Above Photo: A masked protester occupies a tree house in the path of the Trans Mountain expansion in Burnaby. Protesters say they fear being removed from their year-long treetop sites after crews erected fences and cut trees in their vicinity. Maggie MacPherson/CBC. A Spokesperson For The Project Says The Fences Are Essential For Safety. Activists aiming to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Burnaby say they fear being removed against their will after crews put up fencing and cut down trees in their vicinity on Tuesday and Wednesday. For more than a year, protesters have been occupying treetops in the Brunette River Conservation Area, which […]
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Indigenous Peoples’ Victory: Largest Dam Removal In The World By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. November 23, 2020 Indigenous Peoples’ Victory: Largest Dam Removal In The World2020-11-232020-11-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/klamath-e1606181812519.jpg200px200px After nearly four decades, Indigenous Peoples win an agreement for the largest dam removal in the world. Four of the six dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon will be taken down, allowing the water to flow freely again and the salmon to spawn. This is a powerful story of how four tribes put aside their past conflicts to work together and environmental groups participated in an indigenous-led campaign that took on […]
By the Editor’s of the New England Journal of Medicine Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test. They have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy. The magnitude of this failure is astonishing. According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering,1 the United States leads the world in Covid-19 cases and in deaths due to the disease, […]
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William “Perry” Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo., last year. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption toggle caption Matthew Brown/AP U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William “Perry” Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo., last year. Matthew Brown/AP The Trump administration says it will comply, for now, with a federal court ruling that blocks William Perry Pendley from continuing to serve as the temporary head of the Bureau of Land Management. The court sided with Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who argued that Pendley’s continued appointment […]
The Senior Editor Over the past 24 hours there has been a serious deterioration in the mental condition of Donald Trump. This is simply a fact. Over weeks now, we suspect either the onset of a condition or, as we had been warned by (real) sources, Trump may be being poisoned slowly. Russian intelligence believes this and told VT in Damascus. If poisoning can be proven, one set of actions needs to be taken, but Trump still needs to step aside. If he is not being poisoned, he has to be removed from office and Pence needs to be allowed to […]
Assange’s Removal From Embassy Was Directed By US President By Mohamed Elmaazi, Sputnik News. September 22, 2020 Assange’s Removal From Embassy Was Directed By US President2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assange-1-e1600788609476.jpg200px200px Above photo: From video. Journalist Cassandra Fairbanks has informed the court in Julian Assange’s extradition hearing that Arthur Schwartz, who is known as Donald Trump Jr’s “fixer”, had advance warning of the US indictment against the WikiLeaks publisher. Julian Assange’s removal from the Ecuadorian Embassy was done so “on direct orders from the [US] president”, according to information provided to American journalist Cassandra Fairbanks. Ms Fairbanks’ explosive testimony would appear to support to position that […]
Speaking at the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the UN Security Council “should be more inclusive of the interests of all countries as well as of the diversity of their positions”. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that scrapping sanctions and restrictions may add to boosting the world economy and reducing unemployment rates amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Putin also touched upon the role of the UN Security Council, which he said should take into account the interests of all states more broadly. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/19/1080272334_0:0:2241:1262_1200x675_80_0_0_0b4a0124d6d07a5005abc01696c842dc.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202008251080272371-sudans-prime-minister-says-discussed-with-pompeo-khartoums-removal-from-us-terrorism-list/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo discussed on Tuesday bilateral relations and procedures to exclude Khartoum from the US’ list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSTL). Pompeo arrived in Khartoum earlier on Tuesday as part of his Middle East tour. The travel began on Sunday and will last through Friday. It follows the US-sponsored peace deal concluded by the United Arab Emirates and Israel. Mr Hamdok took to Twitter to reveal the details of the talks. Great meeting with @SecPompeo, we had direct & transparent […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The reelection campaign of US President Donald Trump accused Facebook of bias against the US President after the social networking service removed a video from Trump’s page over allegedly false statements about the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), media reported. “The President was stating a fact that children are less susceptible to the coronavirus. Another day, another display of Silicon Valley’s flagrant bias against this President, where the rules are only enforced in one direction. Social media companies are not the arbiters of truth”, Trump campaign deputy national press secretary Courtney Parella said in a statement, as quoted by […]
Internet users have expressed bewilderment and amusement over a petition denouncing “racist” Trader Joe brands. The company has already admitted wrongdoing and claims it is in the process of discontinuing its “harmful” packaging. The Change.org petition calls on the popular grocery chain in the US to remove the labels used for some of its ethnic food, claiming that the “racist” practice “perpetuates harmful stereotypes.” The internet complaint listed “Trader Ming’s,” which is used to brand the chain’s Chinese food, and “Trader José,” the label used for Mexican foods, as examples of this purportedly inappropriate packaging policy. Trader Joe’s name is itself […]
According to scientist and board member of the Swedish Humanist society Patrik Lindenfors, the centuries-old Swedish flag is rife with Christian heritage and should be replaced with something more inclusive. In the wake of the massive protests around the world, purportedly against racism and colonialism, calls have been made to do away with the cross on the Swedish flag, because it represents the nation’s Christian heritage and the oppression it allegedly stands for. In his opinion piece in the newspaper Göteborgs-Posten, board member of the Humanist Society Patrik Lindenfors called the flag “problematic” and compared the Swedish cross to the Saudi […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007121079862628-baghdad-asks-berlin-to-help-with-removal-from-eus-money-laundering-blacklist/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has requested his German counterpart to help remove the Middle eastern nation from the European Union’s list of countries with suspected loopholes in anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing regulations. “Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein called on his German counterpart to provide support in removing Iraq from the list of countries with a high risk of money laundering and terrorist financing,” the Iraqi ministry said in a press release. Hussein and Heiko Maas held a phone call to discuss, among other things, bilateral relations. Iraq has been on […]
Black Militia Marches On Stone Mountain, Demands Removal Of Confederate Monument By Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance. July 7, 2020 Black Militia Marches On Stone Mountain, Demands Removal Of Confederate Monument2020-07-072020-07-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/black-militia-at-stone-mountain-park-ga-july-4-2020.-from-wxia.-e1594149521842.png200px200px Above photo: Black militia at Stone Mountain Park, GA July 4, 2020. From WXIA. Newsweek reports “About 1,000 heavily armed militia, all of whom were Black, marched through Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, challenging white nationalist groups in the area to either come out and fight or join them in demonstrating against the government. Stone Mountain State Park officials said the Black militia group was peaceful, orderly and escorted by police […]
It may seem hard for some to imagine two more disparate subjects than the U.S. removal of Native American peoples from Indian territory in the nation’s Southeast during the 1830s and the Nazi liquidation of Europe’s Jews more than a hundred years later. Yet the parallels in the machinery of state expropriation, persecution, deportation, and violence that led to the expulsion of both groups from the lands ruled by their oppressors are striking. To be sure, there were distinct differences: The U.S. was a populist democracy whose Indian policy was one of dispersal; the Third Reich was a militaristic dictatorship whose […]
The Bernie Beck gate at Fort Hood,Texas. An effort to remove Confederate names from military bases has broad, bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. President Trump is vowing to veto the defense bill if the provision stays in. Drew Anthony Smith / Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Anthony Smith / Getty Images The Bernie Beck gate at Fort Hood,Texas. An effort to remove Confederate names from military bases has broad, bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. President Trump is vowing to veto the defense bill if the provision stays in. Drew Anthony Smith / Getty Images President […]
The quest for toppling statues has spun out of control, with some Black Lives Matter sympathisers calling for the removal of white Jesus imagery – and even non-existent statues. An Australian social justice activist who demanded that statues of three white explorers be torn down has wrongly identified one of them as a completely blameless bush poet. Artist Ailie Banks launched a Change.org petition calling on the Blue Mountains City Council to remove statues and busts of William Wentworth, Gregory Blaxland and Henry Lawson. Wentworth and Blaxland were white explorers who participated in the first crossing of the Blue Mountains by […]
The Gateway Pundit announced a prayer rally on Saturday at the iconic St. Louis Statue on Art Hill in Forest Park. 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. And like clockwork Islamist Umar Lee and the left smeared TGP and Christians who planned on attending the prayer rally as “white nationalists.” On Friday, in the most egregious attack on this rally yet, St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones posted several tweets attacking Mayor Krewson and labeling local Christians “KKK” for holding a […]
British Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has “challenged” government officials around the world to remove “racist statues” after protesters in Bristol tore down a monument to a 17th-century slave trader. The statue of Edward Colston, a Bristol merchant who traded tens of thousands of African slaves to the Americas, was ripped down amid anti-racism protests in the city on Sunday. Colston bequethed his wealth to charities on his death in 1721 and his name remains on numerous buildings and streets in Bristol, becoming an increasing source of contention. After toppling his statue, protesters danced on the momument, yelping in delight […]
Amid ongoing anti-racism protests in the US, two petitions have been launched in Belgium demanding the removal of statues depicting King Leopold II. Estimates suggest the late monarch’s brutal Congo rule left some 10 million dead. The petitions, launched several days ago, have already attracted nearly 40,000 backers. The campaigns demand the removal of all statues of King Leopold II, who ruled the country between 1865 and 1909. While for Belgium itself he was a constitutional monarch, Leopold was also a brutal oppressor of Africans. The king was the founder – and sole owner – of the so-called ‘Congo Free State’, […]
By Sajjad Shaukat for Veterans Today Surprisingly, Pakistan’s media did not give much coverage to the removal of country’s diplomat from service and manipulation of the issue by the Indian media at this critical hour when top officials of the Indian extremist Prime Minister Narendra Modi-the leader of the fanatic ruling party BJP and their media leave no stone unturned in maligning Pakistan through a continuous blame game in relation to any matter such as violations of the Line of Control (LoC), COVID-19 pandemic and so on. However, Government of Pakistan maintains strict discipline on its servants and expects them to […]
William Perry Pendley’s temporary appointment at the Burea of Land Management was recently extended for the fifth time since taking over the agency last summer. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kirk Siegler/NPR William Perry Pendley’s temporary appointment at the Burea of Land Management was recently extended for the fifth time since taking over the agency last summer. Kirk Siegler/NPR In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, conservation groups allege the Trump administration’s continued use of temporary appointees to lead large federal lands agencies is a violation of federal law and the Constitution’s “advice and consent” clause. The suit, filed by the […]