International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon By Loren Grush, The Verge. November 27, 2020 International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon2020-11-272020-11-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mamzon.png200px200px Above photo: The “Make Amazon Pay” logo projected onto Amazon’s campus in Hyderabad, India. Make Amazon Pay campaign. Demonstrations are planned in five continents. An international group of climate activists and Amazon warehouse workers have launched an online campaign called “Make Amazon Pay,” calling on the tech giant to provide better working conditions for its employees and to reduce its expanding carbon footprint. The protests come just as the New York Times reports that the Seattle-based company has been on a hiring […]
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Guatemala’s Congress Burns Amid Mass Protest November 22, 2020 Guatemala’s Congress Burns Amid Mass Protest2020-11-222020-11-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/guatemala-e1606055920157.png200px200px Above photo: Fire at Guatemala’s Congress in the capital as protests are held in the main square. November 21, 2020. Twitter / @Sandra_Cuffe. The Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office of the Central American nation called on the police forces to avoid repression. Guatemalans have taken to the streets for a national protest in rejection of President Alejandro Giammattei, and to demand that he veto the controversial general budget for 2021, approved by lawmakers on November 18. A fire broke out at the Congress in the capital city, though the main […]
Protest Marks One Month Anniversary Of Lekki Massacre In Nigeria By the Pan-African Community Action, Popular Resistance. November 21, 2020 Protest Marks One Month Anniversary Of Lekki Massacre In Nigeria2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/img-20201120-wa00061-e1605997940968.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Pan-African Community Action. NOTE: Listen to the recent Clearing the FOG interview with Abiodun Aremu, secretary of the Joint Action Front in Nigeria, about the recent protests and the conditions that exist in Nigeria. – MF Washington, DC – The End SAR Solidarity Network is mobilized DC area based activists to protest in front of the Embassy of Nigeria to demand justice for peaceful protestors in Nigeria who […]
Court Protest Aims At Boston Covid Housing Crisis October 30, 2020 Court Protest Aims At Boston Covid Housing Crisis2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/ur-e1604067465299.png200px200px Boston, MA – Thousands of families in eastern Massachusetts face renewed risk of eviction. Governor Charlie Baker opted on October 17 to cease emergency measures to protect shelter that have been in effect throughout most of 2020, triggering a huge surge in “notices to quit” from landlords. A rally downtown outside the Eastern Housing Court near Haymarket on a rainy Thursday morning called for an alternative program at the state legislature, among other policies that have been proposed including a rent freeze. Unicorn Riot covered […]
Above photo: Empty plates on Stuart Anderson’s office in Chapel Ash. England – Around 20 plates with messages on were attached to the windows of Stuart Anderson’s office along with a poster which said: “Your MP voted no to feeding poor kids”. The plates were removed within hours of being put up but the word “scum” was then sprayed onto the office window. Mr Anderson said he and his family have also received death threats and said he had reported the intimidation and vandalism to the police. The Wolverhampton South West MP was one of 322 MPs who last week voted against a […]
At first glance, the small group assembled outside Pornhub’s L.A. office might have looked like employees. They surrounded the building in black T-shirts with white script, framed by the adult site’s signature orange box. Instead of the standard logo, however, the tees read “Traffickinghub.” The sparse and socially distant protest, which happens every week, had been organized by the West Coast arm of Knock Out Abuse, the domestic violence nonprofit whose annual gala, once called a “designer bachelorette party” by the Washington Post, attracts a roster of D.C. insiders and corporate executives—including Hillary Clinton, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, and Wolf Blitzer. The […]
Shipt Workers Organize Targeted Protest Over Pay Model By Chris Mills Rodrigo, The Hill. October 16, 2020 Shipt Workers Organize Targeted Protest Over Pay Model2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/shipt.png200px200px Above photo: Getty images. Shipt workers, frustrated with the delivery company’s shift to a new, less transparent pay model, are set to strike this weekend before staging protests at both Shipt and Target’s corporate headquarters on Monday. With the pay model now instituted in every market, organizers hope this direct action will send a clear signal to Shipt and Target, which acquired the delivery company in 2017, that workers are unsatisfied by what they say is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/10/1080793008_0:144:3072:1872_1200x675_80_0_0_56c4075bb3580894add3c05f173366a1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010161080793162-another-protest-day-in-bangkok-ends-after-clashes-between-demonstrators-police—photos-video/ BANGKOK (Sputnik) – Leaders of the protest movement in Thailand announced an end of a rally on Friday soon after the police, equipped with riot gear, used chemical-laced water cannons against the demonstrators, according to a live broadcast on Facebook. The live stream is broadcasted by protesters. The police have made several attempts to disperse people who gathered in the Pathum Wan intersection and also used tear gas against the demonstrators. The protest leaders then urged the crowd to leave the intersection and announced the end of the protest near Chulalongkorn University. Nevertheless, a […]
Trump’s Executive Order 13950 Will Set Healthcare Back Decades The AMA, American Hospital Association, and American Nurses Association called on Trump and his administration to rescind Executive Order 13950 which blocks ‘race and sex stereotyping. This order would reverse decades of progress in fighting racial inequality as it would prohibit federal agencies from the conduction of and funding for trainings that promote racial reconciliation. Yet another ‘what is he thinking?’ act…Carol Full Letter to White House to Rescind Executive Order 13950 Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered […]
Jewish activist Heshy Tischler has been arrested and charged with inciting a riot and “unlawful imprisonment,” his charges stemming from a Jewish Orthdox protest against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus policy. “Harold “Heshy” Tischler has been charged with inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an assault of a journalist,” The New York City Police Department reported on Sunday. Harold “Heshy” Tischler has been charged with inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an assault of a journalist. — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 12, 2020 A video of Tischler’s arrest late on Sunday shows several officers […]
The Trump-loving political gadfly who led ugly protests against new COVID-19 restrictions in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood was arrested by the NYPD on Sunday night. Harold “Heshy” Tischler was will be charged with inciting a riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with a mob’s attack on a journalist covering the demonstrations last week, police said. Tischler, an inflammatory figure who uses social media to spread his anti-lockdown message, had boasted that he would walk into the 66th Precinct stationhouse and surrender on Monday. But on Sunday night, the NYPD Warrant Squad showed up at his home to haul him in. “You […]
Demonstrations across Portland, Oregon have continued through the year, beginning with the death of George Floyd and other African American men at the hands of United States law enforcement. The protests have emerged in opposition to what they claim is inherent racism within the police force. Anti-racism protests in Portland came to a swift end when law enforcement cracked down and arrested attendees outside the Police Bureau’s North Precinct. Around 40 protesters stood on the North Precinct Building’s driveway just after 10 pm on Saturday in what was the 123rd night of demonstrations. They were ordered to move onto the sidewalk […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0a/1080732135_0:0:3071:1727_1200x675_80_0_0_88ec77a6ded7673da73a08ffc442f797.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010101080732204-people-protest-in-berlin-against-coronavirus-measures—video/ Germany saw a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases earlier this week, which prompted the authorities to announce new restrictions on Tuesday. Watch a live broadcast from Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, where people have been rallying against the COVID-19 measures recently re-introduced by the government. Originally, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a series of measures in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus infection, which she said were necessary in order “to win time in the fight against the virus.” The measures have been gradually eased nation-wide. However, in the past few weeks, the number […]
Portland: DA Declines To Prosecute 70% Of Portland Protest Cases By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, Oregon Live. October 9, 2020 Portland: DA Declines To Prosecute 70% Of Portland Protest Cases2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/da-e1602242521920.jpg200px200px Above photo: Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt speaks to media on August 11, 2020. Schmidt announced that his office will not prosecute many protesters who have been arrested during recent Portland demonstrations. Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian. Portland police have referred almost 1,000 protest-related cases to the Multnomah District Attorney’s Office since late May and prosecutors have declined to file charges in nearly 70 percent of them, according to an online tracking dashboard unveiled Wednesday. […]
Protest Over Arrest Of Pregnant Woman Enters Seventh Day By Justine Coleman, The Hill. October 9, 2020 Protest Over Arrest Of Pregnant Woman Enters Seventh Day2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/kc-e1602242971445.jpg200px200px Above photo: Charlie Reidel. A protest in front of City Hall in Kansas City over the arrest of a pregnant Black woman entered its seventh day on Thursday. Demonstrators have camped out in front of City Hall after videos circulated showing a white Kansas City police officer kneeling on the back of a Black pregnant woman during her arrest last week. The protesters are demanding Police Chief Richard Smith resign and want the officer involved to […]
Mask Burning Over Cuomo’s Crackdown on Size of Religious Gatherings Protesters burn masks in Brooklyn coronavirus hotspot over Cuomo’s crackdown on religious gatherings https://t.co/ShlUQTEgCo — CBS News (@CBSNews) October 7, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Cuomo ordered return to lockdown in nine New York City neighborhoods due to localized spikes in COVID-19 cases. Yes, lockdowns in only the neighborhoods which had increases in COVID-19 cases. An additional 12 zones were placed under slightly less restrictions. The lockdown does not mean you are locked into your house and can never leave. Restaurants will still have carry out food, only nonessential businesses will be […]
During the police suppression of post-election protest in Belarus, the authorities in Minsk bought surveillance drones with almost $900,000 of EU money. And it happened as Brussels publicly condemned the Lukashenko government. The funds to purchase the 15 drones was provided through a Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus cross-border cooperation program – part of the EU’s European Neighborhood Instrument, the mission of which is to promote human rights, development, and European Market integration in nearby countries. According to the country’s State Forensic Examination Committee, the drones will be used in Minsk, Vitebsk, and Grodno to help “in the inspection of man-made and natural disasters, and […]
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Protest At Mitch McConnell’s House Over Supreme Court Vacancy By Mark Moore, New York Post. September 23, 2020 Protest At Mitch McConnell’s House Over Supreme Court Vacancy2020-09-232020-09-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/mcconnell-e1600879750723.jpg200px200px Above photo: A protester stands outside McConnell’s home holding a sign. AP. NOTE: No matter who is elected in November, we can expect the next Supreme Court nominee to be a corporatist. It’s important to remember that the best way we can influence Supreme Court decisions is to build public opinion for what we want to see and be willing to mobilize around it. Public opinion does have an influence on what the courts do. – […]
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On Tuesday night, Avengers star Mark Ruffalo joined a socially distant version of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. After exchanging some light pleasantries, the two got down to business, discussing the shooting of Jacob Blake—by a police officer, seven times in the back; the ongoing protests and riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin; and Trump’s divisive rhetoric in the wake of it all. You see, the Oscar-nominated actor is perhaps the most famous living person from Kenosha—since Orson Welles is no longer with us—and as such, the unrest in the city hit close to home, literally. “These protests have been predominately peaceful. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0d/1080448249_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_cb4eaec2638afd31a37c7dbe4fa4b2e0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009131080448282-protest-underway-in-israels-ben-gurion-airport-ahead-of-netanyahus-departure-to-us/ TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Protesters have gathered at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to depart to the United States for the signing ceremony of landmark peace deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday. Earlier in the day, Netanyahu announced a new three-week nationwide lockdown beginning this coming Friday due to resurgence of coronavirus cases. “Netanyahu is indicted in several cases, but he chooses to lock down the country for three weeks — which is madness — and […]
September 19: A Nationwide Day Of Protest By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. September 11, 2020 September 19: A Nationwide Day Of Protest2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/glen_845x400.jpeg200px200px And dialogue on community control of police. Community control puts us on the path to both defunding and abolishing the police – so why are many Black Lives Matter chapters withholding support? The Black masses want justice, security and democracy (also known as “self-determination”) to be part of the equation.” Despite the unprecedented wave of “Justice for George Floyd” protests that put more than 20 million people in the streets in every region of the nation in June, […]
Chaos erupted in Rochester, New York, following the posting of footage showing police violently arresting a man who later died in the hospital. The incident saw the entire management staff of the police force resign after they were linked to the killing. Over a dozen semi-naked protesters wearing “spit hoods” sat in protest at the entrance to Rochester’s City Hall on Thursday, following the death of Daniel Prude in police custody. Protesters sat in front of the City Hall entrance on Church Street, with mesh coverings, known as “spit hoods,” over their heads, in reference to the way Prude was arrested and later died on […]
Greenpeace activists have parked a fire truck outside the entrance to the Elysee Palace in Paris, accusing French President Emmanuel Macron of contributing to the fires now ravaging the Amazon rainforest. A huge banner was placed on the truck’s extended ladder, reading: “Amazon Rain Forest On Fire. Macron Still Complicit.” Around 15 eco-activists took part in the protest outside the presidential residence and some of them ended up being detained by the police, according to Greenpeace. The group accuses Macron of being partly responsible for the wildfires, which intensified in the Amazon in the first week of September, and not doing […]
Around 24 hours after she was apparently abducted, in broad daylight, on the streets of Minsk, confusion reigned about the exact whereabouts and status of Belarusian protest leader Maria Kolesnikova, on Tuesday morning. Belarusian border guards say she was detained at the Belarus-Ukraine border, on Tuesday morning, but two of her associates, Anton Rodnenkov and Ivan Kravtsov, crossed into Ukraine. Earlier, it had been reported that all three opposition activists had left Belarusian soil. Officials claimed that after passing the control, Kolesnikova was “pushed” out of the car, but she did not need medical assistance. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev reported […]
Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova attends a rally in Minsk on Sunday to protest the disputed results of the August 9 presidential election. tut.by/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption tut.by/AFP via Getty Images Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova attends a rally in Minsk on Sunday to protest the disputed results of the August 9 presidential election. tut.by/AFP via Getty Images Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was abducted by masked men and hauled away in a van Monday morning while walking in the capital Minsk, according to local media reports citing eyewitnesses. Kolesnikova’s phone has gone unresponsive. Her family has […]
Three young people clasping arms, their faces covered with black bandanas. A police officer with his badge taped over, gripping a baton like a baseball bat. A middle-aged woman holding a sign that asks, How Many More Must Die? These aren’t scenes from the ongoing wave of Black Lives Matter protests. They’re from Washington, D.C., New York City, and Rutland, Vermont, in 2001, 2003, and 2006, respectively. They are just three images from Our Voices, Our Streets: American Protests 2001-2011, a recent book of photos by Kevin Bubriski. As the title suggests, Our Voices, Our Streets captures politics in public as […]
As nearby volunteers in reflective vests and medical-grade face masks swept broken glass and righted overturned trash cans in Wilmington, Delaware, earlier this summer, former Vice President Joe Biden promised to heal the pain of civil unrest sparked by racist violence. “We are a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to consume us,” Biden vowed, one day after a night of protests and scattered vandalism in Wilmington, in reaction to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis. It was Biden’s first major public appearance since the coronavirus pandemic sidelined his campaign for the […]
A dramatic scene unfolded at a protest in Portland on Saturday when a demonstrator tossed at least three firebombs towards the police. One of the Molotov cocktails set a fellow protester on fire. Footage of the incident shared by Portland police shows a tense confrontation between officers and a group of BLM activists. After the first makeshift firebomb hit the ground somewhere between the two parties, police declared a riot. Fire bombs were thrown at officers, injuring at least one community member. Police are trying to restore peace and order for the safety of this neighborhood. https://t.co/V3UOCR6Bc4 — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080372717_0:90:3148:1860_1200x675_80_0_0_579a518db0ee240461f26247607d8a2e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009051080372755-people-protest-in-front-of-netanyahus-residence-in-jerusalem—video/ Last week, the protests held against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resulted in seven people being detained and one law enforcement officer being injured. People gather on Saturday outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem to hold another round of anti-government demonstrations. Last Saturday, thousands of protesters flooded Jerusalem to demand Netanyahu’s resignation. Protests against the prime minister began earlier this year and have grown over the past two months amid corruption allegations against Netanyahu and what people regard as the government’s poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Follow Sputnik’s Live Feed to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080374378_0:87:2049:1239_1200x675_80_0_0_7701e33643e28634c526fa30c464b061.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009051080374278-hundreds-of-people-protest-against-covid-19-lockdown-mask-wearing-in-edinburgh—photos/ Protests against mandatory mask-wearing previously hit London, Paris, and Berlin as European countries re-introduce pandemic restrictions due to a new spike of coronavirus in the region. Hundreds of anti-maskers have gathered in Edinburgh and are expected to march to the Scottish parliament in order to protests against mandatory face-covering rules and other coronavirus-related restrictions. The event, organised by a group, known as “Saving Scotland”, is meant to fight “for the freedom to choose”, according to its official Facebook page. “Time to stand up together, and listen to real scientific evidence in regards to the […]
Portland Protest Killing Suspect Acted In Self Defense, Murdered During Arrest September 4, 2020 Portland Protest Killing Suspect Acted In Self Defense, Murdered During Arrest2020-09-042020-09-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/michael-reinoehl.jpg200px200px Above photo: Michael Reinoehl talks to freelance journalist Donovan Farley about the shooting incident in Portland. Vice News. NOTE: This should be a warning to all leftists. The right wing shooter in Kenosha was allowed to walk freely past police after murdering two people and injuring another and had his extradition to Wisconsin delayed to get his legal affairs in order after turning himself in. The leftist, Michael Reinoehl, who says he shot a member of a […]
Portland Protest Killing Suspect Acted In Self Defense, Died During Arrest September 4, 2020 Portland Protest Killing Suspect Acted In Self Defense, Died During Arrest2020-09-042020-09-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/michael-reinoehl.jpg200px200px Above photo: Michael Reinoehl talks to freelance journalist Donovan Farley about the shooting incident in Portland. Vice News. NOTE: This should be a warning to all leftists. The right wing shooter in Kenosha was allowed to walk freely past police after murdering two people and injuring another and had his extradition to Wisconsin delayed to get his legal affairs in order after turning himself in. The leftist, Michael Reinoehl, who says he shot a member of a […]
A memorandum issued on Wednesday by the White House directed a review of federal funding allocated to certain cities that “allow themselves to deteriorate into lawless zones” and “permit anarchy, violence, and destruction.” In addition to the legal questions raised by the order, one expert claims it’s also filled with disinformation. Cities explicitly deemed “anarchist jurisdictions” by the White House included: New York City, New York; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and the US capital of Washington, DC. Eugene Puryear, host at BreakThrough News and author of “Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” joined Radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits on Thursday […]
The Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday released bodycam footage of an officer fatally shooting 18-year-old Deon Kay seconds after arriving at the scene in Washington, D.C. Officers say the Black teen “brandished a firearm” during the Wednesday encounter, prompting one cop to shoot him in the chest. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, spurring immediate protests across the nation’s capital that continued into Thursday outside the mayor’s home. Officials revealed Thursday the officer who shot Kay is Alexander Alvarez, who joined the MPD in 2018. The body-camera footage, which was released less than 24 hours after the incident, […]
Thousands took to the streets of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia on Wednesday to demand the resignation of longtime Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. The rally was marred by clashes between demonstrators and police. The protest outside the parliament building started peacefully, with people carrying Bulgarian flags and chanting, “resign” and “mafia,” referring to the PM’s alleged ties to the country’s influential oligarchs. But after dark, some tried to break through to the parliament, which was heavily guarded by officers in full riot gear. Demonstrators threw firecrackers and other objects, including eggs, apples, and garbage, at the cops. They also shook police cars […]
HONG KONG—Students, teachers, parents, and others are staging protests in Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in northern China, by surrounding police stations and gathering outside schools. Thousands are congregating in rare displays of open defiance of governmental orders. These demonstrations were sparked by the Chinese government’s directive issued in the summer to broaden the footprint of Mandarin Chinese in state-compiled textbooks and classroom instruction within the region, displacing the Mongolian language in academic environments and daily usage. From Sept. 1 onward, the authorities will shift public elementary and middle schools’ language of instruction to Chinese, specifically for three courses—language and literature, […]
President Donald Trump jumped to the defense Monday of the Midwestern teenager who has been charged with the murder of two protesters following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “We’re looking at all of it,” Trump said during a press conference Monday when asked by a reporter if he would “condemn the actions of vigilantes like Kyle Rittenhouse.” “That was an interesting situation,” Trump said. “You saw the same tape as I saw and he was trying to get away from them, I guess, looks like. And he fell and then they very violently attacked him and it […]
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, even urgent, messaging for Biden, who sought to cast the president as an unjust and dangerous leader who spews falsehoods in an effort to gain a political advantage. “This president long ago forfeited any moral […]
Responding to MSNBC’s Joy Reid blasting his pro-Trump event as a ‘danger’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, activist Brandon Straka silenced her by calling out hypocrisy on BLM coverage, and a refusal to cover a recent attack on him. “So they’re just gonna go back to their screaming rallies like there is no Covid, just because their Dear Leader needs the ego boost,” Reid tweeted on Saturday, in reaction to video from a rally held by Straka in Chicago in support of President Donald Trump. The video shows people, some wearing masks and some not, holding pro-Trump signs and chanting, “walk away,” […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1d/1080315900_0:0:2839:1597_1200x675_80_0_0_dd2ec6cf8e04ebcd9fc601d3c16f48ec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008291080315950-berlin-police-arrest-over-100-people-during-protest-against-covid-19-restrictions/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – At least 100 people were arrested on Saturday during a rally against the coronavirus-related restrictions in Berlin, and most of them were detained during a clash between protesters and law enforcement officers near the Russian embassy, a spokeswoman for the police said. “We do yet have an exact number of arrests made today, but I can say that a large number of people were detained in the area of the Russian embassy because of attacks on the police. This is a three-digit number,” the spokeswoman said, adding that there have been […]
This wasn’t supposed to happen!Black Lives Matter were having a perfectly fine protest against cops in Florida on Friday when several members of the local motorcycle club interrupted their march by revving their engines as they drove through the protest. Of course, the cop-hating BLM activists complained to the police and demanded they be arrested on noise charges.They hate cops until they need cops. Advertisement – story continues below To make matters worse the bikers started chanting “USA! USA!…” BLM left the area, but the motorcycles caught up with them and made them get out of the road. Punked twice #Murica […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008291080315376-anti-islam-protest-in-oslo-ends-with-tearing-of-koran-and-brawls-with-police—photos/ The development comes as violent riots broke out in another Scandinavian country, Sweden, following the burning of Koran during a demonstration organized by an anti-Islam group in the city of Malmo. Law enforcement there brace for another night of riots and asked Swedish authorities for reinforcement. One person was reportedly injured and 20 people arrested following a protest in the Norwegian capital Oslo, which was organized by a group called “Stop Islamization of Norway” or SIAN. Tensions escalated after a demonstrator started tearing pages from Koran, the book composed of sacred writings, […]
German motorcyclists demonstrate Sunday in Lower Saxony, Hanover, against proposals to restrict their rides. Peter Steffen/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Peter Steffen/picture alliance via Getty Images German motorcyclists demonstrate Sunday in Lower Saxony, Hanover, against proposals to restrict their rides. Peter Steffen/picture alliance via Getty Images Noise in Germany keeps a strict schedule. Every night after 10 p.m. and on Sundays, Germans are required by a medley of federal, state and local laws to keep schtum. That means no spin cycles, no vacuuming, no power tools and no mowing the lawn. As the world went into lockdown […]
The city of Portland has witnessed nightly protests for the last three months, with violent attacks on police, court buildings, and federal government facilities, beginning after the death of Black man George Floyd while in police custody on 25 May. Demonstrators in Portland, Oregon have broken into the lobby of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s apartment building and staged a sit-in protest, according to photos and videos posted on Twitter. The videos show activists entering the building and promptly re-arranging furniture in the entryway for a sit-in despite objections from private security guards at the complex. According to the protesters, they are demanding that the […]
The Victims Of The Kenosha Protest Shooting By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Huff Post. August 28, 2020 The Victims Of The Kenosha Protest Shooting2020-08-282020-08-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/kenosha-e1598632619113.jpg200px200px Above photo: People gather to protest Wednesday, Aug. 256 2020 in Kenosha. Anger over the Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police spilled into the streets for a fourth night. AP Photo/Morry Gash. Two men killed at a protest for Jacob Blake were a father and a skater who tried to disarm the shooter. A third injured man was a volunteer medic. Friends and family remembered two men shot dead while attending protests Tuesday night for […]
Protesters Gather In ‘Noise Protest’ Trump’s RNC Speech August 28, 2020 Protesters Gather In ‘Noise Protest’ Trump’s RNC Speech2020-08-282020-08-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/protesters-outside-of-white-house-during-president-trumps-speech-at-rnc.-by-ap-e1598644394994.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters outside of White House during President Trump’s speech at RNC. By Carolyn Kaster for AP. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered around the White House on Thursday night for a “noise demonstration and dance party” in an attempt to drown out President Donald Trump’s speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination. “I hope you hear us, Trump,” the leader of the popular local band TOB shouted. The band blared Go-Go music, a distinctive D.C. variant on funk, as it moved in the direction […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1b/1080296195_0:308:3072:2036_1200x675_80_0_0_9073a48b7f67f7bcb8a0fbb5b2e80970.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008281080296261-kenosha-expects-another-day-of-protest-over-police-shooting-of-jacob-blake—video/ The Wisconsin city of Kenosha saw violent protests after a video emerged online showing a white police officer shooting a black man named Jacob Blake seven times in the back. Though surviving the shooting, Blake is now said be paralyzed from the waist down. Another round of protests is expected to take place in the city of Kenosha over the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man shot by a white police officer on Sunday. The white Kenosha cop, now identified as Rusten Sheskey, shot at Blake seven times and hit him four times, […]
The National Hockey League (NHL) has followed the NBA’s lead and put games on hold until at least Saturday, saying that the move was meant to honor the victims of police shootings, such as Jacob Blake and George Floyd. “After much discussion, NHL Players believe that the best course of action would be to take a step back and not play tonight’s and tomorrow’s games as scheduled,” The NHL said in a joint statement with the franchise’s players association, the NHLPA. The league said that the four games affected by the move would be played starting Saturday. The playing schedule, disrupted […]
Actor Terry Crews found a humorous way to needle NBA players for refusing to play games to protest this week’s police shooting of a black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, saying they should instead boycott a famous strip club. “Boycott Magic City,” Crews said Thursday on Twitter. The host of “America’s Got Talent,” who’s also black and a former National Football League player, used the hashtag #blacklovematters. The comment elicited strong backlash on Twitter, where Black Lives Matter supporters suggested that Crews was being “anti-black” and distracting from the importance of police brutality. Some used racial epithets to attack Crews, calling him […]
On Saturday morning, protesters showed up to the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles, carrying signs. To passing drivers, the scene looked pretty typical. There have been protests in Los Angeles nearly every day since the civil uprising in June over police brutality, and the signs’ language resembled slogans popularized by the Black Lives Matter movement. One woman scrawled “CARE NOW” on her cardboard. Another sign read: “DEFUND HOLLYWOOD.” Among the crowd was a 28-year-old resident of Phoenix, Arizona, named Tara Nicole, one of the event’s organizers. She passed out water bottles, fliers, and signs labeled “Freedom […]
Milwaukee Bucks Boycott Playoff Game To Protest Shooting By Marty Johnson, The Hill. August 27, 2020 Milwaukee Bucks Boycott Playoff Game To Protest Shooting2020-08-272020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/mystics-e1598497360324.jpg200px200px Above photo: Women’s basketball team, the Mystics, wore shirts that spelled out Jacob Blake’s name and that had seven black spots on the back to symbolize where he was shot seven times. Twitter. The Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their playoff game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday afternoon to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., on Sunday. The game was scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. EDT, but minutes before tipoff, the Bucks still had not taken the court. “Some […]
27 Aug, 2020 01:32 Follow RT on The former top-ranked women’s tennis player, Naomi Osaka, has said she is withdrawing from the Western & Southern Open ahead of the semifinals to trigger discussion about the “genocide of Black people at the hands of police.” Osaka has announced her decision to not play in the semi-final match on Thursday, where she was scheduled to meet Elise Mertens of Belgium, in a post on Twitter. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Follow RT on Source link
After the NBA suspended all playoff games on Wednesday night following a protest walkout by the Milwaukee Bucks over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Charles Barkley shared his uncensored reaction on CNN. The former basketball star and current co-host of TNT’s Inside the NBA said the Bucks “deserve a lot of credit” for their “courageous” act of refusing to play, but his biggest question is what comes next. “What is their next game plan?” he asked. “They canceled the games for today. I think that puts tremendous pressure on the players not to play tomorrow also. So are they boycotting […]
NBA players kneel during National Anthem First the NBA, now the MLB. The Milwaukee Brewers decided to opt out of playing Wednesday night against the Cincinnati Reds after the Milwaukee Bucks opted to boycott game 5 of their NBA playoff series against the Orlando Magic. The Bucks players made this decision in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting in Wisconsin, ultimately deciding that they wouldn’t leave the locker room for the start of Game 5 against Orlando. https://t.co/COJ6E0aJLj — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 26, 2020 TRENDING: INSANE VIDEO: 17-Year-Old Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse Identified as Kenosha Shooter — Was Jumped on […]
The Russian doctors who treated Alexei Navalny last week have issued an open letter in response to criticism of their efforts to save his life. They are offended by some commentary, which they believe is politically motivated. The Siberian medics say they did their best in a pressurising situation and that media coverage suggesting otherwise is “unacceptable” and part of what they term a “political diagnosis.” Aside from the staff at the Omsk emergency hospital where Navalny was taken after falling ill on a flight to Moscow, other leading Russian health figures have also signed the letter. They include the chairman […]
As Kenosha, Wisconsin, braces for a third night of protests against the shooting of Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old’s family on Tuesday decried racial injustice while calling for peace and the “healing of our country.” “My son has been fighting for his life, and we just really need prayers. As I was riding through here, through the city, I noticed a lot of damage. That doesn’t reflect my son or my family,” Julia Jackson, Blake’s mother, said in a Tuesday press conference. “If Jacob knew what was going on, as far as that goes, the violence & destruction, he would be very […]
After an evening of unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Wisconsin authorities vowed that “justice will be served” as the city of Kenosha imposed a curfew and the governor called in the National Guard. A video of the shooting that was recorded by a bystander appears to show a Kenosha police officer shooting the Black 29-year-old several times at point-blank range as he tried to get into a van with his children. Immediately after the video was posted on social media, protesters took to the streets in outrage, with some setting fires and vandalizing parts of the city. “Justice […]
Fires are being started and a police officer has been knocked unconscious in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following an officer-involved shooting. The rioters were also reportedly jumping on police vehicles and slashing their tires. Police officer knocked out and fires being started in #kenosha live stream here https://t.co/m3sS8RpdUT pic.twitter.com/TOoZsI0EzP — cacti (@SCCacti) August 24, 2020 TRENDING: Police Make Second Arrest in Attack on 7-Year-Old Trump Supporter Outside of DNC Convention Crowds becoming hostile in #kenosha live stream here https://t.co/m3sS8RpdUT pic.twitter.com/2YPN6N8G8P — cacti (@SCCacti) August 24, 2020 #BREAKING: Someone just threw some type of incendiary weapon that set multiple fires at scene @KenoshaPolice officer-involved […]
In the early 2010s, a famous white male writer, Colum McCann, cofounded a group calling for “radical empathy” and made a lot of money talking about this group on the speaker circuit. This was around the same time that many news outlets reported on a now-debunked scientific study that claimed literary fiction produces empathy—and the attendant opinion pieces making the case (for white audiences) that empathy was the cure for racism. Literary fiction, claimed Scientific American in 2013, “prompts the reader to imagine the characters’ introspective dialogues… undermining prejudices and stereotypes. They support and teach us values about social behavior, such […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/16/1080250147_0:3:3072:1731_1200x675_80_0_0_022704cdaec87760e7e872aada7cc94c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008221080250177-officer-wounded-during-protest-march-in-jerusalem-7-people-detained-police-say/ TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Seven protesters were detained during an anti-government march in Jerusalem; one law enforcement officer was injured, according to Israeli police. Israeli police said in a statement that one police officer was injured when a stone was thrown at him. Seven protesters were arrested. Police called for peaceful demonstrations. On Saturday night, hundreds of protesters marched from Chords Bridge in Jerusalem to the official residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Protest marches were banned by Israeli police after clashes between anti-government demonstrators and counter-protesters last month. The Times of Israel […]
Belarus’ Armed Forces have been put on full combat alert by the decision of President Alexander Lukashenko, the press service of Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported on Saturday. For the fir time, the country puts its military on high alert since the Cold War era. President Lukashenko had earlier instructed his defense minister, Viktor Khrenin, to place Belarus’s military in a state of high alert. Lukashenko, facing mass protests, deployed the military to the country’s borders with the European Union and ordered major military exercises as concerns about “unspecified” security threats. He also has called on the defense ministry’s […]
The jet carrying well-known Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny has landed in Berlin, according to FlightRadar data. Navalny was airlifted for treatment in Germany after suddenly falling ill during a trip in Siberia. Navalny, who remains in a medically-induced coma, was evacuated to Germany from the Siberian city of Omsk on Saturday morning. Local doctors treating the activist initially refused to allow his transfer, arguing that his condition was not stable enough. However, after consultations with German specialists, they later approved the flight. Jaka Bizilj, the head of the Cinema for Peace Foundation, which arranged for Navalny’s flight, told Bild that […]
Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny, who remains in an artificially induced coma, has been transferred from a Siberian hospital to be airlifted for treatment in Germany, on his family’s request. Despite the seriousness of Navalny’s condition, doctors in the Siberian city of Omsk deemed him stable enough for transfer. Still in a medically induced coma, he was delivered to Omsk airport in an ambulance shortly after 6am local time, and was expected to be flown out to Germany later on Saturday morning. An aircraft ambulance, dispatched by a German NGO, was waiting for the activist at the local airport since Friday […]
The team treating Alexey Navalny has managed to stabilize his condition, a lead medic has said. Dr Anatoly Kalinichenko said Russia’s best-known anti-corruption activist was in intensive care and getting the necessary treatment. The doctor also said there are no plans to transfer Navalny to Moscow. His supporters have requested that be moved to Germany or France so he can be admitted to a specialist clinic. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “if the Kremlin or the Russian Health Ministry received a request for Navalny’s transfer to a foreign hospital, it would be considered promptly.” “So far, we […]
Alexey Navalny, a long-time protest leader, has fallen ill while flying from Siberia to Moscow. He is said to be unconscious in intensive care, where he was admitted after the plane made an emergency landing. Navalny was on his way from the Siberian city of Tomsk back to Moscow when he suddenly felt unwell mid-flight, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote in a series of tweets on Thursday. “His plane has been urgently landed in Omsk. He has toxic poisoning,” she told her Twitter audience. Yarmysh believes Navalny, who showed no symptoms prior to the flight, “has been poisoned with something mixed […]
The Supreme Court Dropped The Ball On The Right To Protest By Kia Rahnam, Politico. August 19, 2020 The Supreme Court Dropped The Ball On The Right To Protest2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/militarized-police-attacking-protesters.-by-noah-berger-ap-e1597809491595.jpg200px200px Above photo: Militarized police attacking protesters. By Noah Berger AP. Over the years, courts have carefully updated our speech protections while mostly ignoring the freedom of assembly. Now they may have a chance to change that. In recent months, US cities have seen widespread protests denouncing police brutality against unarmed Black people. Local and national law enforcement agencies, responding to crowds of unprecedented size and scale, relied on methods that were equally unprecedented. In […]
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/russia/202008191080217831-moscow-voices-protest-over-detention-of-russian-deputy-trade-representative-in-norway/ Earlier on Wednesday, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had moved to expel a Russian diplomat from the country in connection with the espionage scandal. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Moscow had expressed protest over the detentiojn of a Russian deputy trade representative in Norway. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
A group of far-left morons showed up to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s DC home on Saturday to protest against casting their votes in person at a voting booth. Liberal logic: Protesting shoulder-to-shoulder is safe, but voting in-person where proper social distancing measures can be taken is dangerous. Leftist agitators staged a “noise demonstration” Saturday outside of Louis DeJoy’s home, honked horns and beat on drums and pots and pans amid fake news allegations of limiting mail-in voting for the general election. WATCH: TRENDING: Multiple People Arrested For Not Wearing Masks in OC Grocery Store – Store Manager Locked Them in and […]
School Bus Drivers Lead Protest To Safely Reopen Los Angeles Schools August 16, 2020 School Bus Drivers Lead Protest To Safely Reopen Los Angeles Schools2020-08-162020-08-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/schoolbuses-e1597620057599.jpg200px200px Above photo: School bus drivers take part in caravan to demand proper funding for schools to support distant learning and a safe return to classes, in Los Angeles. School bus drivers from the second largest school district in the United States led a noisy protest caravan through downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, demanding federal and state funding to help reopen schools safely amid the coronavirus pandemic. The drivers from the Los Angeles Unified Schools District (LAUSD) were […]
Palestinians have held protest rallies across the West Bank and Gaza, decrying the recent deal to normalize the ties between Israel and the UAE as a betrayal of their cause and a blow to “Arab solidarity.” Protesters carried Palestinian flags and stomped on photos of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, before setting them on fire in central Ramallah in the West Bank. They also burned photos of US President Donald Trump, who brokered the deal, and Palestinian politician Mohammed Dahlan, who currently resides in the UAE. Similar demonstrations occurred across the […]
Belarus is deploying paratroopers and Special Operations Forces to Grodno, close to the border with Poland and Lithuania. Charging that Europian countries were responsible for escalations of the dangerous situation in the border regions, President Alexander Lukashenko ordered to send paratroopers from Vitebsk to Grodno, the state news agency Belta reported. “What’s happening in these territories [in the west], we cant calmly watch this. Our military is also worried about this problem. Therefore, I will ask additionally, since the tense situation on the western border, to transfer the airborne brigade from Vitebsk to Grodno,” Lukashenko told Belarus’ television on 15 August. […]
Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus leader who claims to have won a disputed presidential election, said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin had promised him to help securing safety of Belarus if needed, the state news agency Belta reported. “As far as military matters are concerned, we have an agreement with Russia within the framework of the Union State and the CSTO [Collective Security Treaty Organization]. . . that covers these incidents,” Mr Lukashenko said on Saturday after speaking to Putin, according to state news agency Belta. The phone call came after Lukashenko said he needed to contact Moscow over growing protests against his rule. – […]
Far-right militia, pro-Confederacy groups and anti-fascist counter-protestors faced off on Saturday in tense scenes at Stone Mountain, Georgia, home of the largest monument to the Confederacy. To prepare for the confrontation, park officials closed off entry to the giant rock carving of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson. The city suspended bus services and urged residents to avoid the city center entirely “out of an abundance of caution.” Nevertheless, a small number of armed protesters from all sides descended on the city from 9 a.m. local time. Videos on social media showed far-right protestors attacking anti-facism protesters with pepper […]
Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Bill Making Some Acts Of Protest Felonies By Nick Visser, Huffington Post. August 14, 2020 Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Bill Making Some Acts Of Protest Felonies2020-08-142020-08-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/protest-at-the-state-capitol-in-nashville-on-june-4-over-the-death-of-george-floyd-by-mark-humphrey-associated-press-e1597421303735.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Protest at the state Capitol in Nashville on June 4, 2020 over the death of George Floyd by Mark Humphrey, Associated Press. The Tennessee legislature passed a sweeping proposal on Wednesday that would increase penalties against some protesters who have camped outside the statehouse in Nashville for months demanding racial justice and an end to police brutality. State lawmakers in the majority-white Tennessee General Assembly passed the measure in a nearly party-line […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080130046_0:42:3079:1773_1200x675_80_0_0_3fa0db5851d423b1a729f4ad4f040b65.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008111080130025-demonstrators-take-to-streets-of-portland-to-protest-against-police-brutality/ US President Donald Trump on Monday said the National Guard is prepared to act promptly to safeguard the city of Portland and has accused both the mayor and the governor of putting people’s lives at risk. People take to the streets of Portland for another round of protests against police brutality and racial discrimination hours after US President Donald Trump reiterated that the National Guard was ready “to act immediately” to get the situation under control. Protests against police brutality and racism erupted across the US after the death of African American man George […]
Moscow prosecutors have approved an indictment against anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. He is accused of slandering a WWII veteran who spoke in favor of constitutional amendments, which were then passed in a public vote. The former Moscow mayoral candidate, today a leader in the city’s protest movement, called 94-year-old Ignat Artemenko a “traitor” for supporting the amendments to the constitution. These comments “inflicted moral harm” on the former soldier, according to Lyudmila Nefedova, spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office in Moscow. On June 2, Navalny reposted a video that showed a number of Russians encouraging a vote in favor of the package […]
Belarus troops were spotted heading into the capital Minsk, in military trucks around today. The trucks, armoured and tactical vehicles were spotted and recorded on video on the streets ahead of the presidential election. Also, Radio Free Europe correspondents reported that at the entrances to Minsk, were spotted armored vehicles and police which stop and check cars. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “At these checkpoints, there is at least one police car, and the rest are special forces,” said journalist, Franak Viačorka, on its Twitter account. “Belarusian military riding in Chinese “Dongfeng Mengshi” humvee clone. Quite symbolic.” Rendel Finger […]
Grad Students And Faculty ‘Die In’ To Protest Reopening August 8, 2020 Grad Students And Faculty ‘Die In’ To Protest Reopening2020-08-082020-08-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/georgia-e1596892948618.jpg200px200px Above photo: Getty images. The University of Georgia staff and graduate students held a silent “die-in” demonstration Friday to protest plans for the campus reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 50 demonstrators lay scattered 6 feet apart wearing face coverings on the lawn outside the school administration’s building, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Some protesters held signs resembling tombstones with phrases like “R.I.P. campus safety,” or “In loving memory.” HAPPENING NOW: @universityofga students and staff hold unique “die-in” in protest of school’s […]
The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks during a June arrest after he fell asleep in his car at a Wendy’s drive-thru is suing the mayor and interim police chief over his termination, claiming the decision violated his constitutional rights. Garrett Rolfe, 27, currently faces 11 charges—including felony murder—for shooting Brooks on June 12 as he was running away through the crowded fast-food parking lot. After shooting him twice in the back, Rolfe then kicked the 27-year-old man “while he was lying on the ground,” prosecutors allege. Rolfe was fired the following day after footage of the police […]
For nearly a month, Riot Ribs served barbecue, tacos, jalapeno poppers—whatever they had on hand—from a series of tents near the site of ongoing protests in Portland, Oregon. Then, on Tuesday, the food collective announced an abrupt closure. Someone was impersonating the group and swindling money, members said. Riot Ribs was among an emerging network of mutual aid groups aimed at distributing free food to protesters and the homeless in Portland and Seattle, where rage over the police killing of George Floyd, racism, and U.S. law-enforcement has resulted in months of marches. But Riot Ribs’ sudden dissolution—the result of a former […]
Dynamo Kiev ultras have let off flares, marched outside a match and promised to make new boss Mircea Lucescu’s working life a misery, reacting with fury to the appointment of the former manager of fierce rivals Shakhtar Donetsk. New manager Mircea Lucescu resigned just days into his reign as Dynamo boss and was then re-appointed by club president Igor Surkis after flare-wielding ultras marched outside an under-19s match, having produced an illustration of the veteran coach looking at a blue and white noose with the message: “Heads up, mister.” The outraged group behind the protests, the White Boys Club, savaged the […]
Federal officers are surrounded by smoke as they push back demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Wednesday in Portland, Ore. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Federal officers are surrounded by smoke as they push back demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Wednesday in Portland, Ore. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP At a congressional hearing this month, extremism researcher J.J. MacNab delivered a warning: “There is a potential street war brewing.” MacNab cited the dangerous mix of armed factions […]
Video: NYPD Officers Throwing Protest Leader Into Unmarked Van By Jake Offenhartz and Gwynne Hogan, Gothamist. July 29, 2020 Video: NYPD Officers Throwing Protest Leader Into Unmarked Van2020-07-292020-07-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/video-shows-nypd-officers-throwing-a-protester-into-an-unmarked-van-on-tuesday-night-courtesy-of-abolition-park-media-e1596046361782.png200px200px Above photo: Video shows plain-clothed NYPD officers throwing a protester into an unmarked van on the night of July 27, 2020. From Abolition Park Media. NYPD officers dragged a protest leader into an unmarked minivan van and doused onlookers with pepper spray during an anti-police brutality march in Manhattan on Tuesday night. The individual, who friends identified as an 18-year-old trans woman named Nicki, was grabbed from the group by plainclothes officers at 25th Street and […]
Vietnam Veteran Sprayed With Chemical Weapon In Portland Protest By Graig Graziosi, Independent. July 28, 2020 Vietnam Veteran Sprayed With Chemical Weapon In Portland Protest2020-07-282020-07-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/mikeh-e1595959592560.jpg200px200px Mike Hastie is a member of Veterans for Peace. (And a co-founder of Popular Resistance.) Federal troops were filmed pepper spraying an elderly Vietnam War veteran who was attending a protest in Portland over the weekend. The veteran, Mike Hastie, was standing several feet from a line of federal troops and shouting at them about his time in Vietnam when a troop rushed him from his side and sprayed pepper spray in his face. Mr Hastie was rebuking the troops for following […]
Russia’s foreign ministry has sent notices of protest to the Moscow embassies of the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, after the three buildings flew rainbow flags in June, recognized in some countries as LGBT Pride Month. Embassy staff of the three nations violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, as well as Russian law, according to Vasily Piskarev, who heads Russia’s commission investigating foreign interference. The commission noted that the LGBT pride flags appeared “during the voting period on amendments to the Russian Constitution, which enshrined provisions on the protection and preservation of traditional family values.” In late June, the […]
The Militarized Assault On Our Right To Protest By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. July 27, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Podcast The Militarized Assault On Our Right To Protest2020-07-272020-07-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/bortac-1-e1595857241104.jpg200px200px The Trump Administration sent federal law enforcement, including the paramilitary squad of Customs and Border Patrol, BORTAC, which has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, to the streets of Portland, OR to stop the ongoing demonstrations against racist police violence. Federal law enforcement, working with local police, is also being sent to other cities where anti-racist protests are going on. We speak with constitutional lawyer Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about the […]
On Sunday night, John Oliver kicked off the latest edition of his acclaimed late-night show Last Week Tonight by addressing the ongoing brutalizing of Black Lives Matter protesters by Trump’s federal agents in Portland, Oregon. “The protests in Portland have actually been going on daily for nearly two months now, since the killing of George Floyd,” said Oliver. “But the deployment of federal agents was a sharp escalation of questionable legality, and yet, to hear the president tell it, he had no choice and it was a terrific idea.” Yes, in a press conference with reporters, Trump announced, “We’re doing a […]
Police have confirmed that two people fired shots during an altercation in Austin on Saturday night between a motorist and a Black Lives Matter protester, during which the protester was shot and killed. As reported earlier by Cassandra Fairbanks… Police say that the man who was killed, Garrett Foster, was armed and confronted the vehicle — but was not the other person who fired shots. “Officials believe one shooter was the driver of a car and the other was in the crowd and may have opened fire on the car as it drove away,” KVUE reports. “Neither shooter was the man […]
Police have confirmed that two people fired shots during an altercation in Austin on Saturday night between a motorist and a Black Lives Matter protester, during which the protester was shot and killed. Police say that the man who was killed, Garrett Foster, was armed and confronted the vehicle — but was not the other person who fired shots. “Officials believe one shooter was the driver of a car and the other was in the crowd and may have opened fire on the car as it drove away,” KVUE reports. “Neither shooter was the man who was killed.” The Austin Police […]
Gunfire has erupted during a protest in downtown Austin, resulting in at least one life-threatening injury. A chilling video from the scene shows people screaming and running for cover. Police asked the public to avoid the area while they are investigating the incident, but shared no details. It was not immediately clear if the shooting was related to the ongoing protest, but a video from the march captured the moment shots were fired. #BREAKING: Police are on scene of a shooting that occured during a protest in Austin, TX. The area is blocked off and police are asking everyone to avoid […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/19/1079984042_0:288:3130:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_c1f059fafc18be459683fd11d0ecb28d.jpg.webp Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007261079984024-protest-continues-in-portland-following-tense-events-of-previous-night—video/ Portland has been home to one of the most intense anti-racism demonstrations following the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, with the downtown federal courthouse being the focus of continuing unrest over several weeks. Citizens gather for another night of protest in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, after federal agents used tear gas to prevent a violent minority of protesters from attacking the federal courthouse. On Friday, several dozen protesters shook the metal fence around the courthouse and hurled petards and various incendiaries over it. Earlier, they set fires in the area. US President Donald Trump […]
Federal Agents Use Tear Gas To Clear Portland Protest By Gillian Flaccus and Sarah Cline, AP News. July 25, 2020 Federal Agents Use Tear Gas To Clear Portland Protest2020-07-252020-07-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/1000-e1595684899507.jpeg200px200px Above photo: A Black Lives Matter protester uses a shield as federal officers use chemical irritants to disperse demonstrators at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Friday, July 24, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Since federal officers arrived in downtown Portland in early July, violent protests have largely been limited to a two block radius from the courthouse. AP Photo/Noah Berger. Authorities estimate there were 3,000 present at the peak of the […]
Huge crowds calling for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rallied outside his home Saturday in Jerusalem on growing discontent over the government’s Covid-19 response, high unemployment and corruption. More than 5,000 people gathered on Balfour Street, now a frequent site of anti-government demonstrations, according to Haaretz newspaper, making it the biggest of several protests this week. Demonstrators also rallied elsewhere in Israel. Protesters’ grievances focus mainly on Netanyahu’s handling of the pandemic, including a strict lockdown that caused unemployment to surge and a spike in cases after the abrupt lifting of safety measures in May. Demonstrators also are […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/19/1079984085_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_cc800927da0f9e29601d01dc2c09159b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007251079984114-three-hurt-in-accidental-shooting-at-louisville-protest—reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Three people received non-life-threatening wounds after a gun accidentally went off at a protest against racial injustice in the US city of Louisville on Saturday, media said. Hundreds of so-called NFAC demonstrators gathered downtown to demand justice after the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black American woman, the Courier-Journal reported. A rival rally was held nearby by another group called the Three Percenters. Both groups carried guns. The paper quoted Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert Schroeder as saying that all those involved in the accidental firearms discharge were […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/19/1079983383_0:0:3232:1818_1200x675_80_0_0_0f8744b405981754a6b4b62c9cf0c547.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007251079981084-protest-in-washington-against-deployment-of-federal-police—video/ On 22 July, US President Donald Trump announced that he would send a “surge of federal law enforcement” to the city in order to stop “violent crimes” and promised to keep sending them to other Democrat-run cities. Live from Washington D.C. where people have gathered to protest against US President Donald Trump’s decision to send federal law enforcement to cities in order to end ‘violent crime.’ Earlier this month, Trump deployed federal police to Portland, Oregon, where protesters clashed violently with the newly arrived security forces. He also announced the deployment of federal law enforcement […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079975861_0:366:2016:1500_1200x675_80_0_0_c2732751a7d730f72f04592f58cefbeb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007251079979659-several-hundred-people-protest-in-athens-against-turning-hagia-sophia-into-mosque/ ATHENS (Sputnik) – Several hundred people have attended a demonstration in Athens to express protest against Turkey’s decision to transform Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque. According to organizers of the rally, more than 500 people took part in the demonstration on Friday, while police reported about only some 250 participants. During the rally, its participants read a statement of Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos II, who condemned the transformation of one of the most important symbols of the Orthodox Church into a mosque. On Friday, a Muslim prayer took place […]
There have been multiple arrests in Beverly Hills on Thursday evening as a mob of protesters attempted to take the streets of ultra-liberal Beverly Hills. An armored vehicle was brought in and a chopper could be heard overhead as they attempted to block Santa Monica Blvd. There had been at least five arrests by 9 p.m. local time. Arrests are happening in Beverly Hills, CA and it’s incredibly amusing to watch. Cops have repeatedly told the people to leave and offered them a path. They’re refusing then whining about the consequences. pic.twitter.com/wxmtlzaxq2 — Brett MacDonald (@TweetBrettMac) July 24, 2020 TRENDING: UPDATE: […]