Elon Musk’s purchase of the Twitter platform was a hotly debated topic. But neither Musk nor any other individual is the root of the world’s problems. Liberalism which pretends to oppose capitalism and US state hegemony but which is in fact an ally, is the problem. Elon Musk successfully won his bid to purchase Twitter on April 25th just days after a rally in New York City chanted “Azov” to express support for Ukraine. While these events appear unrelated on the surface, they represent key examples of the road to hell paved by U.S. imperialism’s dominant ideology: liberalism. Liberalism is often viewed as […]
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Above Photo: People march with signs reading ‘No to environmental contamination’ and ‘Farming community of Huascabamba’ in Sayhua, Peru. (Sebastian Castaneda / Reuters) Leaders of the Coporaque district promise to continue to block the road leading to Las Bambas copper mine. Members of a Peruvian community have promised to restart a road blockade against a prominent copper mine, even as a second community promised a 45-day truce in the dispute. The planned disruption is the latest in a series of protests along the road leading to the Las Bambas mine, which is owned by MMG Ltd and produces 2 percent of the […]
Above Photo: Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández meets with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping in February 2022 Argentina is trapped in $44 billion of IMF odious debt taken on by corrupt right-wing regimes. Seeking alternatives to US hegemony, President Alberto Fernández traveled to Russia and China, forming an alliance with the Eurasian powers, joining the Belt and Road Initiative. The United States constantly intervenes in the internal affairs of Latin America, organizing coups d’etat, destabilizing independent governments, trapping nations in debt, and imposing sanctions. Washington sees the region as its own property, with President Joe Biden referring to it this January […]
Above Photo: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Getty Images. The nation of Barbados recently became a republic, severing its ties with the British crown. The road to independence began years earlier as part a wider Caribbean movement. On November 30, 2021, on the 55th anniversary of its political independence, Barbados will become a republic. It is commonly assumed this was some sudden decision by Mia Mottley’s government. The most bizarre suggestion came from British voices, who asserted this had to do with Barbados tilting to China. But the roots of this change go back decades, and are anchored in the politics […]
A Russian BTR-80 armoured personnel carrier drove over a Chevrolet Lacetti on a public road on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Russian media on Feb 11, reported that a BTR-80 assigned to the National Guard of the Russian Federation, better known as Rosgvardiya, was unable to stop in time and crushed the car in the village of Persianovsky. The accident happened on the morning of February 10 at the intersection of a public road. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – As a result, the armoured personnel carrier drove into the side of the car, which was being driven by a […]
For An Egalitarian, Cooperative Road To An Ecosocialist Future By Green Left, Socialist Project. October 9, 2020 For An Egalitarian, Cooperative Road To An Ecosocialist Future2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/dont-burn-our-earth-e1602243469341.jpg200px200px This important Ecosocialist Manifesto, published by the Green Left emerges out of Australia in preparation for the forthcoming conference, Ecosocialism 2020: From rebellion to revolution, supported by the Socialist Alliance. It will be open for further discussion and development through a series of Ecosocialism conferences in several cities across Australia in late October. We are in the midst of a climate emergency and there is no way out without radically changing the way society is organized. If humanity […]
Recently released dashcam footage shows a Florida driver opening fire at another vehicle. It is unknown whether the man, seen repeatedly firing through his windshield, or the other armed motorist has been charged with any crimes in relation to the documented incident. Marco Mazzetta, known on YouTube as Endless Open Road, posted a now-viral YouTube video on September 24 which showcased a series of events that led to him firing at a fellow driver on Highway 417 near Orlando, Florida. The video, which is marked in the bottom left corner as having been recorded on September 23, shows a Nissan 370Z […]
When I loaded up a mustard-colored Kia Seltos in June with a cooler, a suitcase, a kayak, and a mountain bike and struck out of Portland for the rust-colored rockscapes of Utah, it felt a little reckless. Oregon had begun to get a weak grip on the coronavirus, but too many of the reddest Utahns were proudly rebuffing epidemiologists’ urgent pleas to stay 6 feet away from one another and wear masks. Moab, a city of 5,000-ish people that draws 3 million visitors annually to its uncanny collection of rock arches and flowy trail systems, was actively discouraging anyone from coming […]
When I look at the smears already being aimed at potential Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett, I’m left with one conclusion: This is how we got Donald Trump. Long before Trump took that now-famous escalator ride, conservatives were regularly attacked in pretty unfair ways. The closer to an election or confirmation vote, the more vicious the attacks. In recent years, decent, mainstream conservatives have been accused of owning a racist rock (Rick Perry), giving forced, homophobic haircuts, declaring a “war on women” and not paying taxes (Mitt Romney), and not knowing how many houses they own (John McCain). In […]
Michael Weigand faces a five-year maximum sentence for hiding his role with Silk Road from investigators. Source link
So off goes Joe Biden to Kenosha on Thursday with wife, Jill, to host a town hall meeting and “to make a local stop,” as the press release put it, which we can perhaps presume means a visit to Jacob Blake’s family (sans nonexistent pastor). I guess this is a good idea. The first principle of campaigning against a bully is don’t be bullied. Show you’re not intimidated. Biden did that successfully Monday in Pittsburgh—his rhetoric was pugnacious and direct. So don’t leave the Kenosha optics to Donald Trump. Show you’ll play on his turf. But there’s a tightrope Biden has […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/01/1080339076_0:60:1920:1140_1200x675_80_0_0_3916f490f5490700c645a0ae9eba129d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009011080338669-road-to-yalta-crimea-hosts-international-music-festival-of-soviet-war-time-songs/ The festival has seen 157 applicants from 37 countries and the jury has selected 15 performers who will take part in the event. The ‘Road to Yalta’ international music festival begins in Crimea on 1 September. According to the organisers, the festival received 157 applications from 37 countries and has chosen 15 performers to take part. 2020 marks the 75th anniversary since the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany, and the festival offers a chance to musicians from all over the globe to perform Soviet songs about the Great Patriotic War […]
…from SouthFront.org Four US service members were slightly injured during a standoff with the Russian Military Police near the border-town of Al-Malikiyah in the Syrian province of al-Hasakah. According to reports, the US troops received “mild injures” after their MaxxPro MRAP vehicle collided with a Russian vehicle. US officials quoted by media said there was no exchange of fire during the standoff, which took place earlier this week. According to their version of the events, a Russian vehicle intentionally rammed a US one. Videos from the scene appeared online on August 26. They show Russian and U.S. armored vehicles chasing each […]
Courts Worldwide Ruling That Gig Economy Is A Road To Serfdom By Marshall Auerback, Economy for All. August 27, 2020 Courts Worldwide Ruling That Gig Economy Is A Road To Serfdom2020-08-272020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/1024px-foodora_messenger.jpg200px200px Companies have consistently sought to deny their workers traditional benefits via labour law loopholes that the courts are rapidly closing. The tech industry buzzword “gig” has distracted society from important questions about the gig economy that are surprisingly traditional: whether a business has employees or contractors, and how it can avoid payroll taxes and legal liability. Countless Silicon Valley business models have been built under the guise of gigs, Uber and Lyft two […]
Torrential monsoon rain in India has marooned the lives of people in several low lying, remote rural areas as well as cities. Rivers have breached their danger marks in the worst-affected states – Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Kerala, and Bihar, with over 200 deaths in flooding, landslides, and other incidents. Battered by heavy rain, the Indian state of Odisha, which shares a border with the Bay of Bengal, has seen low-lying areas inundated with water. The visuals from the state show people grappling with the deluge. One such video shows a truck overturning into a river in Odisha’s Kendujhar district. The truck […]
The new Chinese wheeled self-propelled howitzer system has been spotted on the road this week. The footage, which was released on 23 August on the Social media service Weibo, shows a military convoy of a new type of 122mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer based on a 6×6 cross country light chassis. New self-propelled howitzer reportedly features of 122mm howitzer mounted on the rear end of modified CSK181 protected mobility vehicle chassis. The CSK181 is a new generation of the Mengshi armoured vehicles entering service with the People’s Liberation Army. It and similar vehicles are used by light combined arms brigades to transport […]
Joe Biden addresses donors during a virtual fundraising event at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 12. Biden will accept his party’s nomination at this week’s Democratic National Convention. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Joe Biden addresses donors during a virtual fundraising event at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 12. Biden will accept his party’s nomination at this week’s Democratic National Convention. Drew Angerer/Getty Images When former Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. becomes the Democratic Party’s official nominee for president on Thursday, he will complete two historic and improbable comebacks. Earlier […]
Protesters Block Logging Road Near Port Renfrew By Darron Kloster, Times Colonist. August 15, 2020 Protesters Block Logging Road Near Port Renfrew2020-08-152020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/forest-protest-e1597506496270.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tape is seen in an old-growth forest in an image in a video provided by protesters who want to prevent Teal Jones from logging in the Fairy Creek Valley. Vancouver Island, BC – About 20 protesters have blocked a logging road near Port Renfrew, vowing they will stay until old-growth forests in a critical watershed area of the San Juan River are protected. The protesters say they want the provincial government to prevent Teal Jones from building a […]
Modi’s ‘New’ India: Notch Or Knot On China’s Belt (And Road Initiative) By Danny Sjursen, Antiwar.com. July 16, 2020 Modi’s ‘New’ India: Notch Or Knot On China’s Belt (And Road Initiative)2020-07-162020-07-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/india-china_20191031_570_850-e1594945376998.jpg200px200px Above photo: Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) between Indian Army and Peoples Liberation army conducted by the Peoples Liberation army at the Chinese Side in Bum La, Arunachal Pradesh. File it in the rapidly-brimming “biggest-stories-of-2020-you-haven’t-heard-about” folder. Amidst the madness merger of pandemic and protests – both of which Trump’s minions have blamed on China – there’s been scant attention paid to a brewing conflict between two of the world’s nine nuclear-armed powers (accounting for […]
Chances are, you might be planning on taking a road trip this summer. If you do, remember to do it safely. Beyond that, there is only so much music you can listen to, and in my opinion, only so many podcasts as well. I recommend an audiobook. Plenty of them are read by amazing actors who will draw your right into the story and will compel you to through the story. Audiobooks are a great way to make a road trip, or just a long drive, even more fun and entertaining. Plus, if you sign up with Audible, your first audiobook […]
President Trump on Friday told Telemundo that he will be signing a huge executive order on immigration that will include DACA in the coming weeks. “We are going to have a road to citizenship,” said Trump citing the recent SCOTUS ruling on DACA. WATCH: BREAKING: President Trump tells Telemundo’s @jdbalart he will sign an executive order on immigration that will include DACA in the coming weeks. #mtpdaily Trump: “One of the aspects of the bill is going to be DACA. We are going to have a road to citizenship.” pic.twitter.com/M926cty8A1 — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) July 10, 2020 TRENDING: WOW! NBC […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On Thursday, police officials from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh shad arrested Vikas Dubey, the infamous gangster wanted for the brutal murder of eight policemen in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. He was nabbed in the city of Ujjain’s famous Mahakal Temple, after eluding dozens of special security teams searching for him. A herd of stray cows and buffaloes led to a road crash which enabled the notorious criminal Vikas Dubey, who had been arrested for the killing of eight policemen, flee a police vehicle in the Indian city of Kanpur, a Special Task Force from Uttar Pradesh state […]
At least two protesters were left clinging to a vehicle for dear life after they attempted to block the car from driving through the scene of a protest in Bloomington, Indiana, videos posted to social media show. It’s not clear what provoked the altercation. After a passenger in the car gets out to clear a scooter placed in the middle of the road, a woman can be seen attempting to physically block the car from proceeding any further. The vehicle then takes off anyway – with the woman clinging to the hood. Another protester appears to jump onto the fleeing car from […]
Native American Protesters Blocked The Road Leading To Mount Rushmore By Ashley Collman, Business Insider. July 4, 2020 Native American Protesters Blocked The Road Leading To Mount Rushmore2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/trush.jpg200px200px Above photo: Activists and members of different tribes from the region block the road to the Mount Rushmore National Monument as they protest in Keystone, South Dakota on July 3, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images. Faced off with the National Guard in the hours before Trump’s speech. The Supreme Court ruled in 1980 that the Black Hills — where Mount Rushmore resides — was unlawfully taken from the Sioux people. A group of […]
Anarchists and leftists on Friday disabled vans and blocked the road to President Trump’s Mount Rushmore event. RSBN reported that Antifa militants removed bats from their white vans. Advertisement – story continues below It’s about to get interesting here at Mount Rushmore… Tear gas looks ready to deploy as a protester removes bats with spikes from their vehicle…https://t.co/vPZ8yUsrr4 pic.twitter.com/f9dLslL2XD — RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) July 3, 2020 TRENDING: A New Low. Snopes Uses Local Crips Member and Islamist Fanatic in Defamatory Hit Piece Against Gateway Pundit and St. Louis Catholics The National Guard moved in and police began making arrests. The crowd […]
Anarchists and leftists on Friday disabled vans and blocked the road to President Trump’s Mount Rushmore event. The National Guard moved in and began making arrests. Advertisement – story continues below WATCH: #BREAKING: National guard is working to disperse protesters who have formed a blockade leading to Mount Rushmore where President Trump will deliver a 4th of July speech. pic.twitter.com/XeZaTdLwka — Jennifer Franco (@jennfranconews) July 3, 2020 TRENDING: A New Low. Snopes Uses Local Crips Member and Islamist Fanatic in Defamatory Hit Piece Against Gateway Pundit and St. Louis Catholics National Guard made some arrests. Advertisement – story continues below WATCH: […]
“Hard Road Of Hope” Shows West Virginia Is A Mirror Of The United States By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. June 30, 2020 “Hard Road Of Hope” Shows West Virginia Is A Mirror Of The United States2020-06-302020-06-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/hroh_20cover-e1593559197123.jpeg200px200px Eleanor Goldstein is a remarkable person. She is an artist, writer, poet, composer, performer, podcaster, educator, photographer, organizer, activist, and now a documentarian. She publishes her work at ArtKillingApathy.com. Her band is the Rooftop Revolutionaries. She has had a regular program, “Act Out!” on Free Speech TV for almost five years that is one of their most popular shows. And she does a podcast with […]
A tractor with two trailers of hay turned into an inferno dragon as its cargo caught fire on a road in southern Russia. The vehicle spilled flames left and right as it swirled on the road setting surrounding fields on fire. The red-hot video from Russia’s Krasnodar region emerged on social media on Sunday, promptly going viral. Footage shows the tractor with two burning trailers attached zigzagging on the road in a desperate attempt to beat off the flames. The tactics didn’t prove to be very effective though, as the hard maneuvering only spilled the blazing hay from the trailers, setting […]
Two major aviation organisations have joined forces to issue a report aimed at restoring business to the ailing travel industry amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has grounded around 95 percent of aircraft worldwide and brought the industry to a standstill, according to recent reports. The Airports Council International (ACI) World and International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced on Tuesday a roadmap to reopen the global aviation sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A layered set of measures across the entire passenger journey would minimise risks of transmission of COVID-19 infections at airports and on aircraft, as well as prevent travel hubs […]
India 10:49 GMT 11.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 8 May inaugurated the strategic Link Road from Dharchula to Lipulekh near India’s border with China, along what’s famously known as the Kailash-Mansarovar Pilgrimage Route. A day later, the Nepalese government issued a statement condemning India’s move. Nepal’s foreign ministry on Monday summoned the Indian ambassador over a boundary issue, days after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Link Road from Dharchula to Lipulekh. Nepal claims that the Indian road, which stretches towards China’s Tibet region, crosses into Nepalese territory. While handing over the formal complaint, Nepal […]