Austerity Is Still A Political Choice By Grace Blakely, Tribune Magazine. November 30, 2020 Austerity Is Still A Political Choice2020-11-302020-11-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/demonstrators-getty-e1606702692999.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Getty images. Britain has not ‘maxed out’ its credit card, but it does have a government that wants working people to pay the cost of the pandemic crisis. That’s what the new austerity measures are really about. When Rishi Sunak delivered the spending review […]
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Branding Nicaraguan Meat As ‘Conflict Beef’ Is The Latest Political Attack By John Perry, Alliance for Global Justice. October 29, 2020 Branding Nicaraguan Meat As ‘Conflict Beef’ Is The Latest Political Attack2020-10-292020-10-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nicaragua-1-e1603988077651.jpg200px200px Above photo: Nicaragua is the largest exporter of milk in Central America and the fourth in Latin America, according to the Pan-American Dairy Federation (Fepale). Wilder Pérez R. for Mongabay. The latest political attack […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0e/1080765586_0:0:2975:1673_1200x675_80_0_0_fb5fee63e3e4d8968d204717a60ac399.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010181080811102-venezuelan-vice-president-says-russian-sputnik-v-vaccines-criticism-of-political-nature/ MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The criticism of the Russian anti-coronavirus vaccine Sputnik-V is of political nature, as, from the scientific point of view, it is an excellent vaccine, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez told the VTV broadcaster. In early October, Russia delivered the first batch of its vaccine to Venezuela — the first country in the Western Hemisphere to […]
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with the Tehran Times [ Editor’s Note: The Tehran Times asked for my thoughts on the current political meltdown, which was not a hard task to fulfill as we have been wading through the election swamp for some time now. The only difficulty in such a task is how much one has to leave out, as the story runs into […]
Former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev has been detained “in relation to riots” after he accused the secret services of plotting to kill him. He was released from prison when his supporters surrounded it on Tuesday. Atambayev is being held in relation to a criminal case about staging mass riots, according to the State Committee for National Security (GKNB). There were also reports that the former […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/07/1080691304_0:0:3484:1961_1200x675_80_0_0_d93bf413e0179b7ab3930045964595f5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010091080714764-four-kyrgyz-opposition-political-parties-propose-single-candidate-for-prime-minister/ BISHKEK (Sputnik) – Four Kyrgyz opposition political parties — Respublika (Republic), Ata Meken (Fatherland), Bir Bol (Unity) and Reforma (Reform) — nominated jointly one more candidate to the post of the country’s prime minister, Omurbek Babanov, according to opposition politician Tilek Toktogaziev, a member of Ata Meken. “A decision was made to nominate a single candidate from our parties: […]
An investigation by political appointees into Steve Herman, the Voice of America’s White House bureau chief, for anti-Trump bias is the latest act that may break federal laws promising its journalistic independence. Voice of America hide caption toggle caption Voice of America An investigation by political appointees into Steve Herman, the Voice of America’s White House bureau chief, for anti-Trump bias is the latest act that […]
The United Kingdom’s Department of Education has issued new guidelines to schools in England not to promote material from organisations opposed to capitalism, comparing the ideological position to racism and antisemitism. A politics and media literacy organisation has warned on Friday that the Department for Education’s (DfE) new guidelines for English schools could inhibit education and sets a precedent that undermines teaching confidence. Last Thursday, the […]
A special court under India’s premier investigative agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has absolved all 32 people, including senior leaders from the ruling BJP, of any role in the demolition of the Babri Mosque. Located in Uttar Pradesh, the 16th century mosque was brought down by an irate mob of Hindu nationalists in 1992. The acquittal of senior leaders from India’s governing Bharatiya Janata […]
Pennsylvania State Representative Wendy Ullman and Governor Tom Wolf were caught joking off camera about taking their masks off just before they spoke at a press conference touting the need to defend Obamacare during Covid-19. Just as Ullman was preparing to speak behind the podium on Tuesday at a press conference north of Philadelphia, Wolf can be heard off camera to her left, saying: “So Wendy, […]
In the latest crime data presented by the National Crime Records, atrocities against Dalits — people from the lowest strata of India’s caste system — rose from 47,369 in 2016 to 50,325 in 2017, and over 25% in a decade. A 19-year-old Indian girl, reportedly gang-raped by four “upper-caste” men, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh this month, succumbed to her injuries at a hospital […]
‘Political Prisoner’ Freed Under US Pressure Caught Planning Terrorism By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. September 28, 2020 ‘Political Prisoner’ Freed Under US Pressure Caught Planning Terrorism2020-09-282020-09-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nicaragua-1-e1601304515749.jpg200px200px A right-wing extremist arrested during a 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua, who was listed by NGOs as a “political prisoner” and was freed under heavy US pressure, was later found with explosives, guns, and drugs, plotting a terror attack. Puedes […]
Google is the latest tech company to tighten its election-related policies ahead of November’s vote. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images Google is the latest tech company to tighten its election-related policies ahead of November’s vote. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images Google says it will not publish political ads after polls close on Election Day, citing the high […]
As relations between the world’s two major economies, the US and China, continue to deteriorate, RT’s Boom Bust talks to Professor Richard Wolff about what’s really going on. “What we’re seeing is mostly posturing by Mr. Trump for domestic electoral votes,” he says, adding that the US president thinks the bashing of China could gain him some kind of support. “This is a way of keeping […]
DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies in today for Terry Gross. Perhaps no issue is more critical to the outcome of the presidential election than the COVID-19 pandemic, and much depends on public perceptions of the Trump administration’s handling of the crisis. Our guest, Politico reporter Dan Diamond, recently reported that politically appointed Trump loyalists in the government had demanded the right […]
Political Trials And Electoral Bans By Guillaume Long, Open Democracy. September 20, 2020 Political Trials And Electoral Bans2020-09-202020-09-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/ecuador-e1600608073774.jpg200px200px Above photo: The outgoing President, Rafael Correa, right, received in the the Palace of Carondelet the president-elect Lenin Moreno for the official act of transition between the two governments in April 2017. Quito, Ecuador. Gabriela Mena / ACG/SIPA USA/PA Images. The Battle for Democracy in Ecuador. Amidst political trials […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will likely preside over the political fight over a vacant Supreme Court seat. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will likely preside over the political fight over a vacant Supreme Court seat. Jacquelyn Martin/AP The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday at age 87 will inevitably set in motion what promises to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080493542_0:0:2976:1674_1200x675_80_0_0_9f35e10fb084a99db8c93cbf3d6b2f2e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009171080493572-pompeo-warns-during-visit-to-suriname-of-chinese-investments-exacting-political-costs/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during his visit to Suriname on Thursday that China is leveraging economic investment to exact political influence inconsistent with the best interests of the people. “We’ve watched the Chinese Communist Party invest in countries and it all seems great at the front end, and then it all comes falling […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/business/202009141080454424-nord-stream-2-is-based-on-investments-from-six-energy-firms-not-political-deals-operator-says/ The pipeline’s future currently hangs in the balance following threats by the German government to stop its construction over allegations against Russia and purported its role in the yet-to-be-proven poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is an economic project based on the investments of large energy companies, most of them European, rather […]
In the last two years, Venezuela has thwarted a coup attempt organised by opposition leader Juan Guaido, one attempt to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro, and energy outages reportedly caused by sabotage. These events were linked by Caracas directly or indirectly to the US, which has been seeking to unseat Maduro. Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro reported on 11 September that the country’s authorities captured a spy who […]
Earlier this week, Shetland Islands Council leader Steven Coutts singled out the Scottish government’s alleged funding cuts and the Scottish National Party’s centralised decision-making as major factors that prompted the council to push for the archipelago’s independence. The Council of Shetland Islands, an archipelago in North Atlantic Ocean which has a population of just about 23,000 people, has almost unanimously passed a motion aimed at exploring […]
VENICE—If two hours of shaky footage of a sex-starved 34-year-old Dennis Hopper eating, drinking, and smoking as 55-year-old Orson Welles grills him about everything from communist Catholics to the difference between sex and love or magic and miracles sounds like a great movie, then Hopper/Welles, which debuted at the scaled-down Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, is for you. For everyone else, it borders on painful. The […]
Politics and fashion go hand in hand and it is especially true for major leaders who are expected to maintain their public image and look impeccable. Some of the top political figures are taking fashion especially seriously and have developed their own trademark look. These politicians may not always have a lot in common in terms of their agendas, but what they do share is taste […]
In the last two years Yevgeny Prigozhin, working through a series of cut-outs and front organizations, has partnered with a host of racist and fascist activists in Europe to stir up, of all things, purportedly anti-colonialist politics in sub-Saharan Africa. The oligarch coyly referred to in the international media as “Putin’s chef” but identified by the U.S. and European governments as a well-heeled emissary of the […]
While both major US political parties spend billions of dollars bombarding the population with political ads, a new study from Yale University found that the commercials have little to no effect on voters. The new study found that regardless of the content or audience, TV political ads have little effect on voters, despite their own leanings or the timing of the ads relative to current events. […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Political advertising will disappear from Facebook during the week prior to November 3 elections, one of several steps to ensure the integrity of the upcoming vote, the social media platform’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a press release on Thursday. “We won’t accept new political ads in the week before the election,” Zuckerberg said. The release detailed a number of additional steps that […]
Matt Nowling, a senior at Denison University and interim president of College Democrats of America, is one of many campus activists adjusting to virtual organizing during the pandemic. Courtesy of Shelby Tour hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Shelby Tour Matt Nowling, a senior at Denison University and interim president of College Democrats of America, is one of many campus activists adjusting to virtual organizing during […]
US Political Scientists Argue Evo Morales Should Be President Of Bolivia By Vijay Prashad and Manuel Bertoldi, Globetrotter. September 2, 2020 US Political Scientists Argue Evo Morales Should Be President Of Bolivia2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/evo-morales-re-election-sign-e1599077443525.jpg200px200px Three political scientists from the United States closely studied allegations of fraud in the Bolivian election of 2019 and found that there was no fraud. These scholars—from the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University—looked at raw evidence from the […]
Fed up with decades of two-party rule, hundreds of thousands of Americans tuned in for the People’s Convention, where they voted to form a new political alternative unbeholden to corporate power or the military-industrial complex. The event drew more than 400,000 viewers to its livestream on Sunday, organizers said. It continued to trend on Twitter through more than 5 hours of speeches that culminated in a […]
In a piercing appraisal of the growing strife unraveling under President Donald Trump’s first term, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accused him of stoking, and even starting, civil unrest that is proliferating across the country. Trump has been a “toxic presence in our nation for four years” who is “poisoning our very democracy,” Biden said forcefully in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The speech offered a moment of methodical, […]
Democrats and the media must be looking at some horrific polling numbers on the riots and violence happening in multiple cities. A few days ago, Joe Biden finally mentioned the rioting and looting, something that was never addressed during the Democratic National Convention. He did so a day after CNN’s Don Lemon mentioned that the violence is starting to have a negative impact on Democrat polling […]
US President Donald Trump said NBA has become “like a political organization,” as the basketball league announced the second straight day of no playoff games due to the ongoing boycott in the name of social justice. “I don’t know much about the NBA protest. I know their ratings have been very bad because I think people are a little tired of the NBA,” Trump said on […]