Members of the German Bundestag To: Mr Richard Burgon MPMr David Davis MPMs Diane Abbot MPMs Caroline Lucas MPMr Tommy Sheppard MpMr John McDonnell MPMr Jeremy Corbyn MPMr Kenny MacAskill MPMs Apsana Begum MPMr Ian Byrne MPMr Neale Hanvey MPMs Bell Addy-Ribeiro MP Ms Claudia Webbe MPMs Kate Osborne MPMr Ian Lavery MPMs Zarah Sultana MPMs Joanna Cherry MPMr Martyn Day MPMr Stuart C McDonald MPMr Hywel Williams MPMr Grahame Morris MPMr Ben Lake MPMr Tony Lloyd MPMs Rachael Maskell MP Berlin, May 3, 2022 Subject: Concern for Julian Assange, founder of the platform Wikileaks Dear honorable Members of Parliament,Esteemed colleagues […]
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Will Humans Be The Next ‘Freedom Fries’? By Ray McGovern, AntiWar.com. March 24, 2022 Will Humans Be The Next ‘Freedom Fries’?2022-03-242022-03-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220324-7-e1648159707456.jpg200px200px Above Photo: “I Read The News Today, Oh Boy.” Mr. Fish. U.S. pundits and strategic experts seem blissfully unaware of how close we all are to being fried in a nuclear strike by Russia. (Fair Labeling: if you are simply looking for yet another reason to demonize Putin, rather than to understand where he is coming from, save time and read no further.) Here’s the thing: the Russians have good reason to be on hair-trigger alert. Their early-warning radar system […]
People’s Movements Across The World Demand Freedom For Julian Assange March 4, 2022 People’s Movements Across The World Demand Freedom For Julian Assange2022-03-042022-03-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220304-1.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Militants from Levante Popular da Juventude. Pablo Vergara. In cities across the world, activists from people’s movements demand that journalist Julian Assange be freed and his extradition be blocked. On the streets of Brasilia and Accra, Johannesburg and New York City, people’s movements and organizations demanded on February 25 that publisher and political prisoner Julian Assange be released immediately. The call for mobilizations was issued by the International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA) which launched a permanent campaign this month […]
Canada has been rocked in recent weeks by the “Freedom Convoys” that have descended on the nation’s cities and blocked border crossings across the country. Bryan D. Palmer maps the political and social composition of this new alt-right uprising. Everything happening in the United States comes to Canada, only a little later and a tad more politely. The rage that erupted in a Presidential-endorsed riot in Washington on 6 January 2021 has now exploded to the north. Fueled by a confused swirl of resentment against the array of pandemic protocols that all advanced capitalist states have invoked to curb and contain […]
The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief how truly interconnected our world is, how superficial colonial borders are, and thus how the struggle for freedom must link localized organizing to broader global insurgencies. Of course, this is not new. Though our epoch offers unique challenges, problems, and articulations of the dialectic between repression and resistance, history doesn’t repeat itself—but it rhymes. In a world structured by racial capitalism, white supremacy, and imperialism, Blackness has often been the antithesis of freedom. After legal emancipation from racial slavery, freedom for Black folks has generally meant freedom to die and suffer—or simply […]
Above Photo: Amanda Priebe To create a world where we all have a home, we have to dismantle the border regime — not just borders, but all bordering, all ordering and all exploitative regimes. Harsha Walia has been involved in anti-colonial and anti-capitalist migrant justice movements for the past two decades. Her first book, Undoing Border Imperialism, offered a movement analysis of the foundational connections between migration, borders and imperialism, with insights into the grassroots organizing her work comes out of. Building on this, her latest work, Border and Rule offers a crucial resource for going beyond nation-based thinking about border regimes around the […]
Imprisoned Wikileaks founder, journalist and free speech champion Julian Assange today faces life imprisonment for telling the truth about U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and at the U.S. torture base in Guantanamo Bay. Assange faces charges under the 1917 U.S. Espionage Act. Prosecution under that WWI anti-democratic law placed thousands of antiwar activists in prison for exercising their free speech right to protest WWI. Ironically, the Dec 19, 2021 New York Times front-page two-part series entitled, Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes, follows in Assange’s footsteps in reporting U.S. war crimes, yet The Times staff writers […]
Above image: Mr. Fish. If he is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material it will set a legal precedent that will effectively end national security reporting. Washington, DC – For the past two days, I have been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video link from London. The United States is appealing a lower court ruling that denied the US request to extradite Assange not, unfortunately, because in the eyes of the court he is innocent of a crime, but because, as Judge Vanessa Baraitser in January concluded, Assange’s precarious psychological state would deteriorate given the “harsh […]
The humble spoon has taken its place alongside traditional flags and banners as a Palestinian resistance symbol. Prisoners were said to have carried out one of Israel’s most spectacular jail breaks with the utensil. When the six Palestinians escaped through a tunnel on September 6 from the high security Gilboa prison, social networks shared images of a tunnel at the foot of a sink, and a hole dug outside. A hashtag, “the miraculous spoon”, suggested how the Hollywood-style feat might have occurred. But whether or not the utensil had really been involved or its role was cooked up was at first […]
The U.S. Army has released a short video showing that’s what 70 tons of Freedom entering the United States European Command Area of responsibility looks like. On Saturday, the 1st Squadron, 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment press release said that the first Abrams tank rolls off the “Green Ridge” vessel at the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, marking the beginning of the seventh iteration of Army’s armored brigade support to Atlantic Resolve. Soldiers deploying into military and commercial airports in Germany, Poland and Romania, while equipment arriving via ship to the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The […]
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 […]
Belarusian Opposition Figure Awarded Freedom Prize Will ‘Sell Belarus Out’ By Mohamed Elmaazi, Sputnik News. October 29, 2020 Belarusian Opposition Figure Awarded Freedom Prize Will ‘Sell Belarus Out’2020-10-292020-10-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/belarus-e1603980658859.jpg200px200px Above photo: Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. From EPP Group. Western-led institutions and governments are not genuinely interested in the right of self-determination of the Belarusian people as is evidenced by their one-sided support for anti-government groups and individuals, a student of Eastern European politics tells Sputnik. The European Parliament selected Belarus’ opposition movement as the winners of 2020’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The European Union’s legislative body specifically singled out a number of people […]
Ten Reasons Why The Assange Trial Threatens Freedom Of Speech By Fidel Navaez and Ben Norton, The Grayzone. October 14, 2020 Ten Reasons Why The Assange Trial Threatens Freedom Of Speech2020-10-142020-10-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/assange1.jpg200px200px Above photo: Julian Assange (back) listened in the dock as James Lewis (front, centre) opened the hearing with the US position. The Ecuadorian diplomat who gave Julian Assange political asylum reports from the extradition hearing against the WikiLeaks journalist, and explains why it is “the most important case against the freedom of expression in an entire generation.” Translated by Ben Norton.Puedes leer este artículo en español aquí. Editor’s note: Fidel […]
President Trump and his allies have responded to recent revelations of his miniscule federal income tax bills by saying they’re overheated fake news. But on the debate stage Wednesday night, Vice President Mike Pence went a step further—saying the story served to highlight that Trump, unlike Democratic nominee Joe Biden, has been a true American job creator, not a career politician. “The American people have a president who is a businessman, a job creator, who has paid tens of millions of dollars in taxes, payroll taxes, property taxes. He’s created tens of thousands of American jobs,” said Pence. “The president said […]
Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing: The Only Just Outcome Is His Freedom By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. October 3, 2020 Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing: The Only Just Outcome Is His Freedom2020-10-032020-10-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/free-assange-e1601751361764.jpeg200px200px The testimony portion of the extradition hearing of Julian Assange, taking place in the United Kingdom, concluded after four weeks. Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who presided over the hearing, will not announce her decision until January. Until then, Assange will remain in detention in Belmarsh Prison. Under conditions that violated Assange’s rights and his ability to defend himself, his legal team made a clear case that for multiple reasons the only just […]
When Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey spoke at the virtual Oslo Freedom Forum 2020 on Friday, he said blockchain technology is the future of Twitter. “Blockchain and bitcoin point to a future, point to a world, where content exists forever,” Dorsey said. “We’re not in the content hosting business anymore, we’re in the discovery business.” In short, Dorsey expects the nonprofit Blue Sky to create an open Twitter protocol, which users can contribute to and access data from instead of a centralized service where the social media platform hosts content on its website. “[Blue Sky] is a completely separate nonprofit […]
In the early days, Bitcoin proposed a simple model of how the world could be transformed: The free market was going to produce inflation-proof money with strong privacy features, which could be used to avoid taxes. Over time, people would sell their dollars, replace them with cryptocurrency and the State would wither away to be replaced with an anarchic paradise. Vinay Gupta is CEO of Mattereum, an Ethereum-based physical asset management platform. He coordinated the Ethereum launch process and first worked in cryptocurrencies in the 1990s. This essay is part of CoinDesk’s “Internet 2030” series exploring the ongoing digital revolution. That […]
Dozens of Melburnians defied stern warnings from the police and turned up at a banned anti-lockdown rally, which was swarmed by throngs of officers who used full force to impose harsh Covid-19 restrictions. Dubbed a ‘freedom walk’, the rally hit the streets of central Melbourne earlier on Saturday. Police geared up for a massive turnout of protesters, sealing off the Tan Running Track and the Shrine of Remembrance – a venue of last weekend’s protest. Some 1,500 people declared their willingness to attend online, signing up through a now-deleted Facebook group. However, only around 100 protesters actually showed up. Images of […]
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 […]
Protesters have assembled at the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, stringing up blow-dryers and curlers from a tree while demanding salons reopen after the lawmaker was caught flouting Covid-19 rules for a hair appointment. A crowd was seen outside Pelosi’s San Francisco home on Thursday, protesting after the Democrat was spotted getting her hair done at a salon shuttered under coronavirus restrictions earlier this week. Protesters have gathered in front of Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and are stringing up curlers and blow dryers on a tree after a video surfaced of Pelosi getting her hair done indoors/maskless at […]
Crowds of lockdown-weary Brits gathered in London at a ‘Unite for Freedom’ rally to protest the Covid-19 measures, an event quickly dubbed a gathering of “conspiracy loons” for its strong message against restrictions and mandates. People began gathering in London’s Trafalgar Square around noon and then marched to the Houses of Parliament to show opposition to the ongoing shutdowns, introduced as part of the UK’s response to the pandemic. The rally, called under the slogans of “No More Lockdowns – No Social Distancing – No Masks,” among others, attracted more than 10,000 people aghast at the looming prospect of another lockdown […]
Documentary Chronicles Students’ Fight For Black Rights During ‘Freedom Summer’ : NPR Documentary Chronicles Students’ Fight For Black Rights During ‘Freedom Summer’ Freedom Summer, now streaming on PBS, focuses on the 1964 movement to get Black people to vote in Mississippi. Director Stanley Nelson and organizer Charles Cobb discussed the film in 2014. Source link
As Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden moves to win over never-Trump Republicans while attempting to hold onto the loyalty of left-wing Democrats that supported social democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), some of the party’s more progressive elements are looking to form their own party. Just a few weeks after the end of the Democratic National Convention and just days after their Republican counterpart, two former competitors to Biden and his vice-presidential running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), will join up with other disaffected figures in the party’s left wing to make the case for forming a new third party to push […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. At several moments in the blockbuster new royal biography Finding Freedom, we are told what Harry and Meghan were thinking at precise moments in time; that Harry felt William’s use of the words “this girl” to describe Meghan was snobbish, or that Meghan “wondered if there wasn’t a message being sent” when Princess Michael wore a racially insensitive broach to the first big party that Meghan was invited to. These are […]
In a bizarre attempt at protecting the right to abortions under “religious freedom,” the Satanic Temple is urging women to recite satanic incantations during them as a “satanic abortion ritual.” The Satanic Temple is protesting waiting periods, mandatory counseling, and “unwanted sonograms,” by claiming that abortion is a satanic practice and should be protected due to religious freedom. In a press release sent to the Gateway Pundit by a spokesperson, the Satanic Temple said that “Satanists are exempt from these regulations if they undergo first-trimester abortions in accordance with TST’s religious ritual. The satanic abortion ritual involves the recitation of TST’s […]
Comedian Joe Rogan, host of wildly popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” has confirmed his plan to move to Texas from Los Angeles sometime soon to escape crushing traffic, rising homelessness and overcrowding. Left unsaid was the fact that he also figures to save millions of dollars in taxes. “I just want to go somewhere in the center of the country, somewhere it’s easier to travel to both places and somewhere you have a little bit more freedom,” Rogan said Friday on his show, which ranks No. 2 in the US on Apple Podcasts. Also on rt.com Men’s Health magazine tells […]
The winners of the iPhone Photography Awards for best photos taken by an iPhone or iPad were announced this week. They span the globe and the range of human emotion. (Image credit: Dimpy Bhalotia) Source link
(Author Joe Hoft lived in Hong Kong for nearly a decade and provides this first hand perspective) China took control of Hong Kong, the former British colony, in 1997. Ever since that time, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the small group that runs China, has attempted to control the tiny country. This has escalated over the past year. The CCP agreed to a 50-year plan to take over the country of Hong Kong in 1997 after the takeover. However, this may never have been the CCP’s intent. Now after less than 25 years, the CCP is hammering Hong Kong into submission […]
US President Donald Trump’s administration has mounted a four-year “onslaught” against the media that has had a powerful negative impact on press freedom globally, the UN rapporteur for free expression has said. UN special rapporteur David Kaye described the “Trump effect” on Monday, in remarks to journalists in Geneva, suggesting the president’s sustained verbal assaults on “fake news” at home had created an unmistakable ripple effect around the world. Also on rt.com ‘Information heroes’?! Reporters Without Borders hails White House press corps for pandemic coverage “Clearly the signature issue over the past four years … has been the way in which […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – Irish parents raise concerns following a protest over a “radical” sex education programme and the uncovering of Irish Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman’s links with controversial activist Peter Tatchell, President of the Irish Freedom Party Hermann Kelly said on Monday. “Many parents are concerned about the imposition of an extreme LGBT ideology on our children through the education system. We are also concerned about a government that wants to bring in legislation that allows for gender re-assignment for children under 16 without their parents’ consent … they want to bring in a radical relationship and sexuality program, which […]
In Russia, where President Vladimir Putin wants to insert references to God and heterosexual marriage into the constitution, certain forms of violence against women have been decriminalized—so long as the violence takes place within a traditional marriage. In Poland, where abortion access is already severely restricted, President Andrzej Duda has promised to sign draft legislation that would compel women to carry to term fetuses with severe congenital deformities, and a third of municipalities have declared themselves “LGBT-free zones”—all in order to “defend Christian values,” as one leader of the ruling party puts it. In Turkey, reports of gender-based violence have risen […]
Dear VT and Messrs. Morrison, Shiffman, and Berens I read with interest your investigative report “The Teflon Robe”, published by Reuters on June 30, 2020, which “exposes hardwired judicial corruption” whereby “[t]housands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench” even though they “have made racist statements, lied to state officials and forced defendants to languish in jail without a lawyer – and then returned to the bench…sometimes with little more than a rebuke from the state agencies overseeing their conduct”. In fact, your “findings reveal an “excessively” forgiving judicial disciplinary system”. Despite judicial conduct review commissions, “state and local […]
As the UK begins to ease its lockdown restrictions, the Scottish government has cautiously followed England’s example. But as scenes from London and elsewhere show limited adherence to social distancing measures, Scotland appears increasingly reticent to follow suit. Beer gardens and outdoor cafes will be open from Monday, as Scotland begins to loosen its 15-week lockdown of all non-essential workplaces. However, eager customers are being cautioned that the experience will not be quite the same as it was prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Alongside strict hygiene rules, visitors to outdoor establishments will have to provide their name and contact […]
We reported a month ago that recent riots in the US in many Democrat-led cities around the country are hardly spontaneous. They are coordinated. The groups behind these riots are linked to communists, Islamic groups and the Democrat party. A major problem is that many US politicians, the mainstream media and companies are complying and supporting this hijacking. There clearly was no reason for the mass riots taking place around the country after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Everyone who saw the police brutality was appalled and outraged at the sight of […]
Update On Assange: The Most Important Press Freedom Case Of This Era By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. June 29, 2020 Update On Assange: The Most Important Press Freedom Case Of This Era2020-06-292020-06-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/julian-assange-e1593459366731.jpg200px200px This past week, just as public sentiment and corporate media attention were shifting in favor of Julian Assange, the United States issued another superseding indictment in his extradition case. The indictment doesn’t add any charges, it merely uses public information to smear Assange’s reputation and attempt to portray him as a hacker instead of the journalist and publisher that he is. This shows that the […]
Lebron James told Bloomberg Businessweek that the NFL owes Collin Kaepernick an apology for criticizing his kneeling his protests during the National Anthem. This is the same NBA player who sided with Chinese Communists over Hong Kong Democracy protests. He’s not the most enlightened individual. TRENDING: UPDATE: RADICAL LEFTIST GROUP Threatens Christian Prayer Rally Planned on Saturday to Save the Iconic St. Louis Statue in Forest Park The Hill reported: NBA star LeBron James on Thursday said the National Football League still owes Colin Kaepernick an official apology for how the league responded to his kneeling protests during the national anthem. […]
Cambridge has proclaimed that it will defend the seemingly indefensible, after one of its professors stated that ‘white lives’ aren’t valuable. Is this the same uni that ‘canceled’ Dr Jordan Peterson, Twitter has asked? In a series of now-deleted tweets, Dr Priyamvada Gopal, a lecturer who specializes in postcolonial literature and “critical race studies” at the University of Cambridge’s Churchill College, announced that “white lives don’t matter,” and that whiteness should be “abolished.” Unsurprisingly, she received mountains of criticism for her divisive utterances. In the current racially charged era, one might assume Cambridge would want to distance itself from her radical […]
Devil love is propelling the deep state to stomp on the U.S. Constitution and deprive us of our God-given oxygen along with our inalienable rights by making us wear face masks on orders from those who are poised to defund the police. And those officials who follow the devil’s law and mandate masks the way the Nazis once mandated yellow stars for Jews will be subject to citizen’s arrest by We the People for crimes against humanity. If you believe all that, you would have fit right in with the more fervent opponents who testified on Tuesday as the Palm Beach […]
United States: Over 400 Attacks On Press Freedom In Under A Month June 21, 2020 United States: Over 400 Attacks On Press Freedom In Under A Month2020-06-212020-06-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/pressmpls.jpg200px200px Above photo: Journalists are experiencing ‘unprecedented’ aggression from authorities, according to CPJ findings. Police have targeted journalists on live TV during the George Floyd protests. Courtney Radsch of the Committee to Protect Journalists talks about what’s behind this development and what it could mean for the world. DW: There have been over 400 cases of press freedom violations in the United States since late May, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). What do these […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scolded Europeans for not ditching China in favor of the US as a trading partner, claiming that any reliance on Beijing constitutes “abandoning who we are” and prizing “tyranny” over “freedom.” The diplomat denied he was forcing Europe to choose between the US and China as allies, insisting in remarks made at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on Friday that it was, in fact, the Chinese Communist Party imposing such a choice on them. At the same time, he denied the choice was really between the US and China at all, but “between freedom and tyranny.” […]
Fifty years from now, historians will point to this moment as one of the great surges of freedom in American history. Think about that—be alert, as you slog through your daily grind, to what a thrill it is for all of us to be here as this mass movement continues day after day, to see it bring together millions of patriots of all races, across the country and the world and, most importantly, force all this dramatic and sudden change. States and cities—and even countries, i.e. France—are banning chokeholds and taking other overdue steps. Confederate statues finally being hauled down. It’s […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): An independent bipartisan commission on international religious freedom suggested to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in April to downgrade India’s religious freedom rating. Pompeo did not act on it. He did not even make any reference to India while releasing the latest report on international religious freedom on Wednesday. The annual International Religious Freedom Report submitted to the US Congress on Wednesday (10 July) has listed several alleged violations of religious freedom in India. The country report on India referred to the stripping of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, cow vigilantism, Citizenship Act, anti-conversion laws, and several other […]
Chicago Freedom School Offered Food, Water And Rest To Weary Protesters Trapped Downtown By Justin Laurence, Chicago Book Club. June 9, 2020 Chicago Freedom School Offered Food, Water And Rest To Weary Protesters Trapped Downtown2020-06-092020-06-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/freedomschool-e1591715997785.jpg200px200px Above photo: The City Cited Them For It. The school, which ordered pizzas and gave out granola bars, was cited for “preparing and serving large quantities of food without the proper retail food establishment license.” Last weekend, as thousands of protesters gathered Downtown, the Chicago Freedom School sprung into action, working to feed and transport those stuck in the Loop — but a surprise inspection by […]
By Galima Galiullina, Doctor of Philosophy for VT The name of the young man in the top photo is well known to the Russians. This is Magomed Nurbagandov, a policeman who did not kneel before bandits, demanding that he renounce his rank of police officer. The bandits killed his younger brother in front of his eyes. Instead of the expected words of repentance, the young man appealed: “Work, brothers!” He was killed, but his example will bring up boys in Russian families. The bottom photo shows policemen in the United States during the days of mass protests against police brutality against […]
US 01:36 GMT 03.06.2020Get short URL In its 2020 annual report on international religious freedom, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has claimed that several nations, including Russia, China, Iran and, for the first time, India, should be included in the list of so-called “countries of particular concern”. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that directs the US State Department to take action “ensuring” religious freedom in countries that are identified by the US as violating the freedom to adhere to one’s faith of choice. The newly introduced order envisages a yearly budget of […]
Submitted to VT by the Washington Post James Mattis, retired four-star Marine Corps general and former defense secretary, writes in Washington Post Opinions: On Memorial Day this year, we may be keeping social distance from one another, but that cannot detract from the sense of closeness, the sense of community and the sense of shared sacrifice that we feel for one another on a day when we come face-to-face with the human cost of freedom. What do we owe our fallen and their families on this day? Remembrance, for sure, yet we also owe a keen awareness of what they fought […]
[VT Editors: The paid trolls and conspiracy morons are at it again, this time blatantly misrepresenting HR.6666 as some evil, deadly plot. Nope, not even close, it is simply a track and trace programme of the type used with great success in many countries including South Korea and India. Kerala, in southern India, has a very high density population of 35 million but has barely been affected by the virus thanks to their early and widespread implementation of a track & trace programme:What the world can learn from Kerala about how to fight covid-19 South Korea managed to not even have […]
Europe 06:55 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL LONDON (Sputnik) – By threatening to proceed with legal action against London over an alleged violation of the EU’s freedom of movement rules, Brussels is trying to penalise it for Brexit, Freddy Vachha, the general secretary of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), told Sputnik. “I am sure they have got lots of things to argue with and the European Court of Justice will be involved and they will try to impose financial penalties on us. The main political point though is that they have got used to us giving in and crumbling. We have had […]
It was a provocative way to start the biggest cryptocurrency and blockchain event of the year. In the opening session of Consensus: Distributed this week, Lawrence Summers was asked by my co-host Naomi Brockwell about protecting people’s privacy once currencies go digital. His answer: “I think the problems we have now with money involve too much privacy.” President Clinton’s former Treasury secretary, now President Emeritus at Harvard, referenced the 500-euro note, which bore the nickname “The Bin Laden,” to argue the un-traceability of cash empowers wealthy criminals to finance themselves. “Of all the important freedoms,” he continued, “the ability to possess, […]