Above Photo: UMWA-affiliated mine workers at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, have been on strike since April 2021. Last November, they held a protest in New York City outside of BlackRock, a hedge fund that owns the largest stake in Warrior Met. Still from UMWA footage of that protest. This month marks one year since 1,100 members of the United Mine Workers of America went on strike at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama following the failure of the union and company to agree on a labor contract. The strike continues today. Warrior Met was created to buy the assets of […]
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Above Photo: Striking Alabama coal miners. A Tuscaloosa County circuit judge has issued a restraining order against picket line activity by the United Mine Workers of America at Warrior Met Coal. Circuit Judge James H. Roberts Jr. issued the order Wednesday afternoon. It prohibits picketing “or other activity” within 300 yards of 12 different locations owned by Warrior Met Coal in Tuscaloosa County, including mines and offices. The three-page order also prohibits “in any manner interfering with, hindering or obstructing, by threats, intimidation or acts of violence, the conduct and operation of Warrior’s business and supporting activities.” That includes delivery of […]
Above photo: Twitter. Webinar update with UMWA District Vice President Larry Spencer. Larry Spencer, UMWA District 20 Vice President, represents the 1,100 coal miners in three UMWA locals which on strike against Warrior Met in Alabama since April 1, 2021. He will give an update on the strike in a September 28 webinar. The strikers are fighting to reverse concessions that were foisted on them in 2016 when BlackRock and other billionaire creditors set up Warrior Met Coal and took over mine operations with the aid of a bankruptcy court. To keep their jobs, Warrior Met made the miners work up […]
Above Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP via Getty Images. A photo-journalist and activist who was at the Met Gala told Left Voice about the brutal police attack on protesters and gives a perspective on AOC’s participation in the event. The Met Gala, a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute that is also a gathering of celebrities, politicians, and the wealthy and well connected took place on September 13. The bourgeois press coverage focused on the celebrity spectacle, nearly ignoring the horrific police attack on abolitionist activists protesting outside the event, many of whom were arrested. Left Voice spoke with […]
Pompeo’s Vineyard Visit Met With Palestinian Protests By Akram al-Waara, Middle East Eye. November 19, 2020 Pompeo’s Vineyard Visit Met With Palestinian Protests2020-11-192020-11-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/pompeo-e1605831290217.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinians demonstrate near the Israeli settlement of Psagot against the visit by Mike Pompeo. AFP. Sour Grapes. Palestinians who have been locked out of their land by Israeli settlers rail against secretary of state’s controversial visit to Psagot. Thundering booms and clouds of smoke adorned the entrance to Psagot on Wednesday morning in anticipation of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s arrival at its Israeli winery. But these were no welcoming fireworks. Hundreds of Palestinian protesters […]
Post-Election Protests In US Cities Met With Mass Arrests November 7, 2020 Post-Election Protests In US Cities Met With Mass Arrests2020-11-072020-11-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/arrest-e1604780410347.jpg200px200px Above photo: Police arrest a protester on November 4, 2020, in Portland, Oregon. AP Photo/Paula Bronstein. Protests demanding that every outstanding vote in the presidential election be counted have sprung up in major US cities, including New York City, Portland, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and Seattle. The demonstrations followed the conclusion of Tuesday’s vote and President Donald Trump’s false declarations that he already won the election before millions of mail-in and absentee ballots had yet to be counted. As of this […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/18/1080564737_0:0:1325:747_1200x675_80_0_0_a7ba258446018cfdda62f34864cbfb11.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009241080565060-vote-him-out-trump-met-with-boos-while-paying-respects-to-ruth-bader-ginsburg—videos/ While paying respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the top of the US Supreme Court Building’s steps on Thursday, US President Donald Trump was met with booing and a chorus of “Vote him out” and “Honor her wish” chants by a nearby crowd. Trump, wearing a dark blue face covering while standing next to first lady Melania Trump, paid his respects to Ginsburg, whose body is lying in repose for the second day at the Supreme Court. While he was doing so, protesters standing across the street from the nation’s highest […]
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/world/202009151080458777-trump-warns-any-attack-by-iran-against-us-will-be-met-with-attack-1000-times-greater-in-magnitude/ Trump’s statement came as he received reports on Tehran allegedly planning an assassination against the United States in retaliation for Gen. Soleimani, killed in a US targeted attack in January. President Donald Trump has warned that any attack by Iran against the United States will be met with a response “that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude”. …caused over so many years. Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude! — Donald J. Trump […]
We reported in January how dirty cop Joe Pientka who is reportedly still at the FBI, and his wife, who we have uncovered is connected to the Trump Tower meeting set up by Fusion GPS, are living high on the hog with houses on both the East and West Coasts. Pientka was involved with everything corrupt involving the Russia Collusion Hoax and his wife is an attorney for a company involved with Fusion GPS. The FBI has hid them to this day. But now we find out that Pientka has reportedly met for hours in front of Senate Committees. SCOOP: Two […]
Israel’s Crimes Must Be Met With Arms Embargo By Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada. August 27, 2020 Israel’s Crimes Must Be Met With Arms Embargo2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/10/200714_ash_00-12-e1598541717933.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinians flee to safety as the Israeli military attacks the Shejaiya neighborhood between Gaza City and the Israeli border. Ashraf Amra. Israel’s bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip must be met with an “urgent and comprehensive military embargo,” the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee stated on Sunday. Israel has bombed Gaza every night for the past 12 days in response, or so it claims, to incendiary balloons flown from the territory. Those balloons have caused […]
Even if you don’t live in NYC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an iconic landmark. The museum is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and to commemorate this huge birthday, they’ve partnered with some of the top brands out there on limited edition pieces. Allbirds, Baggu, The Sill, and Catbird are just a few, but there are over 80 pieces in the collection to choose from. Books, bags, and even makeup are all available to shop right now. Here are some of our favorites: Allbirds Men’s Tree Runners: Haverman Bouquet: The artwork featured on Allbirds’ classic Tree Runners is based […]
Two returning champs had heavyweight homecomings as they set foot in Russia again for the first time since title triumphs, with footage capturing the remarkable scenes as crowds and choirs met Vadim Nemkov and Alexander Povetkin. As the doors opened to allow Povetkin out of customs at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, a Cossack choir in full uniform sang the new WBC interim champion’s praises in stirring style. Povetkin stood center stage as the singers and musicians gave him a knockout welcome by forming a circle to serenade the 40-year-old, who crushed contender Dillian Whyte with a stunning fifth-round uppercut in a back-from-the-brink upset in the UK on Saturday. […]
HONG KONG—The founder of a popular newspaper has been arrested by the Hong Kong Police Force, six weeks after Beijing passed a national-security law that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison for people deemed to have participated in acts of “secession, subversion, treason, or collusion with foreign forces” against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments. Jimmy Lai, a media mogul who owns the broadsheet Apple Daily, is also a key financial contributor to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp. In July 2019, Lai met with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington to discuss the erosion […]
The worst kind of grifter – A family grifter. Mary Trump told Rachel Maddow she heard her uncle Donald Trump say the N-word and use anti-Semitic slurs. .@realDonaldTrump‘s niece, Mary Trump, says she has heard the president use anti-Semitic slurs and the N-word. pic.twitter.com/bYgp7G8wuG — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 16, 2020 Advertisement – story continues below It is unlikely the two ever met. TRENDING: California to Release 18,000 Prisoners by End of August to ‘Slow the Spread of COVID-19’ Funniest thing about this whole book is that Mary has NEVER even met Donald Trump. Complete BS this was even able to […]
Attorney General William Barr was shocked when he met with special counsel Robert Mueller, before his ‘Trump-Russia’ report was published, it’s been claimed. CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin wrote about Barr’s “first chance” to review the probe, 5th March 2019, in his forthcoming book True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump – due to be published August, an advance excerpt has been published New Yorker magazine. He described a “fairly relaxed session” in which Mueller “gave a brief introduction” to Barr and his staff – later however, Barr’s team noted Mueller “looked tired and old”. “Because Mueller had been […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107621/44/1076214497_0:194:2950:1854_1200x675_80_0_0_839ee6c5a5603bc99d3a2e5e2b899ab1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006221079685281-wish-i-had-met-you-singer-nick-jonas-pens-tender-note-for-wife-priyanka-chopras-late-father/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and her singer husband Nick Jonas, who tied the knot in 2018, made tributes to each other’s fathers to commemorate Father’s Day. American singer Nick Jonas penned a tender note for his wife and Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra‘s late father Dr. Ashok Chopra, and thanked him for raising an “incredible daughter”. The photograph which Nick shared on Instagram shows the ‘Quantico’ actress sitting on a tree wearing a flattening smile as her father stood beside her. “I wish I would have had the chance to meet you,” […]
An anti-racism and anti-police brutality protest in Newcastle has been met by a large crowd of counter protesters, that gathered to “protect” local historical monuments. The tensions escalated into scuffles between rival groups. Large groups of right-wing protesters emerged in central Newcastle on Saturday, gathering around Grey’s statue and a nearby war memorial at the Old Eldon Square. Veterans and bikers protecting this war memorial in Newcastle, they’re also protecting a St George and the Dragon statue just down the street, great job all round. pic.twitter.com/2WHRiPQ6hw — Jack Dawkins (@DawkinsReturns) June 13, 2020 The protesters have been faced by a group […]