The coronavirus Covid-19 has spread around the world, with 372,757 confirmed cases and 16,231 deaths according to an updating dashboard run by the World Health Organisation. The Director-General of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said that it is “deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity” of the virus. This severity has pushed many countries to put hostilities aside and work […]
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Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, An Italian virologist says that the country’s attempt not to appear “racist” in the early says of the coronavirus outbreak crippled the ability to properly respond to the pandemic. Professor of Virology and Microbiology at the University of Padova Dr. Giorgio Palù told CNN that measures imposing travel restrictions and border controls were taken too late due to […]
The militant white supremacists of the current generation are either products of, or influenced by, the “third Klan” of the 1970s and 1980s. “The Klan’s resurrection was a reaction to the radical insurgencies of the era.” “No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA!” has been a popular protest chant since the New York real-estate mogul and former reality TV star became the 45th president of the United States. […]
Picking up where Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon left off earlier this week, Trevor Noah delivered an impressively-produced version of The Daily Show from his couch Wednesday night. “Right now, we don’t know when we’re going to go back to the studio,” Noah said in the YouTube video. “We don’t know if we’re going to go back to the studio and I don’t think […]
Authored by Daniel Greenfield via Sultan Knish blog, The Centers for Disease Control has a $6.6 billion budget and one job which it messes up every time. The last time the CDC had a serious workout was six years ago during the Ebola crisis. Back then CDC guidelines allowed medical personnel infected with Ebola to avoid a quarantine and interact with Americans until they showed undeniable […]
During Wednesday’s broadcast of The View, conservative co-host Meghan McCain applauded President Donald Trump for insisting on calling COVID-19 the “Chinese virus,” saying “P.C.” liberals will get him “re-elected” if they keep harping on it. His use of the racial term is “effective,” she said. Long-time host Whoopi Goldberg kicked off the program by noting that she was broadcasting from her home, noting that while her […]
Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor of the now-exonerated Central Park Five, sued Netflix and the director of the series When They See Us on Wednesday, claiming the show contained defamatory scenes that portrayed her as a “racist, unethical villain.” Fairstein, a 72-year-old former New York prosecutor, alleged in the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida that the four-part series about […]
The third Israeli elections to be held within a twelve-month period once again failed to bring about the desired outcome. If anyone was hoping to see an end to the political deadlock that exists within Israeli politics, they must be very disappointed. In fact, prospects for a stable government that is supported by a majority in Israel’s main legislative body, the Knesset, seem as unlikely as […]
Racial Inequities In New York Parole Supervision By Kendra Bradner and Vincent Schiraldi, Justice Lab. March 15, 2020 Racial Inequities In New York Parole Supervision2020-03-152020-03-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/02absconder2-facebookjumbo.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Richard Perry/The New York Times. This new paper highlights ways in which the harmful impacts of parole policies disproportionately fall on Black and brown communities in New York. The report also summarizes existing research on disparities in parole supervision practices nationally. The […]
Authors Jason Reynolds, left, and Ibram X. Kendi spoke to students at a high school in Washington D.C. about their new book, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You. Elissa Nadworny/NPR After his award-winning book came out in 2016, Ibram X. Kendi heard from people everywhere, telling him it opened their eyes to a new way of looking at history. “They were coming up to me and saying, […]
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, The very first point of Joe Biden’s plan to stop the spread of coronavirus in the United States highlights the need to stop “acts of racism.” Because when dealing with a global pandemic, preventing people’s feelings from being hurt is surely of the utmost importance. In the first section of Biden’s plan, “Restoring trust, credibility, and common purpose,” curbing […]
The Palestinian Authority condemned on Wednesday the culture of hate and racism within Israel, mainly among the right-wing parties, Al Sabeel newspaper has reported. Such racism in Israel, said the PA, is the “main obstacle” to peace. “Racism and hate,” said the Foreign Ministry in Ramallah, “are reflected daily in the stances and remarks of right-wing officials in Israel and the practices of the Jewish settlers […]
The Struggle For Justice Within Extinction Rebellion US By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. March 9, 2020 The Struggle For Justice Within Extinction Rebellion US2020-03-092020-03-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/climatejustice-e1583776814468.jpg200px200px The Extinction Rebellion is a nonviolent direct action campaign that started in the United Kingdom in the Fall of 2018 to push governments to declare a climate crisis and to take action to rapidly cut net carbon emissions. […]
The UK media has come under fire online for its coverage of Islamophobia allegations in contrast to past anti-Semitism controversies following the suspension of former equality watchdog chief Trevor Phillips from the Labour Party. Phillips – who chaired the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) between 2006 and 2012 – said he was “surprised” at the decision to suspend him for past comments about Muslims. In […]
New York Times Spreads The Virus Of Hatred, Again March 8, 2020 New York Times Spreads The Virus Of Hatred, Again2020-03-082020-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/nyt-coronavirus-600×400.jpg200px200px Yellow-caking an epidemic The Chinese “fight for mankind” against Coronavirus In the end, the plague touched us all…it was not confined…, breeding in a compost of greed and uselessness and murder… and delivering death…[serving] as furnished rooms for ideology. —Peter Hamill, Liner notes to Blood […]
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 […]
Syracuse Students Lead A National Movement To End Oppressive Campus Environments By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. March 2, 2020 Syracuse Students Lead A National Movement To End Oppressive Campus Environments2020-03-022020-03-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/image-from-ios-20-e1583032063895.jpg200px200px For a long time, students and faculty of predominately-white universities across the country have been experiencing oppressive environments where racism and homophobia are tolerated. This academic year, a group of Syracuse University […]
Peter Weber’s “Women Tell All” reunion seemed like a guaranteed snoozer; this season’s frontrunners have mostly been clear from the beginning, so most of the drama was just a sideshow. And indeed, as Kelsey Weier re-lived “champagne-gate” and Victoria Fuller insisted that, no, she’s never broken up any marriages in her life, the night felt pretty forgettable. But then, after much sound and fury, Chris Harrison […]
Oh, the perfect irony that after almost four years of abusing Donald Trump (during his campaign and presidency) for endless character flaws, it will be President Trump that outlasts the MSDNC anchor. At the beginning of tonight’s show – ‘Hardball’ – Chris Matthews abruptly announced his retirement after a tumultuous month that included calls for his firing. “I’m retiring. This is the last ‘Hardball’ on MSNBC, […]
Crime-alert app Citizen has tiptoed back toward enabling what critics say would be citizen Stasi and vigilantes, quietly reactivating a controversial feature allowing its users to “report incidents right when they happen.” Citizen, an app that sends users real-time reports of crimes in their vicinity based on a curated selection of 911 calls, has reactivated a feature that allows users to report crimes themselves, updating its […]
Police Torture In Chicago By Eve Ottenberg, Counterpunch. March 1, 2020 Police Torture In Chicago2020-03-012020-03-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/4a0ac36f-372a-499d-ace5-46579a31bf84.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protestors outside of the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago in 2006 demanded the release of a report on allegations that Chicago police tortured suspects. The Chicago police department has a problem. They say it’s fixed, but local African American residents can’t be blamed for being skeptical. The problem is torture. […]
In her Rolling Stone cover story, singer and dancer Normani addressed fellow Fifth Harmony alum Camilla Cabello’s old racist posts, for which Cabello recently apologized after they resurfaced. Normani’s time with Fifth Harmony was fraught. As she told Rolling Stone, being the only black member of the group made her feel like “the other one in the room.” She was deemed “the dancer” and sidelined in […]
10 Resources On Black Liberation & Economic Democracy February 27, 2020 10 Resources On Black Liberation & Economic Democracy2020-02-272020-02-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/octavia-butler-quote.png200px200px Above Photo: From Geo.coop Race is an economic system, our economic system is a racial system. We offer this list of readings as a brief introduction to the foundations of a future economy for all people under a new sun. Economic Democracy isn’t a new idea. And Black […]
Stephen Colbert began his live coverage of the Democratic debate that took place in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, Tuesday night by noting just how much of a trainwreck it was. “These folks said a lot of words, and I did not hear many of them,” the Late Show host remarked. “Because these candidates were speaking all over each other.” Colbert had jokes about all […]