The US will leave the World Health Organization in almost exactly a year, the UN has confirmed, after President Donald Trump finalized the country’s withdrawal over its “failure” to blame China for the coronavirus pandemic. After issuing a 30-day ultimatum in May demanding the WHO get tough on China, which […]
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Rumors that the National Football League plans to play the ‘Black national anthem’ before games once it returns have failed to please anyone, with people either considering it divisive or not going far enough to fight racism. The NFL plans to have ‘Lift Every Voice And Sing’ performed live or […]
Following months of privacy concerns raised by both state and private actors, online video company Zoom, which has seen its user numbers spike during the Covid-19 pandemic, has missed its own transparency report deadline. Zoom announced last month that it would publish a transparency report on June 30. The move […]
William Barr does not seem concerned that people know he is unethical, but he treasures his reputation as a ruthlessly effective fixer for Donald Trump. As the events of recent weeks have made plain, however, that reputation is undeserved. When Trump nominated Barr to serve as attorney general in 2018, […]
After a failed bid to remove barricades from Seattle’s protester encampment – in which municipal workers were blocked by demonstrators – the city’s mayor said they will try again Sunday, soon after being hit with another lawsuit. Friday morning saw protesters at the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” (CHOP) stand-off with […]
A police reform bill proposed by Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) failed on a procedural vote due to opposition from Democrats, who said it does not go far enough. Wednesday’s vote on the cloture motion was 55 in favor and 45 against, with 60 votes needed to move the bill […]
With Galaxy Digital now working on an educational course for financial advisers, founder Mike Novogratz told CoinDesk he hopes it will help finally kick-start the institutional use of bitcoin, and turn around the asset manager’s fortunes. Novogratz, a Wall Street veteran, loves a compelling narrative. “Bitcoin specifically is a story […]
Thibault Schrepel is a Faculty Associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Assistant Professor in Antitrust Law at Utrecht University School of Law. The COVID-19 crisis has increased our reliance on technology and reinforced the place of code in organizing society. This need not be […]
Ripple and CEO Brad Garlinghouse say an ongoing lawsuit fails to show how Garlinghouse committed fraud when allegedly selling millions of dollars’ worth of XRP in 2017. Lawyers representing the San Francisco-based blockchain company said in a court motion Monday that lead plaintiff Bradley Sostack has not demonstrated how a […]
What Next As The Whip Of Reaction Fails To Cow The Masses? By John Peterson and Jorge Martin, Marxist.com. June 8, 2020 What Next As The Whip Of Reaction Fails To Cow The Masses?2020-06-082020-06-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/laprotest-e1591635270108.jpg200px200px Above photo: Joe Piette, Flickr. Over the last two years, more Americans were killed by police […]
President Trump said early Friday morning he would send National Guard troops to Minneapolis to stop the rioting over the police killing of George Floyd if Mayor Jacob Frey did not act to save his city. Trump said he spoke with Gov. Tim Walz this evening. Trump and Attorney General […]
Sweden has found that just 7.3 percent of Stockholmers have antibodies for coronavirus, despite the country’s laissez-faire handling of the outbreak. The mainstream media think this proves them right. It doesn’t. Just last week, I criticized a piece of reportage in the Guardian, that grand old publication, for its remedial understanding […]