Above Photo: Garet Munger. Seattle, Washington – Approximately 75 spirited protesters celebrated the 57th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare here on Friday, July 29, with a picket line and rally outside the Columbia Center chanting, “Whose Medicare? Our Medicare!” and “Medicare is not for profit! Keep your corporate hands off it!” The Columbia Center is where the Northwest Regional Director of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Ingrid Ulrey, has offices, along with other staff of HHS, including the Division Director of the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). The protesters demanded that President Joe Biden and Congress terminate […]
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A small group of dedicated activists today rallied in front of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) headquarters calling for the commission not to issue a second extension certificate to the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) a $5.5 billion 303-mile-long interstate natural gas project. The 42-inch diameter pipeline is facing opposition from numerable groups with issues related to global warming, the route’s effect on endangered species, construction issues including continual erosion problems along its length along with complaints from landowners whose property the massive pipeline project is crossing. The commission is meeting today to consider granting the second extension request to […]
Above Photo: Junior doctors’ protest in London. via Guy Smallman. And demand a pay rise. Over the last two decades, the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has been substantially weakened due to underfunding and understaffing. A good share of its staff, including young doctors, are now on the verge of leaving the NHS due to overwork and lack of decent wages. NOTE: This is one of the benefits of having a public healthcare system – health professionals have a system to hold accountable for the specifics of the system, such as what they are paid. In the United States, […]
Above photo: Sri Lanka protest over economic conditions. Ranil Wickremesinghe, 73, prior to taking office on July 20, declared a state of emergency across the South Asian state. Sri Lanka, an island-nation of 22 million people, has been the center of political and economic turmoil since the United National Party government defaulted on $51 billion in foreign debt during May. For months the country has experienced severe shortages of fuel, food and other commodities amid an inflationary spiral. Motorists have lined up for blocks to get fuel and cooking oil. A failed agricultural fertilizer policy has been cited as the cause […]
Above photo: People prepare for arrivals of leaders at Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich to attend the G7 summit. Michaela Rehle/Reuters. The agenda of the summit in Munich includes Russia’s war on Ukraine, climate change, energy and a looming food security crisis. About 4,000 protesters gathered in Munich as the Group of Seven (G7) leading economic powers prepared to hold their annual gathering in Germany’s Bavarian Alps. Organisers said they hoped to mobilise up to 20,000 protesters in the Bavarian city and were disappointed by the initial low turnout at Munich’s Theresienwiese park, German news agency dpa reported. Uwe Hiksch, one of […]
Above Photo: Large Crowds Protesting Against Exclusion At The Summit Of The Americas (People’s Summit / @MidiaNINJA) Crowds Gathered In Front Of The Los Angeles Convention Center On Friday To Protest The Exclusion Of Cuba, Venezuela And Nicaragua From The IX Summit Of The Americas Being Held In This City. Los Angeles, California – “We are here today in front of the Convention Center protesting against the Summit of the Americas and particularly the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. It is not really the Summit of the Americas if a large part of that continent and the peoples of Latin […]
Above Photo: The People’s Summit held a press conference on May 31, featuring speakers from Union de Vecinos, the ANSWER Coalition, International People’s Assembly and more. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has refused to grant a permit for a march on the 9th annual Summit of the Americas, denying the organizers and supporters of the People’s Summit their democratic right to protest, organizers announced in a press statement. The People’s Summit organizers applied for a permit as early as February 25 for their march on June 10. They say that the LAPD has stalled for months and claimed that the Secret […]
Above Photo: The protest outside Enfield Power Station on Saturday. Environmental campaigners staged a protest outside Enfield Power Station against what they claim is an “attack on democracy” by the site’s owners. Global Justice Now activists marched to the energy plant in Brimsdown as part of a national day of action against fossil fuel companies driving up climate costs. Enfield Power Station is owned by German company Uniper, which is currently taking legal action again the Dutch government over its decision to phase out coal burning by 2030. Uniper opened a coal plant in the Netherlands in 2015 and is demanding compensation for […]
Above Photo: Crosses bearing the names of Tuesday’s shooting victims are placed outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Jae C. Hong / AP Photo. Police story of response to Uvalde massacre falls apart. “It’s Not The Shooter, Mental Health Or The Gun That Is The Problem. The Problem Is Society Itself.” In response to Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left at least 17 people injured, 19 elementary students and two teachers dead, students and teachers across the United States walked out of school Thursday to protest gun violence. Several walkouts occurred […]
Keene, New Hampshire – Community organizers in Keene, New Hampshire, pitched tents in Central Square Park outside of Keene City Hall for an overnight protest on the evening of May 21 to draw attention to an impending eviction of a homeless encampment behind the local Aldi and Kohls. Earlier in May the encampment was served an eviction for May 23. The eviction notice was delivered by city police, accompanied by new “no trespassing” signs tacked to trees in the camps. The residents are being evicted by property owner Wilder Co. only two months after an eviction behind the local Hannaford supermarket forced many […]
Above Photo: Throughout His Three-Day Visit To South Korea, US President Joe Biden Was Met With Protests From Civic And Student Activists Calling For Peace On The Korean Peninsula. @UsBurning / Twitter. The Protests Were Held In Front Of The Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel, Near The Presidential Office, Where Biden Stayed During His State Visit. Amid heavy security, hundreds of South Koreans gathered in front of a hotel where U.S. President Joe Biden was staying in Seoul to protest against the president’s visit. People crowded in front of the Grand Hyatt Seoul hotel, near the presidential office, in the Yongsan district […]
Chicago, Illinois – Hundreds of protesters took part in a rally yesterday at Wells & South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in protest of the recent Israeli raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The protest in Chicago came in the aftermath of a series of raids since April 15 in which the Israeli Police used brutal force against Muslim worshipers praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem in an attempt to empty the holy site to make way for Israeli radicals to celebrate Passover there. The protesters waved flags of Palestine and banners that called on the […]
Above Photo: Members of the orthodox Jewish anti-Zionist Neturei Karta join other protesters to call for freedom for Palestine on April 22, 2022 in London, England. Martin Pope / Getty Images. A large number of people on Friday staged a mass protest in front of the Israeli Embassy in London, condemning the continuous Israeli aggression on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. The protesters also called for an immediate end to Israeli occupation forces and settler attacks on Palestinian residents of the holy city and worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian Forum in Britain, the Muslim League in Britain and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign […]
Above Photo: Pakistanis rally in support of ex-PM Imran Khan, after he lost a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament, in Karachi, Pakistan April 10, 2022. (Reuters). Huge Rallies Held In Cities Across The South Asian Country In Favor Of Ex-Premier And Against “Foreign Interference”, A Day After Khan’s Removal In A Parliamentary No-Trust Vote. Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied across Pakistan while protests also took place in several countries in support of Imran Khan who was ousted in a parliamentary no-trust vote as prime minister even as the political opposition in South Asian country prepared to […]
Above Photo: People attend a rally to urge the Biden administration to cancel all federal student loan debt in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2022. Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images. ‘Pick Up The Pen, Joe.’ “If Biden restarts payments on May Day we know that nearly eight million people will be pushed into default,” said one Debt Collective organizer. “We don’t need to pause this crisis, we need to end it.” Washington, D.C. – Hundreds of people converged in Washington, D.C. on Monday for a national day of action to demand that the Biden administration cancel all outstanding federal student loan debt […]
Above Photo: Dock workers mobilize in the Genoa port. (USB). Working class formations in Italy have mobilized on numerous occasions to block the transit of arms through Italian ports and airstrips and protest the complicity of the Italian government in imperialist wars. On March 31, dock workers of the Italian port of Genoa observed a 24-hour strike protesting the usage of the port for the transit of arms which are likely to be used in deadly imperialist wars going across the world. The call of the strike was given by USB Italia trade union. Activists from various left, anti-war groups including Potere al Popolo participated […]
Tunisians Protest Authoritarian Moves By President Kais Saied March 24, 2022 Tunisians Protest Authoritarian Moves By President Kais Saied2022-03-242022-03-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220324-1.jpg200px200px Above Photo: TAP / Twitter. Demands have been raised for the president to resign and the government to immediately hold legislative and presidential elections in the country. This past weekend, protests calling for the resignation of President Kais Saied were organized in Tunisia’s capital Tunis. Protesters also rejected the online consultation poll started by the current interim government in January to invite public suggestions and amendments after the president announced the holding of a referendum in July to replace the current constitution with […]
Breaking: Activists Scale Roof Of Raytheon Facility To Protest Wars By RAM INC, Popular Resistance. March 21, 2022 Breaking: Activists Scale Roof Of Raytheon Facility To Protest Wars2022-03-212022-03-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/ram-inc-e1647876168256.jpg200px200px Above photo: From @resist_abolish on Twitter. BREAKING: Five people are on the roof of the Raytheon facility in Cambridge, MA. Raytheon’s parking garage has also been blockaded. We are here demanding that Raytheon stop profiting from war, genocide, and colonial violence. #FreePalestine #YemenCantWait #EndAllWars pic.twitter.com/eE0i0Ti2qV — RAM INC (@resist_abolish) March 21, 2022 Right now a group of activists with Resist and Abolish the Military Industrial Complex (RAM INC) are taking over the roof […]
‘We Got Your Back’: Student Protest In Solidarity With Teachers’ Strike By Tatiana Cozzarelli, Left Voice. March 17, 2022 ‘We Got Your Back’: Student Protest In Solidarity With Teachers’ Strike2022-03-172022-03-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220317-4.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Luigi Morris. Students organized a march and sit in in solidarity with Minneapolis educators. We ain’t shy.We ain’t timid.We are angry.We are livid.— Student chant Dozens of Minneapolis public school students organized a march and a sit-in to stand in solidarity with public school educators who entered their second week on strike. The students gathered at North High School and many held homemade signs, as well as some of […]
500 Students Walk Out Of Florida School In Protest Against “Don’t Say Gay” Bill By Chris Walker, Truthout. March 16, 2022 500 Students Walk Out Of Florida School In Protest Against “Don’t Say Gay” Bill2022-03-162022-03-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220316.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Marc Bruxelle / EyeEm / Getty Images. On Monday, hundreds of students staged a walkout at a high school in Orange County, Florida, demonstrating against a bill that would limit discussion of LGBTQ issues in schools throughout the state. More than 500 students participated in a protest at Winter Park High School, organized to oppose legislation — colloquially known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — that was being […]
Above Photo: Atlanta has plans to tear down acres of forest for a $90 million police militarization training facility, dubbed by locals as “cop city”. Pexels. In September 2021, the Atlanta City Council voted to approve the new police training facility for the Atlanta Police Department. The Atlanta Police Foundations, who are largely sponsoring the $90 million dollar project, have referred to the planned facility as a new “Public Safety Training Center.” Activists in the Atlanta area have dubbed it “Cop City” and have been protesting for months to stop the project. On Saturday (February 12), the small area of the Intrenchment Creek […]
Above Photo: The People’s Assembly Against Austerity has organized a national day of action to demand the government take immediate measures to address the cost of living crisis. Morning Star The rise in energy prices, cuts in wages and pensions, along with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has made the working class households across the UK reel under a devastating cost of living crisis. Broad sectors of the working class in the UK will take to the streets in cities across the country on February 12 against the rise in the cost of living. The protests are organized under the banner of […]
Teen activists from schools across the Twin Cities walked out of class Tuesday. Hundreds of Twin Cities-area students walked out of class Tuesday to protest the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke, a Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police serving a no-knock warrant at a downtown apartment. Locke was not the subject of the warrant. The demonstration, organized by the student organization MN Teen Activists, began at St. Paul Central High School at noon. Students from across the Twin Cities gathered for the rally and march, including pupils from Lakeville, Hopkins, St. Louis Park and Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis. The […]
Boycott Israeli Wines! On Saturday, 5 February, activists in Vancouver gathered outside the downtown BC Liquor Store for a picket and literature distribution calling for the publicly owned stores to stop selling Israeli wines, many of which are produced in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian lands of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Despite repeated calls to provincial officials noting that the sale of these wines means that BC Liquor Stores are directly implicated in war crimes, they have continued to take no action and market these apartheid wines. The Canada Palestine Association has led the campaign for years to remove […]
Above Photo: QNN. The detainees began their collective boycott of the military courts on January 1. They are also boycotting appeal hearings in higher courts. Around 500 Palestinians currently incarcerated in Israel under the illegal policy of administrative detention have been boycotting Israeli military courts to protest their detention since January 1. The detainees have since refused to appear for court hearings and sessions regarding the approval or renewal of their administrative detention orders. They are also boycotting appeal hearings, including those in higher courts. According to Palestinian prisoners’ rights groups, among those participating in the boycott are three minors and […]
Above Photo: Magnolia State Live. School Bus Drivers In The Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi Went On Strike Friday Morning And Won. Bus drivers in the Jefferson Davis County went on strike Friday morning after the school board approved paying $25 an hour to emergency drivers as an incentive to help with driver shortage. The item was approved 4-1 at a recent board meeting. “I have zero problem with having anyone that is willing to drive our busses,” said District 2 School Board Member Bobby Wilson. “I do have a problem with $25 an hour. I would like to know why we […]
Above Photo: Amber Ortega outside the federal courthouse in Tucson on Wednesday afternoon. Paul Ingram / Tucsonsentinel.com. Federal Judge Reverses Course On Amber Ortega’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act Defense. Amber Ortega, a Southern Arizona border activist facing two federal charges for protesting the construction of the border wall near Quitobaquito Springs, was found not guilty by a federal judge on Wednesday. Following a short motions hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman ruled that the federal government had imposed a “substantial burden” on Ortega’s exercise of her religious faith by closing access to the border road that runs just south of Quitobaquito Springs […]
Above Photo: People set up a barricades and burn tires as part of a civil disobedience campaign in Khartoum, Sudan (AP Photo). Anti-coup resistance committees and political parties call for two days of civil disobedience in Sudan over killings by the security forces. Protesters have erected barricades across roads in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and some shops and offices were shut as a two-day general strike and civil disobedience campaign began in response to demonstrators’ deaths. Neighborhood resistance committees and political parties called the strike starting on Tuesday after seven people were killed in Khartoum on Monday in one of the deadliest days […]
Above Photo: Nurses protest during a rally on Thursday, January 13, 2022., at the Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, US. Photo by The Philadelphia Inquirer. ‘We’re Overwhelmed.’ Amid a steep surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant, thousands of nurses on Thursday staged nationwide protests against staff shortage in hospitals and nursing homes across the US. The protests were held under the banner of National Nurses United (NNU), a labor union with more than 175,000 members nationwide, which called on the hospital industry to “invest in safe staffing.” Hospitals in the US, the worst-hit country in the world, have […]
Above Photo: Doctors protest in front of Omdurman hospital in Sudan. Mohammed Amin / MEE. Sudanese doctors call for an end to attacks on hospitals, staff, ambulances, and patients by security forces. Khartoum – Hundreds of Sudanese doctors and medics marched in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan on Sunday to protest against violence by security forces against the medical staff, healthcare facilities, and patients. Slogans against the military and its October coup were raised and a petition was handed to the United Nations representative in Sudan, calling on the international community to document the violations against the Sudanese people. The doctors’ march […]
Above Photo: Christine Pontecorvo. The Better Path Coalition reported on January 6 two local residents Christine “PK” DiGiulio, Analytical Chemist from Downingtown, Upper Uwchlan Township, and Connor Young, Registered Nurse from Lionville, Uwchlan Township, locked their bodies and halted construction on the Energy Transfer Partners/Sunoco Mariner East Pipelines. This pipeline project is slated to take natural gas liquids out of the US to overseas markets. Before reaching the Marcus Hook shipping port, the line traverses 350 miles of personal and public property, 1,227 stream crossings, 570 wetland crossings, and 11 pond crossings; 337 of these crossings disturb what DEP refers to […]
An Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest has blocked the front entrance to the Home Office building in Glasgow. The activists locked themselves to each other and to the property’s gates from about 7am on Monday. The protesters, from XR Scotland and XR Glasgow, are calling on the UK government “to end its hostile environment policy towards migrants”. They said the demonstration has been organized in response to home secretary Priti Patel’s Nationality and Borders Bill passing through the House Of Commons. Extinction Rebellion Scotland & @Ggow_COP has blocked @ukhomeoffice in Glasgow to demand the UK Government & @pritipatel end their hostile environment […]
Above Photo: Home care workers and community members protest outside the United Jewish Council home care agency on December 16, 2021. Monica Cruz. Workers rallied to demand unpaid wages from the United Jewish Council home care agency and an end to the 24-hour workday. Workers employed with the United Jewish Council (UJC) home care agency rallied to end the 24-hour work day and demand their stolen wages on the morning of December 16. While home care workers in New York are being forced to work 24-hour shifts for poverty wages, 11 hours worth of that pay is stolen by their employers. […]
Above photo: Screenshare. Wall St. and Insurance Companies are stealing Medicare–End Direct Contracting. Louisville, KY – On Saturday, December 11 at 11:00 a.m. EST, Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care and others will gather outside the headquarters of Humana, 500 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 where they will demand an end to Medicare Direct Contracting, a program that could fully privatize Traditional fee-for-service Medicare without a vote by Congress. The protest with feature Steven Katz in full costume as the Grinch with the reading and performance of “How the Grinch Stole Medicare,” an original poem from National Single Payer. Jill Harmer and […]
Despite Nov 1st court postponement for venezuelan diplomat alex saab, miami supporters show up & clamor for his release Members of the Bolivarian Circle in Miami and Trokia Kollective chant “free Alex Saab” outside Miami’s Clyde Atkins Courthouse on Monday, Nov 1st – the day originally scheduled for Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab’s arraignment. Despite the disappointing delay of his arraignment to November 15th, his supporters are energized as they stand witness outside Ambassador Saab’s prison, the Miami Federal Detention Center (FDC). They are resolute in their commitment to Diplomat Saab for breaking through the crippling illegal U.S. unilateral economic sanctions imposed on the people of […]
Above Photo: Leon Kunstenaar / Pro Bono Photo Many groups in march and rally for Medicare for All in San Francisco The coffin they carried was fake, but the “68000” painted on it, the number of deaths suffered in the U.S. this year because of lack of health care, is all too real. In a Day of the Dead protest, protesters gathered in a slight drizzle at San Francisco’s Alta Plaza Park and marched to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s house, a few blocks away. The signs they carried declared health care to be a human right and demanded Medicare for All. One, […]
Demand Their Immediate Release. On Wednesday, October 20, Palestinians staged a protest at the al-Manara square in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank in solidarity with six prisoners who are on hunger strike against their illegal administrative detention in Israeli jails, reported Al Jazeera. Several Palestinian civil society groups and prisoner rights groups participated in the protest, along with the families of those who are on hunger strike. They called for immediate and unconditional release of the six prisoners and expressed fear about their health. The six prisoners are Kayed Fasfous, on hunger strike for the last 100 days, Miqdad al-Qawasmi (92 […]
Above Photo: “Stop the fracking pipelines” sign on the Interior door. (Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today) Speakers said President Joe Biden was not following through on his promises to act on climate change. Washington – Indigenous groups and other environmental activists marched to the Capitol Friday as they continued a weeklong protest demanding that Congress and the Biden administration stop new fossil fuel projects and act with greater urgency on climate change. Nearly 80 people were arrested on the fifth day of the “People vs. Fossil Fuels” protest. That brings the total arrested during the week to more than 600, organizers […]
Above Photo: Hospital staffers and union organizers waved signs and banners in protest over staffing shortages at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Roseville on Oct. 14, 2021. Fred Greaves for CalMatters. Labor advocates are calling it “Striketober.” As weary health care workers across California enter the 19th month of the pandemic, thousands are walking off the job and onto the picket line, demanding more staffing. The strikes and rallies threaten to cripple hospital operations that have been inundated by the COVID-19 Delta surge as well as patients seeking long-delayed care. More than two dozen hospitals across the state — including some Kaiser […]
Above Photo: Indigenous groups and their allies march to the White House. Demands President Biden Declare A Climate Emergency And Stop Approving Fossil Fuel Projects. “Joe Biden, you have been making false promises. You stopped Keystone XL — what about DAPL, Line 5, MVP?” said Joye Braun of Indigenous Environmental Network, who was arrested at today’s action. “This is indigenous land. Indigenous Peoples will be here for 1000s of years. Biden, can you hear us now?” The demonstrations marked the first day of “People vs. Fossil Fuels,” a week of demonstrations and civil disobedience organized by Build Back Fossil Free, a coalition of […]
Above Photo: The protesters have targeted Farnborough Airport in Hampshire (Extinction Rebellion/PA) Extinction Rebellion activists claim to have blocked all major entrances to a private airport in protest against emissions from private jets. As part of the protest, a stretched limousine has been parked at the gates to Farnborough Airport in Hampshire. ‘Stop Private Flights Now’ The protesters, including a former airline pilot, are raising awareness of the emissions caused by private flights. An Extinction Rebellion spokesperson said: As world leaders gather for the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow this month, protesters are calling on the world’s super-rich elite of celebrities, […]
Above Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP via Getty Images. A photo-journalist and activist who was at the Met Gala told Left Voice about the brutal police attack on protesters and gives a perspective on AOC’s participation in the event. The Met Gala, a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute that is also a gathering of celebrities, politicians, and the wealthy and well connected took place on September 13. The bourgeois press coverage focused on the celebrity spectacle, nearly ignoring the horrific police attack on abolitionist activists protesting outside the event, many of whom were arrested. Left Voice spoke with […]
Above Photo: School buses at Dewar Elementary School, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia (Wikimedia Commons) On September 3, 54 school bus drivers in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System SCCSS) in Georgia began a rolling sickout and staged a protest at the school district offices over pay structure and lack of adequate protections from COVID-19. The sickouts forced the school board to scramble for drivers to transport students. The school relies on about 218 drivers to ferry more than 18,700 students to and from school; the 54 drivers who are protesting represent about 22 percent of the district’s drivers. A school district […]
NOTE: To learn more about the tools described in this article, visit the free Popular Resistance School. Protest. Petition. Call your senators. Nothing changes, right? No matter how large our demonstrations get, no matter how many millions of people write and petition politicians, no matter how many people get arrested in front of the White House or at our state capitols, it seems that our (supposedly) elected officials keep turning a blind eye and deaf ear to our cries for change. In fact, there’s even a study out that shows that in 20 years on 2,000 different bills, we, the People, got our […]
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 […]
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 […]