Above Photo: Fellow writer Stella Nyanzi protests with her family for the release of Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Facebook / Stella Nyanzi. The so-called ‘world’s friendliest people’ are finding power in vulgarity as they protest the brutal torture of a novelist for ridiculing the dictator’s son. “Men with guns are breaking my door. They say they’re policemen but are not in uniform. I’ve locked myself inside.” This was the final Facebook post by Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, 2021 winner of the PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award, on Dec. 28. Within minutes of his post, Rukirabashaija was abducted by Uganda’s Special Forces Command, a […]
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Above Photo: An open market on New York City’s Lower East Side, photographed in 1905. Hulton Archive / Getty Images. On 26 December 1907, 10,000 New York families led by teenager Pauline Newman began a historic rent strike. More than a century later, their struggle remains as relevant as ever. From 26 December 1907 to 9 January 1908, 10,000 tenants, predominantly Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe living in New York City’s Lower East Side, took part in a historic rent strike. During an economic depression causing mass unemployment and grinding poverty, landlords tried to hike rents by thirty-three percent. With their […]
The West’s fiction of “human rights” has been weaponized by neoliberals to rationalize naked imperialist interventions. But if human rights are to have any relevance for the oppressed, they must be “de-colonized” and given meaning by the oppressed themselves: a People(s)-Centered Human Rights (PCHR). “Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness, and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions.” ~Frantz Fanon International Human Rights Day is December 10. On that day in 1948 the […]
Above Photo: Neville Roy Singham FBI Files and Union Badge. Roy Singham. On the Road from Detroit to South Africa. Roy Singham reminisces about his work with the late General Gordon Baker, Jr. and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) in Detroit and its connections with South African workers. He references Baker’s 1965 powerful response to the draft board, portions of which were recorded by the late Glen Ford in a 2014 reading . Monday, October 25, 2021 Yesterday was one of the most emotionally rewarding days of my life. Thanks to the fantastic work of comrade Carolyn Baker, I, […]
Above photo: Lukas Jonaitis/Alamy. Global cooperation is vital to tackle the security threats of climate change and COVID-19. Leaders keep pumping funds into outdated militaries. Three issues arise directly from COP26. Firstly, the architects of the COP21 Paris agreement, Christiana Figueres and Laurence Tubiana, believe that yet more negotiations will have to follow COP26 next year. Secondly, the respected Climate Action Tracker put the consequences of what had so far been agreed, both before and during the summit, at a 2.4°C rise in temperature. Thirdly, and perhaps most daunting of all, even if a firm agreement is reached to keep the increase to […]
Radical Neoliberalism Was Born And Will Die In Chile By Patricio Zamorano, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. October 31, 2020 Radical Neoliberalism Was Born And Will Die In Chile2020-10-312020-10-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/chile-1-e1604179018157.jpg200px200px Above photo: Pressenza News Agency. A wave of Indigenous peoples supporting the Luis Arce-David Choquehuanca presidential ticket defeated the main right-wing candidate, Carlos Mesa by 20 points, restoring democracy to Bolivia. Just days later around 80% of Chilean voters decided by referendum to re-found their nation with a new constitution. These momentous events represent twin victories for Latin American independence, the rejection of radical neoliberalism, a desire for socio-economic reform, and the insistence […]
On Contact: Radical Hamilton October 25, 2020 On Contact: Radical Hamilton2020-10-252020-10-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/oncontact-1.png200px200px Alexander Hamilton, popularized by the musical, “Hamilton,” was the first treasury secretary of the United States. He has been called ‘the founding father of capitalism and imperialism,’ but Hamilton was far more complex than a simple advocate for a market-drive economy. Christian Parenti, in his new book, “Radical Hamilton; Economic Lessons From a Misunderstood Founder,” argues that his ideas for the US economy were distorted or ignored by the capitalist elites. Parenti goes back to Hamilton’s neglected masterpiece, “Report on the Manufacturers” and “The Federalist Papers” to rescue Hamilton’s […]
US President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr have gone on the warpath against Big Tech, unveiling proposed reforms to the firms’ Section 230 liability that would curtail their ability to effect political censorship. Singling out Twitter’s censorship of “conservative views,” the president warned the major tech platforms that the days of their exercising unrestrained political influence were numbered. He was speaking on Wednesday at a roundtable discussion with Attorney General William Barr, nine of his Republican state counterparts, and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), one of Congress’ most vocal critics of Big Tech. Big Tech has “used their power to […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, died on Friday aged 87 of pancreatic cancer. A fierce critic of US President Donald Trump, her dying wish, she told her granddaughter, was that her replacement would not be found until “a new president is installed”. “She led an amazing life,” President Trump said on Friday on learning from journalists that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. “What else can you say. She was an amazing woman, whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman, who led an amazing life.” A powerful advocate for gender rights […]
Rebecca Minkoff Rebecca Minkoff had the distinction of being one of the few designers to stage a physical show at New York Fashion Week this season. What in past seasons has been a line so knee deep an attendee would wonder if they were giving out free clothes, was now limited to a select group of editors, buyers, stylists, and influencers who lined up in their head-to-toe designer ensembles for temperature checks and official NYFW wristbands. Social distancing was marked by circles for guests to stand on to ensure attendees remained six feet apart, after which Fashion Week staff would escort […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/09/1080413404_0:135:1277:854_1200x675_80_0_0_f36ea2d3096b7d606a8919ec1bebbb81.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009091080413455-radical-leftists-charged-with-robbery-hate-crime-after-stealing-maga-hat-from-7-year-old-boy/ Two women were recorded on a video that later went viral, ripping up Trump signs and taking away a red “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) hat from a seven-year-old kid. The incident happened near the site of the Democratic National Convention. Two women from Delaware were indicted on Tuesday for second-degree robbery and felony hate crimes after snatching a MAGA hat from a seven-year-old boy outside the Democratic National Convention, Fox News reported, citing a spokesperson for Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings. “Violence in any form is unacceptable, but harming another person — let […]
A movement calling to “defund the police” seeks to reduce the amount of financing for law enforcement and for the dismantling of police departments amid nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States. The Michigan Republican Party said its headquarters in the city of Lansing was vandalised with “radical anti-police statements”, posting photos of graffiti on the walls of the buildings that say “f**k police”, “f**k you”, “abolish the police” and more. A party tweet stated that “we will not be intimidated”, promising to continue to work so that the incumbent US […]
Trump’s hostility toward what he describes as ‘the Radical Left’, considering the majority of his Democratic rivals to fit this label, is well known. The president also repeatedly denounced Democratic city governors that rejected the deployment of federal security forces to curb the protests against police brutality and racism. US President Donald Trump lashed out at Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler in a series of tweets on Sunday, denouncing the latter’s response to civil unrest. The city has seen waves of massive protest, sparked by the death of George Floyd while in police custody, for the past couple of months. Trump castigated Wheeler […]
The Many Faces Of The Radical Right And How To Counter Their Threat By Archie Henderson, Open Democracy. August 30, 2020 The Many Faces Of The Radical Right And How To Counter Their Threat2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/charlottesville-unite-the-right-rally-august-12-2017-by-anthony-crider-from-flickr-cc-by-2.0-e1598799023936.jpg200px200px Above photo: Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ Rally’, August 12, 2017. By Anthony Crider from Flickr. CC BY 2.0. We should not assume that the radical right will collapse under the weight of its many internal conflicts and contradictions. A whole ecosystem has grown up around the radical right as it has surged in visibility this century. The radical right can lay claim to its own stable of media personalities […]
An urgent care worker wears personal protective equipment in drive-up testing for the coronavirus in the Los Angeles area. Leading public health scientists tell journalist Alexis Madrigal that widespread at-home testing could help contain the virus. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images An urgent care worker wears personal protective equipment in drive-up testing for the coronavirus in the Los Angeles area. Leading public health scientists tell journalist Alexis Madrigal that widespread at-home testing could help contain the virus. Kevin Winter/Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools and businesses and altered life across the globe, but journalist […]
The Republican National Convention is taking place from 24 and 27 August, re-nominating the incumbent President Donald Trump as GOP candidate for the November election to face Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The former US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, took verbal shots at Joe Biden and Democrats during a speech at the Republican National Convention, voicing her support for Donald Trump, stating that “America isn’t perfect, but the principles we hold dear are perfect” and elaborating on racism in the country. In her remarks, she slammed Biden, claiming that he is “good for Iran and ISIS, great for Communist China, […]
At Washington Post, Defunding Police Is A Step Too Radical By Oivia Riggio, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. August 22, 2020 At Washington Post, Defunding Police Is A Step Too Radical2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/blm-wapo.png200px200px Above photo: If Americans resist the idea of defunding police, they’re following the lead of outlets like the Washington Post (7/21/20). NOTE: There is an honest critique of defunding the police on the Left as a non-solution that does not address the inherent racism in policing or lead to democratic community control over police that would shift the power to communities. Since the May 25 murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police, […]
A Portland theater has cancelled a planned showing of the 1990 comedy Kindergarten Cop because some social justice warriors complained on Twitter that it glorifies policing. The film was scheduled to be played during the Northwest Film Center’s summer drive-in series “for its importance in Oregon filmmaking history” because it was shot in Astoria. The theater daring to show a classic funny movie about a cop prompted a clearly bored activist named Lois Leveen to rant and rave on Twitter about how glorifying police in schools is racist. “National reckoning on overpolicing is a weird time to revive Kindergarten Cop. IRL, we are trying […]
Obama appointed radical left Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who never votes against a far-left leaning position no matter how unconstitutional the argument, claims the conservative Justices on the court are biased. What a horrible joke. Law and Crime reported yesterday that Justice Sotomayor is disgusted with the actions of the other Supreme Court Justices: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor called out her conservative colleagues on the bench for increasingly issuing stays which favor their ideological fellows. “Yet again, this Court intervenes to grant a stay pending appeal, in this case less than two weeks before the Court of Appeals […]
What could the Democrats possibly be thinking? Their new policy for social justice is to slander the police, defund the police, close prisons and set criminals free. What could possibly go wrong? On July 8th we reported that radical leftists have pushed through a proposal to shut down one of two St. Louis City jails labeled ‘The Workhouse’. They claimed this will save money but these radical liberal socialists never care about taxpayers’ money nor do they care about the safety of local citizens. This appears to be a trend and a priority for Democrats today. They want to slander the […]
Buckingham Palace declared victory Tuesday in a 45 year battle over whether the queen ordered a radical Australian prime minister to be fired. Secret letters from 1975, which have been made public for the first time, showed that the monarch was not tipped off directly before the controversial sacking. Republicans were swift to argue, however, that the documents prove she was “aware of what was happening in Australia.” They say she knew her representative was considering dismissing the prime minister—an incredibly provocative move—even if she did not intervene directly. The 1975 sacking of Gough Whitlam by the queen’s representative in the […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – Irish parents raise concerns following a protest over a “radical” sex education programme and the uncovering of Irish Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman’s links with controversial activist Peter Tatchell, President of the Irish Freedom Party Hermann Kelly said on Monday. “Many parents are concerned about the imposition of an extreme LGBT ideology on our children through the education system. We are also concerned about a government that wants to bring in legislation that allows for gender re-assignment for children under 16 without their parents’ consent … they want to bring in a radical relationship and sexuality program, which […]
Maximo Alvarex, the president of Sunshine Gasoline, praised President Trump and called out the radical left destroying the US. President Trump on Friday held a roundtable discussion about the political situation in Venezuela during his trip to Doral, Florida. Maximo Alvarez, an immigrant from Cuba, recalled his family’s journey to the United States in their quest for freedom from the hell of Communism. Alvarez praised Trump, “He gave up enjoying the fruit of his labors to do this.” TRENDING: Young White Mother Killed By Black Lives Matter Mob for Allegedly Saying ‘All Lives Matter,’ National Media Fully Ignores Alvarez became emotional when […]
In June radical far left activists in St. Louis called on local officials to remove the historic St. Louis statue in Forest Park and to rename the city. Then two weeks ago The Gateway Pundit called on local Christians to come together for a prayer rally at the statue of St. Louis in Forest Park. This was in response to recent efforts by local radicals and Islamist activist Umar Lee to remove the St. Louis statue in Forest Park. When we arrived for a prayer rally at the St. Louis statue in Forest Park we were met by a very violent, […]
Covid Recovery And Radical Social Change By Christos Zografos, The Ecologist. July 11, 2020 Covid Recovery And Radical Social Change2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/10/capitalism_isnt_working_via_popularresistance-e1592851999723.png200px200px A post-Covid world must genuinely value care, embrace vulnerability, and attack the existing structures of privilege. The view that radical social change has been taking place during the Covid-19 pandemic has been expressed by progressive figures and organizations. For example, George Monbiot has recorded a series of solidarity, bottom-up community actions to conclude that power has migrated from the market and the state to the commons. But despite fascinating and hopeful initiatives of solidarity and commoning developed during Covid-19, the experience of inequality during […]
President Donald Trump has announced that the Treasury Department will examine the tax-exempt status of the US’ universities and schools, accusing them of indoctrinating children with “Radical Left” ideology. “Too many Universities and School Systems are about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education,” Trump tweeted on Friday. “Therefore, I am telling the Treasury Department to re-examine their Tax-Exempt Status and/or funding, which will be taken away if this Propaganda or Act Against Public Policy continues.” … and/or Funding, which will be taken away if this Propaganda or Act Against Public Policy continues. Our children must be Educated, not Indoctrinated! — Donald J. […]
Communist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant (Socialist Alternative) gave a victory speech Tuesday night after passage by the city council of the so-called Amazon Tax in which she vowed to overthrow the United States, replacing the government and society with a “socialist world”. Sawant, 46, immigrated from India as an adult with a B.S. in computer science from the University of Mumbai received in 1994. Once in the U.S., Sawant earned a Ph.D in economics from North Carolina State University and became a U.S. since 2010. Sawant has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. Lest anyone think this is […]
President Trump speaks during the Fourth of July “Salute to America” event on the South Lawn of the White House, on Saturday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP President Trump speaks during the Fourth of July “Salute to America” event on the South Lawn of the White House, on Saturday. Patrick Semansky/AP In a Fourth of July speech aimed at commemorating the military on Saturday, President Trump hit on familiar divisive themes, condemning the “radical left” and the media he accused of “slander.” During the second annual “Salute To America” event held on the South Lawn, the president drew […]
On Wednesday The Gateway Pundit announced a prayer rally on Saturday at the iconic St. Louis Statue on Art Hill in Forest Park. ** The prayer rally is planned at noon at the St. Louis statue.We will recite a rosary — the prayer used by St. Louis of France.If you are Catholic, Christian or an ally we urge you to join us.We will have a Christian lead us in prayer. We planned the rally because there is currently a petition by local leftist and radical Umar Lee to remove this beautiful landmark in St. Louis City. We are calling on all […]
Abolishing The Police: A Radical Idea That’s Been around For Over A Century June 19, 2020 Abolishing The Police: A Radical Idea That’s Been around For Over A Century2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/san-francisco-strike-1934-e1592606080526.jpg200px200px Above photo: 1934. Nearly every so-called race riot in the United States since 1935 has been sparked by a police incident. StockSnap. In 1905, Pennsylvania did something unprecedented: It founded America’s first state police force. The new institution, which was more highly militarized than previous law enforcement systems, was created for one reason: The state government wanted a more organized and efficient way to break strikes. The new force approached that mission with […]
Radical St. Louis Islamist Umar Lee was arrested in Ferguson, Missouri in September 2014.Umar Lee once threatened to behead his critics and watch them squeal “like Daniel Pearl.” Lee was cuffed and detained in September 2014 in Ferguson. Umar Lee is now passing around a petition to remove the grand St. Louis Statue from Art Hill in Forest Park in St. Louis. TRENDING: Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy: White People Should Shine Shoes of Black People to Express Shame for Racism The petition calls for St. Louis to be renamed. Via KMOX: A petition has been made with hopes of changing the […]
There is no one answer for what the coming school year will look like, but it won’t resemble the fall of 2019. Wherever classrooms are open, there will likely be some form of social distancing and other hygiene measures in place that challenge traditional teaching and learning. Future outbreaks will make for unpredictable waves of closures. Virtual learning will continue. And all this will happen amid a historic funding crunch. American education has long been full of innovators practicing alternatives to the mainstream. When the giant, uncontrolled experiment of the pandemic rolled across the country, certain approaches proved their mettle in […]
When Shoshana Zuboff returns my call 15 minutes late, it’s because her previous call with an organization in Israel dropped halfway through and it took them a while to reconnect. Such is the peril of functioning in quarantine, even as tech companies exert more power than ever. Rather than having time over the summer to reflect and plan her next book as she intended, Zuboff has been very busy with people wanting to speak with her and do virtual events. It’s part of the reason that for the last four months we’ve been trying to schedule a call, only to have […]
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) continues to prove herself to be the greatest hypocrite in the nation. Whitmer took to the streets last week and marched with Black Lives Matter while Michigan was still under a Coronavirus lockdown order. She encouraged leftists to protest in the streets while telling small businesses and churches they must remain closed because of the Coronavirus. On Wednesday, the tyrannical governor joined the radical call to “defund the police.” TRENDING: Antifa Domestic Terrorists Take Over 6 Square Block Section in Seattle – Set Up Security Watch – Call for Armed Volunteers “You don’t need all that […]
This is not about race.This is about revolution. Advertisement – story continues below Churchill is the hero of World War II credited with saving England from Nazi Germany. The left is so radical that even Winston Churchill is a villain in their eyes. They’ve defaced Churchill! pic.twitter.com/rkINK4oac6 — Jack Dawkins (@DawkinsReturns) June 7, 2020 TRENDING: Black Lives Matter End Protest by Vandalizing Streets in DC: Paint “Defund the Police” in Yellow Paint on 16th Street Do you still believe this is about some guy called George Floyd? pic.twitter.com/FkZFEGo7cN — Jack Dawkins (@DawkinsReturns) June 7, 2020 Advertisement – story continues below This […]
University of Alabama at Birmingham professor and Guggenheim Fellow Sarah Parcak was so moved by the rioters and looters this past weekend that she posted instructions on how to topple government monuments. Sarah Parcak was a guest on the Colbert Late Show. Parcak posted instructions this past weekend on how to rip down and destroy government monuments. She felt this was her civic duty. TRENDING: PURE EVIL: Police Chief Breaks Down After Describing How Richmond Leftist Rioters Torched Home with Children inside Then Blocked Fire Department (VIDEO) Of course, Twitter did not flag her tweets. On Monday afternoon the Office of […]
After four nights of random looting, rioting and vandalism across the United States CNN contributor Van Jones defended the carnage by comparing it to the Boston Tea Party which was a targeted attack on the British East India Company. The riots this week are random assaults and lootings on businesses and government offices. While we argue CNN said same about Boston tea party pic.twitter.com/HRFd3sEeUf — Chidi Ahanotu🇳🇬🇺🇸🇨🇦🇳🇬 (@ChidiAhanotu) May 30, 2020 And that was while the leftist mob attacked CNN headquarters! TRENDING: VIDEO: Leftist Protester Killed, Dragged by FedEx Truck in Downtown St. Louis after Mob Shuts Down Highway and Attack […]
When Donald Trump’s national security adviser-designate made his fateful phone calls with the Russian ambassador, the conversations that set in motion his downfall had a goal behind them. Drawing closer to the rival power that interfered in the 2016 election didn’t occur for its own sake, transcripts declassified on Friday show, but to create a new Mideast partnership against what retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn saw as “radical Islam.” “You know that the strategic goal is stability in the Middle East,” the transcripts show Flynn pressing upon Sergey Kislyak on Dec. 23, 2016. “We will not achieve stability in the Middle […]
COVID-19 is the great leveler. Glen Weyl, like all of us, is cooped up in his apartment. “Love? The bleach stuff is fine for downstairs, I think,” he says to his wife from the other end of our Skype call. “Alcohol wipes would be great for the phones and for things like that.” The coronavirus has turned us all into neat freaks. And it’s a refreshingly human moment from someone who, at times, seems like a superhuman force. Weyl is the fast-talking, faster-thinking, 35-year-old co-author of the manifesto “Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society,” and founder of […]