The War on Terror is put on trial in London through the Belmarsh Tribunal. Just after the bombshell revelations about the CIA plot to kidnap and assassinate WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange while he sought political asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, the Progressive International comes to London with the first physical Belmarsh Tribunal. The intervention comes ahead of Assange’s extradition proceedings, which are set to continue in London’s High Court from 27 to 28 October 2021. Inspired by the famous Russell-Sartre people’s tribunal, the Belmarsh Tribunal places the War on Terror on trial and holds the US government accountable for its war […]
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Free Elections In Venezuela Are A Blow To Regime Change By Leonardo Flores, Popular Resistance. December 11, 2020 Free Elections In Venezuela Are A Blow To Regime Change2020-12-112020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/voter-dec-6-venezuela.jpg200px200px Above photo: A voter in Venezuela’s legislative elections. Photo: Manaure Quintero/Reuters. Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting President Maduro won 68% of the vote and a supermajority in the National Assembly. All the evidence suggests the elections were free and fair. However, turnout was […]
Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think By Eleanor Goldfield, Art Killing Apathy. November 17, 2020 Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think2020-11-172020-11-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/aka-e1605645803321.jpg200px200px The truth is – words are dangerous. Words are the catalysts of all action – good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: words inspired millions of Germans to direct their ire towards Jews, Romani, LGBTQ and other state-labeled “degenerates.” Words inspired the Manson family to murder innocent people. Words inspired the murder of entire villages of Vietnamese, Afghan, and Iraqi civilians. Words convinced thousands of colonizers that this land was their land […]
Above photo: Empty plates on Stuart Anderson’s office in Chapel Ash. England – Around 20 plates with messages on were attached to the windows of Stuart Anderson’s office along with a poster which said: “Your MP voted no to feeding poor kids”. The plates were removed within hours of being put up but the word “scum” was then sprayed onto the office window. Mr Anderson said he and his family have also received death threats and said he had reported the intimidation and vandalism to the police. The Wolverhampton South West MP was one of 322 MPs who last week voted against a […]
Free Speech Under Attack In Australia By Daniel Hurst, The Guardian. October 21, 2020 Free Speech Under Attack In Australia2020-10-212020-10-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/aus-e1603284841861.jpg200px200px Above photo: Darren England/EPA. ‘Chilling attack on democracy’: proposed Asio powers could be used against journalists. Environmental and human rights groups could also be targeted under a new government bill, legal experts argue. Journalists and advocacy groups could face compulsory questioning by Asio as part of a proposed expansion of the spy agency’s powers, according to external legal advice prepared by leading barristers. With senior officials of Asio due to give evidence to Senate estimates hearings on Tuesday, the new advice […]
Conservative protesters in San Francisco accuse Antifa activists of violently attacking their rally. Police officers were injured at the event as well. A “free speech rally” was held at the United Nations Plaza on Saturday. Some demonstrators wore red ‘Make America Great Again’ Trump campaign hats and carried pro-police ‘Thin Blue Line’ flags, as well as US flags. The activists came to decry what they call censorship of conservative views and stories by social media giants, like San Francisco-based Twitter. Counter-protesters rushed to the scene as well, quickly outnumbering their rivals. Carrying makeshift shields and ‘Smash fascism’ banners, they threw plastic […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump told his supporters in Wisconsin that all Americans will get the coronavirus treatment he received for free. “We’re gonna make, what I had, available to everybody, free. The antibodies, I think the antibodies are the best thing, we’re gonna make it free,” Trump said at his campaign rally in Janesville, Wisconsin on Saturday. “This election is a choice between a Trump super recovery and a Biden depression,” Trump added. Earlier in the day, speaking at another rally in Muskegon, Michigan, Trump warned that a Democratic victory in the November elections could make the coronavirus […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010171080804073-tehran-announces-termination-of-all-restrictions-on-transfer-of-arms-to-and-from-iran/ In 2015, Iran signed the JCPOA with China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and the European Union, requiring Iran to scale back its nuclear program and severely downgrade its uranium reserves in exchange for sanctions relief, including lifting the arms embargo five years after the deal’s adoption. “As of today, all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from The Islamic Republic of Iran, and all prohibitions regarding the entry or transit through territories of the United Nations Member States previously imposed on […]
Grammy-winning recording artist RAC explores the business of music and how crypto experiments could shift the balance of power. Today’s Breakdown is a conversation with Andre Anjos – aka RAC, a Grammy Award-winning recording artist and music entrepreneur. Starting the “Remix Artist Collective” as a business Evolving from remixing to performing artist The challenges and trade-offs of working with major labels How the music industry beat back technology innovation where other industries failed How NFTs, tokens and other crypto innovations are opening up truly free markets for music and culture Source link
Students Create Free Tutoring Services To Help During The Pandemic October 13, 2020 Students Create Free Tutoring Services To Help During The Pandemic2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/tutor-e1602619153812.jpg200px200px Above photo: A group that includes Annette Yuan, a junior at Irvine High, has expanded beyond Southern California and now tutors students from Seattle to Toronto. StudySmart Youth Services. Alex Yan and Arvin Ding, seniors at Irvine’s Portola High School, have held free weekly in-person tutoring sessions for elementary and middle school students since they started their organization Math at the Library in 2017. When COVID-19 hit, their team of high schoolers quickly transitioned to online tutoring and later […]
Ten years ago, humanity wrestled with a generational crisis named COVID-19. In the wake of the pandemic and its cataclysmic fallout, seismic changes occurred and a wellspring of ideas burst forth. The weaknesses of our society laid bare, people were freed to think differently about the social contract. Conversations around the function of money and who controlled its minting began, triggered by the unprecedented money printing provoked by the pandemic. Yoni Assia is the founder and CEO of eToro, the world’s largest social investment network, and the Founder of GoodDollar.org, a non-profit to enable basic income via blockchain technologies. This post […]
A new report published by the Centre for Brexit Policy has suggested that Boris Johnson will fail to get a deal as good as the one Canada has with the EU if he comes to an agreement with Brussels. The report comes just 3 days before the British prime minister’s deadline for a deal with the EU, with the UK expected to leave on WTO rules, if both sides fail to agree terms. With more on this story, Sputnik spoke to analyst Bob Lister. Sputnik: How significant is this report and is this the deal that Brexiteers want? Bob Lister: I hardly think […]
The inflammatory social media personality who allegedly incited the assault of a Jewish journalist in Brooklyn during Wednesday night demonstrations against new pandemic-related restrictions says he will be allowed to turn himself in to police on unspecified charges after this weekend. Harold “Heshy” Tischler—caught on video swaggering through crowds of irate ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths with a Trump bumper sticker on his shirt, and apparently goading protesters into striking reporter Jacob Kornbluh earlier this week—announced to his Twitter followers Friday afternoon that he was “being arrested” Monday morning at the local police stationhouse, but insisted he would “be pleading not guilty.” The […]
A YouGov poll focusing on 1,000-plus respondents across Europe has outlined citizens’ preliminary political preferences regarding the 46th US president, and they appear to be quite muted as an absolute minority believe the electoral process will be as clean as a whistle. Fewer than one in ten Europeans believe that the upcoming US presidential election will be completely free and fair, with an absolute majority saying they would prefer Joe Biden to win over Donald Trump, according to a new YouGov tracker survey. It was run between 15 September and 4 October with a representative sample of 1,000-plus people in a range […]
Conservative ministers have vowed to oppose a proposed law that would give MI5 operatives, police, and other agencies carte blanche to commit crimes in order to stop more serious crimes, arguing it would encourage abuses of power. The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) bill expressly greenlights not merely MI5 but 10 other agencies – including HM Revenue and Customs, the Food Standards Agency, police, and the Gambling Commission – would be permitted to engage in criminal conduct, as long as they’re committing the lesser evil in service of preventing a greater one. The bill was read in Parliament for the second […]
GENEVA (Sputnik) – Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to limit the free movement of people from countries of the European Union, according to the preliminary results of a referendum that was held on Sunday. Roughly 62 percent of voters rejected the proposal, which would have imposed restrictions on labor migration into Switzerland, the preliminary results showed. The Swiss People’s Party tabled the motion, expressing a desire to take away the European Union’s control over the country’s migration laws. At present, Switzerland is obliged to accept workers from EU countries, although a deal was struck with Brussels following a 2014 referendum […]
After narrowly winning a February 2014 Swiss referendum seeking immigration quotas to limit free movement from EU countries, the Swiss People’s party witnessed their demands being eventually watered down amid Bern’s lengthy talks with Brussels; the party has condemned the compromise which was struck with the EU as a “betrayal”. Switzerland will vote in a referendum on 27 September that is set to decide whether it will end its agreement with the EU on the free movement of people, reported The Guardian. The vote was called by the largest party in the Swiss parliament, the right-wing, anti-immigration Swiss People’s party (SVP), […]
Experiments In Free Transit By Joshua DeVries, The Bullet. September 15, 2020 Experiments In Free Transit2020-09-152020-09-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bologna-transit-e1600175279618.jpg200px200px Among the few positive aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, some localities have taken the impressive step of implementing free transit. Several cities in Ohio, including Akron, Canton, Toledo and Youngstown announced free fares as of March 16. Towns in Vermont and Nevada have done so as well. Unfortunately, local officials are quite clear that these are only temporary for health purposes and will be reversed once it is “safe.” Over the last several decades, though, many cities around the world have experimented with free transit. Free […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107951/66/1079516678_0:29:3000:1716_1200x675_80_0_0_79194fc18c785bd685b295d8d5bac19e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009071080385621-australians-can-get-free-coronavirus-vaccine-early-next-year-pm-scott-morrison-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to people in Australia as early as at the start of next year, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced. “Australians will gain free access to a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 if trials prove successful”, Morrison said in a Monday statement. According to the release from the prime minister’s office, the Australian government has reached a $1.7 billion supply and production agreement with pharmaceutical companies, which will ensure that a free COVID-19 vaccine will be available progressively throughout 2021 in Australia. “Under the agreement, the […]
On Friday, environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion blockaded three printworks used by the Times, The Sun, The Telegraph and the Daily Mail who they accused of failing to report on climate change issues ‘accurately’. Home Secretary Priti Patel condemned it as an attack on the free press and democracy. British newspaper The Telegraph has lifted its paywall for the weekend after an Extinction Rebellion (XR) blockade it dubbed a bid to “stifle our free press.” Telegraph editor Chris Evans tweeted: “It’s free until Monday morning. Do enjoy – and feel free to agree or disagree. That’s democracy…” Friday’s actions by the environmentalist […]
Fox News host Tucker Carlson once again engaged in some thinly veiled dog-whistling on Thursday night, insisting that Democrats are trying to “get out the vote” by funding “race riots” or offering “mentally ill homeless” people “free cigarettes.” Carlson, whose racist rhetoric and fear-mongering over Black Lives Matter has caused internal strife at Fox, kicked off Thursday’s broadcast of Tucker Carlson Tonight by saying the Democratic Party has always had problems turning out its voters. (Forty percent of the Democratic electorate is non-white, according to Pew Research.) “On average, Democratic voters are much less likely than Republicans to vote,” the conservative […]
Hulking WWE superstar Brock Lesnar is now a free agent, and the news has sparked mass speculation about his next move, with both the UFC and Bellator linked with moves for the former UFC heavyweight champion. Reports across a host of pro-wrestling publications, plus ESPN, have stated that Lesnar is now out of contract following his tenure with the WWE, and the news has attracted plenty of interest in the world of mixed martial arts. Bellator president Scott Coker reacted to the news by telling ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that he’d love to sign Lesnar, saying, “Yes, if he’s truly available. Fedor […]
The government of Paris is setting up five new sites to conduct free screening for Covid-19 and help private labs deal with demand for their services. Last week, France surpassed the national record of 900,000 weekly tests. Starting Monday, three permanent centers are collecting samples as part of free Covid-19 testing in the French capital, the mayor’s office said. Additionally, two mobile labs will be serving various parts of the city in half-day shifts. The measure is meant to alleviate pressure on private labs, which have been overwhelmed with the demand for Covid-19 screening. Last week, people had to wait up […]
On a nondescript April night in 1990, 21-year-old Dale Wayne Sigler walked into a Brazoria County, Texas, Subway shop and robbed it of $400. When the man behind the counter, John William Zeltner Jr., attempted to flee into the back room, he was shot six times. The “overkill” nature of the crime implied that the two weren’t mere strangers, and the ensuing revelation that Sigler knew Zeltner helped convince a jury that not only was he guilty of the crime—to which he confessed, after being apprehended—but that the execution had been premeditated. For this senseless slaughter, Sigler received the death penalty, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202008271080292561-former-mali-president-reportedly-set-free-by-military-that-seized-power-from-him/ Earlier this week, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) suspended Mali’s membership following the West African country’s recent military coup. Former Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been set free by the military that seized power from him earlier this month, the outlet Jeune Afrique reported on Thursday. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Marketed as a lightweight blockchain, the Coda Protocol team wants to train node operators ahead of its expected mainnent launch in Q4. Source link
In a promising development, the last remaining coronavirus patients have been discharged from the hospital in the Chinese capital, where “wartime-like” quarantine measures were in force just two months ago. No hospital in Beijing is now dealing with Covid-19 cases, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. The last two patients, who were being treated at the Beijing Ditan Hospital, were sent home the day before. One of these cases was attributed to a spike in coronavirus infections in the northeastern city of Dalian, while another caught the contagion abroad, the city health authorities said. Meanwhile, no new locally transmitted or […]
Lionel Messi’s two-decade association at Barcelona appears to have met an inauspicious end after the six-time Ballon d’Or winning forward told club officials that he intends to leave the club, according to reports. Speculation as to Messi’s future has been rampant amid a disastrous 2020 for the Catalan giants, which saw them surrender their Spanish title to arch-rivals Real Madrid and endure a humiliating 8-2 Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich. Also on rt.com Manchester City looking at financial aspects of potential Messi swoop – reports The club appears braced for more internal strife, however, after strong reports […]
Brazilian legend Ronaldinho is finally a free man again after a Paraguayan court granted his release following a spell of more than five months in detention on charges of entering the country with fake documents. Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira were released on Monday by a judge in Asuncion, having spent the past four months under house arrest at a hotel in the Paraguayan capital. Prior to that, the pair had spent a month in a maximum security prison on the outskirts of the city. Dressed in a trademark beret, the 40-year-old former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star […]
The news adds to Apple’s problems as it faces a court battle with Epic Games, which accused the Cupertino-based company of operating “a complete monopoly” and filed a lawsuit against Apple, a move that was supported by many app developers. The founding developer of free application WordPress, which allows users to create websites, revealed that Apple was no longer releasing updates or fixing bugs until it adds in-app purchases into its application. This function is used by developers worldwide to profit from their applications, despite the fact that they give them away for free. For example, a user is offered premium […]
A lot of Liberals wish the Second Amendment had never been written. They wish the words would just go away. They don’t understand how important the Second Amendment is to America. Without the Second Amendment, we’d have lost the First Amendment long ago! To remind Liberals how important the words of the Second Amendment are to us, here’s something special: a Second Amendment American flag with the words printed on the stripes (ordering through this link and the links below supports Gateway Pundit)! The best part: It’s free – just pay shipping and handling! TRENDING: Garbage DC Website Known for Promoting Conspiracies […]
For nearly a month, Riot Ribs served barbecue, tacos, jalapeno poppers—whatever they had on hand—from a series of tents near the site of ongoing protests in Portland, Oregon. Then, on Tuesday, the food collective announced an abrupt closure. Someone was impersonating the group and swindling money, members said. Riot Ribs was among an emerging network of mutual aid groups aimed at distributing free food to protesters and the homeless in Portland and Seattle, where rage over the police killing of George Floyd, racism, and U.S. law-enforcement has resulted in months of marches. But Riot Ribs’ sudden dissolution—the result of a former […]
Bolivia: Stop State Repression And Violence, For Free And Fair Elections By The Andean Information Network. July 29, 2020 Bolivia: Stop State Repression And Violence, For Free And Fair Elections2020-07-292020-07-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/12/bolivian-protesters-flee-from-coup-police.-source-ap.-e1577681068293.png200px200px Above photo: Bolivian protesters flee from coup police. Source AP. Summary executions and widespread repression under Bolivia’s interim government report rights advocates from Harvard and University Network for Human Rights. NOTE: The authors refer to the current power holders in Bolivia as an “interim government.” Popular Resistance reminds its readers that Evo Morales is the democratically-elected and rightful president of Bolivia in what is recognized as a fair election (perhaps not fully […]
HUGE! Trump White House Implements Executive Order on Online Censorship: Prevents Tech Giants from Altering Users’ Free Speech – Demands Transparency of Moderation Practices Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
What could the Democrats possibly be thinking? Their new policy for social justice is to slander the police, defund the police, close prisons and set criminals free. What could possibly go wrong? On July 8th we reported that radical leftists have pushed through a proposal to shut down one of two St. Louis City jails labeled ‘The Workhouse’. They claimed this will save money but these radical liberal socialists never care about taxpayers’ money nor do they care about the safety of local citizens. This appears to be a trend and a priority for Democrats today. They want to slander the […]
A new poll by the Cato Institute shows 62 percent of Americans feel they must censor themselves from openly expressing their political views, in some cases out of fear of losing their jobs or missing career opportunities. The fear is especially common among conservative respondents, 77 percent of whom agreed that the current political climate prevents them from saying things they believe. This week’s study showed that even among centrist liberals, 52 percent said they must censor their opinions. That compared with 45 percent in 2017, the last time the same poll was done. Back then, 57 percent of moderates said […]
Authorities in Thailand have dropped all charges against the playboy grandson of the co-founder of Red Bull whose Ferrari fatally struck a police officer on a motorcycle on a Bangkok street in 2012. The oil from Vorayuth Yoovidhaya’s leaking engine, which was damaged from hitting the officer’s motorcycle, led investigators to his door after he fled the accident scene. Vorayuth, whose family is among the wealthiest in Thailand, admitted to being drunk when he hit the officer, but he was not immediately arrested and later paid the dead officer’s family nearly $100,000. During the lengthy, though lethargic investigation, which resulted in […]
The US Army has finally logged off Twitch after its questionable efforts to connect with gamers were met with major pressure from online activists and suggestions that its dubious activity even fell foul of the Constitution. The military’s esports gaming team has “paused” its Twitch streaming and social media interactions following negative media coverage and “potentially unconstitutional bans,” journalist Rod Breslau first reported on Thursday. new: sources tell me due to recent media coverage of fake giveaways and potentially unconstitutional bans, the US Army esports team has paused social activity, streaming on Twitch, and official activations with Twitch including participating in […]
The first person the U.S. government ever detained indefinitely under the 2001 Patriot Act has gone free. Adham Amin Hassoun, whose Kafkaesque experience during the 9/11 era turned him into the U.S.’ first post-conviction terrorism detainee, has left the U.S. for an unnamed country, his lawyers said. After Hassoun’s conviction expired in 2017, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department had sought unreviewable authority to detain Hassoun under both an obscure immigration regulation and a never-before invoked provision of the Patriot Act, known as Section 412. The administration declared Hassoun, a man in his late 50s who has never […]
The Heyward Shepherd monument in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was smeared with what appeared to be feces on Tuesday morning. There have been many calls on social media for the statue, which sits nearby John Brown’s Fort, to be removed or vandalized in recent weeks. Shepherd was a free black man and the first person killed during John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. TRENDING: BREAKING: President Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Illegal Immigrants From 2020 Census Count For the Purpose of Congressional Representation The monument was placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/17/1079191708_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_6d60462159b904abeda55a74fde54046.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007211079944524-pompeo-says-discussed-5g-free-trade-deal-during-constructive-visit-with-uks-johnson/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he held constructive and candid talks on 5G security, a potential free trade deal, and other matters during his meeting with the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London on Tuesday. “Constructive visit with @BorisJohnson today. Our two countries’ long-standing, strong bilateral relationship has laid the foundation for today’s candid discussion on issues ranging from 5G telecommunication to our negotiations for a US-UK free trade agreement”, Pompeo said via Twitter. Johnson welcomed the US secretary of state at his residence at Downing Street […]
(Guest post by Eric V.) Last month, Amazon banned Killing Free Speech: Part 1, the first part of a documentary about censorship. Amazon has now censored part two as well, which focuses specifically on Big Tech censorship, but the Democratic Party has joined in the censorship party by what can only be described as an act of Orwellian fiat. Killing Free Speech Parts 1 & 2 are both still available for purchase on vimeo https://vimeo.com/user79992217 After successfully holding a private screening for border patrol agents, Hansen attempted to arrange a screening of the documentary on Capitol Hill via the office of […]
A football match that had been hoping to attract hundreds of paying fans to watch players with the novel coronavirus take on opponents who were yet to be infected has reportedly been dashed after police discovered the plan. Local reports in Spain said that a 23-year-old had put up posters to promote a “coronavirus fundraiser” in the city of Pamplona, which is thought to be one of the hotspots for infections in a country where police have enforced punishments for breaking a stringent lockdown. The friendly match was billed as the “the Mendillori kickabout” – named after the district where the […]
At the end of April, Florida federal Judge Marcia Cooke ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement prisons were such a tinderbox for the novel coronavirus that ICE had to begin efforts at letting people out. The dangers of the pandemic inside three immigrant-detention centers in the state threatened to put ICE on the wrong side of constitutional prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishment. Thousands of miles away, in Arizona, several lawsuits on behalf of people detained by ICE were in various stages of advancement. One, brought in April by the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, sought to release at least […]
Trade Unionists Back Campaign To Free Assange By Don’t Extradite Assange. July 18, 2020 Trade Unionists Back Campaign To Free Assange2020-07-182020-07-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/assange-e1595101693166.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators march to protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Saturday in London. Alberto Pezzali/AP. In Birmingham, Plymouth, and Newcastle trades councils have voted to join the campaign to halt the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States where he could face 175 years in jail. In recent weeks the three metropolitan trades councils, which are attended by delegates from all the local unions, have voted overwhelmingly to support Assange. Even in Plymouth […]
Now that my 44 years on daily newspapers have ended, I’m finally free to admit my biases. I’m biased toward the facts. Toward compassion. Toward freedom. All basics of our business. All under attack by today’s Republicans. We reporters pride ourselves on open minds. We’re fiercely independent. We defy sources and editors alike. We try to look past party labels to individuals’ merits. Some of my colleagues at the Cleveland Plain Dealer wouldn’t even vote in Ohio’s primary because of having to declare their parties. So I wasn’t surprised to see a 2017 study in ScienceAdvances showing little bias in our […]
Earlier today we reported that Facebook and Instagram deleted Roger Stone’s personal accounts. Tonight we have an exclusive statement from Roger Stone regarding these social media giants taking way his free speech rights. Earlier today Jacob Engels at TGP reported Facebook and Instagram have deleted the verified personal account of Roger Stone on Facebook, his media outlet Stone Cold Truth, and even his Instagram account ahead of his July 14th surrender date to a Coronavirus infested prison in Georgia. Stone is currently appealing Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s decision to deny him a reprieve due to concerns over his history of respiratory […]
Facebook had the chance to curb voter suppression targeting Black Americans ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Instead, it stumbled on that and other civil liberties issues, according to a new independent civil rights audit released on Wednesday. The audit, commissioned by Facebook and conducted over two years by civil rights experts and lawyers, comes as Facebook faces public ire for racism and disinformation on the site, with major advertisers cutting ties with the company. Although the social media giant took some steps to curb hate speech and prevent election meddling after the 2016 election, it also committed significant oversights, the […]
Lamenting declining minority enrollment, California State University’s faculty union has called for tuition-free education for nonwhite students, nixing a ban on affirmative action, and… segregating students and faculty by color? The California Faculty Association has published a list of demands aimed at “redress for systemic anti-Black racism in the CSU,” insisting that black faculty, students and staff are “criminalized both on CSU campuses and in our communities.” Its orders begin with a directive that “everyone needs to recognize: black lives are precious” and “take serious, tangible and public steps to protect Black lives, Black futures, and Black joy,” and spiral off […]
The interest by foreign investors in trading in yuan-based oil futures has grown significantly. According to the Shanghai Energy Exchange, this year, foreigners accounted for 16 percent of the daily turnover of trading in yuan futures. Over the year, the volume of transactions with foreigners has almost doubled. China launched trading in yuan oil futures in 2018. Initially, the volume of transactions was small, and the Chinese benchmark contract served only the domestic market. Global traders are used to Brent and WTI dollar-denominated benchmark contracts, and, at first, yuan futures may have appeared to be an unusual derivative, if only because […]
Federal immigration authorities are refusing to release an HIV-positive man who has been held in a Minnesota detention facility since January, despite the fact that the man has already won his case for release before an immigration judge—and despite his severe risk of medical complications from the coronavirus outbreaks that have spread inside detention facilities across the country. “I’m dying, slowly, even with my medication,” said William Zacarias Marroquìn, a 32-year-old restaurant worker, calling from inside the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minnesota. “I don’t know if they care or not, but I can be spending my time with my […]
FOX News cable television set a new record this past quarter. The Tucker Carlson Show set the record for the largest cable news show audience during a single quarter in cable news history. He did this by calling for equal justice under the law and for free speech. These are two issues the Democrats cannot claim and Republicans appear oblivious to. Mike Cernovich tweeted last night the Tucker Carlson had the greatest quarter in cable news history this past quarter. Fox News Q2 2020 Ratings: Tucker Carlson Averaged 4.33 Million Viewers at 8 p.m., the Largest Audience in Cable News History […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Reeling under the economic distress following the lockdown, Indian government provided relief to 800 million people by allocating free ration for three months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the number of people provided free ration is several times the population of many large countries like the USA and UK. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a $12 billion Free Ration Scheme to 800 million people for the next five months. People will receive five kilograms of rice or five kilograms of wheat and one kilogram of lentils as well. Modi said on Tuesday: “More than […]
Helen Buyniski is an American journalist and political commentator at RT. Follow her on Twitter @velocirapture23 “Free speech driven” social network Parler is being smeared as a “far right” cesspool as a Twitter crackdown drives conservative signups – even as its new users include milquetoast Republican politicians like Ted Cruz. Like Gab before it, Parler has attracted celebrity Twitter and Facebook rejects, lured by the promise of a censor-free experience, and a flood of users eager to interact with their banned idols – or just to express themselves without fear of deplatforming. And the market for alternative platforms is booming – Parler’s […]
Paige VanZant looks set to become the latest high-profile free agent in MMA after the flyweight fighter added her voice to growing discontent about fighter pay, suggesting she earns more through endorsements than via the UFC. VanZant is scheduled to face Amanda Ribas at UFC 251 on ‘Fight Island’ next month but the appearance could well be the last of her six-year UFC tenure after she announced to ESPN that she would allow her contract to expire in a bid to gauge her worth on the open market. Also on rt.com The naked truth: Paige VanZant set to return to action […]
A young Wisconsin woman accused of murdering her alleged sex trafficker has been freed from jail—where she’s spent two years awaiting trial—after community activists raised her $400,000 bail. Chrystul Kizer, 19, faces life in prison after being charged with arson and first-degree intentional homicide charges for the June 2018 slaying of 34-year-old Randall P. Volar. Authorities allege Kizer, then 17, shot and killed Volar in a premeditated attack. Activists and several celebrities, however, argue that Kizer—whose case has received renewed attention amid nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police—was only defending herself from the […]
President Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale joined FOX and Friends on Friday morning to discuss the Tulsa rally on Saturday, the 2020 campaign and Joe Biden. During the discussion Parscale was asked about the Tech Giant’s suppression of free speech and conservative voices. This was ONE DAY AFTER Facebook removed a Trump Campaign ad and Twitter flagged a Trump parody tweet as “manipulated media.” Instead of voicing concern Parscale praised Mark Zuckerberg for understanding “the importance of free speech.” TRENDING: Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy: White People Should Shine Shoes of Black People to Express Shame for Racism Brad Parscale: I worry […]
July 1: Call To Action To Confront Israeli Annexation, Free Palestine June 16, 2020 July 1: Call To Action To Confront Israeli Annexation, Free Palestine2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/freepal-e1592328683398.jpeg200px200px Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora has issued the following call, originally in Arabic. As an international network, we fully join in this call and urge all supporters and friends of Palestine to take action on 1 July in support of the mobilization taking place in Ramallah, occupied Palestine, to confront Israel’s declared plans for the annexation of much of the occupied West Bank of Palestine. We know that many Palestinians in exile and […]
The ruling Conservative Government planned to the free school meal voucher system which had been provided for low-income children while school ended over the summer holidays. A campaign by footballer Marcus Rashford put pressure on the government to maintain the scheme in order to combat increasing financial vulnerability. Westminster announced on Tuesday that it will be extending the free school meal voucher system in England over the summer holidays in a reversal of its previous pledge to end them. The Prime Minister’s spokesperson said that the government “fully understands” that the children and parents are facing an “unprecedented situation over the summer”. […]
The black community in the US lives in constant fear of trigger-happy officers who routinely avoid responsibility for misconduct, activists told RT, insisting that real change can only be brought by action, not words and retweets. “We keep hearing about how difficult the jobs of the officers are, but we don’t hear enough about how scared black people are right now… What’s getting lost in all this is the fact people are hurting right now,” community advocate Dontaye Carter told RT. We’re terrified. “I don’t condone these riots, I don’t condone these acts, but the reality is there’s a lot of pain,” he […]
“She is … much more like him than it appears,” Jordan adds. …education, immigration story, languages, plastic surgeries…everything…totally made up Comfortable with racist attacks on the Obama’s, an avid “birther,” our current first lady has pretended she is above her husbands indiscretions…and now it seems they are twins. Daily Beast/Washington Post: Remember back in 2017 when, after her husband’s inauguration, Melania Trump stayed behind in New York City, supposedly so that their son, Barron, could finish the school year uninterrupted? The mythmaking, Jordan writes, began early, when she would fail to correct reporters who cited her age incorrectly, always younger than […]
The problem with paying gas to run transactions is that it discourages lots of transactions. The advantage of paying gas to run transactions, though, is that it discourages lots of transactions. This contradiction is captured well in a new paper examining transactions on EOS, Tezos and XRP Ledger (XRPL) over a seven-month period ending in April. Researchers from Imperial College London and University College London found the overwhelming number of transactions on these three networks either have no value attached or are passing it back and forth within one entity. Titled “Revisiting Transactional Statistics of High-scalability Blockchain,” by Daniel Perez, Jiahua […]
Lummi Tribal Members Fight To Free Orca From 50 Year Captivity June 11, 2020 Lummi Tribal Members Fight To Free Orca From 50 Year Captivity2020-06-112020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/lolita-e1591840789840.jpg200px200px Above photo: Lolita has lived for 45 years in a Miami Seaquarium enclosure that activists say is 35 feet wide at its narrowest point. Earth Law Center joins the fight to free orca from 50 year captivity and bring her home. The two Lummi Nation tribal members working for the release and return of the captive orca Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut (also known as Tokitae or her stage name, Lolita) announced today that they will be legally represented by Earth Law […]
Slovakia will allow free travel to and from 16 more European countries from June 10 and no longer require face masks to be worn outside, PM Igor Matovic said on Tuesday. There will be no restrictions on visitors from the countries including Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Baltic states, Finland, Norway and Denmark. Last week, Bratislava reopened borders with neighbors Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary. Compulsory quarantine upon arrival from abroad will now be dropped for countries on the safe list, and people will not have to activate “smart quarantine” on their mobile devices, Reuters reported. On Monday, Slovenia opened […]
The Minneapolis City Council is disbanding the police department. Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender on Monday told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that a “police free future” is “the goal.” Brilliant idea! WATCH: TRENDING: Wow! Minneapolis City Council President Says Calling the Police on Burglars “Comes from a Place of Privilege” (VIDEO) Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender: “police free future” is “the goal”https://t.co/WYT8yVeGs6 pic.twitter.com/dpZ4T5nbhI — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 9, 2020 Lisa Bender’s statement comes on the same day the Star Tribune obtained Minneapolis’ survey of property damage from the George Floyd riots which revealed 1,000 commercial properties were damaged, including […]
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear intends to ‘put dollars’ into ensuring all of the state’s African-American residents have healthcare, citing ‘inequalities’ in Covid-19 treatment – which was fully funded by the federal government. “I believe health care is a basic human right,” Beshear, a Democrat, said on Monday at a press conference in Frankfort. While he campaigned on providing it to everyone, “as I’ve been trying to hear from those who have been giving voice on in inequality …it’s time to give prioritization in black and African-American communities, so we are going to do that.” “We are gonna begin an effort to […]
A high token price gives a project crucial staying power, believes the CEO of IOHK, Charles Hoskinson. Mention token price in the company of developers and many will hold their noses. In a lunch interview with the Financial Times back in 2018, Ethereum’s creator Vitalik Buterin said that he felt an obsession with price had muddied the waters around cryptocurrencies and created the wrong incentives. “The idealistic early coders, who wanted blockchain to transfer power from corporations and governments to individuals, last year started getting overtaken by get-rich-quick schemers. Some ICOs were scams. Buterin watched in dismay as his blockchain was […]
World 15:57 GMT 03.06.2020(updated 16:09 GMT 03.06.2020) Get short URL Several journalists from different countries have been attacked by US police while covering the ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on US authorities to ensure that reporters can do their work free from attacks or repression during the Floyd protests. The statement comes after OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir urged US authorities to ensure the safety of journalists covering the protests. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the United Nations secretary-general, said that all such incidents […]
India 13:00 GMT 02.06.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India has recorded 198,705 positive COVID-19 cases, of which 3,926 are in Bihar. The northern Indian state has witnessed a massive influx of migrant workers returning to their homes from urban areas. In a random sampling, 26% of migrants returning to the state from outside had tested positive. The Bihar government in India is distributing free condoms to migrant labourers going home after completing a 14-day institutional quarantine and those in home quarantine to prevent unwanted pregnancies, an official said on Tuesday. While some were speculating links with the spread of the […]
Professor Jonathan Turley is a liberal but also a man of principles and integrity. Despite the fact that he probably doesn’t even support President Trump politically, he has been one of his greatest defenders. Turley is now speaking out for Trump and slamming Twitter for censoring him. The Washington Examiner reports: TRENDING: BREAKING: DNI Ratcliffe Releases Flynn-Kislyak Transcripts to Senators Grassley, Johnson… UPDATE: Downloaded Transcripts Included Liberal legal scholar rips Twitter for censoring Trump, says ‘free speech’ ultimate ‘loser’ Constitutional law scholar Jonathan Turley warned that Twitter’s decision to level fact checks or altogether hide President Trump’s tweets threatened the concept […]
Car Caravan: Free Our Youth! By Joe Piette, Workers World. May 25, 2020 Car Caravan: Free Our Youth!2020-05-252020-05-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/free-our-youth-prison-protest-in-philadelphia-workers-world.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Free Our Youth prison protest. Zekiya Cherif, whose son was previously incarcerated at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center, speaks to protesters on May 18. By Joe Piette for Workers World. As states across the U.S. took steps to stop the spread of COVID-19 — closing schools and workplaces, canceling events and shifting to supporting children in their homes and communities — one group of young people is being left behind: the nearly 50,000 youth locked up across the country. Releasing young people […]
Pete Hegseth’s American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free topped the charts its first week out as the #1 Best Seller in Political Conservatism and Liberalism on Amazon.com. In Pete’s latest book he aims to teach his fellow countrymen on how to protect this great nation from the deceitful and destructive leftist agenda. FOX News reported on the book launch: Hegseth said he goes on in the book to describe what he calls the “Trump spine,” arguing that Trump has demonstrated that Americans don’t need to back down in the face of criticism of their beliefs. “I bet you’ve had a […]
For over two decades, Laura Smith has been fighting for justice against the man who sexually assaulted her 5-year-old son. While she was on a late-night grocery run in May 1993, Mattieo Condoluci, a former nightclub bouncer who she had just moved in with, sexually assaulted her son. When she returned to their home in Ormond Beach, Florida, she found her son in the bathroom violently crying, Smith told The Daily Beast on Wednesday. “I knew something was instantly wrong,” Smith said, recounting how Condoluci tried to claim her son had just “wet the bed.” “My son had never wet the […]
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law struck down by an appeals court that forbids encouraging illegal aliens to remain in the U.S. unlawfully in a decision Thursday. Advertisement – story continues below The Supreme Court ruled on the law on May 7, 2020, ten days ago. That ruling was just 10 Days ago! But that didn’t stop Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats from passing a $3 trillion spending bill that gives illegal aliens in American $1,200 stimulus check! TRENDING: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Calls American Soldiers ‘Bitches’ Who Are ‘Killing Innocent Children Abroad’ (VIDEO) The bill passed 208 to […]
Pandemic: Protecting Public Health And The Right To Free Speech And Assembly By Norman Siegel and Steven Hyman, Law.com. May 16, 2020 Pandemic: Protecting Public Health And The Right To Free Speech And Assembly2020-05-162020-05-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/man-walking-alone-in-central-park-during-covid-article-202005141406-e1589642811761.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man wearing a mask walks along an empty path in Central Park. Ryland West. New Yorkers are allowed to go out with masks and stay at least 6 feet apart, as long as it is to go shopping or sit in a park, but if they are adhering to those requirements and say something about an issue of public concern, that speech will make the speaker […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy «Fortunately, I am well physically and mentally. I am very happy, after so much it is nice to be back. I am calm and during the kidnapping I was always treated well. I asked for the Koran and I was satisfied…». These are the first words spoken by the Italian girl Silvia Romano to announce her «spontaneous and unforced conversion to Islam» on her return to Italy, dressing the Mulsim Hjiab, after an increasingly mysterious imprisonment in the hands of the notorious terrorists of Al Shabaab, the Al Qaeda branch in Somalia. Nightmare […]
US Government Fears China Will Give Away COVID-19 Vaccine For Free By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. May 7, 2020 US Government Fears China Will Give Away COVID-19 Vaccine For Free2020-05-072020-05-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/hcina.jpg200px200px Above photo:A Chinese scientist observing experimental SARS vaccine living in a culture medium. Xinhua via AP. “The coronavirus pandemic is a clear instance in which the whole world shares a common interest in developing and distributing a vaccine.” — Dr. Dean Baker The number of official global coronavirus mortalities surpassed a quarter of a million people today, including over 69,000 in the U.S. (although this is very likely an undercount). Polls show that the American […]
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