Will The Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights? By David Bacon, Labor Notes. December 4, 2020 Will The Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights?2020-12-042020-12-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/farmworkers.jpg200px200px Above photo: A D’Arrigo Brothers worker with a union button on her cap talks at lunchtime with an organizer. Companies are trying to shut down such access to workers through the courts. David Bacon. Not long before Donald Trump’s election in 2016, […]
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City Workers Push For Collective Bargaining Rights By Brett Hall and Jane Alvarez-Wertz, WAVY. November 19, 2020 City Workers Push For Collective Bargaining Rights2020-11-192020-11-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/vabeach.jpeg200px200px Above photo: WAVY. Virginia Beach, VA – While local government employees are not legally allowed to engage in collective bargaining in the commonwealth until May 1, a group of workers from public utilities and public works making known their desire to have […]
Human Rights, Terrorism And Organized Crime By Stephen Sefton, Global Research. October 30, 2020 Human Rights, Terrorism And Organized Crime2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nicaragua-1-1-e1604069679466.jpg200px200px An outstanding characteristic of the Western human rights industry has long been the way it politicizes its production to serve the foreign policy needs of its countries’ governments. To that end corporate and government investors fund leading industry producers like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Freedom […]
Pandemic Transforms People Into Voting Rights Activists October 28, 2020 Pandemic Transforms People Into Voting Rights Activists2020-10-282020-10-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/dropbox.png200px200px Above photo: A voter places their ballot in a curbside ballot drop box to help prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the Maryland U.S. presidential primary election as other voters stand in a long line waiting to cast their votes in College Park, Maryland, U.S., June 2, […]
Massive Rally In Support Of Sipekne’katik Harvesters, Treaty Rights By Elizabeth McSheffrey, Global News. October 19, 2020 Massive Rally In Support Of Sipekne’katik Harvesters, Treaty Rights2020-10-192020-10-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/halifax-e1603109587268.jpg200px200px Above photo: About a thousand people rallied in Halifax’s Grand Parade on Oct. 18, 2020, to show their support for Mi’kmaq harvesters exercising their treaty rights on Nova Scotia’s southwestern shore. Elizabeth McSheffrey/Global News. Halifax, Nova Scotia – About a […]
The last few months of reproductive rights in America have looked like a cheap Handmaid’s Tale rip-off: a rushed nomination of a conservative judge to the Supreme Court; the president spreading lies about “late-term” abortions; and, in a cinematic flourish, the spread of a deadly pandemic that shuttered abortion clinics in multiple states. But amid this reproductive dystopia, abortion-access organizations have quietly introduced modern solutions to […]
Persecuting Assange Is A Blow To Reporting And Human Rights Advocacy By Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. October 17, 2020 Persecuting Assange Is A Blow To Reporting And Human Rights Advocacy2020-10-172020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/chip-speaks-e1602896241320.jpg200px200px Above photo: Chip Gibbons. CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on Assange extradition. Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights & Dissent’s Chip Gibbons about Julian Assange’s extradition hearing for the October 9, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/17/1079191708_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_6d60462159b904abeda55a74fde54046.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010141080763098-us-deeply-disappointed-after-russia-china-elected-to-un-human-rights-council-state-department-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US government has expressed deep disappointment over the election of Russia, China and Cuba to the governing board of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the body, Department of State spokesperson Morgan Ortagus in a statement. Russia, China, Cuba, and 12 other states, were elected […]
The model recently took to social networks calling on the public to urge Congress and the White House to force the sides to cease hostilities in the Armenian-majority region, blaming them on Azerbaijan. Emmy-nominated film producer and human rights advocate Eric Esrailian is the person behind reality television star of Armenian descent Kim Kardashian West’s push for the US to weigh in and support Armenia amid […]
Labor Unions File UN Complaint Over ‘Outrageous’ Violations Of Workers’ Rights By Kenny Stancil, Commondreams. October 8, 2020 Labor Unions File UN Complaint Over ‘Outrageous’ Violations Of Workers’ Rights2020-10-082020-10-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/dept_of_labor.jpg200px200px Above photo: The U.S. Department of Labor building is pictured in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images. Covid-19 “has demonstrated that not only is the U.S. violating workers’ rights, […]
Human Rights Defenders Sue German Parliament Over Anti-BDS Resolution By Adri Nieuwhof, Electronic Intifada. October 6, 2020 Human Rights Defenders Sue German Parliament Over Anti-BDS Resolution2020-10-062020-10-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/bds-e1601997227610.png200px200px Three human rights defenders are mounting a court challenge to the German parliament’s resolution condemning BDS – the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for Palestinian rights. The BDS supporters are suing the German parliament for violation of their rights to freedom […]
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued a broadside against the high court’s 2015 gay marriage decision on Monday when the court declined to hear a case brought by a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue a marriage license for same-sex couples. The two justices agreed with the decision not to hear the case, but used the occasion to take a legal baseball […]
UN Report On Venezuela Omits The Greatest Violation Of Human Rights By Leonardo Flores, Popular Resistance. October 3, 2020 UN Report On Venezuela Omits The Greatest Violation Of Human Rights2020-10-032020-10-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/fundalatin-e1601770541525.jpg200px200px Above photo: Fundalatin President María Eugenia Russián outside of the United Nations. US Aggression. On September 23, María Eugenia Russián, president of Fundalatin, Venezuela’s oldest human rights organization, testified to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) […]
Using Human Rights To Promote War October 2, 2020 Using Human Rights To Promote War2020-10-022020-10-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/redfish-e1601661254553.png200px200px Debunking UN’s New Venezuela Report Red Lines host Anya Parampil debunks a new report issued by the UN Human Right’s Council which accuses Venezuela’s government of “crimes against humanity”. She points out major flaws in the report’s methodology and exposes one of its authors as a defender of Chilean fascists. […]
Fierce fighting continues over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, as casualties mount daily. Daniel Lazare, investigative journalist and author of “America’s Undeclared War,” joins us to discuss the the longest-running land conflict in the former Soviet Union, occurring in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Since Sunday, Azerbaijani troops have been fighting forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian military, leaving nearly 100 people dead and perhaps hundreds more injured so […]
Local councils and refuges continue to lack the necessary funding to assist victims of domestic abuse in the UK, and while the upcoming Domestic Abuse Bill offers some important developments it doesn’t go far enough, argues Lisa Longstaff of Women Against Rape. Britain’s House of Lords is due to start debating a new domestic abuse bill in October 2020, with the proposed law having already passed through the […]
President Trump and Judge Amy Coney Barrett walk to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC., on Sept. 26. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images President Trump and Judge Amy Coney Barrett walk to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC., on Sept. 26. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images President Trump has […]
Armenia has asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to pressure Azerbaijan into stopping its military operation against the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan is violating basic human rights by targeting the civilian population and infrastructure and using indiscriminate weapons, Armenia argued. As a top European body tasked with defending those rights, the ECHR can pressure Baku into halting the hostilities, Yerevan believes. A request to do […]
Workers’ Rights In Globalised Industry By Ben Chacko, Morning Star Online. September 26, 2020 Workers’ Rights In Globalised Industry2020-09-262020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bangladesh.jpg200px200px How can we protect them? Over the summer the Morning Star reported on a new study showing that major fashion brands were complicit in union-busting by Third World suppliers in the garment industry. Editor Ben Chacko spoke to IndustriALL general secretary VALTER SANCHES to find out what […]
Civil rights groups and other critics say the social network has not done enough to curb misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption toggle caption Thibault Camus/AP Civil rights groups and other critics say the social network has not done enough to curb misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Thibault Camus/AP […]
Over the course of several years, dozens of dogs were raped on a weekly basis by a criminal group, which produced many videos of the abuse. After a shocking case in which about a dozen people were charged with sexual abuse of dogs in Norway, the animal rights organisation Noah has demanded stricter punishment for animal cruelty. The police have, by their own admission, never seen […]
Billionaire ex-presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has raised over $16 million to pay the fees keeping some felons out of Florida’s voting booths, touting the apparent votes-for-cash trade as a cost-effective route to victory. The money will go to pay off court fees, restitution costs, and other fines for 32,000 black and Hispanic Florida voters with felony convictions, clearing the way for their return to participatory democracy […]
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/sport/202009221080539281-switzerland-calls-for-28-month-jail-sentence-for-paris-saint-germain-president-in-tv-rights-trial/ Last week, Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi went on trial on charges of corruption in the attribution of World Cup TV rights. Swiss prosecutors have called for a 28-month prison term for Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who is accused of inciting a former top FIFA official to commit “aggravated criminal mismanagement”. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
San Francisco may become the first city to set a new trend of voting at the age of 16 and 17. While some San Franciscans believe the measure is justified and is likely to make voting a habit from an early age, others warn against burdening teenagers with decisions they are too young to make. In November, San Franciscans will cast their ballots to determine whether […]
‘We Have To Be Ever More Vigilant’ About The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples By Joaqlin Estus, Indian Country Today. September 21, 2020 ‘We Have To Be Ever More Vigilant’ About The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nid-e1600690647492.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesting against pipelines in Canada. The standard in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is Free, Informed and Prior Consent. Creative Commons. Declaration of the Rights […]
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/latam/202009161080477539-un-rights-investigators-claim-maduro-ordered-arbitrary-detention-of-venezuelan-opposition-leaders/ Earlier this week, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet praised the Venezuelan government for making progress in cooperating with her office over the past year. Source link
Venezuela Rejects US Hostilities Before UN Human Rights Council September 16, 2020 Venezuela Rejects US Hostilities Before UN Human Rights Council2020-09-162020-09-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/vzun-e1600260690111.jpg200px200px Above photo: People take to the streets to reject U.S. sanctions, Caracas, Venezuela, Feb.10, 2020. EFE. Under the Trump administration, Washington has stolen over US$30 billion from Venezuela. Venezuela’s representative before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Jorge Valero Tuesday rejected Donald Trump administration’s unilateral coercive […]
The US Has Long Led The Assault On Human Rights By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. September 5, 2020 The US Has Long Led The Assault On Human Rights2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/the-us-has-long-led-the-assault-on-human-rights-from-black-agenda-report.jpeg200px200px The historical record on U.S. human rights policies, both domestic and international, is one of hypocrisy, deceit, and denigration. “Europeans on both sides of the Atlantic reconciled slavery with human rights by declaring non-whites non-human.” The idea […]
Know Your Rights – Don’t Talk To Cops At The Airport By John Kiriakou, Consortium News. August 31, 2020 Know Your Rights – Don’t Talk To Cops At The Airport2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/airport-police-officers.-by-teagasc-cc-by-sa-3.0-wikimedia-commons.jpg200px200px Above photo: Airport police officers. By Teagasc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. When an ICE officer stopped me after I got off the plane I knew the harassment was about to begin. But I was ready for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0f/1079886590_0:207:3097:1949_1200x675_80_0_0_46917906be67f9b74685455db3373545.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008301080318958-china-warns-against-foreign-meddling-as-france-laments-about-human-rights-in-xinjiang-hong-kong/ Western countries earlier condemned alleged human rights violations in the Chinese region of Xinjiang and in Hong Kong, the latter following Beijing’s adoption of a new national security law affecting the semi-autonomous island. Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi has condemned the attempts of foreign governments to meddle in the domestic affairs of Beijing, warning them against interfering […]
Kenosha police officers’ shooting of unarmed African American man Jacob Blake late last week has reignited race-related demonstrations and nationwide calls for police reform in the United States. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a civil rights probe into Sunday’s shooting of African American man Jacob Blake who currently remains in hospital in serious condition. The DOJ said in a statement on Wednesday that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080278520_0:171:3111:1921_1200x675_80_0_0_bb53811cd062d0decd23b0f58f48e4db.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008261080278579-precious-liberty-french-interior-minister-supports-topless-sunbathing-rights/ French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin rose to protect topless sunbathers, after police in France’s Sainte-Marie-la-Mer last week asked three women to cover their breasts while enjoying the sun. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin rose up to protect what he characterized as the “fundamental liberty” of topless sunbathing, after several women complained about police officers preventing them from laying in […]
Documentary Chronicles Students’ Fight For Black Rights During ‘Freedom Summer’ : NPR Documentary Chronicles Students’ Fight For Black Rights During ‘Freedom Summer’ Freedom Summer, now streaming on PBS, focuses on the 1964 movement to get Black people to vote in Mississippi. Director Stanley Nelson and organizer Charles Cobb discussed the film in 2014. Source link