This text was written by Shireen Abu Akleh in 2016 for Majallat al-Dirasat al-Filastiniyyah. In it, she discusses the role of media coverage in Palestinian uprisings, specifically the “Popular Rebellion” of late 2015 and early 2016, which began as a response to Israeli raids on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. The article discusses the complex ways in which news media and social media interact with Palestinian resistance and opposition to the occupation. The Institute for Palestine Studies is translating it and republishing it to commemorate the work of a brave and reflective journalist who was shot in cold blood by […]
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Above Photo: Campaigners hung a pair of banners on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s building in Washington, D.C. on October 14, 2021. (Resist Line 3/Twitter) ‘Welcome To The Chamber Of Climate Chaos’ Campaigners asked U.S. Chamber of Commerce members, “Do you want to go down in history as contributing to a climate catastrophe that will endanger the lives of millions of people around the world?” Amid a wave of climate protests in Washington, D.C. this week, some campaigners scaled the U.S. Chamber of Commerce office to call out the nation’s largest lobbying group for fueling climate chaos and urge members to cut […]
Above Photo: 1 / 19 Tsleil-Waututh members walked 8.5 kilometres through North Vancouver to the former St. Paul’s Residential School site to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, 2021. (Elisia Seeber) ‘We Are Strong’ Tsleil-Waututh members walked 8.5 km through North Vancouver to the former St. Paul’s Residential School site to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation A sea of orange flowed down Dollarton Highway on Sept. 30 as members of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation community, and family members from Musqueam and Squamish nations, took part in a pilgrimage walk to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The rain […]
Above Photo: Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen After years of rising rent forced many Berliners out of the city, activists have managed to force a vote on whether to allow the expropriation of housing owned by landlords with over 3,000 units on the Sept. 26 election ballot. Most international coverage of the German elections is focused on who will replace Angela Merkel after her 16-year term as chancellor ends, but for everyday Berliners, just having the resources to pay the rent is a bigger concern. Berlin’s efforts to lower the fast-rising rents in Germany’s capital city have led to a referendum […]
Russia is moving its one of the most powerful electronic warfare (EW) systems, called the Murmansk-BN, to military bases in Arctic territory near the Finnish border. This week, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has released a short video showing deploy of the Murmansk-BN ground mobile radio interference complex to areas located along the border to Finland. Murmansk-BN is a unique Russian long-range communications jamming system specially designed to take out NATO and United States high-frequency military satellite communications. The powerful EW system is aimed at disrupting radio communications at a maximum range of more than 5,000 kilometers (3,106 […]
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/202009181080495289-at-least-14-people-injured-in-nicaragua-capital-as-result-of-powerful-tornado-/ MANAGUA (Sputnik) – At least 14 people sustained slight injuries as a result of a powerful tornado in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, Secretary-General of the city administration Fidel Moreno said. “We have 72 houses … damaged and five more fully destroyed, as well as received reports about at least 14 people with slight injuries”, Moreno said on late Thursday. The tornado hit four quarters of the Nicaraguan capital of Managua in the early hours and caused some damage there. The list of the damaged buildings includes a hospital. The natural phenomenon, which began […]
…from SouthFront.org Late on September 15 and early on September 16, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a large-scale strike on weapon depots and training camps of Turkish-backed terrorists in the Syrian province of Idlib. According to pro-government sources, over 30 Russian strikes hit the areas of Sheikh Bahr, Shaykh Dawud and Ma’arat Misreen. This operation became the most recent in a series of strikes on terrorist infrastructure in the region. The Russian Defense Ministry is not commenting on the situation, but the reaction of Turkish propaganda and al-Qaeda terrorists demonstrate that the impact of the strikes is much […]
Netflix has addressed a wave of condemnation directed at its new release ‘Cuties,’ defending the film as a “powerful” social commentary while hitting back at irate critics who say the movie sexualizes young girls. Released on the platform internationally earlier this week, the movie immediately stoked controversy, sending #CancelNetflix into the trends on Twitter as thousands denounced the film for wildly inappropriate depictions of children. After days of silence, Netflix attempted to speak to the criticism on Thursday, urging detractors to give the film a chance. “Cuties is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children,” the company said in […]
Typhoon Haishen is poised to make landfall in southwestern Japan Sunday, bringing with it heavy rains and lashing winds. Forecasters predict it will then head toward the Korean peninsula. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Typhoon Haishen is poised to make landfall in southwestern Japan Sunday, bringing with it heavy rains and lashing winds. Forecasters predict it will then head toward the Korean peninsula. AP A powerful typhoon is making its way toward southwestern Japan, forcing authorities to urge caution and prepare for powerful winds and heavy rainfall. Japan’s meteorological agency said Typhoon Haishen had sustained winds of up 112 miles […]
Mysterious rock-melting forces buried much deeper below the Earth’s crust than previously believed are the impetus for earthquakes along a notorious segment of the San Andreas fault in California, according to new research. Experts in earthquake physics took a bottom-up approach to figuring out the cause of tremors along the infamous continental fault that runs through the Golden State. Along a particularly troublesome section of the fault they found that excitations buried much deeper than where quakes are typically monitored were the cause of major instabilities that provoke earthquakes. “Most of California seismicity originates from the first 10 miles of the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/01/1080332733_0:194:3072:1922_1200x675_80_0_0_ac79859576d706fb273dc17d3fa926c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009011080332763-4-injured-in-japan-as-powerful-typhoon-hits-okinawa-over-240-flights-cancelled—reports/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – At least four people were wounded in Japan as Typhoon Maysak hit the country’s southern Okinawa region, media reported. More than 240 flights to and from the Okinawa region were canceled because of the typhoon, which has caused power shutdowns in at least 30,000 households, NHK broadcaster said. Typhoon Maysak is now traveling north-west with maximum sustained winds of 45 metres per second (100 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 65 metres per second (145 miles per hour). The typhoon is expected to weaken slightly on Wednesday, as it […]
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has said she was “devastated” over this week’s shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, asking for “bullhorns” and votes to spur change while staying mum on violence that has engulfed the city. She made no mention of the violent protests that have torn Kenosha apart and left parts of the city in ruins. Obama lamented Friday on Twitter that American children are seeing systemic racism every day. “Sometimes they see it on the news, sometimes they see it from the White House Rose Garden, and sometimes they see it from the back seat of a car,” she said, […]
A Night of Heroes: THIS WAS SO POWERFUL! White House Spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany took the stage at the RNC 2020 tonight to hell her very powerful story of personal heartache. Advertisement – story continues below Kayleigh spoke about her mastectomy and and her family’s struggles with breast cancer. Kayleigh decided at a young age to have a double mastectomy after finding out her odds for breast cancer were very high. On Wednesday Kayleigh told America about her heartache and how President Trump was there for her during this difficult time in her life. TRENDING: INSANE VIDEO: 17-Year-Old Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse Identified […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107546/97/1075469732_0:107:2047:1258_1200x675_80_0_0_1118fc8c87db5da2d854e7c2e2202380.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202008241080267632-powerful-magnitude-60-earthquake-rattles-costa-rica/ The European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported on Monday afternoon that a 5.3-magnitude earthquake had struck the Central American country of Costa Rica. According to the EMSC, the quake’s epicenter lay 70 kilometers southwest of the capital of San Jose, below the country’s Pacific coast at a depth of 30 kilometers. It was initially reported as a magnitude 6.0 quake, but later revised downward in strength. According to testimonies on the EMSC website, the quake was felt as far away as Boquette, Panama, 262 kilometers east of the epicenter. One witness in Colón, just outside […]
As two major storms are forecast to bring inches of rainfall and dangerous storm surges to the US Gulf Coast, thousands of residents have started making preparations ahead of what many weather experts are referring to as a “one-two punch” from Mother Nature. According to the US National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) most recent updates, the twin hurricane threat to the US South was downgraded somewhat early on Monday, as Hurricane Marco weakened back to a tropical storm. However, the same cannot be said for Tropical Storm Laura, which is expected to make landfall late Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane. In […]
The most powerful convention speech on Tuesday was delivered by a man who can’t speak—a person crippled with a debilitating, deadly disease who has chosen to devote the last years of his life to political activism. Ady Barkan is, for many, a now-familiar face. Stricken with ALS, he turned his life mission into advocating for universal health care. Wheelchair bound, he came up to the halls of Congress to lobby against legislation that would undo the Affordable Care Act. Increasingly unable to use his vocal chords, he famously confronted then Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on an airplane to demand that he […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080056491_0:24:3000:1711_1200x675_80_0_0_0a896ffab56894eb5613cc253c1cc413.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080056453-watch-moment-powerful-explosion-rips-through-lebanese-capital-beirut/ A Sputnik correspondent said that the explosion was so powerful that it shook buildings. The blast was preceded by a small pop and minutes later, smoke started rising above buildings. There are no reports of casualties or damages. Smoke is rising over Lebanon’s capital Beirut after an explosion ripped through the city, a Sputnik correspondent has said. Footage shows a red cloud of smoke rising above buildings seconds before a powerful blast occurs. Windows were knocked out in buildings located several kilometres away from the epicentre of the explosion. Source link
The investigation by the Public Accountability Initiative, a nonprofit corporate and government accountability research institute, and its research database project LittleSis, details how police foundations in cities such as Seattle, Chicago, Washington, New Orleans and Salt Lake City are partially funded by household names such as Chevron, Shell and Wells Fargo. Source link
For the second time in two years, a democratic socialist upstart from the Bronx has knocked a powerful Democratic congressman from office. In the Tuesday primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District, progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman defeated Rep. Eliot Engel, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, according to the Associated Press. The win, which took nearly one month to tally, all but ensures Bowman’s place in Congress next year. “From the very beginning, we anchored our campaign in the fight for racial justice,” Bowman said in a statement on Wednesday. “We spoke truth—about the police, about systemic racism, about […]
Once completed, the first of the new ‘Leader’-class of icebreakers will succeed the LK-60Ya, another Russian-made design, as the largest and most powerful icebreaking vessel in the world. The Zvezda Shipyard in Russia’s Far East has begun construction of the Rossiya (‘Russia’) Leader-class nuclear powered icebreaker, Rosatom subsidiary Rosatomflot has confirmed. “The first cutting of metal for the construction of Project 10510 Leader’s heavy-duty nuclear icebreaker took place on July 6 at the [Zvezda] shipyard in the town of Bolshoi Kamen, Primorsky Territory,” the company said in a statement. The contract with Zvezda was signed in April, with plans to commission […]
A 2 July blast at the Iranian Natanz nuclear power plant significantly damaged the above-ground part of the building. Against this background, reports emerged, citing unnamed Iranian officials, suggesting that Israel was behind behind the incident. Israel is responsible for the explosion at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site, by means of a “powerful bomb”, The New York Times reported, citing an unnamed source described as a Middle East intelligence official. According to the Nytimes.com source, the incident is not connected with other explosions that took place in Iran earlier, in particular a blast near Tehran’s Parchin military complex, which some reports have suggested is […]
In his high-profile Independence Day speech, President Donald Trump warned against the dangers posed by BLM protesters, frequently dubbed “left-wing fascists”, in light of the recent destruction on the country’s streets and the way many of the demonstrators approach US history. Many couldn’t hold back their reactions to President Trump’s emotional 4 July address at Mount Rushmore as he famously charged that the ongoing racial justice protests threaten the very foundations of American society. Piers Morgan, the outspoken host of the TV show “Good Morning Britain”, was no exception when he posted a comment to a tweet by fellow journalist Toby […]
If the sky is the limit, as the saying goes, a striking performance this weekend will harness those lofty ambitions quite literally. “In Plain Sight” is a complex and politically-charged nationwide choreography that involves skytyping powerful phrases, selected by 80 artists and activists, across the United States. With a sense of irony and provocation, the performance is timed with Independence Day weekend on July 3rd and 4th. These dictums and calls-to-action will pointedly hover above American venues loaded with a poisonous history or deeply problematic present: immigrant detention centers, sites of former internment camps, borders, and incarceration facilities. Three fleets of […]
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of lower Manhattan on Sunday for the Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality, a rallying cry against police violence that combined the spirit of Pride with the ongoing calls of the Black Lives Matter movement. Late afternoon reports on social media showed disturbing moments of confrontation after a largely peaceful march, with the police pushing through crowds of protesters and appearing to detain multiple people. An NYPD spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Beast that two people were arrested in the act of graffiting a police vehicle, and that pepper spray was […]
Scheer Intelligence: The Powerful Past, Present And Future Of Black Lives Matter By Robert Scheer, Scheer Post. June 19, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: The Powerful Past, Present And Future Of Black Lives Matter2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/melina-abdullah2-scaled-e1592602943312.jpg200px200px Above image: Melina Abdullah, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Illustration by Mr. Fish. Interview with Melina Abdullah. As BLM protests sweep the globe, the movement’s co-founder talks about its roots and her hopes for the coming years. Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013 after the murder of Trayvon Martin highlighted the dangers Black children, women and men face daily because of the color of […]
Scientists have long been engaged in a debate on what factors impact the growth of mountains – a process quite fascinating for science, albeit lengthy, and often taking billions of years. A new study claims to have revealed the main driving force behind the growth of mountains, which regulates how big they become. According to the research published in Nature on 11 June, “megathrust shear force controls mountain height at convergent plate margins”, and tectonic forces underneath mountains determine to what dimensions they grow. Thus, for mountains located near tectonic plate collision zones, maximum mountain height is chiefly decided by an […]
Thousands of theater professionals assembled this week for #BwayforBLM, a three-part online forum that was raw, emotionally charged, and bracingly frank about the systemic problems plaguing the medium’s white-dominated spaces and institutions. The forum took place amid a global uprising over the death of Black Americans at the hands of police, and a reckoning with anti-Black racism across a growing number of industries—including media, retail, and tech. The event closed out a week that also saw the circulation of an open letter, “We See You, White American Theater,” decrying racist structures and practices across the profession nationally, signed by more than […]
John Boyega delivered a powerful message to protesters in London on Wednesday. The Star Wars actor’s passionate speech left him in tears at times as he called for countries nationwide to fight for black people’s lives and dignity. “Black lives have always mattered,” he said. “We have always been important. We have always meant something. We have always succeeded regardless. And now is the time. I ain’t waiting.” “Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this,” Boyega added. “But fuck that.” Boyega’s emotion is palpable throughout his speech, which comes as many celebrities have joined protests […]
Iran – Powerful And Determined By Andre Vltchek, Journal-Neo. May 15, 2020 Iran – Powerful And Determined2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ira96345.jpg200px200px Above photo: I refuse to describe Iran as a victim. It is not. It is one of the most influential and strong-minded nations on Earth. When facing mortal danger, its people unite, harden themselves and get ready to face invaders, no matter how threatening they might be. Iran is home to one of the oldest and deepest cultures in the world, and it’s precisely this culture that helps Iranian people to survive the most frightening moments. And one such moment is sadly, right now. […]
Text and Photos: Andre Vltchek for VT I refuse to describe Iran as a victim. It is not. It is one of the most influential and strong-minded nations on Earth. When facing mortal danger, its people unite, harden themselves and get ready to face invaders, no matter how threatening they might be. Iran is home to one of the oldest and deepest cultures in the world, and it’s precisely this culture that helps Iranian people to survive the most frightening moments. And one such moment is sadly, right now. * U.S. battleships are sailing right next to the Iranian territorial […]