria Koumandou and Stelios Foteinopoulos, Tribune Magazine. October 7, 2020 Judgment Day For Greek Fascism2020-10-072020-10-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/golden-dawn-e1602084881790.jpg200px200px NOTE: This article was written before the court decision. Huff Post reports the decision was made: “A Greek court ruled on Wednesday that the far-right Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization, delivering landmark guilty verdicts following a politically charged five-year trial against dozens […]
US President Donald Trump tore into the Food and Drug Administration over a new set of vaccine guidelines which, if followed, would make a pre-election inoculation unworkable, slamming the rules as a “political hit job.” “New FDA Rules make it more difficult for them to speed up vaccines for approval before Election Day. Just another political hit job!” Trump tweeted on Tuesday night, tagging FDA Commissioner […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/07/1080690185_0:229:3072:1957_1200x675_80_0_0_06d8c79fd2c4579195917cf08e091f0b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010071080690215-uk-coronavirus-hospital-admission-rises-by-25-in-one-day/ The United Kingdom appears to be bracing for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country introduces stricter coronavirus-related restrictions, prohibits large social gatherings and encourages the wearing of face masks. As the UK has recorded a fresh 14,542 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the amount of hospitalization rose by 25% in a single day, hitting a four-month high. […]
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One is a Grammy Award-winning musician with lots of spare time. Another is a software engineer with nowhere to go during the pandemic. There’s also an editor for a data site and a fund manager who invests in digital assets. What these people have in common is an obscure side gig known as “yield farming,” a type of cryptocurrency trading and investing that didn’t really even […]
Clashes have erupted in Berlin on Germany’s Reunification Day, after Antifa activists tried to block the way of a far-right march. The left-wing protesters attempted to stage sit-ins and pelted police with projectiles. Germany is celebrating its 30th Unity Day, marking the reunification of the country that was divided for over 40 years. On 3 October 1990, the eastern socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) was disbanded […]
By Sajjad Shaukat Pak VT Chinese National Day is celebrated on October 1st every year to commemorate the founding of People’s Republic of China. On this very day, lots of large-scaled activities are held nationwide. The 7-day holiday from October 1st to 7th is called ‘Golden Week’. Last year, standing in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where Chairman Mao Zedong announced the formation of the People’s Republic of […]
The statement below was issued by over 70 former senior Republican national security officials on August 20, 2020, and 60 additional senior officials have now signed on, including many who served in the Trump Administration. Since its release, Donald Trump has continued to demonstrate that he is unfit to serve as president, reportedly calling Americans who served in our armed forces “losers” and “suckers,” admitting that he deliberately […]
After spending most of the first presidential debate shouting incoherently, Donald Trump finished it off with a crystal clear message. “I’m urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully,” he said, stoking fears of potentially violent election day interference. At home in Chicago, Kayleigh Glaza missed Trump’s comment at first. “There was so much yelling and other stuff happening,” she said. One […]
NASA has announced that at least five asteroids are due for close flybys of Earth on October 1 alone. Meanwhile, researchers believe one giant impact in the past once removed up to 60 percent of Earth’s atmosphere. October appears to be kicking off with a bang as a barrage of space-borne boulders heads our way over the course of Thursday. Asteroid 2020 SM4, measuring 9.9m (half […]
Japan’s Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has shut down all trading for a full day due to a systemwide technical error. Though the exchange says the glitch is unrelated to hacking, it has yet to say when trading will resume. The TSE said it would halt trading for all of Thursday as it works to resolve the system failure, which was detected some two hours before markets […]
Report: Bad Day For Julian Assange September 29, 2020 Report: Bad Day For Julian Assange2020-09-292020-09-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assangej-e1601399953988.jpg200px200px Above photo: AP Photo/Frank Augstein. Today was the worst day for the defence since the start of the trial, as their expert witnesses failed to cope with the sheer aggression of cross-examination by the US Government and found themselves backing away from maintaining propositions they knew to be true. It was uncomfortable […]
October 1: International Day Of Action On AFRICOM By the Black Alliance for Peace. September 27, 2020 October 1: International Day Of Action On AFRICOM2020-09-272020-09-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bap1-e1601224809749.png200px200px Endorse the Action. We demand: -The complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Africa,-The demilitarization of the African continent,-The closure of U.S. bases throughout the world, and-The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) oppose U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and conduct hearings on AFRICOM’s impact […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier stopped short of announcing a second nationwide lockdown as he revealed a spate of new COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson abandoned plans to introduce a second national lockdown amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the UK because of fears that Chancellor Rishi Sunak would quit, writes The Sun. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is […]
On World Tourism Day, let’s revisit some popular destinations where Bollywood movies have been shot, offering picturesque backdrops and leaving people entranced while providing new travel ideas. The tourism boards of the Maldives, Portugal, Thailand and Vienne tell Sputnik about plans to invite international filmmakers to make movies on location. Adapting to the “new normal”, Bollywood celebrities have already started to film overseas, with all safety […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080546317_0:137:3073:1865_1200x675_80_0_0_cd87df6d668ebb6730da9e775077046c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009261080578913-heads-of-state-take-part-in-unga-morning-virtual-session-day-5—video/ The General Debate of the UN General Assembly started on Tuesday, and for the first time in its history, is being conducted virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. World leaders are participating in the morning session of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) held in New York City and conducted remotely via video link. According […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080569744_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_d3d04d2a685f1842bb210dd6207f801a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009251080569794-day-4-of-75th-united-nations-general-assembly—video/ The jubilee session is largely being held in a remote format because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, several world leaders arrived in New York in person to deliver their speech. Sputnik is live from New York City as the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly begins its fourth day. This year the global leaders mainly chose to […]
Fans eagerly supported their idol, as the star striker himself casually downplayed his illness, suggesting it was a “bad idea” for the virus itself. Sweden’s evergreen football legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for COVID-19 after a second round of swab tests. The club has informed the relevant authorities and the player has been immediately quarantined at […]
Senate Republicans have released their controversial report on Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s former dealings with Ukraine in a politically-charged move to taint Biden’s campaign weeks out from Election Day. The investigation, which was spearheaded by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) focuses on Hunter Biden’s work for Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings—a key issue in last year’s impeachment of President Donald Trump. […]
Michelle Obama speaks during a 2016 event at the White House with the cast of the Broadway play “Hamilton.” Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Michelle Obama speaks during a 2016 event at the White House with the cast of the Broadway play “Hamilton.” Evan Vucci/AP In the musical Hamilton, there’s an entire song about the election of 1800 — the contest between John […]
Day 12: Julian Assange Hearing September 19, 2020 Day 12: Julian Assange Hearing2020-09-192020-09-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assange-e1600561024993.jpg200px200px Above photo: Matt Dunham. A less dramatic day, but marked by a brazen and persistent display of this US Government’s insistence that it has the right to prosecute any journalist and publication, anywhere in the world, for publication of US classified information. This explicitly underlay the entire line of questioning in the afternoon […]
India launched a rural-employment guarantee scheme in 2005, to safeguard the livelihood of people living in rural areas by promising at least 100 days’ paid work a year to every adult member of each family. Aside from economic security, the scheme also created rural assets. India’s Rural Development Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, revealed on Friday that “there has been an increase of 52.11 percent in total […]
Day Nine: Julian Assange Extradition Hearing September 16, 2020 Day Nine: Julian Assange Extradition Hearing2020-09-162020-09-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/merlin-e1600263950544.jpg200px200px Above photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Things became not merely dramatic in the Assange courtroom today, but spiteful and nasty. There were two real issues, the evidence and the procedure. On the evidence, there were stark details of the dreadful regime Assange will face in US jails if extradited. On […]
Kim Kardashian West speaks at the “Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project” panel in Pasadena, Calif., in January. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP Kim Kardashian West speaks at the “Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project” panel in Pasadena, Calif., in January. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP A small — though prominent — group of public figures is taking a 24-hour break from the platforms that magnify […]
New York Men’s Day Online fashion week is very different to IRL fashion week. But one plus is the way in which designers are able create mini-films that push far past the bounds of traditional runway shows—as seen in the special section of the week devoted to men. Wataru Tominaga’s collection was full of cheerful floral, whimsical patterns and gingham. Ka Wa Key made a gorgeous […]
Day Five: Julian Assange Case September 15, 2020 Day Five: Julian Assange Case2020-09-152020-09-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/ja-sept-14-e1600175626987.jpeg200px200px See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Eric Lewis: Julian Assange shouldn’t be extradited, would face solitary confinement in the United States. Paused last week due to a COVID19 scare, Julian Assange’s extradition […]
September 14, 2001: The Day America Became Israel By Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (Ret.), Popular Resistance. September 14, 2020 September 14, 2001: The Day America Became Israel2020-09-142020-09-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/thediplomat_2014-03-11_22-27-43-e1600095746273.jpg200px200px Above photo: President Bush signing the AUMF into law. Wikimedia commons. This article is dedicated to the memory of an activist, inspiration, and recent friend: Kevin Zeese. Its scope, sweep, and ambition are meant to match that of Kevin’s […]
With Ethereum 2.0’s much-anticipated move to Proof-of-Stake getting closer, CoinDesk Research Analyst Christine Kim spoke with Ben Edgington and Vijay Michalik on what would-be validators need to know. “There are indeed responsibilities that come with [Ethereum 2.0 staking]. You can’t just stake and leave it. You need to run what we call a client or a validator software.” That’s Ben Edgington, the product owner of Teku […]
September 19: A Nationwide Day Of Protest By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. September 11, 2020 September 19: A Nationwide Day Of Protest2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/glen_845x400.jpeg200px200px And dialogue on community control of police. Community control puts us on the path to both defunding and abolishing the police – so why are many Black Lives Matter chapters withholding support? The Black masses want justice, security and democracy (also known as […]
Russian police are searching for a woman who was with Alexey Navalny before his alleged poisoning in August. Marina Pevchikh, who was in Tomsk alongside the opposition figure, left Russia after refusing to answer police questions. Pevchikh left for Germany on August 22, when Navalny was taken to Berlin for treatment at the request of his associates. Russian investigators are now looking into the events surrounding […]
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The previous day, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said that the fire at the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, which accommodated over 12,000 people, had been started by asylum seekers Live from the Greek island of Lesbos this Thursday, one day after the Moria refugee camp, which had been housing almost 13,000 people, around four times its official capacity, was engulfed in flames. The fire broke […]
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Fox Business host Lou Dobbs is well known for his over-the-top sycophancy for President Donald Trump, praising the “greatest president ever” for making weekends “possible for us all” and claiming Trump’s set a standard “that most mortals won’t be able to meet.” Dobbs, who also serves as an informal presidential adviser, ratcheted up the “Dear Leader” adulation even further Wednesday night while simultaneously ignoring the day’s […]
Julian Assange Hearing: Day Three September 9, 2020 Julian Assange Hearing: Day Three2020-09-092020-09-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assangetrial1-e1599683414679.jpg200px200px Above photo: NYT. NOTE: The last event that Kevin Zeese was organizing was a webinar on Julian Assange and the War on Journalism. Kevin recognized the critical importance of protecting journalists and our right to know. He likens this case to the John Peter Zenger case in the 18th century that established freedom […]
Assange Hearing: Dramatic Opening Day September 8, 2020 Assange Hearing: Dramatic Opening Day2020-09-082020-09-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assangetrial-e1599605141952.jpg200px200px First Witness Testifies After Judge Denies Adjournment to January. The dramatic opening day of Assange’s extradition hearing saw U.S. shift from espionage to its superseding indictment as Vanessa Baraitser rejected a defense bid to excise the evidence and adjourn the case to January. 11:30 am EDT: The dramatic first day of the resumption of […]
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Spent much of yesterday walking up and down hills in Grand Haven, avoiding the tourists. Am using my 650 twin (Bonneville) as the ZG1400 is getting brakes and tires. It eats fucking tires. My first 650 twin was a Yamaha XS1B in 70. Karl and I bought the same bikes when we left Vietnam. A drunk driver in 71 ended his riding career and life. Managing […]
Last week, a coalition of leading progressive groups gathered on Zoom to begin organizing for what they envision as the post-Election Day political apocalypse scenario. Put together by the Fight Back Table—an initiative launched after the 2016 election to get a constellation of lefty organizations to work more closely together—the meeting dealt with the operational demands expected if the November election ends without a clear outcome […]
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Police in riot gear unleashed a volley of tear gas and flash-bang grenades on the protesters after police say some lobbed “multiple fire bombs, mortars, rocks and other items” at officers on Saturday night. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Police in riot gear unleashed a volley of tear gas and flash-bang grenades on the protesters after police say some lobbed “multiple fire bombs, […]
LONDON—The court hearing that could end in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to the United States to face charges over the publication of hundreds of thousands of classified documents finally got underway Monday after a months-long pandemic delay. Crowds crammed together outside the Old Bailey court building in central London where, inside, Assange told the district judge that he he does not consent to being […]
Brooklinen has got the goods. Their towels are soft and their bedding is somehow softer and their loungewear is cozy as can be. Because we’re all in need of a spa day, Brooklinen is taking 15% off sitewide this Labor Day Weekend. That means you can save big on those new sheets you always wanted, or a new set of towels to freshen up your bathroom. […]
By Sajjad Shaukat for Veterans Today The 6th of September is celebrated every year as the Defense Day by every Pakistani, as on this very day, Pakistan’s courageous Armed Forces and the entire nation stood united in 1965 for the defense of the homeland against India’s nefarious designs which had threatened the territorial integrity of the country through an all-out war. This time, this very day […]
Hundreds of protesters from rival groups have descended on Louisville, with armed pro-police activists facing off with anti-racism protesters, as members of all-black NFAC militia staged yet another demonstration of force. Dressed in black combat fatigues and carrying automatic weapons, around 200 members of the Not F*****g Around Coalition (NFAC) gathered in Louisville on Saturday. Having checked their weapons, they marched to a park just outside […]
Britain is holding another Black Pound Day, when consumers are encouraged to buy from black-owned businesses. RT learns more about the idea from the people behind it. Saturday marks the UK’s third Black Pound Day. It’s a grassroots campaign to encourage the public to give their custom to black-owned businesses for 24 hours. It falls on the first Saturday of every month and is the brainchild […]
Dozens of arrests have been reported amid a heated anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne, Australia, where hundreds gathered to demand an end to Covid-19 measures, meeting a heavy police presence and at times clashing with officers. A sizable crowd descended on Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance on Saturday morning for the ‘Freedom Day’ rally, calling on state authorities to rescind Victoria’s stage four coronavirus restrictions, which include a […]
As millions of Americans prepare to travel for Labor Day, health experts fear the holiday weekend will cause a COVID-19 spike in areas that are already hot spots—and could determine how the deadly virus spreads in the coming months. To date, 186,834 have died and 6,153,735 more have been infected with the coronavirus, numbers that will only increase as the United States heads into fall—and with […]
People roamed the beach in Ocean City, N.J, at the start of August. As Labor Day weekend arrives, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Americans should remain vigilant to avoid another surge in coronavirus infection rates. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images People roamed the beach in Ocean City, N.J, […]
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on 2 September lauded the ruling by the US Court of Appeals that the mass surveillance programme conducted by the National Security Agency, including bulk collection of phone records, was illegal. The ACLU called described it as a “victory for our privacy rights”. Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee turned whistleblower Edward Snowden responded on Wednesday to a ruling by […]
The Day After Election Day By Rob Urie, Counterpunch. August 31, 2020 The Day After Election Day2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/democracy-i-want-real-democracy-not-two-wall-st-parties-e1546300897640.jpg200px200px The view passed down from on high in the U.S. is that elections are the effective and legitimate means of collective decision-making in the realm of the political. Conversely, on matters of war and peace, economic distribution, environmental wellbeing, healthcare, education, housing, and social welfare— the areas where collective outcomes […]
CNN, MSNBC, and even Fox News, have entirely ignored two Black Lives Matter inspired stabbings of white men that occurred in Colorado and Georgia on Tuesday. Both stabbings involved black men attempting to murder random white strangers for the color of their skin. In Aurora, Colorado, Steve Sinclair, 30, stabbed 29-year-old Michael Conner on Tuesday while shouting “Black Lives Matter” and saying “I’m going to kill […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1b/1080296195_0:308:3072:2036_1200x675_80_0_0_9073a48b7f67f7bcb8a0fbb5b2e80970.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008281080296261-kenosha-expects-another-day-of-protest-over-police-shooting-of-jacob-blake—video/ The Wisconsin city of Kenosha saw violent protests after a video emerged online showing a white police officer shooting a black man named Jacob Blake seven times in the back. Though surviving the shooting, Blake is now said be paralyzed from the waist down. Another round of protests is expected to take place in the city of Kenosha over […]
The four-day Republican National Convention has hosted various speakers, from members of the president’s family and GOP prominent figures to media personalities. US President Donald Trump is delivering the final speech on Thursday, the fourth day of the Republican National Convention. Earlier announced by his party to be the GOP presidential candidate, Trump accepted the nomination during his remarks. “With a heart full of gratitude and […]
US President Donald Trump said NBA has become “like a political organization,” as the basketball league announced the second straight day of no playoff games due to the ongoing boycott in the name of social justice. “I don’t know much about the NBA protest. I know their ratings have been very bad because I think people are a little tired of the NBA,” Trump said on […]
Over 40 Protests Across The UK On #StopArmingIsrael Day Of Action By The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. August 26, 2020 Over 40 Protests Across The UK On #StopArmingIsrael Day Of Action2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/palestine-protest-in-uk-stop-arming-israel-campaign-8-25-20-e1598477244768.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestine protest in UK, #StopArmingIsrael Campaign August 25, 2020. From the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. Hundreds have taken to the streets in dozens of towns and cities to call for an end to the UK’s complicity […]
Five Examples of Patience in Rasht: The impact of terrorism on victims can last a lifetime and reverberate across generations “Today, we remember and honour all victims of terrorism. We stand by those who grieve and those who continue to endure the physical and psychological wounds of terrorist atrocities. The impact of terrorism on victims can last a lifetime and reverberate across generations.” …Antonio Guterres, UN […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080285175_0:0:2560:1440_1200x675_80_0_0_90bda70800bc6bacc882f80e96469034.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008261080285140-land-of-heroes-what-to-expect-on-day-3-of-the-republican-national-convention/ A number of military veterans are slated to speak at the event, and it seems that US President Donald Trump himself is also expected to make “some sort of appearance”. The Republican National Convention, which kicked off on Monday, 24 August, now goes into its third day, with the speaker to close out the evening being none […]
#SaveThePostOffice Call-In Day! Wednesday, August 26 By A Grand Alliance to Save the Post Office, Popular Resistance. August 25, 2020 #SaveThePostOffice Call-In Day! Wednesday, August 262020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/usmailnot4sale.png200px200px Following the National Day of Action, Wednesday, August 26 will be a national call-in day to push the Senate to save the US Postal Service. Call (928) 236-2402 to reach your Senators. Tell your Senators to fully fund the US […]
As the number of individuals hospitalized with COVID has dwindled over the past few weeks, the CDC finally recommended against 14 day quarantines for travelers. The above chart from the CDC shows the number of deaths related to the China coronavirus which has drastically reduced. Along with this the number and related to it are the number of hospitalizations which have also dramatically reduced in the […]
Today Is Earth Overshoot Day, Here’s What It Means By Mathieu Pollet, Euro News. August 23, 2020 Today Is Earth Overshoot Day, Here’s What It Means2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/earth-e1598187452128.jpg200px200px Above photo: Guillaume de Germain/Unsplash. From today onwards, we have used every last bit of natural resources that Earth can provide within one calendar year and are now living on ecological credit. This year, Earth Overshoot Day occurs on August […]
It appears as though the rioters in Portland have revealed Plan Number 2, as they’ve resorted to throwing balloons filled with feces at police, along with other objects including golf balls and rail spikes. They even used a torn out street sign to smash the windows of several police SUV’s. The rioters also targeted the Boys And Girls Club, sponsored by the Portland Trailblazers NBA team. […]
Dog owners in Germany may soon be required by law to walk their furry friends at minimum twice a day, as the country’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to introduce a new law next year to ensure dogs get enough activity. German Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Julia Klöckner, who came up with the mandate, said that the new law […]
Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary resigned after attending a golf club dinner with 80 people, rousing public anger for having breached his own cabinet’s new rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin accepted the minister’s resignation on Friday. The previous day, Calleary had apologized “unreservedly” for being at a hotel dinner hosted by the Irish parliament’s golf society, which caused a […]
On Wednesday, Senator Kamala Harris formally accepted the nomination to be Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s running mate during day three of the party’s national convention. She will become the first woman in US history to be vice president if the Biden ticket prevails in the November election. Joe Biden formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president of the United States in a big speech […]
#SaveThePostOffice Day Of Action! Tuesday, August 25 By A Grand Alliance to Save the Post Office, Popular Resistance. August 20, 2020 #SaveThePostOffice Day Of Action! Tuesday, August 252020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/usmailnot4sale.png200px200px APWU, the union of over 200,000 postal workers, is organizing rallies at post offices across America on Tuesday, August 25th, to #SaveThePostOffice. We are calling on all those who support the Post Office and the postal workers who […]