Protesters Demand Elections Remain Untampered Across United States By Jenn Schreiter, Unicorn Riot. November 6, 2020 Protesters Demand Elections Remain Untampered Across United States2020-11-062020-11-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/bostonblurfinal-min-2048×1177-1-e1604666853644.png200px200px Above photo: March in Boston on Nov. 4. Across the United States on November 4, demonstrators took to the streets while votes from the November 3 elections continued to be counted. Plains / Midwest “Don’t let Trump steal the election!” warned graphics […]
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Countering Rightward Drift In The United States: This Struggle Is Long Term By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. November 1, 2020 Countering Rightward Drift In The United States: This Struggle Is Long Term2020-11-012020-11-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/1occupy-e1604252058642.jpg200px200px This week, people are planning protests across the nation beginning the day after the election. Some, like Democratic Party-aligned groups and unions, will only demonstrate if President Trump loses and refuses to leave office. […]
What We Are Up Against: Fascism In The United States By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. October 25, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter What We Are Up Against: Fascism In The United States2020-10-252020-10-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/police-violence-e1603635538215.jpeg200px200px Are you or do you know an emerging activist who needs support? Popular Resistance and the Kevin Zeese family are launching the Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund with an online celebration on his birthday, this Wednesday, […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain have expressed concern about Israel’s plans to built nearly 5,000 housing units in the occupied West Bank and called on Tel Aviv to stop all settlement-related activities in the region, according to the joint communique by the foreign ministries of these states. “We are deeply concerned by the decision taken by the Israeli authorities to […]
While coronavirus vaccine trials are ongoing and U.S. vaccine has yet to be approved, state health officials are planning ahead for how to eventually immunized a large swath of the population. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images While coronavirus vaccine trials are ongoing and U.S. vaccine has yet to be approved, state health officials are planning ahead for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107561/44/1075614484_0:65:1200:740_1200x675_80_0_0_e1640e5beeaf263f1f87e6afa2e92a0b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202010151080774410-us-schedules-test-flight-of-5th-generation-drone-prototype-in-late-october/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A stealthy, low altitude 5th generation drone protype designed for target practice by 5th generation fighter jets and other weapons will make its first test flight later this month, the Defense Department said in a press release. “To determine whether a system really is combat-credible, we must test it under realistic conditions. That includes putting it […]
An employee of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office examines ballot envelopes at a satellite election office at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. Local election clerks can’t start verifying mailed-in ballots in Pennsylvania until Election Day and in Michigan until the day before. Laurence Kesterson/AP hide caption toggle caption Laurence Kesterson/AP An employee of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office examines ballot envelopes at a satellite election office […]
Climate Litigation Spreads Across The United States By Kathy Mulvey, Union of Concerned Scientists. October 13, 2020 Climate Litigation Spreads Across The United States2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/exxonknew-e1602621490643.jpg200px200px With hurricanes in the Gulf South and wildfires in the West, the intensifying impacts of climate change have been inescapable as summer turns to fall. Summer 2020 also brought a wave of new climate lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, including several firsts: the first suit […]
Supporters of President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wave flags prior to Biden’s arrival for a townhall in Miami, Florida. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Supporters of President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wave flags prior to Biden’s arrival for a townhall in Miami, Florida. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images More than $1 […]
European ministers have fired warning shots at London ahead of crunch Brexit talks in Brussels this week. Germany sees this period as ‘critical’, while France has called for unity among the 27 member states. As the European Council prepares to meet on Thursday, and with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s October 15 deadline looming large, European ministers took the opportunity to remind London of their demands. […]
Swing state’s governor Gretchen Whitmer has raised concerns after she refused to say when the votes from her state in the November election would be announced, claiming deadlines are set by “people with political agendas.” “Michigan will be able to announce results, but we are not going to have artificial deadlines set by, you know, people with political agendas,” the governor told CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105571/35/1055713586_0:70:1350:830_1199x675_80_0_0_8cee79137c52f5b1a4212e13871243d3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010111080736043-turkeys-military-presence-in-qatar-emergency-for-gulf-states-uae-diplomat-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Turkey’s military presence in Qatar contributes to negative polarization in the region and poses an emergency to the Gulf nations, Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, said. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Doha earlier in the week to inaugurate a newly completed Turkish military base, where he said Turkish soldiers […]
While all eyes are locked on the presidential debates and the competition between Trump and Biden, a no less important battle is to take place on 3 November, in which the future of 35 seats and control of the US Senate will be decided. The main struggle for dominance in the Senate, currently controlled by the GOP, will take place in six states where Republican and […]
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for President Trump. His performance in the first presidential debate was widely panned; Trump and several members of his inner circle contracted COVID-19; and then the president said he was pulling out of the next debate, after the debate commission said it wanted the candidates to appear from remote locations, citing safety concerns in the wake of Trump’s diagnosis. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080627265_0:198:2950:1856_1200x675_80_0_0_d357e0c353ee57e82c0f09d7cd9a1c63.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010011080627320-trump-directs-administration-to-probe-us-reliance-on-foreign-states-for-critical-minerals/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order declaring a national emergency to deal with the United States’ reliance on foreign countries for critical materials important to the US military and economy. The executive order states that the US cannot be dependent on imports from “foreign adversaries” for the critical resources, which are crucial to […]
The home secretary said the UK was waiting to return some 1,000 migrants to the European Union states where they first arrived under the terms of the Dublin Regulation, but those countries have put up “legal barriers”. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has accused European Union (EU) member states of breaking the bloc’s rules on seeking asylum. Patel, quoted by The Daily Express, said EU members […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/18/1080561736_0:0:1649:929_1200x675_80_0_0_b7b50effe5d3991109c753ef8c936a54.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009281080602511-trump-delivers-remarks-on-the-united-states-coronavirus-testing-strategy/ The president said last week that his administration could override the US Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to toughen standards for the authorisation of a COVID-19 vaccine. President Donald Trump is giving a press briefing on the US’ coronavirus testing strategy at the White House on Monday. Trump has promised that 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine will be […]
A worker prepares absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C., earlier this month. Gerry Broome/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerry Broome/AP A worker prepares absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C., earlier this month. Gerry Broome/AP Voters in a number of swing states this November will have more leeway in getting their […]
380 pilot whales die after getting beached in Australia, 50 saved by rescuers in largest such incident in state’s history (PHOTOS) A total of 380 whales have died, local media reported, citing officials. Teams of rescuers managed to save 50 by towing them to deeper water, where they were released, while around 30 more remained beached and fighting for their lives as of Wednesday afternoon. Each […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107404/34/1074043400_0:213:4737:2878_1200x675_80_0_0_7ac1c9a93a942afca4b31088ee4234a6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009221080531774-snowden-reportedly-agrees-to-pay-united-states-5-million-from-book-speeches/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked intelligence secrets in 2013, has agreed to pay the US government more than $5 million earned from his book “Permanent Record” and speeches, CNN reported citing court records. In September 2019, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the whistleblower over claims that he […]
RT/Moscow: The US pullout from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a threat to Russia’s security and risked “zeroing” its nuclear arsenals, prompting Moscow to design unparalleled hypersonic projectiles, President Vladimir Putin said. Moscow, which claims primacy in the worldwide race to develop the ultra-fast weapons systems, faced an urgency to maintain strategic parity with its near-peer opponent Washington, the Russian president recalled on Saturday. “The […]
RT/Moscow: The US pullout from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a threat to Russia’s security and risked “zeroing” its nuclear arsenals, prompting Moscow to design unparalleled hypersonic projectiles, President Vladimir Putin said. Moscow, which claims primacy in the worldwide race to develop the ultra-fast weapons systems, faced an urgency to maintain strategic parity with its near-peer opponent Washington, the Russian president recalled on Saturday. “The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080506042_0:312:3072:2040_1200x675_80_0_0_4c7aa807f29babd7b4db23d4aca19e5c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009181080506080-in-person-early-voting-kicks-off-in-four-us-states/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Polling centres opened in the US states of Minnesota, Virginia, South Dakota and Wyoming on Friday to allow voters to cast early in-person ballots for the 2020 presidential election. “The Early Vote Center at 980 E. Hennepin Ave opened at 8 a.m. [CST] sharp. In the first 30 minutes, we served 44 Minneapolis voters,” Minneapolis Elections […]
Protests And Rockets As Gulf States Sign Deals With Israel By Tamara Nasser, Electronic Intifada. September 17, 2020 Protests And Rockets As Gulf States Sign Deals With Israel2020-09-172020-09-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/200915_-_abraham-accords-e1600347910164.jpg200px200px Above photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Emirati foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani at the White House, 15 September. Oliver Contreras/Sipa Press. At a White House ceremony on Tuesday, the […]
Birds need to refuel occasionally during their long migrations and if food along the way is in short supply some don’t make it. However, mass deaths caused by starvation during the flight have generally been pretty rare. That is, until this year. Thousands of birds migrating from the Arctic tundra to America’s south-west have recently dropped dead in states such as New Mexico, Texas and Colorado […]
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www.youtube.com Fear of More Teacher Deaths Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the new school year began, and a teachers’ union leader worries that the return to in-person classes will have a deadly impact across the U.S. without proper precautions. https://t.co/BQJvSgkz0J — ABC News (@ABC) September 11, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Teachers in Missouri, South Carolina, and Mississippi […]
Supporters of President Trump line PA-981 outside of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to get into a Sept. 3 rally in Latrobe, Pa. Michael Rayne Swenen for NPR hide caption toggle caption Michael Rayne Swenen for NPR Supporters of President Trump line PA-981 outside of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to get into a Sept. 3 rally in Latrobe, Pa. Michael Rayne Swenen for NPR The 2020 presidential […]
As US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden accuse each other of being unfit for the job, voters in six swing states say they agree… with both of them. A poll reveals voters think neither is mentally fit. Voters in the critical swing states of Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona, and Wisconsin doubt either Trump or Biden are fit to serve as commander-in-chief […]
ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Dispatch/Daily Beast)— Missouri added a record number of new COVID-19 deaths Saturday after a data review revealed dozens of virus deaths from earlier this summer that were never counted in the state’s tally, health officials announced. The consensus is clear: Things are much worse in Missouri because of @GovParsonMO’s failure to take action. It’s costing our economy. It’s costing lives. And it […]
By Justin Franz, Kaiser Health News When Tamarack Dispensary opened in the northwestern Montana city of Kalispell in 2009, medical marijuana was legal but still operating on the fringes of the conservative community. Times have changed. Owner Erin Bolster no longer receives surprised or puzzled looks when she tells people what she does. Now, her business sponsors community events and was recently nominated as a top […]
Every four years, during the procedural announcement of delegate vote tallies at both parties’ nominating conventions, Americans are reminded of something I’m sure the vast majority of them forget all about in between conventions: the very existence of the five unincorporated United States territories–Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Territories that are under United States sovereignty, inhabited by […]
Disastrous US School Openings Lead To 2,500 Infections Across 44 States August 24, 2020 Disastrous US School Openings Lead To 2,500 Infections Across 44 States2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/map-of-covid-reports-in-us-schools.jpg200px200px Above photo: Map of COVID reports in US schools, August 20, 12020, WSWS. Within weeks, the reopening of schools across the United States has already become a complete catastrophe. Outside of the mobilization of educators, parents and the broader working class to […]