Lebanese security forces cleared away a protest camp in central Beirut on Saturday and reopened roads blocked by demonstrators since protests against the governing elite started in October, Reuters reports. The camp centred around Martyrs Square had mostly fallen dormant in recent months as the protests waned. Lebanon this week tightened measures to restrict movement as part of its effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. […]
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The chief surgeon and director at one of Haiti’s major hospitals was kidnapped on his way into work, triggering protests from the facility’s staff, who have refused to take any new patients until the doctor is freed. The surgeon, Dr. Jerry Bitar, was abducted soon after leaving his home for the Bernard Mevs hospital in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, an administrator at the facility […]
For the second time since the outbreak of coronavirus in Lebanon, the Rafic Hariri University Hospital (RHUH) in Beirut has staged protests over the non-payment of their rightful salaries, local media outlet Naharnet reported. In a statement the committee of employees and contract workers said that “employees and staff at the hospital have suffered and sacrificed since the opening of the hospital, especially during the spread […]
Over 1,000 Russian tourists remain stranded in the UAE after cancellation of four FlyDubai flights. Some of them turned to protesting after Dubai denied entry to an evacuation flight – that was already in the air. Footage from the scene, circulating on social media, shows a group of tourists carrying placards and chanting “Home, home!” at the Dubai airport. Тем временем пассажиры рейса DP888 до сих […]
A Palestinian political prisoner has set fire to his cell in Nafha Prison in protest against the Israeli authorities’ failure to protect prisoners’ health during the coronavirus crisis, Wafa news agency has reported. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society had warned earlier that matters will escalate in Ofer, Negev and Nafha Prisons where hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are “languishing” due to alleged medical negligence. The head of the […]
In spite of the current lockdown in Italy amid the coronavirus pandemic, anti-war activists protesting the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen have still managed to voice their opposition as the war enters its sixth year. Some activists raised banners from their windows in solidarity with Yemen. One Italian activist and journalist, Marinella Correggia, stated on Twitter: “In 2015, since the first days of the Saudi aggression, […]
mentions Inside this detention center, immigrants are on hunger strike because it’s the only tool they have to push for release, before it’s too late. We’re outside making as much noise as we can. We want the people inside to know they’re not alone, & we need to hear us! Source
Prominent Palestinian-Israeli news presenter Lucy Aharish was fired from Israel’s state-owned KAN 11 TV channel yesterday after taking part in a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The journalist and presenter is a well-liked figure who has appeared on a number of different channels. Two years ago, her marriage to Jewish actor Tsahi Halevi caused a backlash from right-wing anti-Palestinian Israelis. Likud Knesset Member Oren Hazan […]
Algerian protesters heeded a presidential order over the coronavirus, and the pleas of some of their own leaders, by not staging their weekly demonstration against the ruling elite on Friday for the first time in over a year. Leading supporters of the protest movement, including imprisoned activist Karim Tabbou, human rights lawyer Mustafa Bouchachi and former minister Abdelaziz Rahabi, had urged the protesters to suspend their […]
Riots erupted in Lebanon’s notoriously overcrowded prisons on Monday, over fears that a coronavirus outbreak would spread quickly among prisoners. The government in Beirut has declared a state of national emergency over coronavirus and ordered a two-week lockdown to combat the spread of the virus. Minister of the Interior and Municipalities Mohammed Fahmi has said there are no cases of coronavirus in any of the country’s […]
Israeli prison administration are being accused of not taking the proper measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and treat those who may become sick, and are instead using the disease to continue their abuse of Palestinian prisoners, Wafa news agency reported. Fears of a coronavirus outbreak in prisons holding Palestinian detainees were compounded by reports that an inmate at the Ashkelon prison was removed […]
Asylum seekers at the Turkish and Greek borders on Monday staged a protest to push Athens to allow safe passage into European territory, Anadoly Agency reports. While their waiting continues in Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province, asylum seekers carried signs saying “We are human” and “We need help” near Greece’s Kastanies border gate. In the two weeks since asylum seekers were able to reach the border, nearly […]
Yellow Vest demonstrators aren’t letting a ban on mass gatherings or fears of coronavirus stop them from expressing their opposition to the French government, and are staging their weekly protests in Paris. France’s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Friday banned all gatherings of more than 100 people but hundreds of demonstrators are continuing the weekly Yellow Vest vigil and are protesting at Paris landmarks. Thousands of French […]
Just two days before Thanksgiving, the nearly 100 elderly residents of Brookdale San Pablo received an unfortunate holiday notice – they were going to be evicted. Brookdale, which operates around 800 senior living facilities across the United States, had decided not to renew the lease of their San Pablo location, which expired in January — leaving tenants scrambling in the midst of California’s affordable housing crisis. […]
Truthdig Employees Stop Work To Protest Labor Conditions By Amelia Pang, Popular Resistance. March 11, 2020 Truthdig Employees Stop Work To Protest Labor Conditions2020-03-112020-03-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/strikersforscheer_3-e1583950310744.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Mr. Fish. California – Senior editors and contributors at Truthdig, including Executive Editor Kasia Anderson, Managing Editor, Jacob Sugarman, Foreign Editor Natasha Hakimi Zapata and Book Editor Eunice Wong, along with columnists Chris Hedges, Lee Camp and Paul Street […]
Trans activists have been accused of launching smoke grenades at a Labour Women’s Declaration march held in West London Monday evening, in the shadow of Grenfell Tower. The march was held to raise concerns over the Labour Party’s policy on transgender rights and the issue of the perceived intrusion of trans rights into the realm of women’s rights. Labour women’s declaration meeting protested by twats.They set […]
Women Protest Around The World For Equality And Ending Violence And Exploitation By Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance March 8, 2020 Women Protest Around The World For Equality And Ending Violence And Exploitation2020-03-082020-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/pakistani-activists-take-part-in-an-international-womens-day-rally-in-lahore-pakistan-on-march-8-2020.-k.m.-chaudhry-for-ap-e1583708675526.jpg200px200px Above photo: Despite threats, Pakistani activists take part in an International Women’s Day rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Pakistanis held rallies across the country. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry) March 8 is International […]
Wayne State Teachers Protest Mass Firings By Jamie McQuaid, Workers World. March 8, 2020 Wayne State Teachers Protest Mass Firings2020-03-082020-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/detroit-aaup-protest.jpg200px200px Above photo: Lecturers and allies call out Wayne State administration Feb. 26 On Feb. 26, nearly 100 lecturers, graduate instructors, students and allied workers marched through Wayne State University’s main campus in Detroit to protest the mass firing of lecturers, who are nontenured instructors, announced in […]
Over a thousand people marched from San Francisco Chinatown to Union Square on Feb. 29 to protest the wave of racism against Chinese people in U.S. media and political circles, since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. Organized by a broad coalition of Chinese-American organizations and supported by a local chapter of Veterans for Peace, the march started out in Portsmouth Square Park, then took […]
Ander Gillenea / AFP / Getty Images Hachette is no longer going forward with the release of Woody Allen’s upcoming memoir. To recap: Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill — about Harvey Weinstein and other significant reporting in the #MeToo era — was published by an imprint of Hachette. Farrow learned this week that Hachette acquired Allen’s book, which troubled him for a number of reasons. Farrow wrote […]
One of Israel’s leading advocates in the UK has been dealt a major blow in their attempt to get renowned British filmmaker and anti-racism campaigner, Ken Loach, thrown off a panel of judges in a children’s art competition. Loach, whose uncompromising stance against racism has made him one of the most powerful voices in the film industry to support the Palestinian cause, came under fire from […]
Houston, Texas — Today, a grand jury refused to issue felony indictments against the Greenpeace USA activists and others charged following the peaceful protest on September 12, 2019 at the Houston Ship Channel [1]. Thirty-one people had been charged with a felony by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office under Texas’ controversial new anti-protest law, but none were indicted on this charge by a Harris County […]
Democratic strategist Donna Brazile lashed out at GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel after the latter said a brokered convention in July would be “rigged against” frontrunner Bernie Sanders. Brazile told her to “go to hell” – twice. McDaniel told Fox News that it looked like the Democratic process was “leaning towards potentially a brokered convention which will be rigged against Bernie if those superdelegates have their way.” […]
There’s only one thing able to unite Russia’s notoriously divided ‘non-systemic’ opposition: hostility to Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin. Thus, they may take his faint praise for their activities with a pinch of salt. Speaking to TASS news agency, Putin lauded the positive contribution the activists make to the life of the country. “May God bless them,” the president said. “I feel that these people are […]