Indigenous people in Canada are giving the world a demonstration of the power of nonviolent action. The justness of their cause — defending the land from those who would destroy it for short term profit and the elimination of a habitable climate on earth — combined with their courage and the absence on their part of cruelty or hatred, has the potential to create a much [...]
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It’s certainly plausible that the global economy is in the early stages of grinding to a halt. Already, we’ve noted that two-thirds of China’s economy is offline, with major industrial hubs idle and 400 million people quarantined. The next phase of the supply chain chaos is to spread to regions that are overly reliant on Chinese parts for assembly, such as a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV plant [...]
Ongoing Demonstrations In Support Of Wet’swet’en Shut Down Rail Traffic By Anne Petermann , Globaljusticeecology.org February 13, 2020 Ongoing Demonstrations In Support Of Wet’swet’en Shut Down Rail Traffic2020-02-132020-02-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/dsc0447-copy-1-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-1024×558-500×272-1-e1581641267758.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Wet’suwet’en Supporter Toolkit 2020 A few weeks ago we got an update from Molly Wickham, a Gidimt’en Clan member, on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod. Here’s the link to her interview in case you missed it. https://globaljusticeecology.org/new-earth-watch-with-gidimten-clan-member-molly-wickham/ [...]
Iraqi authorities on Wednesday reopened one of Baghdad’s major bridges, shut for months by anti-government protesters, in a sign of a lull in unrest that has killed hundreds of people and forced the prime minister to resign last year, reports Reuters. The Sinak Bridge, one of the main routes across the Tigris River that bisects the city, leads to a district near the fortified Green Zone of [...]
Unist’ot’en Burn Injunction On Bridge And Actions Shut Down Canada By Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade, Popular Resistance. February 9, 2020 Unist’ot’en Burn Injunction On Bridge And Actions Shut Down Canada2020-02-092020-02-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/unnamed-40-1-e1581243519873.jpg200px200px Above photo: Roadblock entering its second day today in Gitxsan Territory Canada – On the morning of February 8, 2020, RCMP officers landed at the gates of Unist’ot’en Village by helicopter. Unist’ot’en chiefs and house members began calling on [...]
Beijing has lashed out at countries fanning fears of the novel coronavirus — which so far claimed 259 lives — insisting that its response against the deadly disease goes far beyond standards accepted worldwide. “We have adopted the most comprehensive and strictest prevention and control measures, and many of them go far beyond the requirements of the International Health Regulations,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured while [...]
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Senator Tom Cotton is calling for an immediate shut down of all flights from China to the U.S., warning that Beijing is lying about the full extent of the coronavirus outbreak. The death toll from the virus, which has now reached every region in mainland China, has risen to 170 with 7,711 confirmed cases of people being infected. [...]
Anti-establishment protesters in Iraq yesterday shut down the headquarters of a number of government offices in Diwaniya, local media outlets reported. The protesters are reported to have allowed only service offices, banks, care and retiree institutions, executive and health departments to carry out their work without objection. Meanwhile, Dhi Qar police chief in the governorate of Nasiriyah demanded protesters open important roads and intersections a day [...]
Unfortunately for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, too many moderate Republicans have sided with Democrats in insisting that the impeachment trial proceed. If the shoe was on the other foot, and McConnell was able to win over more conservative and moderate Democrats, President Trump’s legal team would be able to easily win a vote to dismiss at the outset of the trial, effectively ending it before [...]
Unfortunately for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, too many moderate Republicans have sided with Democrats in insisting that the impeachment trial proceed. If the shoe was on the other foot, and McConnell was able to win over more conservative and moderate Democrats, President Trump’s legal team would be able to easily win a vote to dismiss at the outset of the trial, effectively ending it before [...]
Tens of private and public schools have shut down on Wednesday following clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in the capital of Beirut. In Beirut all public middle schools were closed on Wednesday, while only three out of the 18 high schools were open to students. Meanwhile, schools were partially or entirely open in the governorates of South Lebanon, Mount Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. [...]
Via SovereignMan.com, Local Puerto Ricans invariably tell me I’m overpaying on rent, and that I could have found a cheaper place to live. I’m sure that’s true. But somehow I’m not upset about my gorgeous view over the ocean and private roof deck. Beautiful beaches are right in front of me, along with three pools, a gym, and tennis courts. At the nearby food trucks, Esteban [...]
Puerto Rico just can’t catch a break. After a series of earthquakes have rattled the island over the past two weeks, a series of even more powerful quakes and aftershocks have followed on Tuesday. The spate of quakes included a magnitude 6.4 quake which occurred at 8:24 UTC (4:24 am local time), according to the US Geological Survey. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center measured the earthquake [...]