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. Los Angeles, CA – A sixth day of demonstrations outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence unfolded Sunday in an attempt to persuade President-elect Joe Biden not to appoint Garcetti to his cabinet. Tabatha Jones Jolivet, […]
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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 leaders that the US- UAE has taken annexation off the table, Israel has made clear that its plans are merely on temporary hold . Netanyahu has stated clearly, speaking after the UAE deal, that “there […]
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 that works both ways, making it relatively easy for President Biden to reverse many of Trump’s most disastrous decisions. Here are ten things Biden can do as soon as he takes office. Each one can […]
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 and Brazilian left made modest gains, the Bolsonaro coalition imploded. On Sunday, November 15, over 147 million Brazilians went to the polls in the largest round of local elections in the nation’s history. One state, […]
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 strike by the prisoner Maher Al-Akhras, which brought the issue of the captive movement and administrative arrests back to the fore, as this strike was accompanied by a popular mass movement in all places of […]
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 soldiers and civilians, the people of the U.S. and the world initiated campaigns to outlaw war once and for all. In 1928 the U.S. Secretary of State and the French Foreign Minister were awarded the […]
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 for what it is.” Chaos, violence, legal challenges, voter suppression and party suppression all culminated in the pathetic display of democratic degeneration on Election Day. After two decades of losing wars, plus the economic collapse […]
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 harm” when it buzz-cuts within 5,000 kilometres of Earth on November 2, celebrity scientist deGrasse Tyson wrote on Twitter and Instagram. So if the World ends in 2020, it won’t be the fault of the […]
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. Zhihu Cloud, one of top five Filecoin miners, has more than 8,000 InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) mining machines yet only 276 mining machines were running on Saturday, while the other four, including mining company 1475, […]
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 ruled on Friday, a reminder that election rules in many states remain in flux just over two weeks before the election. A lower court had previously ruled that ballots postmarked by Nov. 2 and received […]
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 the Pathum Wan intersection and also used tear gas against the demonstrators. The protest leaders then urged the crowd to leave the intersection and announced the end of the protest near Chulalongkorn University. Nevertheless, a […]
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 after that for the members… just in case of civil unrest, social unrest, the potential of a civil war,” Cachuela said. The United States has experienced protests and riots after the death of George Floyd, […]
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 updated mid-day Wednesday. A total of 907,054 votes were counted for Tuesday and 691,770 votes were counted on the first day of early voting in the 2018 midterm election, the data shows. In the 2016 […]
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 Rahi, to eat his daily dose of veggies. She hid them in his bowl of upma. A breakfast or brunch porridge made from semolina flour, spices and veggies, upma (pronounced oop–mah) is filling, but not […]
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, for it’s sleek, space-saving design, making it possible to use for everything. It might just replace every pan in your kitchen — it’s just that good. Scouted selects products independently and prices reflect what was […]
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 New Mexico capital’s failure to remove the celebration of settler victory over “savage” indigenous peoples. New Mexico – Visitors to the historic plaza in Santa Fe, a bastion of liberalism in northern New Mexico, will […]
“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 registration deadline. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images A severed fiber optic line cable forced Virginia’s online voter registration system to shut down for much of Tuesday, the last day for residents of the commonwealth to register for […]
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 Collective. “It’s obscene and offensive to us that local and state governments move to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day while the federal government blows up our sacred sites, steals our kids, militarily occupies our communities, and […]
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 cut near the Commonwealth Enterprise Solutions Center was impacting data circuits and VPN connectivity for multiple agencies,” the statement said. “This has affected the citizen portal along [with] registrar’s offices.” VITA said in a separate […]
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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 fate of millions of Americans who could lose access to health insurance should Barrett join the high court and strike down the Affordable Care Act in a case to be heard on Nov. 10. 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 on a horse is pulled down. The statue was then covered in orange paint and “stolen land” and “murderer” were painted on the base of the sculpture. Roosevelt has been accused of supporting policies that […]
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 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 […]
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 landmarks visible. Aside from the military themes of both the North Korean and Taiwanese displays, they looked nothing alike. The Pyongyang parade featured scores of assorted military hardware, including ballistic missiles – and was actually […]
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 racial slur as a name for a major football team, this signals a shifting awareness in the United States of our colonial roots and ongoing Indigenous genocide and a desire for change. If, like me, […]
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 the Muslim American community. As ISPU found, Jews and Muslims are the two religious groups that, by far, least approve of Trump. Only 34 percent of Jews and 30 percent of Muslims say Trump is […]
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 a white Kansas City police officer kneeling on the back of a Black pregnant woman during her arrest last week. The protesters are demanding Police Chief Richard Smith resign and want the officer involved to […]
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 town of Vääsky in the south of Finland, to call the shots ahead of International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October. Prime Minister’s seat has for one day been occupied by 16-year-old Aava […]
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 Philadelphia Inquirer. “It was a really catastrophic event. The last time something like this happened was in 1948,” he added. Maciejewski also told the outlet that he collected 400 birds between 5 a.m. and […]
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 total of 561,815 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the UK since the start of the pandemic, and 42,592 have died within 28 days of a test. The alarming numbers come just days after […]
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 of popular culture. She’s modeled in rap videos and for Louis Vuitton; penned books; appeared on shows like black-ish and RuPaul’s Drag Race; hosted The Amber Rose Show; dropped a few singles; took on rape […]
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 of defendants. The court ruled that seven of the 18 former lawmakers, including Nikos Michaloliakos, the head of the party which had become Greece’s third largest during the country’s financial crisis, were guilty of leading […]
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 Stephen Hahn on the post. New FDA Rules make it more difficult for them to speed up vaccines for approval before Election Day. Just another political hit job! @SteveFDA — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October […]
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. The overall number of deaths has increased to 42,445, with 76 new COVID-related deaths registered on Tuesday. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) revealed 478 new hospital admissions on the day, marking a 25% […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0a/1080415965_0:0:2369:1332_1200x675_80_0_0_8c04ac987fd2977c54f6dca8552dc6de.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Advitya Bahl. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010061080679724-india-shows-off-its-air-power-with-rafale-fighter-jets-ahead-of-iaf-day—video/ Keeping the COVID-19 pandemic in mind, the Indian Air Force is taking care of all the norms and guidelines. In a clear departure from tradition, schoolchildren and the general public will not be allowed to be live spectators of the grand ceremony. The Indian Air Force has conducted a full dress rehearsal, including air drills, at the Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad ahead of Indian Air Force Day which is celebrated on 8 October. The grand ceremony is observed every year to mark the day the IAF was established in 1932. A […]
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 exist until 2020. Yield farming is producing fixed-income-like returns that can, at least for brief stretches, provide annualized interest rates equivalent to percentages investors cannot find anywhere else. As documented in First Mover over the […]
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 and absorbed by the western Federal Republic of Germany. Germany’s far-right “Third-Way” movement, which describes itself as “Nationalist” and “Socialist”, staged a march in Berlin marking the occasion. Originally, it was to be held on […]
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 China (PRC) on October 1, 1949 after communist forces won a bloody civil war by defeating the ruling Kuomintang (KMT)-National Party, supported by the imperialist powers, President Xi Jinping said in his address: “There is […]
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 downplayed the threat from the coronavirus, and, alarmingly, now refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election. We are former national security officials who served during the administrations of Presidents […]
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 of her friends mentioned it later in a debate night group chat. Glaza, a former writer for a food magazine who was furloughed during the pandemic, felt “scared” when she read the text. She plans […]
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 a bowling lane) in diameter, passed at a distance of 3.1 million kilometers away, while the 15-meter long 2020 SU5, (as tall as the Hollywood sign), already passed at two million kilometers. The largest of […]
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 were set to open, adding that it “sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience caused to investors.” A spokesperson for the exchange’s operator, the Japan Exchange Group, says the error was not caused by a hack, but […]
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 viewing. It was not that the prosecution had in any way changed their very systematic techniques of denigrating and browbeating; in fact the precise prosecution template was once again followed. It goes like this. undermine […]
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 on the African continent, with the full participation of members of U.S. and African civil society. Click here to endorse the International Day of Action on AFRICOM October 1, 2020 is the 12th anniversary of […]
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 reportedly credited with saving the country from a protocol of restrictions that would have been fraught with “economic carnage”, rendering Sunak’s work close to impossible. © REUTERS / John Sibley Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi […]
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 measures in place following the lockdown. Be it Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar filming his movie “Bell Bottom” in Scotland, with Huma S Qureshi and Vaani Kapoor, or Aamir Khan filming in Turkey for “Laal Singh […]
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 to the United Nations, 119 heads of state and 54 heads of government will deliver their remarks via recorded videos submitted by a country’s delegate already in New York. The theme of the high-level debate […]
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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 home,” his club Milan informed, stressing that other players tested negative. The news put Milan’s web page temporarily out of order due to user overload. However, the 38-year-old striker, who is known for his larger-than-life […]
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. The probe was launched despite no evidence of any wrongdoing by Hunter Biden ever being established. The report contains little that wasn’t already known. Its headline finding is that two Obama administration officials raised some […]
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 Adams and Thomas Jefferson that marked the first peaceful transfer of power between opposing political factions in U.S. history. America now is on the cusp of the election of 2020 — and cast members of […]
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 session. The morning opened with Professor John Sloboda of Iraq Body Count. He is a Professor of Psychology and musicologist who founded Iraq Body Count together with Damit Hardagan, and was speaking to a joint statement by […]
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 employment generation” through the Mahatma Gandhi rural job scheme during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The scheme was launched by Manmohan Singh of the Indian National Congress Party, in 2005, shortly after he was elected Prime […]
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 the procedure, we saw behaviour from the prosecution QC that went well beyond normal cross examination and was a real attempt to denigrate and even humiliate the witness. I hope to prove that to you […]
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 their celebrity to protest what they see as Facebook’s failure to control disinformation and hate speech. The campaign, #StopHateForProfit, is aimed at Facebook and Instagram and has attracted such disparate individuals as Kim Kardashian West, […]
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 modern dance video that juxtaposed the openness of bucolic scenes and a feeling of claustrophobia in interior scenes, with models wearing alternating looks of tie dye and elaborate knits with a sculptural quality. Fashion newcomer […]
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 hearing resumed today with witness testimony from Eric Lewis, chairman of the board of Reprieve and a lawyer who “represents Guantanamo and Afghan detainees in litigation, seeking redress and accountability for torture and religious abuse while in […]
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 outsized influence. At that, it must inevitably fail – and its shortfalls are mine alone. That said, the piece’s attempt at a holistic critique of 19 years worth of war and cultural militarization would, I […]
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 at ethereum venture capital studio Consensys. Teku is one of five software clients currently being battle-tested on the official Ethereum 2.0 test network, Medalla. These clients will connect users to the highly anticipated proof-of-stake blockchain […]
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 “self-determination”) to be part of the equation.” Despite the unprecedented wave of “Justice for George Floyd” protests that put more than 20 million people in the streets in every region of the nation in June, […]
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 Navalny’s illness, which quickly left him incapacitated. The police have researched what he did in Tomsk, including who he met, where he stayed, and where he ate. The investigation has led authorities to Pevchikh, who […]
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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 out in several parts of the overcrowded facility on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of the migrants living there. The migrants were forced to leave the camp and sleep on roadsides, parking lots and fields across […]
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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 bombshell revelations that Trump intentionally downplayed the coronavirus pandemic. Hours before Dobbs took to air, audio recordings were released from legendary journalist Bob Woodward’s slate of interviews with Trump earlier this year for his upcoming […]
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 of the press. The prosecution of Assange will determine whether or not journalists will be able to publish the truth without fear of prosecution. Here is the video of the webinar, “Assange Extradition and the […]
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 Julian Assange’s extradition hearing has ended, with technical problems cutting short the testimony of the first defense witness, Broadcast Journalism Professor Mark Feldstein. Feldstein’s written testimony has been released to the public. On the virtual “stand”–online […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106609/41/1066094141_0:4:1200:679_1200x675_80_0_0_654e6a9f507af0e1d68ab7a19e1c0e63.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080401207-russias-mig-29-intercepts-second-norwegian-spy-plane-over-barents-sea-in-one-day/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet MiG-29 was scrambled due to a Royal Norwegian Air Force electronic reconnaissance and combat aircraft over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defence Control Center (NDCC) said on Tuesday. “On 8 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea. To identify the target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-29 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defence duty was scrambled”, the statement says. The crew of the Russian fighter […]
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 VT for those who belong here is a tightrope. I never wanted VT to be ‘last man standing’ for government intel agencies and the Pentagon or the fucking FBI. It may have been flattering at […]
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 or with a Joe Biden win that Donald Trump refuses to recognize. Sources familiar with the discussions described them as serious with a modestly panicked undertone. A smaller FBT session last fall had talked about […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080392507_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_fddef80aea34fa8b2431268a9db3edec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009071080392395-trump-holds-labour-day-press-conference-in-white-house—video/ The news conference comes as the United States celebrates Labour Day, which falls on the first Monday of September commemorating the American labour movement and the contribution of labourers to the development of the country. Sputnik is live from the White House, where President Donald Trump is answering questions from journalists on Labour Day. The president earlier announced the conference via Twitter. The US labour market lost more than 21 million jobs from March through April, at the height of the lockdowns due to COVID-19. It then posted a strong rebound of 2.5 million […]
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, mortars, rocks and other items” at officers on Saturday night. Noah Berger/AP After more than 100 days of protests in Portland, there is fatigue and increasing anxiety heading into opposing Labor Day demonstrations as officials […]
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 extradited to the U.S. Over the next four weeks, the court will consider whether Assange can be forced to face justice in the U.S., where an 18-count indictment accuses him of recruiting hackers to steal […]
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. Because Brooklinen just has so much good stuff, we’ve hand picked some of our favorites that are on sale now, so you can get to enjoying the long weekend. Linen Core Set Sheets: We love […]
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 has come at a time when Pakistan is facing multiple threats of grave nature externally and internally. Since August 5, 2019 when Indian government revoked articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution, which gave a […]
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 the Churchill Downs track, where they posed in formation, kneeled, and otherwise demonstrated their resolve to fight for racial justice. Simultaneously, a large group of Black Lives Matter, Until Freedom and other activists also marched […]
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 of DJ Swiss, a member of popular London rap group So Solid Crew. The initial day saw £61,940.53 spent, and last month’s total was £22,242.42. The types of business participating are wide, and include cake […]
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 nightly curfew. Chants of “scam!” erupted from the crowd at certain points, apparently led by an elderly man, who was also heard saying: “I can’t believe this is my country! This is my Australia. I was born and […]
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 it, flu season. In anticipation of the potentially devastating combination of COVID-19 and the flu, epidemiologists and state officials are pleading with Americans to stay home and avoid large gatherings despite pandemic fatigue. “We don’t […]
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, 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 […]
You’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily markets newsletter. Assembled by the CoinDesk Markets Team and edited by Bradley Keoun, First Mover starts your day with the most up-to-date sentiment around crypto markets, which of course never close, putting in context every wild swing in bitcoin and more. We follow the money so you don’t have to. You can subscribe here. Price Point Bitcoin was down early Thursday to about $11,250, extending Wednesday’s sell-off and falling to its lowest price since early August. [Update: At press time prices had slumped further to around $10,850.] The cryptocurrency tumbled 4.4% on Wednesday, the most in a month, […]
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 US Court of Appeals that the US National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programme, including the bulk collection of citizens’ phone records, was illegal. Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged […]
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 matter, these are either considered ‘economic’ in nature or elected representatives defer to markets, grant decision-making power to corporate pleaders, or act with unanimity across alleged ideological differences. In other words, the liberal conception of […]
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 you and your dog.” Local station 9 News reports, “Sinclair continued saying, ‘Black lives matter’ to police when they arrived according to the first officer on scene. That officer wrote that Sinclair had his hands […]
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 shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man shot by a white police officer on Sunday. The white Kenosha cop, now identified as Rusten Sheskey, shot at Blake seven times and hit him four times, […]
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 boundless optimism, I proudly accept this nomination for president of the United States”, he said, addressing the RNC. His speech wraps up the RNC, finalizing a row of speakers that included his daughter Ivanka Trump, […]
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 Thursday. They’ve become like a political organization, and that’s not a good thing. Within minutes, the NBA announced none of the games scheduled for Thursday would be played either. The league was “hopeful to resume […]
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 in Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people, on the 6 year anniversary of the end of Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza. The protests come as Israel has conducted a renewed bombardment of […]
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 Secretary General [ Editor’s Note: It has been five years since the ADVT was formed to raise awareness that Iran had suffered over five 9-11’s in terms of the terror victim body count. While Mr. […]
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 other than Vice President Mike Pence. Pence’s speech is expected to broach the subject of Trump’s opposition to “those protesting racial injustice, such as professional athletes kneeling during the anthem”, Reuters notes. That issue, along […]
#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 Postal Service and restore it by reopening closed branches, returning equipment and street mailboxes, and rehiring workers who were lost due to cuts. Here are some points you might want to make: The US Postal […]
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 past few months and weeks. Now only 3 people per 100,000 are hospitalized with the coronavirus. Apparently, the CDC finally recognized this and announced today that it was no longer necessary for travelers between states […]
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 22. It marks the imaginary point when humanity’s demand exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. The international research organization Global Footprint Network, which has been calculating this date since 1970, estimates 1.6 planets are […]
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. Ironically, this club is located in what is a traditional black neighborhood. Perhaps if the rioters smash up enough black youth clubs, then racial injustice will end. Not sure whose job it was to make […]
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 is based on the recommendations of animal welfare experts. She intends to introduce it next year to ensure the nation’s 9.4 million dogs get enough exercise and stimuli, the Guardian reported. The Hundeverordnung, or Dogs […]
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 public outcry. The event took place a day after the government significantly tightened nationwide restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus, amid a spike in infections. Also on rt.com Twice as many UK adults suffered […]
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 wrapping up the party’s four-night virtual national convention that was nominally held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the […]
#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 make it run to join us in a massive show of support and demand that Congress act to #SaveThePostOffice. Since the Coronavirus crisis hit, USPS has become more essential than ever, from delivering life-saving medicine, […]