Deception 2020: It’s Not The Most Important Election By Eleanor Goldfield, Art Killing Apathy. October 30, 2020 Deception 2020: It’s Not The Most Important Election2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/eugene-e1604082821880.png200px200px In this fifth installment of the Deception 2020 Series, we dig into that trite line about “the most important election of our time!” You’ve likely heard it before – chances are you’ll hear it again. For some historic and political […]
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The Russian nuclear industry has passed the 75 year mark, and as part of this big event we talked to Chiara Chocciara, aerospace engineer who contributes to the preparation of the future space missions. She explains that nuclear technology is crucial in almost all aspects of life, from medicine to food production. And in the Mars mission, such an industry can also play an important role. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/05/1080675929_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_bae20338f9827488150739a8fde32fc7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010101080728610-ankara-says-karabakh-ceasefire-important-step-but-cannot-replace-sustainable-solution/ ANKARA (Sputnik) – The newly announced ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh is an important development, but it cannot replace a comprehensive solution to the long-lasting conflict, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. As a result of the 10-hour talks in Moscow, which continued into the early hours of Saturday, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to cease hostilities in conflict-torn Nagorno-Karabakh starting […]
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast On the one hand, Donald Trump isn’t saying anything he didn’t say in 2016—I’ll respect the results if I win, and so on. On the other, though, there is one thing that’s very different: He’s president now. He wasn’t then. And when a sitting president refuses to commit to the peaceful transfer of power, that’s a flag that’s as red […]
US President Donald Trump said he would soon hand out a pardon to a “very important” person. While the details were left shrouded in mystery, he ruled out both his former advisor Michael Flynn and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. “Doing a pardon tomorrow on someone who is very, very important,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Monday, offering little elaboration other than to […]
On 10 July, the White House said in a statement that the president commuted the sentence of his former campaign advisor Roger Stone, who was was found guilty of seven counts of obstructing justice and other charges in relation to a so-called ‘Russiagate’ probe and sentenced to 40 months in prison, a term he would have been serving since 14 July. On 17 August, Donald Trump […]
Even by the preposterous standards of 2020, the road to the Democratic National Convention has been an unpredictable one. In 12 short months, the Democratic Party’s vision for quadrennial confab has changed from a coronation for one of dozens of potential nominees to an almost entirely virtual affair, with speakers beamed in from around the nation, turning the traditional week-long political schmooze-fest into perhaps the most […]
Climate Justice Advocates Celebrate Important Victories But Big Oil And Gas Aren’t Giving In By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. July 20, 2020 Climate Justice Advocates Celebrate Important Victories But Big Oil And Gas Aren’t Giving In2020-07-202020-07-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/cjorcc-e1595257774856.jpg200px200px Climate justice advocates are justifiably celebrating recent victories such as stopping three major pipelines, a new court decision regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and national […]
The vaccine was made by the company Moderna, one of five US firms that the Trump administration tasked with developing a cure for the disease. On 27 July, Moderna will start its most important trials to see whether their product protects against the infection from SARS-CoV-2. Israel secured a multimillion deal on a coronavirus vaccine reportedly worth $66 million, but Channel 12 reports that the nation […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Border Roads Organisation, responsible for infrastructure development in India’s border areas, has been constructing 61 roads in regions ranging from Arunachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir. India often engages in cross-border fire with Pakistan along the 740 km Line of Control with Pakistan, and has reduced the troop deployment time along the border with six new bridges in Jammu and […]
A curious detail appears in the press release announcing the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell on charges of conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors. On Thursday, Audrey Strauss, the newly appointed acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Maxwell had been charged in a six-count indictment accusing her of enticing and transporting a minor to travel to engage in criminal […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu shake hands at this month’s Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II. Alexei Nikolsky/TASS hide caption toggle caption Alexei Nikolsky/TASS Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu shake hands at this month’s Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World […]
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 […]
After the US Supreme Court delivered him a lemon verdict, President Donald Trump set out to make lemonade, announcing he would release a shortlist of SCOTUS nominees as part of his re-election pitch to make the court conservative. A new list of “Conservative Supreme Court Justice nominees” will be released by September 1, the president tweeted on Thursday afternoon. “Based on decisions being rendered now, this […]
Cathy Barrera, a CoinDesk columnist, is a founding economist at Prysm Group, an advisory group, and was chief economist at ZipRecruiter. She has a PhD in business economics from Harvard. The Black Lives Matter protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd have resurfaced the truth of America’s systemic racism. Police brutality, mass incarceration and other acts of violence against black Americans are not […]
“Not a More Important Issue than This… Very Difficult for Republicans to Win if This Censorship Continues” – Devin Nunes Speaks Out on Tech Censorship of Conservatives (VIDEO) Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
The Right To Refuse Unsafe Work Is More Important Than Ever By Kathy Wilkes, Portside. June 13, 2020 The Right To Refuse Unsafe Work Is More Important Than Ever2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/work_safety_protestors-e1592062031411.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators hold signs during a strike outside of Allan Brothers Fruit in Naches, Wash. on May 18, 2020. Located in Yakima County, the company’s fruit packing employees were protesting working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. David […]
The World Health Organization, in a press conference on Monday, expressed solidarity with the demonstrations calling for racial justice — and shared advice to reduce the risk of catching COVID-19. (Image credit: Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Source link
It’s the highest-profile job listing in Washington these days: being the public face of one of the biggest government accountability projects in U.S. history. The gig entails five years of exhaustive work to safeguard trillions of taxpayer dollars. The successful applicant will have years of experience in public service, comfort with constant public criticism, and a vision for the job that’s acceptable to two sworn political […]
Recent Shanghai-based research targeting local confirmed cases of coronavirus once again proved that the attacks on a seafood market in Wuhan for originating the virus is nonsense, official media reported. Beijing: As China battled to deflect the criticism over the origin of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that it was important to get a clear idea of the source […]