Above Photo: Thousands mobilized in Medellin on May 11, 2022 to defend the mandate of Mayor Daniel Quintero who was suspended by the Inspector General’s Office following a tweet. (Daniel Quintero / Twitter). The frontrunner in the upcoming presidential elections, Gustavo Petro, has described the provisional suspension of Mayor Daniel Quintero as a “coup d’état in Medellin.” He has called on the citizens to mobilize in defense of democracy. The Colombian Inspector General’s Office, on May 10, suspended the mayor of Medellín, Daniel Quintero, from his position for his alleged political participation in the upcoming presidential elections. The decision provoked a […]
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Russians Say, Don’t Hate Us For What Our Leaders Have Done By Ann Wright, LA Progressive. March 8, 2022 Russians Say, Don’t Hate Us For What Our Leaders Have Done2022-03-082022-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220308.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Russian kids attending a youth camp called Artek in Crimea. 2016 Photo by Ann Wright. “…We Didn’t Hate You For What Bush Did To Iraq!” As a U.S. diplomat who resigned from the U.S. government in 2003 in opposition to Bush’s war on Iraq, I hoped at the time that all Americans would not be vilified by the world for the actions of the Bush administration. As hard as […]
Ukrainian Security Services Arrest Young Communist Leaders By Muhammed Shabeer, People’s Dispatch. March 7, 2022 Ukrainian Security Services Arrest Young Communist Leaders2022-03-072022-03-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220307-7.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Komsomol leaders Aleksandr Kononovich and Mikhail Kononovich. (via Twitter) The arrest of Aleksandr Kononovich and Mikhail Kononovich, leaders of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine, has been condemned by the World Federation of Democratic Youth and other progressive organizations. On Sunday, March 6, the Ukrainian security services arrested Mikhail Kononovich and his brother Aleksandr Kononovich. Both are from the leadership of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine (LKSMU). The press service of the Security Service […]
Above Photo: The union representing Starbucks workers has already filed a charge seeking to have the fired employees reinstated. Associated Press. Will Labor Law Protect The Workers? Employers normally have little to lose by purging organizers, even when it’s found to be illegal. This high-profile case could be different. Starbucks fired seven union supporters at a store in Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday in what the union has portrayed as a retaliatory purge of the organizing committee. The terminations mark the most significant escalation in the battle between the world’s largest coffee chain and the fast-growing Starbucks Workers United campaign. The firings made national news, but […]
Above Photo: CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 31: Braving snow and cold temperatures, thousands marched through the streets near City Hall during the 11th day of an ongoing teachers strike on October 31, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Union leadership has announced a tentative agreement on a new contract with Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, but is refusing to return to work until paid teaching days lost during the strike are added to the year’s school calendar. Scott Heins / Getty Images. It’s Important To Know Which One You Are In. Learning to attune to the cycles of our own leadership […]
Austin Smith Student Body President at Alabama A&M University Chyna Brodie Student Body President at American University Angelina Han Student Body President at Amherst College Emanuella Ntim Undergraduate Student Government Vice President at Arizona State University Polytechnic Olivia Smith Student Body President at Augustana College Edidiong Emily Ndiokho Student Government Association President at Barnard College Ryan Britt Student Government President at Bowdoin College Krupa Souri Student Body President at Brandeis University Maggie Ober and Connor McNerney Student Government Association Co-Presidents at College of the Holy Cross Anuli Ononye Student Body President at Cornell University Watfae Zayed Morgan Coleman Student Government President […]
Above photo: Screenshot of a map of Enbridge’s pipeline system, Enbridge’s website, 12-3-21. On November 5, the Canadian oil company Enbridge announced that it plans to increase capacity on its pipeline system that connects a crude-oil storage hub in Oklahoma to the Texas Gulf Coast, now that the Line 3 pipeline linking Alberta and Wisconsin is complete. The Carrizo Comecrudo and other Indigenous groups in the area, along with the Indigenous Environmental Network, have pledged to protect Indigenous sacred sites and oppose future pipeline developments. Increasing capacity may include building a new pipeline linking the Houston area to the Port of […]
Above photo: Britain’s President for COP26 Alok Sharma speaks with members of his team following an informal stocktaking session at the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Nov. 12, 2021. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images. Past climate summit decisions have been disconnected from reality, scientists say. Some find hopeful signs in COP26 draft documents; others see the “same old, same old.” Glasgow, Scotland – As COP26 delegates went into overtime Friday night, shaping the language of their final climate communiques into something all 197 countries could agree on, scientists from around the world issued their latest, and perhaps starkest warning. “We, climate […]
Above Photo: Demonstrators dressed as international heads of state and government in a “COP26 Hot Air Band” protest world leaders’ climate inaction during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland on November 1, 2021. Chris Jackson/Getty Images. ‘Shame On You!’ “We’re going down an utterly absurd route of deciding as a species to kill ourselves. We have to step up and say, ‘No, that’s completely absurd; let’s choose a route that saves ourselves.’” Chanting “shame on you,” activists rallied amid a heavy police presence Monday evening outside a swanky reception for world leaders and others attending the United Nations Climate […]
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a pay-to-play network of conservative state lawmakers and business lobbyists that writes model legislation, claims that it no longer works on social policy. But videos of ALEC-led events, obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), tell a very different story. At the 40th anniversary meeting of the Council for National Policy (CNP) in May, ALEC leaders boasted about their extensive efforts to advance state legislation to severely restrict access to abortion and limit the rights of trans students, as well as voter suppression bills. CNP is a secretive network of far-right Christian political figures and donors that […]
Above photo: The VI Summit of the Heads of State of CELAC. CELAC. The heads of state of the regional block agreed on a 44-point declaration which addressed the strategy against COVID-19 and climate change and took a stand against the blockade on Cuba. The VI Summit of the Heads of State of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was held in Mexico City on Saturday, September 18 and concluded with the approval of a 44-point declaration. The historic summit saw the participation of 31 countries and the presence of several important leaders, such as Venezuelan president Nicolás […]
Above photo: The United Nations 20th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues began April 19, 2021. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Indigenous leaders are largely being excluded from participation in the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference as the world grapples with escalating problems from floods, fires, heat, drought and other disasters. Limited access to COVID-19 vaccines in certain regions, travel restrictions and quarantine in the United Kingdom for people from “red list” countries in Central and South America, Africa and Asia, and rising costs of travel and lodging are hindering Indigenous participation, Indian Country Today has found. […]
Above Photo: Rank-and-file carpenters organizing themselves on Facebook rallied in July and August to oppose contract offers. (Joe Poplaski) After narrowly rejecting a contract offer, the union representing 11,600 working carpenters in Washington state is set to start a strike tomorrow. It’s the fourth offer that members have nixed. A scrappy band of rank and filers known as the Peter J. McGuire Group organized the no vote over inadequate raises—despite pressure from union leaders, who were promoting the deal. They are also seeking reimbursements for high parking costs, increased employer contributions to health care and pension funds, and stronger sexual harassment […]
Young Climate Leaders Conclude Mock COP26 By Olivia Rosane, Nation of Change. December 5, 2020 Young Climate Leaders Conclude Mock COP262020-12-052020-12-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mock-cop26-e1607176774218.jpg200px200px Call for green recovery, recognition of ecocide. “Mock COP26 sends a strong message to world leaders that young people can coordinate global negotiations and we have the solutions.” The youth-led Mock COP26 virtual conference concluded Tuesday with a treaty they hope world leaders will sign ahead of the official COP26 in November 2021. Mock COP26 participants presented the 18-point treaty, which includes calls for climate education at all levels, a legally recognized crime of ecocide and a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, to UK High Level […]
Obama Official Admits Biden Camp Is Already Working With Foreign Leaders By Glenn Greenwald, Substack. November 11, 2020 Obama Official Admits Biden Camp Is Already Working With Foreign Leaders2020-11-112020-11-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rice-e1605103121872.jpeg200px200px Above photo: White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice, shakes hands with incoming White House National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn, on January 10, 2017, in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Exactly What Flynn Did. In late 2016, the FBI investigated Gen. Michael Flynn when he was a transition official for the possible “crime” of talking to Russia about foreign policy. Why can Biden do this? Two weeks after Donald Trump wonthe […]
Leaders in Greater Manchester have accused the British government of trying to force them to agree to the strongest possible Covid-19 restrictions using “selective” hospital data, after London set a deal deadline for noon Tuesday. UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said that if the deal between the British government and the local leaders in Greater Manchester, including Mayor Andy Burnham, isn’t inked by 12 p.m. Tuesday, then it would be up to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to decide whether to impose a tier-three lockdown on the area. “I’ve written this evening to the mayor of Greater Manchester and to local […]
The presidents of France’s Medef, Italy’s Cofindustria and Germany’s BDI warned the consequences of a no-deal Brexit would be delays at ports and borders, trade tariffs, border controls and unnecessary red tape. Business federations from France, Italy and Germany have urged the European Union (EU) and the UK to strike a post-Brexit trade deal as the clock ticks down. Medef president Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, Cofindustria’s Carlo Bonomi and Dieter Kempf of BDI – representing the business elite of the EU’s three biggest economies – noted that the EU leaders’ summit on Thursday and Friday would be critical in reaching an agreement before […]
Guardian: More than 1,600 faith leaders in the US have publicly backed Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate in next month’s presidential election, amid signs that some evangelical voters are turning away from Donald Trump. The Biden endorsements mainly come from Catholics, evangelicals and mainline Protestants. They include Jerushah Duford, the granddaughter of Billy Graham; Susan Johnson Cook, a former US ambassador for religious freedom; Michael Kinnamon, former general secretary of the National Council of Churches; and Gene Robinson, a former bishop in the Episcopal church. NEWS: more than 1600 clergy members, religious scholars and other faith-focused officials and activists are endorsing […]
The global business community has warned that G20 countries need urgent reforms to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy, which is suffering from the worst crisis in a century. The Business Twenty (B20), which represents businesses across all G20 countries and various economic sectors, issued its 25-point list of policy recommendations for the coming G20 summit on Monday. The virtual summit, hosted by Saudi Arabia this year, will take place on November 21-22. Also on rt.com Global economy won’t return to pre-pandemic levels ‘for a long time’ – Deutsche Bank “The global economy is in its worst state […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/05/1080667801_0:65:2950:1724_1200x675_80_0_0_a176a2becc376202828ac7f5b7c7afad.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Advitya Bahl. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010051080667093-indias-premier-probe-agency-raids-congress-leaders-residences-in-alleged-corruption-case/ India’s main opposition parties, including Congress, have long accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government of misusing investigation agencies to target political rivals. India’s premier probe agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday conducted raids at the premises of Karnataka’s Congress chief, DK Shivakumar, in connection with a corruption case. According to a senior agency official, parliamentarian DK Suresh’s house is also being searched. Suresh is the brother of Karnataka’s top Congress leader Shivakumar. “A total of 14 premises across the country linked to DK Shivakumar, his family […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080635556_0:125:3320:1993_1200x675_80_0_0_18fb231b851441980a11a444f0a68626.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010011080635535-leaders-of-eu-countries-agreed-during-eu-summit-on-sanctions-against-belarus–reports/ EU politicians have declined to endorse Alexander Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus, despite him winning the August election with over 80 percent of the popular vote. The leaders of the EU countries have reached an agreement on sanctions against the Belarusian government, Agence France-Presse reported on Friday, citing its diplomatic sources. Mass opposition protests broke out across Belarus following the presidential election on 9 August that saw President Alexander Lukashenko reelected for a sixth term. While electoral authorities maintain that Lukashenko collected over 80 percent of the vote, the opposition insists that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107948/82/1079488219_0:62:3219:1872_1200x675_80_0_0_1488c2995f39f8b05930da4ea0d34221.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009271080592154-g20-leaders-summit-will-be-held-virtually-on-21-22-november/ MOSCOW, September 28 (Sputnik) – This year’s G20 leaders’ summit under the theme of “Realizing opportunities of the 21st century for all” will be held in an online format amid the coronavirus pandemic, the G20 Saudi Secretariat said in a statement. “The 2020 G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held virtually on 21 – 22 November and will be chaired by His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,” the statement says. According to the release, the summit will focus on protecting lives and restoring growth, by addressing vulnerabilities uncovered during the pandemic and will […]
At a news conference on Sept. 23, President Trump declined to promise a peaceful transfer of power after the November election. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP At a news conference on Sept. 23, President Trump declined to promise a peaceful transfer of power after the November election. Evan Vucci/AP No votes have been counted in the election of 2020 but a battle already is raging over the integrity of the tally and the process that will follow. President Trump suggested he might not accept the election results if Democratic nominee Joe Biden is declared the winner. “We’re going […]
France, Germany and UK say Washington does not have the authority, setting up clash European leaders have warned the US that its claim to have the authority to reimpose sweeping UN-mandated sanctions on Iran has no effect in law, setting up a major legal clash that could lead to Washington imposing sanctions on its European allies. In a joint statement on Sunday, France, Germany and the UK (E3) said any attempt by the US to impose its own sanctions on countries not complying with the reimposed UN ones was also legally void. On Saturday, the US moved to reinstate a range […]
Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., is one of 23 freshmen Democrats whom the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is endorsing in this fall’s elections. Erin Scott/AP hide caption toggle caption Erin Scott/AP Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., is one of 23 freshmen Democrats whom the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is endorsing in this fall’s elections. Erin Scott/AP The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is backing more House Democrats for reelection in at least a decade, prompting pushback from some of its strongest GOP allies in Congress. “It is hypocrisy that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce would endorse these Democrats that are part of this socialist […]
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/latam/202009161080477539-un-rights-investigators-claim-maduro-ordered-arbitrary-detention-of-venezuelan-opposition-leaders/ Earlier this week, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet praised the Venezuelan government for making progress in cooperating with her office over the past year. Source link
US President Donald Trump’s unexpected affirmation of Kim Jong-un’s good health provoked an avalanche of both confusion and judgment. The remarks came in the wake of claims about the two leaders’ friendship in a new book. “Kim Jong Un is in good health. Never underestimate him!” Trump tweeted on Thursday. The president was likely referring to recently-circulating rumors about the North Korean leader falling seriously ill or even dying, despite little evidence backing that up. Trump’s short tweet provoked myriad comments and rocket-boosted Kim’s name into trending topics on Twitter. At first there was confusion, as Twitter users struggled to grasp […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/06/1080384172_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_21eaf9830b5e7d50286ff90338195c5d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202009061080384202-malis-military-coup-leaders-announce-cancellation-of-curfew-across-country/ NOUAKCHOTT (Sputnik) – Representatives of the military who took power in Mali have announced the cancellation of the curfew across the country, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People said on Sunday. According to the committee’s statement, a curfew that had been in force for more than two weeks after the toppling of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August is canceled. The coup rocked the West African country on 18 August when a group of Malian soldiers initiated an uprising at a military base near Bamako, the capital of Mali. The military […]
As Scotland prepares to head to the polls at Holyrood elections next year, the question of how to oppose independence and a mandate to hold a second referendum because increasingly important for the unionist camp. A British Conservative politician was slammed online on Sunday for being “divisive” after she suggested that the Scottish Labour leader’s accent was the reason for the party’s poor performance. Dehenna Davison, MP for Bishop Auckland, near Durham, claimed that the Labour Party isn’t doing well in Scotland because their leader Richard Leonard has a “Lancashire accent” Richard Leonard quickly corrected the MP, pointing out that his […]
For months now, Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been demanding that the Trump administration “frog-march” the leaders of the social justice movement Black Lives Matter in front of television cameras in a series of “mass arrests” and charge them as domestic terrorists. On Monday night, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf informed the far-right Fox News star that he may soon get his wish. In light of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s speech denouncing rioting and looting among the nationwide protests against police brutality, Carlson grumbled about the former vice president warning that Trump is inciting violence and […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and Adm. Brett P. Giroir, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, testified before Congress in June on the status of the pandemic. Fauci is just one of the public health leaders and their families across the U.S. who have received death threats and harassment since the pandemic began. Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and Adm. Brett P. Giroir, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, testified before Congress in June on […]
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/202008301080320269-israel-engaged-in-many-more-secret-talks-with-arab-leaders-on-establishing-ties-netanyahu-says/ Earlier this month, Israel signed a landmark agreement brokered by the United States that paved the way for establishing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, making the Gulf monarchy the third Arab country to forge ties with Israel. Source link
U.S. Air Force Top Leaders witnessed the first demo of a completely new type of aircraft – the electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at Camp Mabry, Aug. 20. On August 21, the Air Force announced that Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass came together to witness the advances in a fully autounomous people transport developed by the Lift Aircraft. According to a recent service news release, top Air Force leaders gathered with their Texas National Guard hosts […]
ABUJA, Nigeria—The leaders of the coup that ousted Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita spent most of the year training in Russia before returning to boot out the democratically-elected leader at gunpoint, according to sources in the Malian military. The rebels took control of Mali’s largest military base in Kati, just outside the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday before storming Keita’s official residence, seizing the president and forcing him to resign as leader of the West African nation.. Numerous media outlets, including the BBC, immediately reported that the coup was led by Malick Diaw and Sadio Camara, two army colonels who hold top […]
Gar Alperovitz is an American historian and political economist. Alperovitz served as a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; a founding Fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics; a founding Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies; a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution; and the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics from 1999 to 2015. He also served as a Legislative Director in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate and as a Special Assistant in the US Department of State. Alperovitz is a distinguished lecturer with […]
Eighteen months after seeming to pull their sponsorship of the Women’s March due to allegations of anti-Semistim among the group’s leadership, it appears the Democratic National Committee has welcomed two of the organization’s controversial former leaders back into the fold. Tamika Mallory, the former co-president of the Women’s March, spoke briefly during Monday’s meeting of the Black Caucus about the importance of securing justice for Breonna Taylor, an EMT who was shot by police as they executed a no-knock warrant at her home in May. In January 2019, Mallory appeared on The View to address criticism and allegations of her team’s […]
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 Surrounded by suburban white women, the President today pardoned Susan B. Anthony, the white woman who led voting rights campaign for women. Blacks, intelligent people will recall, received voting rights at the behest of the Republican Party and against the violent opposition of racist segregationist Democrats. We pray that the President will soon pardon Native American and Black Panther leaders still in prison (or dead in prison) who defended their communities against US military, CIA, and FBI predation. As an afterthought, throw in Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: Randy Short: Promotions and Pardons Healing of […]
First Nations Leaders Speak Out Against Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Approval July 27, 2020 First Nations Leaders Speak Out Against Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Approval2020-07-272020-07-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/reuben_george_credit_cnw_grouptsleil-waututh_nation.png200px200px Above photo: Rueben George pic by Vancouver Sun. Kinder-Morgan’s application for approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) has been bouncing around in Canada’s federal courts like a pinball since 2013. First Nations tribes and environmental groups have valiantly worked the flippers of the judicial pinball machine for years, filing lawsuits and appeals, to keep that shiny ball from rolling down the drain of approval. But on July 2, down it went when the Supreme Court […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): During his first presidential campaign rally in South Carolina, rapper Kanye West had another one of his public meltdowns. After Kanye incessantly sobbed and revealed he wanted his famous wife Kim Kardashian to abort their baby North, reports of Kim asking him to quit the race or file for divorce have surfaced online. This is not the first time Kanye has had a major public meltdown or gone on a rant about his personal life and his own version of “keeping up with the Kardashians”, pun intended. The rapper’s interest in claiming one of the most powerful positions […]
The summit has continued for several days, unplanned, due to strong differences over a COVID-19 recovery fund and a long-term budget. The EU leaders have coordinated an economic recovery fund and a long-term financial plan at the summit in Brussels, EU Council president Charles Michel announced on Tuesday. The EU has agreed on a 750 billion euros economic recovery fund and a 1.074 trillion euros financial plan for 2021-2027, the Belgian Prime Minister said. Ahed of the plenary session, Michel said that he would offer new proposals on the EU’s long-term budget and the recovery plan, describing it as the “fruit of lots […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/14/1079939464_0:0:3116:1753_1200x675_80_0_0_365cf8398936f69502270de73cf836ac.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007201079939493-eu-leaders-resume-plenary-discussions-on-economic-recovery-fund/ BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The EU leaders resumed plenary discussions at 9:30 pm local time (19:30 GMT) on Monday as the summit continued into an unplanned fourth day due to strong differences over a COVID-19 recovery fund and a long-term budget. “Good evening and welcome back to EUCO on MFF and Recovery Fund. @eucopresident has just started the plenary discussions with EU27”, spokesman of the European Council President Barend Leyts wrote on Twitter. Initially, the EU27 planned to hold a plenary meeting at 4 pm, but it was repeatedly pushed back, as European Council President […]
Furious that the National Organization for Women has yet to remove President Toni Van Pelt over allegations of racism, a group of state chapter leaders have started a social media campaign to push her out of office. Over the month of July, the California NOW chapter is hosting Facebook live streams with 20 other state chapter leaders who will demand Van Pelt’s resignation and discuss their experiences with racism in the organization more broadly. The point of the campaign, California NOW president Kolieka Seigel said in a recent broadcast, is to “address systemic racism within our own ranks, to uplift the […]
Amid Calls To Defund Police, Detroit Leaders Weigh In On Alternatives By DeJanay Booth, Model D Media. July 14, 2020 Amid Calls To Defund Police, Detroit Leaders Weigh In On Alternatives2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/amanda-e1594758310359.jpg200px200px Above photo: Amanda Alexander is founding executive director of the Detroit Justice Center. When Lisa Carter heard about the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, her mind immediately went to her two sons. As chair of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners (BOPC), Carter says her 25-year work background with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office as well as her personal life as a wife and mother to African American men fuel […]
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge , which claimed the lives of more than two thousand people, has also left thousands of Gazans homeless. While efforts have been made to help those in need of assistance, years down the line, some are still feeling that their struggle has been forgotten. Mohammed Sukkar, a 55-year-old Palestinian from Gaza will never forget that July of 2014, when Israel started its Operation Protective Edge, also known as the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. It was launched in response to the kidnapping and the subsequent murder of three Israeli teens by Palestinian militants. The perpetrators were said to be […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105319/88/1053198864_0:193:2736:1732_1200x675_80_0_0_966bc657ca3d55435d782b1ac434c243.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007051079802090-rapper-diddy-draws-online-ire-for-backing-nation-of-islam-leaders-trust-white-folks-no-more-rant/ Louis Farrakhan is a known for his controversial statements on homosexuality and Jews, while the Nation of Islam, his organisation, has been described as “black supremacist”, “black nationalist” and a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Social media users lambasted rapper Puff Daddy, known by his numerous stage names, for supporting Louis Farrakhan, the 87-year-old bow tie-wearing leader of the Nation of Islam. The Grammy-winning artist posted video promoting Farrakhan’s message, aired on Revolt TV on 4 July, Independence Day in the United States. During his message, Farrakhan criticised Donald Trump for […]
America’s business leaders tell Donald Trump to issue federal mask guidelines and to be able to refuse service to people who refuse to cover up without being sued The heads of America’s top business and manufacturing groups wrote a letter to President Trump asking the federal government to issue mask guidelines The business bosses also asked that businesses and non-profits ‘not be held liable for refusing entry’ when customers arrive sans mask Viral videos around the country have shown store employees trying to block mask-less patrons from entering The provision would allow businesses to dodge lawsuits from these altercations and also […]
As COVID19 Spikes, Blackfeet Leaders Close Entrances To Glacier Park By Chris Aadland, Montana Free Press. July 1, 2020 As COVID19 Spikes, Blackfeet Leaders Close Entrances To Glacier Park2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/glacier-e1593625674869.jpg200px200px “It’s not a risk worth taking. It’s lives versus dollars.” Blackfeet Nation leaders, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, have decided to keep the eastern entrances to Glacier National Park closed for the rest of the tourism season. The Blackfeet Reservation borders the east side of the park. The tribe’s Business Council passed an ordinance on Thursday closing the entrances, saying the move was necessary to protect residents of the reservation — where […]
Seattle police stormed into the city’s CHOP/CHAZ zone early Wednesday morning, shortly after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order that demanded protesters leave the area, which has been occupied for more than two weeks. Far-left Mayor Jenny Durkan allowed anarchists to hijack six square blocks for nearly weeks. Durkan claimed CHOP was a “summer of love” full of potlucks and drum circles. In reality, CHOP was full of violence and criminal activity. TRENDING: Woke Harvard Senior Claims TikTok Video of Her Saying She’ll Stab and Watch Bleed Out the Next Person with ‘Caucasity’ to Say All Lives Matter is a […]
The Swedish teen eco-activist, who has posed alongside Britain’s Prince Charles and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, believes that high-ranking figures use her to score political points. Greta Thunberg has put to shame politicians who use meetings with her as a media opportunity. “Presidents, prime ministers, kings and princesses came and wanted to talk to me”, Thunberg said on Swedish public radio. “They saw me and suddenly saw the chance that they could take a photo with me for their Instagram account. Then the hashtag #savetheplanet”. “It seemed as if they had forgotten for a moment to be ashamed that their generation […]
This is not the first time that Hawk Newsome has made such a comment. Addressing demonstrators on 7 June during protests over the death of African-American man George Floyd, who died at the hands of a white police officer, he said: “Give black people their rights or we will burn this country to ashes”. Social media users were left disgusted by a statement of the president of Greater New York Black Lives Matter (BLM) that was made during a recent interview on Fox News. Hawk Newsome spoke with host Martha MacCallum about the direction of the Black Lives Matter movement, which […]
The Black Lives Matter movement tore down a statue of American Founding Father George Washington was toppled and vandalized last week in Portland, Oregon. Black Lives Matter, the group behind this movement of toppling of statues and symbols of American excellence across the country, is an organization of trained, committed Marxists. As Cristina Laila reported last week — the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors — admitted in an interview last week that she is a trained Marxist and the goal of the movement is the removal of Donald Trump. Patrisse Collors also admitted the goal is to destroy freedom. […]
They won’t stop til they crush the system. In August 2017 far left protesters demanded the New York Museum of Natural History remove their famous Teddy Roosevelt statue. The protesters carried signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and “Abolish white supremacy.” The scene outside of @AMNH today as #DecolonizeThisPlace‘s anti-#ColumbusDay tour covered the Teddy Roosevelt statue. (pic: @hoods4justice) pic.twitter.com/USiNOV0wie — Ash J (@AshAgony) October 11, 2016 TRENDING: BREAKING: Ten People Shot in Minneapolis, Reports of ‘100 People Fighting With Various Weapons’ On Sunday The New York Times announced liberal leaders agreed to take down the iconic Roosevelt statue outside the Museum of Natural History. […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s news conglomeration Rossiya Segodnya and media juggernaut RT are leaders in outreach and innovation with internet audiences, Russian deputy minister of digital development, communications and mass media Alexei Volin said in an interview published Monday. “I always say with pride that the professional standards of our media are very high. For example, if we talk about Rossiya Segodnya, also known as RIA Novosti and the Sputnik agency, and RT, then today they are definitely leaders in terms of working with an Internet audience. Their know-how, technologies for working on the internet and social networks are studied all […]
It happened in Atlanta. In San Francisco. In D.C. and in Charlotte. Over and over again in recent weeks, black female mayors have stepped onto the national stage—and been forced to publicly face their contradictory roles. Not only are these women in positions of power and obligated to uphold the law, but they also find themselves promoting racial justice in a movement that does not always fight for black women. “I’m in charge of this city,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed told The Daily Beast, but “I’m still a black woman who is sadly still being treated in a disrespectful way, […]
Palestinians demonstrate against Israel’s annexation plans in Rafah, Gaza, on June 11. Palestinian leaders have begun refusing to coordinate with Israel on matters of daily Palestinian life, from tax collection to policing to medical treatments — a move some Palestinians see as self-defeating. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Palestinians demonstrate against Israel’s annexation plans in Rafah, Gaza, on June 11. Palestinian leaders have begun refusing to coordinate with Israel on matters of daily Palestinian life, from tax collection to policing to medical treatments — a move some Palestinians see as […]
Lift Every Voice and Sing is widely viewed as the single most powerful black song in favor of unity. Dr. Cynthia McKinney, uniquely a former six-term Congresswoman from George as a Democrat and also a Green Party presidential nominee, is one of the authentic Black leaders of America who are waiting for The President to use the power of his office to unleash opportunities for Black patriots who love America and want equal access to political office , to capital markets, to workplace dignity, and to the President of the United States of America. This cartoon celebrates authentic black leaders, all […]
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Josie Johnson. Jeff Haynes/AFP via Getty Images; Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Haynes/AFP via Getty Images; Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Josie Johnson. Jeff Haynes/AFP via Getty Images; Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images Once again this weekend, protesters filled the streets in cities nationwide, rallying against police violence and chanting the name of George Floyd. Jessie Jackson and Josie Johnson have a surprising perspective on those protests. Jackson has been a prominent civil rights leader since 1960, Johnson even longer. Both know the […]
Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum draws parallels between regimes in Eastern Europe and the Trump White House. She says our democracy can be destroyed — unless people fight back. Source link
Where the Virus Is Growing Most: Countries With ‘Illiberal Populist’ Leaders By David Leonhardt and Lauren Leatherby New York Times The four large countries where coronavirus cases have recently been increasing fastest are Brazil, the United States, Russia and Britain. And they have something in common. They are all run by populist male leaders who cast themselves as anti-elite and anti-establishment. The four leaders — Jair Bolsonaro, Donald J. Trump, Vladimir V. Putin and Boris Johnson — also have a lot of differences, of course, as do their countries. Yet all four subscribe to versions of what Daniel Ziblatt, a government professor at Harvard […]
Guest post by Larry Johnson The COVOID crisis juxtaposed with the George Floyd riots has fully exposed the double standard that Democrats, as well as some RINO Governors (i.e., Republican In Name Only), apply to average citizens trying to go about normal life and their total surrender to anarchists. The contrast is stark. A good friend of mine with a condo that sits on the beach in Pompano, Florida–that is Broward County–was out jogging along the waterfront seven weeks ago. He was the only one on the beach as far as the eye could see until two police on ATVs showed […]
Former vice president Joe Biden listens as clergy members and community activists speak during a visit to Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Del. on June 1. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Former vice president Joe Biden listens as clergy members and community activists speak during a visit to Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Del. on June 1. Andrew Harnik/AP In his first in-person campaign event in over two months, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden met with community leaders at a predominantly African American church in his hometown to address the outrage and protests surrounding George Floyd’s death. […]
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is famous for her tyrannical rule, her blind ambition, and her raw hatred for those who disagree with her. In March crazed Democrat Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer prohibited big box retailers from in-person sale of seeds because according to her, plant seeds were non-essential. Whitmer also called on Home Depot and Lowes to close off certain sections like flooring, garden centers and plant nurseries. In late March Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer limited access of doctors from prescribing the lifesaving drugs hydroxychloroquine and Z-Paks to save senior citizens in the state from Coronavirus. Then she continued to […]
How Local Leaders Can Ensure Immigrant Justice During COVID-19 By the Vera Institute of Justice. May 24, 2020 How Local Leaders Can Ensure Immigrant Justice During COVID-192020-05-242020-05-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/florida_protest-e1590340917343.jpg200px200px Above photo: Dr. Franklyn Rocha Cabrero, left, and Dr. Claudia Alvarez, center, and others protest conditions that detainees being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement face outside of the Broward Transitional Center, during the new coronavirus pandemic, Friday, May 1, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Fla. A Miami federal judge has ordered the release of some detainees from ICE custody at three South Florida detention centers due to conditions related to COVID-19. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky. Overview […]
“Just to be clear, we’re not COVID-deniers or anything.” Dustin Evans is nervous right now. But the 31-year-old general manager of Southern Roots Brewing Company in downtown Waco, Texas, is committed to reopening his bar at 25-percent capacity on Friday, even with small children and a pregnant wife at home. After all, COVID-19 cases seemed to taper off in his area, with four new infections reported Wednesday marking the first uptick in days. “It’s not an easy decision, but my parents have poured their life into this business,” Evans told The Daily Beast. “It might be a little dance with the […]