Vibrant Community Of Resistance Behind New Orleans’ Historic Protests By Jordan Flaherty, Waging Nonviolence. July 8, 2020 Vibrant Community Of Resistance Behind New Orleans’ Historic Protests2020-07-082020-07-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/curtisneworleans.jpg200px200px Decades of grassroots organizing has led to some of the largest protests in New Orleans’ modern history, and the seizing of empty housing for […]
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Many brands have recently reconsidered their name and actions in light of anti-racist protests rocking the US and some European countries. Last week, the US country music trio Dixie Chicks changed its name to remove the reference to Confederate states, which, in the mid 19th century, fought to preserve the […]
Crypto payments processor BitPay now supports segregated witness (SegWit), according to a company blog post shared in advance with CoinDesk. “Support for SegWit is currently an optional feature for Bitcoin wallets in the BitPay App. Later this year, as part of a phased rollout plan, support for SegWit will be […]
US President Donald Trump’s re-election team has ridiculed the most recent attempt to tie the commander in chief to Nazism after critics compared a campaign T-shirt graphic to a logo commonly used in the Third Reich. Responding to the allegation that the T-shirt ripped off the emblem of the Nazi […]
In his latest salvo against Fox News, US President Donald Trump invoked the memory of the network’s late CEO, Roger Ailes, to say the outlet had declined, drawing astute critics armed with Google to remind him the man had died. Trump took to his favorite social media venue on Tuesday […]
‘Full Spectrum Resistance’: A Field Manual For Insurgencies By Kristian Williams, ROAR Magazine. June 29, 2020 ‘Full Spectrum Resistance’: A Field Manual For Insurgencies2020-06-292020-06-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/07/44-e1562338672810.jpg200px200px Above photo: Extinction Rebellion protesters were sprayed with tear gas and dragged away from the Pont de Sully bridge. Aric McBay’s two-volume handbook for political action […]
Former VP Dick Cheney hit trending status online after appearing in a photo urging the use of face masks, earning praise from the anti-Trump #Resistance as critics recalled his infamous ‘hunting accident’ and lies about Iraqi WMD. The hawkish ex-vice president was seen in an image shared by his daughter, […]
The Twitter mob has predictably begun to argue over the virtues and pitfalls of the French Revolution, after Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested that radicals have co-opted the Democratic Party and are marching the nation towards ruin. The South Carolina lawmaker triggered a large number of blue checkmarks after accusing Rep. […]
Less than five years ago, Jamaican singer Lila Iké was working in a Kingston call center struggling to make ends meet. Now, she is receiving widespread attention for her debut EP, The ExPerience — and being hailed as one of the most exciting young talents to have recently emerged from […]
Republican Senator Mitt Romney has further distanced himself from the GOP by appearing at a Black Lives Matter protest – but while mainstream media celebrated the move, few on social media had forgotten his past transgressions. The anti-Trump Utah congressman was spotted at a protest march in Washington DC on […]
Migrants Lead Struggle As ‘Reopening’ Fuels Resistance By Sue Davis, Workers.org. May 21, 2020 Migrants Lead Struggle As ‘Reopening’ Fuels Resistance2020-05-212020-05-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/tesla-e1590081677581.png200px200px Above photo: Workers protest unsafe conditions due to COVID-19 as the Tesla auto plant reopens in Fremont, Calif., May 17. Ford Motors CEO Jim Farley said during a recent conference […]
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was cheered by President Donald Trump’s critics after dubbing him “morbidly obese,” even making the phrase trend online, but many have condemned what they see as a double standard over “fat shaming.” Pelosi’s comment came during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday, telling […]
Iran ready for strategic partnership with Iraq …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: I am growing more suspicious that US policy might actually be to drive Iran and Iraq closer together to have a more credible threat to justify the US continued occupation of Iraq. Somewhere in the pre-execution analysis […]
A shadowy online hacker collective claims to have obtained damning information on US President Donald Trump, threatening to publish the purloined documents unless someone puts up a $42 million ransom in a week’s time. The cybertheft outfit announced that it had infiltrated the computer systems of a major entertainment law […]
Democratic lawmakers have passed a massive $3 trillion coronavirus aid package, the largest bill to ever move through Congress, but the Senate is likely to block the law, with Republicans deeming it a progressive “wishlist.” The 1,800-page bill passed 208-199 on Friday in a vote largely along party lines, with […]
The White House asked reporters to wear face masks after a second staff member in two days tested positive for the coronavirus. Critics of President Donald Trump reacted with joy after finding out who it was. Trump personally confirmed on Friday that a member of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff […]
Low Income/Simple Living As War Tax Resistance By National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. May 8, 2020 Low Income/Simple Living As War Tax Resistance2020-05-082020-05-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/local-tax-e1588954044178.jpg200px200px Above photo: Vermont war tax resister Janet Hicks. Matthew Thorsen. There are many methods of war tax resistance. Each accomplishes a different set of goals and […]
The Justice Department’s dropping of charges against former National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn unleashed a torrent of liberal rage. Among those seething at the Trump administration was former FBI chief James Comey. Flynn was one of the first Trump officials to be targeted by the FBI’s ‘Russiagate’ probe, and […]
www.youtube.com Health Editor’s Note: Nothing like taking fear of the unknown and using that to add to your harebrained and disturbingly harmful anti-vaxx rhetoric…..Carol Anti-vaccination leaders seize on coronavirus to push resistance to inoculation by Peter Jamison/The Washington Post As scientists around the world race to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, […]