Above Photo: Getty Images. On February 23, the DSA International Committee, Starbucks Workers United, and the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee hosted Revolutionary Grounds to hear insights from Starbucks workers organizing from Buffalo, New York, to Valparaíso, Chile. Jana Silverman, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Center for Global Workers Rights, talked with Andrés Giordano, incoming leftist Chilean congressman and a founding leader of Sindicato Starbucks Chile; Jaz Brisack, member of the Elmwood Starbucks Bargaining Committee; RJ Red, member of the Genesee St. Starbucks Bargaining Committee; and Joe Carolan, an organizer in New Zealand. Below is an edited transcript of their conversation. Jana Silverman: We are […]
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Above Photo: A humpback whale breaching off South Africa’s Wild Coast. (Reinhard Dirscherl / ullstein bild / Getty Images). Activists have made a last-minute bid to stop Royal Dutch Shell from exploring for oil and gas in whale breeding grounds off the coast of South Africa. The fossil-fuel giant had planned to search for oil and gas reserves by setting off underwater explosions along a stretch of South Africa known as the Wild Coast, according to MSN. The explorations were slated to begin December 1. However, four environmental and human rights organizations filed a legal challenge Monday night to stop the blasting, Greenpeace Africa said. “Shell’s activities threaten to destroy the Wild Coast […]
Assange Hearing: Testimonies Undermine US Indictment, Provide Grounds For Dismissal By Tom Coburg, The Canary. September 27, 2020 Assange Hearing: Testimonies Undermine US Indictment, Provide Grounds For Dismissal2020-09-272020-09-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/chelsea-manning-and-julian-assange.jpg200px200px Above photo: Wikimedia – Tim Travers Hawkins / Flickr – Cancillería del Ecuador. Week three of the hearings at the Old Bailey for Julian Assange‘s extradition to the US heard testimony from a computer security expert that may prove to be critical. That testimony could be used to undermine the first indictment raised against the WikiLeaks founder and therefore weaken the entire case. Other testimonies may form the basis by which the US extradition request could be dismissed. No […]
KIEV (Sputnik) – Kiev does not see any reasons to fully break off diplomatic relations with Minsk despite a recent suspension of contacts, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Friday. “There are no grounds for a diplomatic rupture at the moment, so we are definitely not planning to do this”, Kuleba said, as streamed by the ministry on its Facebook page. On Thursday, Kuleba said that Kiev had paused all meetings with Minsk, but would resume contacts once it was sure that it would not cause any reputational losses to Ukraine. © Sputnik / Victor Tolochko Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures […]
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is blocking its Black Hawk helicopter fleet from all non-operational flights as the military looks into a recent pattern of “technical malfunctions” – one of which involved the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief. “The commander of the Air Force, Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, decided to ground the fleet of Yanshuf [Black Hawk] helicopters from training and transport activities following a number of technical malfunctions that occurred in the helicopters’ motors in the past two months,” read an IAF statement obtained by the Times of Israel. While the choppers are normally relied on for routine transportation missions […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107933/92/1079339270_0:67:3124:1823_1200x675_80_0_0_80e01aa4aa985bc623301077a80d2df3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202005291079459559-berlin-to-reopen-pubs-fitness-studios-fairgrounds-on-tuesday/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – Berlin pubs, fitness studios and other sports clubs, as well as convention centers and fairgrounds, are next in line for reopening on 2 June, the city authority said Friday. “Clean pubs will be allowed to reopen for the public starting 2 June 2020 provided that hygiene rules are followed. Drinks are only to be served and consumed at the tables”, the press release reads. Tables are to be spaced at least 1.5 metres (6 feet) apart, the Berlin Senate said. The same rule applies to bars and restaurants, which started reopening […]