Above photo: A Different Kind of “Service Candidate” Runs for Senate. In recent years, both major parties in the U.S. have been recruiting former members of the military, the foreign service, or national security agencies to run for Congress. Almost all of these so-called “service candidates” are either conservative Republicans or corporate Democrats, who quickly become part of the bi-partisan majority on Capitol Hill which rubber-stamps ever larger Pentagon budgets and fails to get big money out of politics. Two years ago, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) bet heavily on four ex- military officers running for US Senate seats against right-wing Republicans […]
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Above Photo: Ricky-from-left-field / Flickr. Florida – Three years ago, Jorge Palacios, David Roper and Josh Placeres came together with a shared vision to make a better world for communities of color in Miami. They wanted to create a space where Black and Brown families can access fresh produce and learn how to live a healthy lifestyle. Borne of their own social justice and community activism, the trio cultivated a food movement by transforming an empty land lot into a lush community garden in the heart of the historically Black Overtown neighborhood. Carrots, eggplant, garlic chive, kale, cranberry hibiscus, papaya, Thai […]
A Just Transition Requires Green Jobs And Good Access To Domestic Travel Options In their new report titled, “The right track for Green Jobs” Possible, Autonomy UK and Safe Landing present scenarios for showing that cuts to aviation can more than compensate for job losses to the aviation sector. No more excuses, green jobs are possible especially when people are willing to fly less. While we at Stay Grounded and those in our network have proposed numerous strategies for reducing climate impacts from aviation, we also realize the need to emphasize a just transition towards a grounded future that helps counter […]
Workers Say They Breathe Polluted Air At ‘Green’ Insulation Facility By Mindy Isser, In These Times. March 6, 2022 Workers Say They Breathe Polluted Air At ‘Green’ Insulation Facility2022-03-062022-03-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220306-2.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Kingspan welder, Lucas Hernandez, addresses a rally to “clean up Kingspan” in front of the Delhi community center in Santa Ana, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. Leo Blain. Kingspan Employees In Santa Ana, California Are Demanding Improved Health Protections—And A Fair Process To Organize. As the acceptance of climate change becomes increasingly commonplace, more and more companies will be created or adapted to “fight” or “solve” it — or, at the very least, […]
Above photo: Protesters from Occupy Biden hold a protest near the president’s residence in Delaware. Echo Alford. Reject Campaign Funds from Fossil Fuel Interests A Green Constitutional Amendment. Dover, DE – A coalition of progressives and environmental groups are challenging lawmakers to sign on to a set of green New Year’s resolutions to kick off the 2022 session. Says participant Phillip Bannowsky, “this is a way to separate the committed from the compromised.” The activists claim in their text that confronting the climate crisis “has been impeded by the short-sighted interests of powerful economic players.” Specifically, they call for a Green […]
Above Photo: U.S. C-RAM Air Defense System Activated, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2021. (@Esiznews_com / Twitter) The Green Zone, Which Houses Some Main Iraqi Government Offices And The U.S. Embassy, Has Frequently Been Targeted By Insurgent Mortar And Rocket Attacks. Two Katyusha rockets were fired early Sunday on the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses the U.S. embassy in central Baghdad, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. One of the rockets was destroyed in the air by the C-RAM defense system, which protects the U.S. embassy site, and the other landed near the grand celebrations square in the zone, damaging two civilian […]
Above Photo: At least 56 political prisoners are currently detained across the territory of West Papua. (Getty Images) West Papuans are combining their struggle against Indonesian occupation with the fight against ecological destruction – and pointing the way towards a radical green future. The Indonesian state has dominated West Papua with military force since 1962. West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea, situated immediately north of Australia. The Netherlands colonized the territory during the nineteenth century. As the Dutch began to decolonize during the 1950s, they prepared West Papua for independence. This came, briefly, at the end […]
Above Photo: Former governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney, who is the U.N.’s special envoy for climate change, speaks at a Bank of England Financial Stability Report Press Conference, in London, Dec. 16, 2019. (Kirsty Wigglesworth AP) The Most Powerful Private Financial Interests In The World, Under The Cover Of COP26, Have Developed A Plan To Transform The Global Financial System By Fusing With Institutions Like The World Bank And Using Them To Further Erode National Sovereignty In The Developing World. Unlimited Hangout — On Wednesday, an “industry-led and UN-convened” alliance of private banking and financial institutions announced plans at the COP26 conference […]
Above Photo: Make Detroit the Engine of the Green New Deal! Becker1999, Wikimedia commons This is the first in a series of commentaries on “The Green New Deal–From Below.” This commentary explains the idea of a Green New Deal from Below and provides an overview of the series. Subsequent commentaries in this series will address dimensions of the Green New Deal from below ranging from energy production to the role of unions to microgrids, coops, anchor institutions, and many others. The Green New Deal is a visionary program to protect the earth’s climate while creating good jobs, reducing injustice, and eliminating […]
Above Photo: An estimated 70,000 or more protesters took part in a demonstration against climate change in Brussels, on October 10, 2021, ahead of the COP26 climate summit. (Kenzo Tribouillard) “What do we do when we destroy the planet?” asked one demonstrator. “We have nothing else.” Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Brussels on Sunday to demand Belgium’s elected leaders and others from around the world finally dispense with proclamations, broken promises, and half-measures and instead “act” on the climate emergency. With U.N. climate conference (COP26) set for next month in Glasgow, the estimated 70,000 or more people […]
Above Photo: Marti Stone. Green Mountain Spinnery is a 40 year old cooperative based in rural Vermont. They mill high quality yarns made in the U.S., support regional sheep farming, and develop ways of producing natural fibers that are environmentally friendly. Flat Iron Cafe is a cooperatively owned coffee shop based in Vermont. They are still in the developmental stages but intend to create a model that integrates coffee, community driven events, and supports local food entrepreneurs within the space. In this episode I speak with worker-owner Larisa Demos about the inspiration behind Green Mountain Spinnery and Flat Iron’s development. […]
U.S. Army repainting its military vehicles with a woodland green paint scheme appropriate for the Europian region. The dozens of military vehicles were re-painted to a camouflage scheme more appropriate for its new surroundings. The vehicles are part of Army Prepositioned Stock-2 and a key element in support of U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s power projection and warfighter readiness. Recently, 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Army Field Support Battalion – Africa was charged with the task of re-painting dozens of military vehicles belonging to the 405th AFSB’s Army Prepositioned Stock-2. These vehicles are part of U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s power […]
The U.S. Air Force received the first two HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue helicopters, according to a recent service news release. The 23d Wing and 347th Rescue Group leadership received the Air Force’s newest Combat Rescue aircraft on 5 November. The delivery of the new model is significant to the personnel recovery mission as it begins the transition from the predecessor, the HH-60G Pave Hawk, which has been flown for more than 26 years. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The new aircraft, based on the Army’s UH-60M helicopter, is modified to perform missions locating and rescuing downed pilots […]
Part 2: The Unannounced Death Of The Green New Deal By Michael Swifte, Wrong Kind Of Green. November 6, 2020 Part 2: The Unannounced Death Of The Green New Deal2020-11-062020-11-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/timetothrive_flyswatter.jpg200px200px An object of projection. Part 1: The Unannounced Death of the Green New Deal: What Happened to the People’s Plan? You don’t need an impeccable record — if you champion the Green New Deal, the movement will have your back. —Michelle Goldberg, New York Times [SOURCE] The Green New Deal is as much a narrative device as a set of policy levers. —Julian Brave Noisecat, Vice president of Policy and Strategy, […]
After taking precautions against a fifth approaching hurricane, the Space Launch System (SLS) Green Run test team is back on site in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to continue preparations for the final two critical tests of the year-long campaign on the first Core Stage. Prime contractor Boeing is conducting Stage Green Run test operations, completing the sixth of eight test cases at the beginning of October just before the approach of Hurricane Delta forced the latest weather-related work stoppage. During test case six, the team practiced a set of simulations of the critical sequences in […]
With only some 2,500 of BP’s global workforce accepting a golden handshake to leave voluntarily, the balance of the 10,000 lay-offs announced by CEO Bernard Looney in June as part of ‘greening’ the oil giant will be made based on staff performance ratings. Three-quarters of the 10,000 staff set to be laid off worldwide by oil giant BP will have no say in the matter, it has emerged. BP confirmed to Reuters on Friday that only around 2,500 staff had volunteered for redundancy under the plans announced in June by new Chief Executive Bernard Looney. Looney wants to cut almost 15 per […]
Swedish citizen and climate activist Greta Thunberg, 17, is encouraging US voters to “get organized” and vote for Joe Biden, despite claiming she does not “engage in party politics.” Thunberg made her endorsement while citing a tweet from Scientific American Magazine telling voters to “protect science instead of destroying it” by voting Donald Trump out of office in November. “I never engage in party politics. But the upcoming US elections is above and beyond all that,” the 17-year-old, who has been critical of Trump in the past despite her no “party politics” rule, said. “From a climate perspective it’s very far […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080659215_0:144:3001:1832_1200x675_80_0_0_01cb5e21ea469d1f65c954f8bf82ed50.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080659183-toronto-lawyer-annamie-paul-becomes-new-leader-of-canadas-green-party/ Paul’s victory was mostly predicted because she has raised the biggest sum of money ($206,000) and has been endorsed by several former candidates for the post. Human rights lawyer Annamie Paul has been elected the new leader of Canada’s Green Party, replacing Elizabeth May in the post. When we started this campaign, we set out to make the @CanadianGreens the most diverse, democratic and daring force in Canadian politics. We also set out to make history. Because of you, we succeeded on all counts. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! #cdnpoli — Annamie […]
Errol Morris is one of non-fiction cinema’s all-time greats, a godfather of modern true crime thanks to 1988’s The Thin Blue Line, which famously got Randall Dale Adams off of death row. So when he says that another murderer is innocent of the crimes for which he’s been convicted, it’s necessary to listen—if not to instinctively believe him. And yet A Wilderness of Error, FX’s five-part adaptation of Morris’ 2012 book of the same name, makes a far from convincing case, raising plenty of doubt about whether the illustrious filmmaker was, in this instance, on the wrong side of the truth. […]
The Russian Health Ministry has given its blessing to yet another home-baked coronavirus vaccine, this one based on an artificially weakened or “killed” virus, to be tested on hundreds of people. Some 3,000 volunteers will be taking part in clinical trials to be carried out in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Russia’s third-largest city, and Kirov, a city in western Russia, some 900km northeast of Moscow. The Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune and Biological Products, which developed the vaccine, shared the latest information with Russia’s RBK daily newspaper on Tuesday. The Center noted that the trials “will meet […]
The “flying saucer” apparently looked so true to life that the man, who had not believed in extraterrestrial life before, will have to reconsider his beliefs. The man, who chose to speak on condition of anonymity, claims that he and his friend witnessed a UFO in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The UFO-spotter told the Liverpool Echo that they heard a loud noise, “like an aeroplane”, outside the house in Prescot, so they rushed to the window to look what it was. “It was green and it looked just like a flying saucer, like the sweets”, he said, adding that, “It was only there for a […]
Democrats Campaigning To Keep Green Party Off The Ballot By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. September 16, 2020 Democrats Campaigning To Keep Green Party Off The Ballot2020-09-162020-09-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/hawkins-e1600274569141.jpg200px200px Above photo: Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins reads a newspaper in a holding room before a television interview. Mike Groll | AP. Voter shaming did not work for the Democrats in 2016 and with this latest attempt to bar the Green Party from even standing, Democrats are choosing a high-risk strategy that could backfire on election day. The 2020 presidential election is already underway — or, at least, it should be. Because of an ongoing legal […]
The tax, introduced in a bid to achieve the EU goal of limiting the annual consumption of plastic bags, has been previously slammed as “tokenism” and “virtue signalling”, resulting in no real accomplishment. Merely four months since Sweden’s new tax on plastic bags, touted as a step toward a greener world, came into force, it is now being judged by experts as a massive failure. The environmental impact has increased, tax revenues have not been achieved and there is now a shortage of bags. Since the tax was introduced, sales of taxed plastic bags have decreased by 70 percent at Ica, […]
‘Green’ Billionaires Behind Suppression Of ‘Planet Of The Humans’ By Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone. September 10, 2020 ‘Green’ Billionaires Behind Suppression Of ‘Planet Of The Humans’2020-09-102020-09-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/planet-of-the-humans-e1599744530871.jpg200px200px The Michael Moore-produced ‘Planet of the Humans’ faced a coordinated suppression campaign led by professional climate activists backed by the same ‘green’ billionaires, Wall Street investors, industry insiders and family foundations skewered in the film. “We must take control of our environmental movement and our future from billionaires and their permanent war on Planet Earth. They are not our friends.” -Jeff Gibbs, director of “Planet of the Humans” It is hard to think of an […]
Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey saved his career by climbing on board the Green New Deal bandwagon, but the environmental initiative needed him just as badly, according to its faux-grassroots backer’s CEO. The Democratic incumbent owes his primary victory to the Sunrise Movement, a surprisingly deep-pocketed “youth movement” backed by old-school oil money such as the Rockefeller Foundation that has led the campaign for the Green New Deal environmental legislation package, according to Sunrise itself and several political observers. Also on rt.com AOC-narrated Green New Deal clip nominated for Emmy for… news analysis? “Markey was the most prominent figure on the Green […]
Four veteran Space Shuttle Main Engines will benchmark the performance of the rookie Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage in the final two critical tests of NASA’s Green Run campaign. After loading the stage with propellant for the first time and demonstrating in a countdown that it can satisfy engine start criteria, the final test will be a full-duration firing of the Core Stage that is tentatively scheduled for late-October. Last fired nearly a decade ago, the four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 flight engines in the stage are going through some of their final pre-firing checkouts in the new SLS environment. After […]
NuScale’s application for certification of its small modular reactor (SMR) design for use in the USA was submitted on 31 December 2016, with the power company saying it had spent over $500 million, with the backing of its majority investor Fluor, to develop the project. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for the first time to a small commercial nuclear reactor, after a final safety evaluation report (FSER) was issued for Portland-based NuScale Power’s design. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems is looking to use the design to construct small modular reactors (SMR) at a 890-square-mile (2,300-square-kilometre) US […]
First Lady Melania Trump, center, in a bright, lime green dress at last night’s Republican National Convention. It’s a color begging to be photoshopped, and the Internet reliably delivered. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images First Lady Melania Trump, center, in a bright, lime green dress at last night’s Republican National Convention. It’s a color begging to be photoshopped, and the Internet reliably delivered. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Months of practice fiddling with the Zoom’s virtual background feature primed the Internet for this moment. When first lady Melania Trump appeared at the […]
Nuclear Power In The Green New Deal? By M.V. Ramana and Schyler Edmunston, Beyond Nuclear International. August 27, 2020 Nuclear Power In The Green New Deal?2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/aboriginal-protest-e1598540472560.jpg200px200px Above photo: There are inherent injustices associated with the dumping of nuclear waste, targeting high proportions of Indigenous populations. “Aboriginal Traditional Owners protest against nuclear waste, Australia” by Friends of the Earth International is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. NOTE: The Ecosocialist Green New Deal, as championed by Howie Hawkins, the Green Party US presidential candidate, does not include nuclear power. Hawkins was a co-founder of the Clamshell Alliance that protested nuclear power in the 1970s. He was the first candidate to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107855/83/1078558374_0:0:3077:1731_1200x675_80_0_0_8746bb01adfb5766bbbdd850b392588e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008271080297198-three-katyusha-rockets-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-no-casualties-reported/ Three Katyusha rockets have landed inside Baghdad’s Green Zone on Friday local time, according to the Iraqi Prime Minister’s press office. No casualties have been reported. The rockets were launched from the Al-Baiji area, a neighborhood in Baghdad west of the Green Zone. Between three and five explosions have been reported. The bombing is the second one within hours, according to Sky News Arabia. Earlier Thursday evening, a missile also landed inside the Green Zone perimeter, Arab News reported. According to the outlet, there have been more than 30 attacks on American interests in Iraq […]
A former member of the US Army special forces has been charged with providing classified information to Russian intelligence for over 15 years and faces life in prison, the Department of Justice has announced. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, was arrested in Gainesville, Virginia on Friday and charged with “conspiracy to provide US national defense information to agents of a foreign government,”according to the DOJ. He allegedly made contact with agents of the Russian military intelligence back in 1996, when he was still on active duty, and was assigned a Russian codename “and signed a statement attesting that he wanted to […]
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/us/202008211080240775-former-us-army-green-beret-charged-over-alleged-russian-espionage-conspiracy/ A former member of the US Army Special Forces has been arrested by federal agents and now faces life imprisonment after he allegedly conspired with “Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information.” Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, a 45-year-old resident of Gainesville, Virginia, and former US Army Green Beret, has been charged with conspiring to provide US national defense information to agents of a foreign government, according to a Friday Department of Justice release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. If convicted, Debbins will face […]
After Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley called for targeting GOP officials with “unrest in the streets” over the weekend and more shocking footage of violence in Portland emerged, Joe Biden’s Squad member applauded the rioters in Portland for “rising up.” During the virtual DNC, Squad member Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley applauds the rioters in Portland for “rising up” and pushing “divestment”https://t.co/e8nGloxVpN pic.twitter.com/C5LWxHtfHJ — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 17, 2020 Here are the kind of activities Rep. Pressley is applauding: GRAPHIC: Rioters in downtown Portland detain man who had a car crash. They force him to sit on the ground while they search […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/12/1080204500_64:0:1264:675_1200x675_80_0_0_44081b37eedfa43f426f41f325d131db.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202008181080204072-catch-me-if-you-can-watch-fluffy-doggo-teasing-chubby-baby-elephant-to-chase-him/ New Delhi (Sputnik): The monsoon season in some parts of the world has finally brought relief to those suffering from the sweltering summer heat. Cloudy skies and a chilly breeze have created a playful atmosphere, and in one corner of the world, a dog and a baby elephant are taking advantage of the weather and playing in a lush green meadow. A cute 50-second video has surfaced on Twitter, showing a playful, fluffy dog instigating a cute elephant cub to chase it and try catching it. The clip features senior members of the elephant […]
British musician Peter Green, guitarist and co-founder of rock band Fleetwood Mac, circa 1968. Green’s family announced his death on Saturday. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images British musician Peter Green, guitarist and co-founder of rock band Fleetwood Mac, circa 1968. Green’s family announced his death on Saturday. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Blues guitarist Peter Green, a co-founder of the band Fleetwood Mac, has died at the age of 73. Representatives from the firm Swan Turton released a statement from Green’s family on Saturday saying, “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his […]
Guitarist Peter Green formed Fleetwood Mac in 1967 with drummer Mick Fleetwood. He left the band in 1970 for mental health reasons and was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. He returned to performing in the 1990s. Fleetwood Mac’s co-founder and guitarist Peter Green has died at the age of 73, solicitors acting on behalf of his family have confirmed. In a statement Swan Turton solicitors said, “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. A further statement will be provided in the coming days.” Green, a blues rock guitarist from […]
This week, as federal agents assault peaceful protesters on the streets of Portland and the daily coronavirus death toll exceeded 1,000 Americans, one conservative pundit stood against the real enemy: a liberal woman with green hair. Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who is known for her joyful fashion choices, showed up to the Capitol on Tuesday in a dress with floral embroidery, a blue medical mask, and a mint-colored wig. The hairstyle—a long bob with bangs—was sleek and well-maintained. Even if the color was a little Troll doll, the prim blowout looked entirely appropriate. Sinema did not have much to say on […]
Dems have pointed the finger at US President Donald Trump over a recent deployment of federal troops to Portland, Oregon, accusing DHS and other federal agents of ramping up violence and using life-threatening tactics. US observers have discussed what happened in the city and whether the Dems’ accusations are correct. Partisan tensions have escalated over the Customs and Border Protection units’ involvement in dispersing protests in Portland with the city’s mayor demanding that the feds leave the city, while US Attorney for Oregon, Billy Williams, calls for an investigation into DHS conduct. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, federal law enforcement officers […]
The Gates Foundation’s “Green Revolution” In Africa By Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. July 16, 2020 The Gates Foundation’s “Green Revolution” In Africa2020-07-162020-07-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/garrison_845x400.jpeg200px200px Agribusiness Wins, Small Scale Farmers Lose. Ann Garrison interviews Timothy Wise on why US-style corporate agriculture pushed by billionaire Bill Gates has been disastrous for Africa. “The number of hungry people in those 13 countries actually rose by 30% to 131 million people.” Fourteen years ago, the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) with the stated goal of doubling productivity and incomes by 2020 for 30 million small-scale farming […]
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex faced criticism last year after newspapers claimed they took four private jet journeys in 11 days, including to Sir Elton John’s home in Nice, weeks after Prince Harry insisted the couple would have two children “maximum” for environmental reasons and spoke on the importance of tackling climate change issues. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could be generating a carbon footprint 26 times that of the average British citizen, writes The Sun. A study by a Lib Dem politician, former MP Norman Baker, claims the ex-royal “eco-warriors” generate around 215 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually from […]
Green Party Nominates Two Workers For The White House By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. July 13, 2020 Green Party Nominates Two Workers For The White House2020-07-132020-07-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/2020-hawkins-ready-to-debate.jpg200px200px The Green Party of the United States held its presidential nominating convention, a virtual convention, this past weekend. The nominees are Howie Hawkins, a co-founder of the party and the first candidate to bring the Green New Deal to the US, for president and Angela Walker for vice president. Both are members of the working class – a retired Teamster and a truckdriver. Both are also lifelong socialists who are working […]
Boeing is getting ready to conduct the next phase of the Green Run test campaign for NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage. The second and third test cases were recently completed in the B-2 Test Stand at the NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Test case four begins this week and test case five after that will checkout the new stage’s Main Propulsion System hardware elements, performing fluid system leak checks and functional testing of the hydraulic thrust vector control (TVC) systems and four RS-25 engines. Test case three complete The NASA and contractor teams running the Green Run […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0c/1079859591_0:0:3258:1833_1200x675_80_0_0_1cc0df9b951ef35ff4c9a89e1bb8eb34.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007121079859620-howie-hawkins-becomes-green-partys-presidential-candidate/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US Green Party has nominated Howie Hawkins, 67, for president, with Angela Walker, 46, running with him as the vice presidential nominee, the party said in a statement. “The US is a bi-partisan failed state. We need real solutions to the life-or-death problems we face: Covid-19, racism, economic inequality, climate change, and the new nuclear arms race”, Hawkins said, as quoted in the Green Party’s Saturday release. The Green team says the party’s campaign will reach out to millions of voters who are not adequately represented by the US Democratic […]
The elite military unit was one of the last subdivisions of the US Army not to have any women. Nicknamed for its distinctive headwear, the Green Berets are often deployed in counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency missions abroad. For the first time in the history of the US military, a female soldier will join the Green Berets, the New York Times reported. According to the newspaper, She graduated from US Army Special Forces training along with her classmates on 9 July, and wore her Green Beret during a “socially distant graduation” ceremony. “From here, you will go forward and join the storied formation […]
The U.S. State Department has given the green light for Japan to buy F-35A Conventional TakeOff and Landing (CTOL) and F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft, a deal that could be worth about $23.11 billion. Congress was notified of the sale July 9, according to an announcement posted to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s website. Congress is required to approve the deal. The sale will include 63 F-35A, 42 F-35B stealth fighter jets, 110 Pratt and Whitney F135 engines, Electronic Warfare Systems; Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence/Communications, Navigation and Identification; Autonomic Logistics Global Support System and communications systems […]
At barely 4.4 percent of the vote, the Green Party, the smallest in the Swedish parliament, appears to have imposed its will on its senior allies the Social Democrats, effectively quashing the opposition’s push for a more strenuous immigration policy. The talks on Sweden’s future immigration policy, intended to pave the way for broad cross-party agreement, have ended in disarray. The Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Åkesson announced that his party is leaving the talks and proceeding with its own proposal. Later, negotiations between the ruling Social Democrats and the Moderates, the largest opposition party, also broke down. “The Social Democrats […]
Boeing powered up the Core Stage for the first Space Launch System on the B-2 Test Stand at the NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi last week following a long stand down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The first Core Stage is at the outdoor facility for a Green Run test campaign that culminates in first-time propellant loading followed by an inaugural test-firing. Teams got within a week of the power up milestone in mid-March when the COVID-19 emergency forced much of the United States to shelter at home and stay there for several weeks. Stennis was one of multiple NASA […]
Multiple rockets are believed to have been fired into the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Iraq’s capital city, according to local media, with US Apache helicopters reportedly scrambled in the area following the blasts. Up to four Katyusha rockets landed in or near the Green Zone early on Thursday morning, a correspondent for Al-Arabiya reported. Citing local sources, the outlet also noted that helicopters were seen in the airspace over the zone, which houses US and other diplomatic facilities. Other unconfirmed reports also suggested four rockets were fired in the attack, and that the aircraft seen were American Apaches. Photos purporting to show the rocket […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107963/48/1079634813_0:0:2049:1152_1200x675_80_0_0_27cc73e74f23ac71cb7fe6bbd510b81e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202006161079634803-astronomers-detect-glowing-green-oxygen-aura-in-mars-atmosphere/ It has long been believed that our world is the only planet in the Solar System with an oxygen-based atmosphere, as there is a glowing green aura around the Earth formed by the combination of sunlight with oxygen atoms and atmospheric molecules. Similar emissions have now for the first time been spotted surrounding the Red Planet. The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), circling the planet since 2016, has detected a glowing green oxygen aura in the Martian atmosphere for the first time, the agency said in a Monday statement. The emission ring, […]
Astronomers believe that the object was an asteroid about 570 meters in diameter that passed our planet at a safe distance. Some users have suggested that it was part of a rocket launched recently. An emerald green fireball was seen streaking across the night sky over Australia over the weekend. Users have posted footage of the spectacular sighting on social media (check out here, here and here). “Martians have hit the Pilbara,” wrote one skygazer in a remote region of Western Australia. “Next phase of 2020 incoming!” Glen Nagle, a manager at NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, said there had […]
A believer in a conspiracy theory the FBI classifies as a possible domestic terrorist threat is in a prime position to soon be elected to Congress, after coming in first in a Republican primary in Georgia on Tuesday. QAnon conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has frequently posted messages about the bizarre pro-Trump conspiracy theory on social media, handily leads the primary field of Republicans in Georgia’s heavily Republican 14th district. Greene, who beat her closest opponent by more than 20 percent, will head to an August run-off after receiving 41 percent of the primary vote. Greene is an outspoken supporter […]
At least one rocket was fired into the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in the Iraqi capital, with a loud blast reported in the area. The attack reportedly resulted in no casualties and only minor damage. A Katyusha rocket landed within the Green Zone in the early hours of Thursday morning, setting off sirens at the US Embassy, Reuters reported, citing a witness. Nobody was killed in the blast, according to Iraq’s Security Media Cell, which added that the rocket is believed to have been fired from a nearby sports stadium. A local reporter shared footage of the aftermath of the […]
Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006101079579211-sirens-sound-off-as-rocket-land-in-baghdads-green-zone-near-us-embassy/ An Iraqi security source tells Sputnik that a rocket struck an area close to the US Embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, “An explosion has recently hit the Green Zone after a rocket had fallen near the US Embassy inside the zone. Sirens have sounded in the Green Zone,” the source told Sputnik late Wednesday. Reports have yet to emerge regarding possible damaged or victims from the blast. Kurdistan 24 journalist Barzan Sadiq posted footage of impact area in central Baghdad, alleging the projectile fired was a Katyusha rocket. Sirens and billowing smoke […]
Responding To Protests, Green Groups Reckon With A Racist Past By Shannon Osaka, Grist. June 3, 2020 Responding To Protests, Green Groups Reckon With A Racist Past2020-06-032020-06-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/police-violence-protest-let-us-breathe-by-michael-b.-thomas-for-getty-images-e1591208228467.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters demonstrate against police brutality and the death of George Floyd outside the St. Louis City Justice Center and City Hall on June 1, 2020. Protests continue to be held in cities throughout the country over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images. Already stressed by the threat of coronavirus and widespread unemployment, the United States has erupted into […]
A suicide bomber has struck a mosque at the entrance to the international zone in the Afghan capital Kabul during evening prayers, killing one person and injuring at least three others. Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed that the attacker blew himself up inside a washroom at the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in the central district, next to the Green Zone – home to international offices, journalists and diplomats – at around 7:25pm local time on Tuesday. No group has claimed responsibility for the mosque attack. Kabul has recorded more than 30 blasts over the past two months, leaving several people […]
40 Million Health Workers Endorse Green Recovery By Olivia Rosane, Ecowatch. May 29, 2020 40 Million Health Workers Endorse Green Recovery2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/health-e1590761417194.png200px200px Above photo: A group of doctors prepared to treat coronavirus patients in Brazil. Silvio Avila / AFP via Getty Images. More than 40 million doctors and nurses are in, and they are prescribing a green recovery from the economic devastation caused by the new coronavirus. More than 350 health organizations representing some 40 million medical professionals, as well as more than 4,500 individual health workers from 90 countries, signed a letter to the G20 leaders Tuesday urging them to craft what they are promoting […]
In these uncertain times, it’s good to see that some things never change, among them the ancient tradition of celebrities finding their characters inexplicably smeared in the wake of a relationship breakup. The move, often assumed to be a kind of phony war for hearts and minds ahead of divorce proceedings proper, was of course much on display in the opening cases of Pitt v Jolie and Heard v Depp. The latest celebrity breakup to rock the brotherhood of celebrity is the parting of the ways by Transformers star Megan Fox and her husband, former 90210 hunk Brian Austin Green after […]
A White House adviser has triggered a wave of memes and mockery online after referring to US labor force as “human capital stock,” drawing countless comparisons to the dystopian sci-fi flick Soylent Green (spoiler: it’s people). In calling to reopen the US economy amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in an interview with CNN on Monday, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett noted that the country’s “capital stock” was still intact, adding that “our human capital stock is ready to get back to work.” Though the comment was meant to express a simple idea, Hassett’s jargonistic wording conjured up much darker imagery […]
At least one rocket fell near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy and other diplomatic compounds in Iraq, according to reports, possibly marking the first attack on the facility in weeks. The explosion set off sirens at the US Embassy compound on Tuesday morning, local media said. The rocket was reportedly fired from Baghdad’s west and hit an empty building inside the zone, Reuters reported, citing Iraqi military. No casualties have been reported in the incident. Sounds of explosions heard in Baghdad’s Green Zone. Sirens triggered. #Iraq — Baxtiyar Goran (@BaxtiyarGoran) May 18, 2020 Though the sprawling […]
The UK government has confirmed that the film and television industry can restart as long as it abides by the social distancing guidelines – including the two-meter rule – leading many to wonder how on earth it can be achieved. With an increased number of people stuck indoors, relying on in-home entertainment such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and various UK channel players, some feared there may be a lengthy gap in new content releases later in the year, due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns bringing production to a halt. Also on rt.com What’s in the UK government’s Covid-19 […]
Covid-19 Is A Reason To Start The Green New Deal Now By Sarah Lazare, In These Times. May 11, 2020 Covid-19 Is A Reason To Start The Green New Deal Now2020-05-112020-05-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/solar-e1589217244321.jpg200px200px Above photo: A worker installs solar panels at the Solarpark Eggersdorf solar park on September 4, 2012 near Muencheberg, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images. Note: This seems so obvious — we have mass unemployment, and a Green New Deal would create tens of millions of jobs. We have an infrastructure crisis so funding a Green New Deal would remake infrastructure as part of a new sustainable clean energy economy. We are facing […]
The Green New Deal Is The Key To Ending Forever Wars By Lindsay Koshgarian, Truthout. May 10, 2020 The Green New Deal Is The Key To Ending Forever Wars2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/gnd.png200px200px Above image: Lauren Walker. The fossil fuel industry is a current casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, with oil prices briefly dipping below zero at the end of April. With the oil industry on the ropes, progressives see a path toward a green economic renewal. Could that spell a whole new approach to international conflict and the U.S. military endeavor, too? Oil is the leading cause of interstate wars, but the connections between war and oil don’t stop […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): As many as 12 people lost their lives and 300 were hospitalised due to the leakage of hazardous styrene gas from a polymers factory in India’s Andhra Pradesh. A rescue operation and evacuation were carried out in areas in close proximity to the factory. India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed the Indian arm of the South Korean firm LG Polymers to deposit an initial amount of $6.6 million as damage compensation for the #VizagGasLeakage incident in Vizag city in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The order stated that the amount is being fixed, taking […]