Above Photo: Lucy Nicholson / Reuters. Amazon hasn’t recognized the Amazon Labor Union and, like Starbucks, is continuing to union bust and fire organizers. On April 1, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) achieved a historic victory when 55 percent of workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted to form the first Amazon union in the United States. The news shook the labor movement around the world as millions celebrated and the victory of these hyper-exploited workers against one of the richest men in the world. Amazon has still not recognized the union, and has been trying to challenge the election results. […]
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Above Photo: Bail bonds offices seen across from the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press). In 2019, M., pregnant with her first child, was arrested and charged with a felony in Santa Clara County. At her first court appearance, M.’s public defender fought for her release. M. had diabetes, and to avoid complications, she needed to take prenatal vitamins, exercise regularly, carefully watch her diet and avoid stress. She couldn’t do that in jail. The judge refused to release her unless she paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash bail — an impossible sum. For […]
Above photo: US delegation to Western Sahara. DZ breaking. Washington, D.C./Boujdour, Western Sahara – Ruth McDonough, a US/British citizen, began a hunger strike on Wednesday, May 4, in order to bring attention to human rights abuses occurring in Boujdour, Western Sahara. Dr. Tim Pluta, US/Irish citizen, will be supporting McDonough as caretaker. Both McDonough and Pluta have been guests in the home of the Khaya family since March 15, 2022. Their arrival came on day 482 of an arbitrary detention in which Moroccan agents had periodically broken and entered the Khaya family home, attacked, beaten, and raped Sultana Khaya and her sister, […]
Members of the German Bundestag To: Mr Richard Burgon MPMr David Davis MPMs Diane Abbot MPMs Caroline Lucas MPMr Tommy Sheppard MpMr John McDonnell MPMr Jeremy Corbyn MPMr Kenny MacAskill MPMs Apsana Begum MPMr Ian Byrne MPMr Neale Hanvey MPMs Bell Addy-Ribeiro MP Ms Claudia Webbe MPMs Kate Osborne MPMr Ian Lavery MPMs Zarah Sultana MPMs Joanna Cherry MPMr Martyn Day MPMr Stuart C McDonald MPMr Hywel Williams MPMr Grahame Morris MPMr Ben Lake MPMr Tony Lloyd MPMs Rachael Maskell MP Berlin, May 3, 2022 Subject: Concern for Julian Assange, founder of the platform Wikileaks Dear honorable Members of Parliament,Esteemed colleagues […]
Above Photo: Protesters attend the Rally For Abortion Justice on October 02, 2021, in Washington, DC. Photo by Leigh Vogel / Getty Images for Women’s March. The attack on abortion rights is a ‘catastrophic public health emergency,’ so why aren’t Democrats and major reproductive rights organizations acting like it? UPDATE (5/3/22): On May 2, 2022, POLITICO published a leaked initial draft majority opinion ostensibly written by Justice Samuel Alito indicating that the Supreme Court majority intends to strike down Roe v. Wade in its impending ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. And yet, […]
End Fossil Fuels Now BREAKING: In the early hours of the morning, Extinction Rebellion UK and groups in the Just Stop Oil Coalition have blocked 10 major oil facilities across the UK. We will continue to block the sites until the UK Government agrees to end all new fossil fuel investments immediately.[1] Extinction Rebellion is blocking the Esso West Terminal near Heathrow Airport, and the Hamble and Hythe Terminals in Southampton. People are locked on at the entrances using large pink oil barrels filled with concrete, with the words ‘END FOSSIL FUELS NOW’ on them. Two people are up bamboo structures […]
Above Photo: Fernando, a former student who graduated from La Escuelita, talks about how important this school is to his community, Oakland, California, March 26. (Judy Greenspan). Oakland, California – Students from three Oakland area schools, scheduled to be closed at the end of this school year, led a spirited march and rally today. Young people from Parker Elementary, La Escuelita Middle School and Community Day School chanted from the sound truck, carried signs and banners and spoke about how teachers in their neighborhood schools have changed their lives. Rank-and-file members of the Oakland Education Association, parents and community members participated […]
We Must Stop Family Separation — And We Can Do It Now By Wendy Cervantes, Other Words. March 26, 2022 We Must Stop Family Separation — And We Can Do It Now2022-03-262022-03-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220326-2.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Shutterstock. The Biden administration has tools it can use right now to put kids and families first in immigration policy. “I’m scared all the time, even in my sleep.” I will never forget the teary-eyed 8-year-old who told me that — one of the bravest young people I’ve ever met. I met him just five months after the Trump administration took office and began an onslaught of […]
Italian Airport Workers Stop Arms Shipment To Ukraine By Simon Zinnstein, Left Voice. March 20, 2022 Italian Airport Workers Stop Arms Shipment To Ukraine2022-03-202022-03-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220320-4.jpg200px200px Under Guise Of “Humanitarian Aid”. In Italy, workers discovered that weapons were being shipped to Ukraine under the pretense of sending “humanitarian aid” and have refused to hand them over. Their example should serve as a model for all workers on how to take action against the war. The war in Ukraine is causing more and more saber-rattling in the U.S. and Europe. As many countries massively ramp up their own military budgets, many more still are […]
Just Stop Oil Supporter Locks To Goalpost During Football Game March 19, 2022 Just Stop Oil Supporter Locks To Goalpost During Football Game2022-03-192022-03-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/just-stop-oil-e1647741630518.jpg200px200px At 8:50 PM today, a young supporter of Just Stop Oil ran onto the pitch during the Everton vs Newcastle United game to draw attention to the group’s demand that the Government ends all new fossil fuel supply projects. Louis, 21, locked on to the goalpost at Goodison Park wearing a Just Stop Oil t-shirt, causing the referee to stop play or nearly 10 minutes. The shirt featured a link – bit.ly/WeHaveNoFuture – which leads to a short […]
Just Stop Oil Supporter Locks On To Goalpost During Everton Vs Newcastle United Game March 19, 2022 Just Stop Oil Supporter Locks On To Goalpost During Everton Vs Newcastle United Game2022-03-192022-03-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.png200px200px At 8:50 PM today, a young supporter of Just Stop Oil ran onto the pitch during the Everton vs Newcastle United game to draw attention to the group’s demand that the Government ends all new fossil fuel supply projects. Louis, 21, locked on to the goalpost at Goodison Park wearing a Just Stop Oil t-shirt, causing the referee to stop play or nearly 10 minutes. The shirt featured a link […]
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Demand Royal Bank Stop Financing Pipeline By Jennifer Wickham, Last Real Indians. March 9, 2022 Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Demand Royal Bank Stop Financing Pipeline2022-03-092022-03-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220309-2.jpg200px200px Unceded Gidimt’en territory, so-called Smithers, British Columbia, Canada – On Friday, February 25, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs met with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and City National Bank (CNB) executives demanding the bank withdraw financing for the Coastal GasLink pipeline by March 11. The meeting marked the first-ever meeting between RBC leadership and Indigenous land defenders, who have been resisting the controversial fracked gas pipeline for a decade. At the meeting, the following demands were […]
Above Photo: Activists with the Insure Our Future network gathered outside AIG Headquarters in Manhattan during their annual shareholders’ meeting on May 12, 2021 to demand that AIG take action on climate change., Erik McGregor / LightRocket / Getty Images. ‘Major Step Forward.’ “Organizing Works,” Said One Advocacy Group. “Now, All Insurers Must Stop Supporting Fossil Fuel Expansion.” Climate justice advocates celebrated Tuesday in response to insurance giant AIG’s announcement that it will no longer invest in or provide insurance coverage for any new Arctic drilling activities nor will it finance or underwrite the construction of any new coal-fired power plants, thermal coal mines, […]
Above photo: @photokayne | Eric Kayne/AP Images for Fossil Free Media. The President has broad authority under existing law to stop fossil fuel projects and jumpstart the just transition to clean energy. After his first year in office, President Biden has not lived up to his promise to respond to the climate crisis and has done next to nothing to curb new fossil fuel development. Washington, DC – After his first year in office, President Biden and his administration have failed to take meaningful action to keep fossil fuels in the ground. We are sending a powerful, unified message to Biden […]
March 1 to 7: International Week of Action to Stop the War with Russia The conflict in Ukraine has escalated to a dangerous level between two nuclear armed states. The United States and its allies continue to portray the current situation as one of Russian aggression without acknowledging that US-backed Ukrainian forces are attacking the Eastern region of the country and killing citizens of Russian ethnicity. This current escalation is a serious threat to world peace and requires a unified and rapid response by anti-war organizations from around the globe to stop a major war. To that end, we, the undersigned […]
More than 100 civil society organizations launch a drive for 1 million European citizens’ signatures to stop European trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories. Sign the European Citizens Initiative now. Brussels – Marking the World Day of Social Justice on February 20 a coalition of more than 100 civil society organizations, has launched a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) to stop trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories. An ECI is an official instrument for democratic participation of citizens in EU policy making. If an ECI garners one million signatures from EU citizens over 12 months the European Commission must consider and debate […]
Clearing the FOG provides excerpts from the speakers at the National Online Rally to stop war with Russia over Ukraine that was held on Feb. 5 as part of the national actions that took place in about 70 cities in Hawaii and coast to coast. The rally and actions were organized based on a unified call to action issued by 12 national and international antiwar organizations, which was endorsed by more than 200 more organizations. The demands include stopping the war with Russia, stopping the supply of weapons to Nazis in Ukraine, ending NATO, de-escalating the threat of nuclear war and […]
Boycott Israeli Wines! On Saturday, 5 February, activists in Vancouver gathered outside the downtown BC Liquor Store for a picket and literature distribution calling for the publicly owned stores to stop selling Israeli wines, many of which are produced in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian lands of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Despite repeated calls to provincial officials noting that the sale of these wines means that BC Liquor Stores are directly implicated in war crimes, they have continued to take no action and market these apartheid wines. The Canada Palestine Association has led the campaign for years to remove […]
Above photo: U.S. soldiers leave a plane as they arrive from Afghanistan at the Manas air base. AFP. We’ve seen this before. The U.S. creates a situation, digs in its heels and makes ultimatums—and tens of thousands die. I resigned from the U.S. government in 2003 in opposition to another war-President Bush’s war on Iraq in which followed that war playbook. We’ve seen it in Afghanistan and Iraq and now it may be over Ukraine or Taiwan, and oh yes, let’s not forget multiple missile tests from North Korea, ISIS fighters rioting and escaping from prisons in Syria, the millions in […]
Above photo: Glenn Russell/Free Press. A leak of thousands of gallons of fuel from the US Navy’s aging underground storage tanks at Pearl Harbor contaminated drinking water and poisoned and sickened thousands of people, including children, driving 3,500 families from their homes, as reported by The Washington Post, January 10, 2022. The fuel-storage facility sits 100 feet above Oahu’s main freshwater aquifer. Did Hawaii follow in the footsteps of Vermont’s Governor Phil Scott and foist wrongful actions by the military or the military-industrial complex on civilians while claiming to be powerless? Hawaii Issued Strict Orders To The US Navy And Got […]
A World War II Era underground storage tank containing over 100 million gallons of jet fuel at the Red Hill Fuel Facility has been leaking into the aquifer that provides water to the people of Oahu. Until recently, the Navy denied there were leaks or that the water was unsafe despite multiple complaints of health problems and an oil sheen found in the tap water. Now, the Oahu Water Protectors have gained the Navy’s attention and that of local and state elected officials. Wayne Tanaka of the Sierra Club of Hawaii speaks with Clearing the FOG about the fuel facility, what […]
Above Photo: Fakurian Design / UnSplash, After The City Council Passed The Ground Lease For Massive Police Facility Known As “Cop City,” Local Opposition Hasn’t Ceased; It’s Evolved. On Sept. 8, the Atlanta City Council gathered after listening to nearly 17 hours of comments from over 1,100 constituents across the city. The flood of messages concerned one thing: a proposed $90 million police militarization training facility known among locals as “Cop City.” The renderings of the facility include a mock city for officers to train in, as well as a helicopter landing base, new shooting ranges, burn tower sites, and more. […]
Above Photo: Nathaniel St. Clair. Pointing the finger at individual consumers has been the default strategy of powerful corporations since the 1950s. Deflect blame for smog or litter or polluted waterways or carcinogens or gun violence away from manufacturers and onto John Q. Public. Make the issue about personal responsibility. “People start pollution, people can stop it,” said the famous crying Indian ad from the early 1970s, the brainchild of a can and bottle manufacturers trade group. The strategy has worked like a dream because Americans prize personal responsibility. Ronald Reagan was speaking for many of us when he said: “It […]
Above Photo: For decades, work in the public sector has been a gateway to a middle-class life. But that’s changing. Joe Brusky / Flickr. In the New Book, The Privatization Of Everything, Cohen And Mikaelian, Describe And Debunk The Vast Array Of Privatization Schemes That Now Litter The Landscape. From Private Prisons And Charter Schools To For-Profit Water Treatment And Trash Collection. Several years ago, Don Cohen, a former central labor council staffer from San Diego, appeared on a panel discussing the privatization threats faced by union members across the country. He and other speakers were addressing a conference of state, […]
Tribal activists, drinking water advocates, and commercial and subsistence fishers are asking the public to stand with them in the fight for both the Trinity and Sacramento River salmon by supporting a California state process to restore flows in California’s largest rivers, and by fighting a proposal for a twenty square mile reservoir, the Sites Reservoir. They are asking the public to attend an online Virtual Rally and Public Testimony Training on December 6, a state hearing on the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Bay Delta flows on the December 8 at 9 a.m. and Sites Reservoir related public hearings on December […]
Above Photo: MediaNews Group via Creative Commons Housing Not Handcuffs The effort is targeting laws that criminalize activities engaged in by people experiencing homelessness and encouraging an increase in affordable housing. Anew campaign, Housing Not Handcuffs, is attempting to stop the criminalization of homelessness and poverty in the United States. Led by the National Homelessness Law Center, the effort builds on research the Law Center has been conducting since 2006. The Law Center’s latest report, issued in late November, tracks laws in all fifty states—plus Washington, D.C.—that make it a criminal offense to sleep, lie down, ask for money, loiter, erect a tent, put […]
Above Photo: A humpback whale breaching off South Africa’s Wild Coast. (Reinhard Dirscherl / ullstein bild / Getty Images). Activists have made a last-minute bid to stop Royal Dutch Shell from exploring for oil and gas in whale breeding grounds off the coast of South Africa. The fossil-fuel giant had planned to search for oil and gas reserves by setting off underwater explosions along a stretch of South Africa known as the Wild Coast, according to MSN. The explorations were slated to begin December 1. However, four environmental and human rights organizations filed a legal challenge Monday night to stop the blasting, Greenpeace Africa said. “Shell’s activities threaten to destroy the Wild Coast […]
Above photo: Firefighters try to put out a fire as flames spread over a highway during a wildfire on 5 August 2021 in northern Athens, Greece. Milos Bicanski / Getty Images. World leaders know the consequences of 2.4 degrees global warming. But as COP26 draws to a close, it’s clearer than ever they won’t take the radical action needed to avoid disaster. Regardless of the outcome of COP26, one inevitability is that the rich and powerful celebrate whatever the conference produces as vital progress. Only a disaster on the level of COP15 in Copenhagen might put a stop to the self-congratulatory triumphalism. Already, […]
World leaders are meeting in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference, but the minimal promises made at these gatherings are not kept and are not enough. Communities in the Global South are demanding real and meaningful change — an entire system change away from profit-driven, rather than people-driven, governments. Mozambique-based activist Dipti Bhatnagar discusses the conditions that the Global South is grappling with (from the climate change that the West is largely responsible for), and the dire necessity for real change. Bhatnagar is climate justice & energy coordinator with Friends of the Earth International, based in Justiça Ambiental (FoE Mozambique). Source […]
Above Photo: Striking Alabama coal miners. A Tuscaloosa County circuit judge has issued a restraining order against picket line activity by the United Mine Workers of America at Warrior Met Coal. Circuit Judge James H. Roberts Jr. issued the order Wednesday afternoon. It prohibits picketing “or other activity” within 300 yards of 12 different locations owned by Warrior Met Coal in Tuscaloosa County, including mines and offices. The three-page order also prohibits “in any manner interfering with, hindering or obstructing, by threats, intimidation or acts of violence, the conduct and operation of Warrior’s business and supporting activities.” That includes delivery of […]
Above Photo: Jinhwa Oh The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia have come together to sign an agreement called AUKUS. According to the creators of this agreement, it is a pact to counter China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Through the unveiling last week of the new Australia-UK U.S. trilateral military alliance, Australia will enter into an undefined arrangement with the USA and the United Kingdom for “regional security” in the Indo-Pacific Region. The pact binds Australia decisively to the United States and Great Britain for generations. It involves Australia purchasing nuclear-powered submarines, the “basing” of American troops, and storing […]
NOTE: In April of this year, my family had a medical emergency that required most of my time and attention. The result is that I am now the sole legal and physical guardian of two young children with significant needs. I hope to return to writing a regular newsletter now that they are in school. There is a lot going on and a lot to do. Solidarity, Margaret Flowers This month, the Sanctions Kill coalition (Popular Resistance is a member) released its report: “The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions.” The 35-page report was written in response to the Biden administration’s […]
On Monday, September 13, solidarity activists protested outside the US Congress against the RENACER Act, which stands for the Orwellian title, “Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform.” The bill is part of the United States’ effort to undermine the presidential election in Nicaragua this November to prevent President Ortega from being re-elected. The RENACER Act would place more unilateral coercive economic measures (aka Sanctions) on Nicaragua, facilitate greater coordination of the US’ economic war on Nicaragua with Canada and the European Union, create stricter oversight of financial institutions doing business with Nicaragua and impose greater Visa restrictions. The Alliance […]
Stop Government Attack On COVID-19 Whistleblower By Socialist Equality Party, WSWS.org. December 10, 2020 Stop Government Attack On COVID-19 Whistleblower2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/rebekah-jones.jpg200px200px Above photo: Rebekah Jones, Screenshot from CBS local. The Socialist Equality Party condemns the fascistic police raid on the home of data scientist Rebekah Jones, which came in response to her work exposing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida and in schools across the US. Florida state police barged into Jones’ home Monday with guns aimed at her and her family. They seized her phone, computer and several hard drives, preventing her from continuing to publish data on COVID-19 outbreaks. After the […]
Call To Stop Shutting Off People’s Power For Good By Greg Harmon, Deceleration. November 28, 2020 Call To Stop Shutting Off People’s Power For Good2020-11-282020-11-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cutoffssoupedup-e1606585858807.png200px200px Disconnects by CPS Energy have doubled during CEO Paula Gold-Williams’ tenure. And there are still no promises of reform. Across San Antonio, the virus was hunting. Food insecurity was high. Mass layoffs and terminations rolled on. And it was hot. Hundred-degree days scorched much of July. Yet the lights and air conditioners—for the first time in many, many summers—were staying on reliably for rich and poor alike across the city. Every side of town. Every block. […]
Lockdown To Stop The Keystone XL Pipeline November 22, 2020 Lockdown To Stop The Keystone XL Pipeline2020-11-222020-11-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/117235375_113791353769519_4192287940227551153_o-e1606055092485.jpg200px200px Above photo: From the 2KC Media Facebook Page. STOP the desecration No KXL Shut it Down! Live from Sovereign Oceti Sakowin Territory in so-called Haakon county, South Dakota at one of many active and illegal KXL Crude Oil Pipeline Pump Stations. Illegal Construction on Treaty Lands. Protectors have notified officials and filed a complaint about the unlawful construction and peace treaty violations.. but nothing has been done. The desecration & disrespect continues. So what do we do when our leaders don’t act, don’t protect […]
‘We Won’t Quit Until We Stop It’ By C. Douglas Lummis, The Nation. November 13, 2020 ‘We Won’t Quit Until We Stop It’2020-11-132020-11-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/okinawa.png200px200px Above photo: C. Douglas Lummis. Despite the pandemic, US-backed ravaging of Okinawa continues. So does the people’s direct action. Naha, Okinawa – Every day except weekends, holidays, and typhoon days, even in the pandemic, charter buses leave from Naha and other cities on this island to transport protesters to three locations in the north, where the Japanese government is trying to build a super airbase for the US Marines. One location is Shirakawa, on the Pacific Ocean side of […]
County Must Stop Development Of Moses African Cemetery By Catarina Ieronimo, The Diamondback. November 12, 2020 County Must Stop Development Of Moses African Cemetery2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/20200904_131802-scaled-e1605201370889.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protest at construction site where Moses African Cemetery is being desecrated on September 4, 2020. Margaret Flowers. As someone who grew up in Montgomery County, I’ve heard and seen countless declarations from acquaintances, teachers and government officials that the county is incredibly progressive when it comes to racial justice. In my experience, many of those who sustain this claim will back it up with references to the diversity of county residents or to progressive legislation such as […]
Teacher’s Viral Arrest Helped Stop Evictions By Keith Schnabel, Midwest Socialist. November 1, 2020 Teacher’s Viral Arrest Helped Stop Evictions2020-11-012020-11-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/capture.png200px200px Arrested For Housing Justice—An Interview With Sophia Lukatya. Sophia Lukatya is a Chicago Public Schools teacher. She organizes with the Chicago Teachers Union and is a member of Democratic Socialists of America. During the Lift The Ban Coalition’s protests in Daley Plaza this August, Lukatya was one of a dozen housing activists who were arrested in the week-long occupation. Positive press from the event—including a viral video of Lukatya and fellow DSA member Shannon Pilz—contributed to Governor Pritzker’s decision to extend […]
In the two-and-a-half days immediately following the New York Post’s hit job on Hunter Biden, Fox News reportedly dedicated three times as much airtime to the former vice president’s son as it did to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, at least one prominent Fox host seems to be realizing that it’s not working. During a preview segment for the final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, scheduled for this Thursday, Steve Doocy explicitly warned the president not to talk about Hunter. “So you gotta figure the president’s gonna try to bring up Hunter Biden in some manner,” Doocy said. Brian Kilmeade […]
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter ban certain posts from its platform. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter ban certain posts from its platform. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images As Election Day nears, Facebook and Twitter are finding themselves in a Catch- 22, between conservatives who accuse them of stifling free speech when they block or put warning labels on questionable posts, and others who say the companies need to do more to stamp out online misinformation and conspiracy theories. “Nineteen days before voting closes in the 2020 election, I believe we are more vulnerable to online […]
To come of age as a woman, too often, is to learn that your body speaks for you. Maybe it starts with a holiday—you show up at Thanksgiving and a relative tenderly asks if you’re “OK” because you’ve gained weight without realizing it. Maybe it’s a headline touting the way some hot celebrity is “flaunting” a curve or “showcasing” their tight ass by simply existing in corporeal form. Or maybe you just read another story gushing about how happy and healthy a celebrity looks—now that she’s lost 30 pounds. Regardless of how one discovers it, the lesson remains the same: Women’s […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the European Union had adopted the US style of threatening and punishing states with sanctions. “People who are responsible for the Western foreign policy and do not understand the need for mutually respectful dialogue, we probably have to suspend dialogue with them for a while. Especially since [President of the European Commission] Ursula von der Leyen is saying that the geopolitical cooperation with the current Russian authorities is not working. So let it be if that’s what they want,” Lavrov said at a session of the Valday discussion club. […]
On Sunday, President Trump accused “Radical Left Democrats” of pushing Joe Biden to ‘pack’ the Supreme Court (i.e. increase the number of justices from 9 to as many as 15), and warned that doing so would “permanently destroy the Court.” Biden has refused to answer whether he would pack the court, saying voters “don’t deserve” to know his stance. The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris strategy of refusing to answer directly whether or not they would increase the number of Supreme Court justices if elected makes sense, because it’s not an issue that most Americans care about, and could alter the behaviour of […]
Despite over a year of failing to stop hostilities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that he will be able to end the war in Donbass, and says someone else should lead the country if he can’t. Speaking to the BBC, Zelensky also claimed that he will be able to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin and return Crimea to the control of Kiev. “I believe in this. Otherwise, I would not have run for Ukrainian President,” Zelensky said. “This is very difficult, and we need the help of the whole world, that’s true. But I’m not losing faith.” The […]
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) helped get Trump impeached, but now there’s a new battle: his SCOTUS pick. She worked within the government’s Internal Affairs department and became one of the impeachment managers in Trump’s case after 27 years as an Orlando police officer. And impeached he was. So on this members-only bonus episode of The New Abnormal, co-host Molly Jong-Fast asks for her thoughts on Trump’s SCOTUS appointment and how exactly Democrats and citizens alike can stop it. Source link
Dear Judge Barrett, Everyone who knows you says that you are a person of principle, conscience, and strong moral character. Having read much of your writing, I am inclined to agree with them. I therefore urge you to reflect on the profound moral questions that your judicial nomination process raises. I believe that if you do so, you will make the painful but necessary decision to withdraw. Source link
Gov. Ron DeSantis is doing nothing to prevent the Miami Dolphins from filling their 65,000-person stadium despite Florida’s continued struggle to contain the coronavirus, which has already killed over 15,000 people in the Sunshine State alone. In a stunning decision last month, the Republican governor moved Florida into Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan, dropping all restrictions on businesses and allowing stadiums to operate at full capacity. That means the NFL team can admit 65,000 fans into Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, regardless of recommendations on social distancing and large group gatherings established by the Centers for Disease Control […]
In January 2016 the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, proposed a Holocaust Memorial be built in Victoria Towers Gardens, next to the Palace of Westminster. But the memorial, which would cost at least £75 million, has been opposed by local residents and many prominent Jews. A public inquiry has been told the proposed memorial to the Holocaust would be in danger of becoming a magnet for “dark tourism” and would do nothing to stop the “resurgence of anti-Semitism” in Britain. The plan is supported by all of Britain’s political party leaders and most of the 650 MPs. But Professor Geoffrey Alderman, a […]
Senior Iranian Official: Conflict over Nagorno- Karabakh region cannot be resolved militarily by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The Azeris got their wake up call when the forward airbase they were using got destroyed by a Armenian retaliatory strike, legal under the laws of war, as it was launching attacks not only against Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia itself. If Baku did that on purpose to get Armenia to use up more of its missiles, it was successful. We are still trying to figure out the insanity of this war, as the Azeris will certainly get nothing […]
According to scientists, the imminent creation of a new generation of super-powerful space-based telescopes makes the need to find and list potential habitable planets all the more important. A group of German and American researchers studying the 4,500-or so known exoplanets beyond our solar system have concluded that two dozen of them may be ‘superhabitable’, i.e. contain conditions ripe for life (but not necessarily life itself) and which may be even better than Earth. Their study, recently published in the Astrobiology journal, revealed a Goldilocks list of potential habitable planets with varying conditions, some of them wetter, warmer, and larger than […]
Armenian Americans for Human Rights (AAHR), Belmont, MA 02478, [email protected] Accompanying regional map AAHR calls for immediate end to aggression against Artsakh and Armenia [ Editor’s Note: Western militaries role play conflicts as their normal course of training general staff to deal with emergencies. Much of that work is preliminary, such as maintaining a current order of battle for the military forces of all countries, including friendly ones. In country military attachés, along with CIA station chiefs are tasked with keeping their ears to the ground to give their respective leaderships some advance warning of military conflicts so they can be […]
President Trump was being treated in the hospital for COVID-19 on Saturday, and at least nine of his party’s top officials had contracted the virus—but it made no difference to many GOP officials and campaign aides who continued to flout social distancing guidelines and host maskless, indoor events. On Saturday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who tested positive for COVID-19 late Friday night, doubled down on his criticism of mask mandates. While they may help mitigate infection risk, he claimed, they are “certainly not a cure-all.” Instead, Johnson pointed to “individual responsibility.” After his test on Friday night, Johnson said he didn’t […]
A Portland police officer has been filmed dragging a Black Lives Matter protester several feet as demonstrators blocked his motorcycle after a vehicle fled a traffic stop. Video of the incident shows protesters running up to and surrounding the officer as he talks to the driver of a vehicle he pulled over for blocking traffic. The officer tells the demonstrators to “back up” several times, and the pulled-over vehicle eventually flees the scene. As the officer mounts his motorcycle to “disengage” with the crowd, according to police, protesters continue to surround him, with one standing directly in his path and being […]
Guardian: Well, it’s definitely a plot twist. Like a lot of people who sat through Tuesday’s presidential debate, I’m amazed the week has ended with Donald Trump ingesting bleach, and not me. Unmasked Trump supporters called upon to ‘protect America from excess voting’ As you may vaguely have heard, the US president and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus – which feels untimely given that, mere hours earlier, Trump had been declaring: “The end of the pandemic is in sight.” Perhaps this is a one-last-job movie. Alternatively, picture a Wuhan bat staring pensively into the fireplace as its butler suggests not thinking too […]
After spending most of the first presidential debate shouting incoherently, Donald Trump finished it off with a crystal clear message. “I’m urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully,” he said, stoking fears of potentially violent election day interference. At home in Chicago, Kayleigh Glaza missed Trump’s comment at first. “There was so much yelling and other stuff happening,” she said. One of her friends mentioned it later in a debate night group chat. Glaza, a former writer for a food magazine who was furloughed during the pandemic, felt “scared” when she read the text. She plans […]
Trump Ignores Threat of Environmental Death-Dealing Chemicals Did the White House stop the EPA from regulating PFAS? https://t.co/l9ZJYS8y84 by @fastlerner — The Intercept (@theintercept) September 29, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: So typical of Trump….the PFAS Action Plan was just a’ plan to plan’….Think about what I just wrote. After Trump promised to designate PFOS and PFOA as hazardous substances two years ago, nothing has been done to date. These chemicals are linked to cancer, cause reproductive and developmental harm, liver problems and immune dysfunctions and live in the body for years and in the environment forever. Designation of PFAS chemicals as […]
Ceremony To Stop A Pipeline By Amandalina Letterio, Castanet. September 29, 2020 Ceremony To Stop A Pipeline2020-09-292020-09-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/tmp-e1601388961988.jpg200px200px Above photo: Secwepemc canoe and kayak celebration took place Saturday morning. Anushka Nagji. First Nations activists gather at Adams Lake in opposition to Trans Mountain pipeline project. A group of Secwepemc people held a canoe and kayak ceremony Saturday morning in Kamloops in opposition to the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project drilling under the Thompson River. The journey began at Adams Lake and the group kayaked and canoed their way to the Mission Flats area for a potluck dinner and games. “Families from our Secwepemc Nation came together […]
LONDON—Over three million Black voters in key states were identified by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign as people they had to persuade to stay at home on Election Day to help him reach the White House. The revelation comes from an enormous data leak obtained by the British news network Channel 4. It shows that, four years ago, the Trump campaign prepared files on almost 200 million American voters and separated some out into eight different categories. One such category, assigned to 3.5 million Black voters, was titled: “Deterrence.” The leaked database was reportedly used by Trump’s digital campaign team, which […]
On March 31, 1941, MPPDA president Will Hays released his annual report, titled Motion Pictures and National Defense. Although most of the 38-page document would be ignored by the Senate investigation of Hollywood, Hays outlined Hollywood’s response to the turmoil in Europe. Hays describes 1940 “as a period of supreme crisis in the history of the world.” Profits were the only true ideology in Hollywood, and the war was clearly affecting foreign sales. Hays listed fourteen countries that no longer bought Hollywood films and thirteen that were nearing the same position. The isolationist senators used this economic change as an explanation […]
On Sunday, an escalation unfolded along the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-majority autonomy that proclaimed independence from what then was the Soviet Azerbaijan Republic in 1991. Baku said that it launched a “counteroffensive”, while the de facto state accused it of attacking civilians in Stepanakert. American reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian West, spouse of US rapper, Kanye West, on Sunday called on Azerbaijan to stop “all offensive uses of force” against the Armenian people in the wake military clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The US media personality, who is of Armenian descent, also called on Washington […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump says Washington is looking into what can be done to stop the flare-up of tensions in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Military hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan erupted along the region’s contact line on Sunday morning, with each side blaming the other for putting civilian lives in danger. “We are looking at it very strongly. We have a lot of good relationships in that area, we’ll see if we can stop it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Sunday. The US State Department said in a Sunday statement addressing the Nagorno-Karabakh escalation […]
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 so has been lodged with the court, the office of Armenia’s representative at the ECHR said on Facebook. Also on rt.com 16 killed & 100+ injured in clashes with Azeri troops – Armenia’s Defense Ministry […]
Pyongyang has said it’s organizing a search to recover the body of a South Korean official, killed by North Korean troops and demanded Seoul withdraw its warships from the area, warning a flare-up can lead to another “incident.” In a statement, carried by North Korea’s state agency, KCNA, on Saturday, the reclusive nation accused Seoul of sending a flotilla of warships in “an action presumed to be a search operation” to locate the body of the South Korean fisheries official, shot and killed by the North Korean troops earlier this week. Pyongyang said that the “many vessels” scrambled by the South […]
Scientists can’t predict where the invaders will strike next. But one nightmare scenario is California’s vineyards—the fourth-largest global wine producer. (Marc McAndrews) Spotted Lanternfly Invades the U.S. Like wine? Read this. https://t.co/9ZJBavsdzu — MacGregorSmithsonian (@Jeff__MacGregor) September 24, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: This four-winged, multicolored, polka-dotted Spotted Lanternfly, first spotted in Pennsylvania in 2014, is on destructive insect. It has now infected five other states, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. The spotted lanternfly is especially destructive to grape vines, hops, trees, stone fruit, apples and other crops. this insect is a good hitchhiker so it is only a matter […]
Pledge Of Resistance: Stop Austerity This Fall September 25, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Resist! Pledge Of Resistance: Stop Austerity This Fall2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/cooper-baumgartner.jpg200px200px Confronting the threat of Capitalism without the pretense of Democracy. Addressing the Crisis of the Presidential Transition and its (global) Implications. We are living in tumultuous times. The core capitalist countries are rapidly abandoning any pretense of democracy and advancing toward war. We, the oppressed peoples and working class people of the world, must take decisive action to stop the advance of authoritarianism and the potential restoration of the neo-liberal fragmentation and austerity which delivered us to this moment. The […]
President Donald Trump has now explicitly stated that he may not accept the outcome of a presidential election that he does not win and Seth Meyers doesn’t understand why Democrats aren’t doing more to stop him. “The president last night refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, effectively threatening violence unless ballots are thrown out and he’s allowed to stay in office,” the Late Night host said before playing the clip of Trump telling reporters just that this week. “Our democracy hasn’t been healthy in a long time, but now it’s in a death spiral,” he added. “The president […]
Buildings are engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages Talent, Ore., on Sept. 8, 2020. Unfounded rumors that left-wing activists were behind the fires went viral on social media, thanks to amplification by conspiracy theorists and the platforms’ own design. Kevin Jantzer/AP hide caption toggle caption Kevin Jantzer/AP Buildings are engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages Talent, Ore., on Sept. 8, 2020. Unfounded rumors that left-wing activists were behind the fires went viral on social media, thanks to amplification by conspiracy theorists and the platforms’ own design. Kevin Jantzer/AP Critics of Facebook and Twitter — and even some people inside […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/104834/85/1048348536_0:230:2823:1818_1200x675_80_0_0_c3e63a8ed68316948fd2a49728a597e2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202009211080521807-going-down-in-flames-watch-jennifer-aniston-stop-fire-set-by-jimmy-kimmel-during-2020-emmys/ The 72nd ceremony was held in a new format due to the pandemic, with over 100 nominees broadcasting themselves from their homes, while the hosts were in the nearly-empty Staples Centre in Los Angeles. Jennifer Aniston had to use a fire extinguisher during this year’s Emmy Awards: the fire happened when the actress came to the stage in-person to present the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Before the winner was announced, ceremony host Jimmy Kimmel set the winner’s envelope on fire, saying it will burn off all the “bacteria”, thus […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/14/1080520192_0:114:3073:1842_1200x675_80_0_0_ed323b11b735b542ed2be388b263bca0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009201080520169-pelosi-not-ruling-out-impeachment-effort-to-stop-senate-vote-on-supreme-court/ The US president earlier spoke against Democrats’ calls for postponing the vote until the November election, citing his constitutional authority to make a nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not ruled out launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump in a bid to prevent the Senate from voting on the Supreme Court nominee. On ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday, host anchor George Stephanopoulos asked the House speaker if she considers impeachment a possible way of “stalling and preventing the Senate from acting on this nomination”. “Well, we have […]
POTUS has repeatedly hinted that “sleepy” Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is mentally unfit to be at the helm of the US, while the former vice president’s medical assessment described him as a “healthy” and “vigorous” individual. Speaking at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Saturday night, President Donald Trump told voters that he may ink an executive order to prevent Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden from running as POTUS’ opponent in the upcoming 3 November election. “We can joke, we can play games, we can have fun. You can’t have this guy as your president. […] Maybe I’ll […]
TEHRAN (Sputnik) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry called on the United States on Sunday to reconcile with the international community and get back to observing its legal commitments following the controversial statement on the restoration of UN sanctions on Tehran. “Tehran’s message to Washington is clear — return to the international community, act in accordance with your obligations and stop the rebellion. In this case, the international community will accept you [Washington]”, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a press statement, as quoted by Iran’s ISNA news agency. Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107663/90/1076639093_0:193:2954:1855_1200x675_80_0_0_fa24bc4542c8e8e4e47d3bf1391ee4a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009161080470382-us-to-stop-using-russian-rocket-engine-rd-180-in-mid-2020s—united-launch-alliance/ MOSCOW, September 16 (Sputnik) – US company United Launch Alliance (ULA) plans to end operation of the Atlas-5 launch vehicle with the Russian RD-180 engine in the mid-2020s, Julie Arnold, an ULA spokeswoman, told Sputnik. The RD-180 engine is manufactured at the Energomash rocket engine manufacturer (an enterprise of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos) and is used in the first stage of the Atlas-5 rocket. ULA provides launch services with Atlas-5. According to Energomash, 116 RD-180 engines have been sent to the United States, of which 91 have already been used. In 2020, delivery […]
The New York Attorney General’s office is losing patience with Bitfinex and Tether. NYAG senior enforcement counsel John Castiglione filed a letter Monday ahead of a conference between the regulator and the two cryptocurrency firms arguing it is way time they complied with a 17-month-old document production order detailing financial information within the next two months. For their part, counsel representing the two firms argue the order is too broad, and the scope should be limited first. “As of this filing, the 354 Order has been in place for seventeen months. In that time, Respondents have produced ‘jurisdictional’ documents (as directed […]
Democrat activist and former presidential hopeful Tom Steyer says the wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington are due to climate change, and the “only solution” to them is Joe Biden. The number-one thing people can do to stop the wildfires raging, according to Steyer, is to “elect a different president who is going to recognize the problem, deal with it forcefully at home, deal with it forcefully overseas.” And the “only solution” to the fires, Steyer told CNN’s ‘New Day,’ is “honest to God, Joe Biden.” Steyer, a billionaire Democrat donor and activist, ran briefly for the Democrat Party’s presidential nomination […]
Australia: Youth Sue To Stop Coal Mine Expansion By Michael Slezak and Penny Timms, ABC.au. September 11, 2020 Australia: Youth Sue To Stop Coal Mine Expansion2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/aus-e1599858660920.jpg200px200px Above photo: Avav Princi, Izzy Raj-Seppings, Veronica Hester, Laura Kirwan and Ambrose Hayes are all part of the action. ABC News: Brendan Esposito. A class action launched on behalf of young people everywhere seeks an injunction to stop the Australian Government approving an extension to Whitehaven’s Vickery coal mine, arguing it will harm young people by exacerbating climate change. The injunction, filed in the Federal Court on Tuesday, is a first for Australia. An expert […]
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Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks at DHS headquarters on Wednesday. A DHS official has filed a formal whistleblower complaint alleging that Wolf told him to stop reporting on Russian threats to the November election. DHS says the allegation is false. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks at DHS headquarters on Wednesday. A DHS official has filed a formal whistleblower complaint alleging that Wolf told him to stop reporting on Russian threats to the November election. DHS says the allegation is […]
The UK’s Natural History Museum is reviewing options for its Charles Darwin exhibits, including possible removal, after an internal review ordered amid Black Lives Matter protests found that they could be deemed “offensive.” The museum’s directors are scrutinizing collections that may be considered “problematic,” which could lead to removal or lesser remedies, such as renaming, The Telegraph reported citing internal documents. Artifacts from the father of evolutionary theory are among the suspects because Darwin’s voyage to Galapagos Island on the HMS Beagle was one of the UK’s “colonialist scientific expeditions.” “In light of Black Lives Matter and the recent anti-racist demonstrations around […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080372283_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_b7eaf7e401bdbef567e4e6981aea920d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Evgeny Mikhaylov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009051080372177-please-stop-it-2020-millions-of-drunk-german-wasps-invade-uk/ According to specialists, due to the bounty of ripened fruit at this time of the year many wasps will gorge on their fermenting juices, making them “tipsy and extra bold”. Britons are facing an “invasion from Germany”, as millions of yellow jacket wasps (Vespula Germanica) have migrated to the country, Metro reported. Those wasps are bigger than usual ones and are believed to be more aggressive, with an ability to give a way more painful sting. The angry insects live in colonies that can contain up to 10,000 individuals and they are […]
2020 Democrat nominee Joe Biden on Friday told ABC reporter David Muir that he would shut down the entire country to stop the spread of COVID-19 if the scientists recommended. Biden called for a mandatory nationwide mask mandate during his unhinged Democrat nomination acceptance speech in Delaware. “I would shut it down; I would listen to the scientists,” Biden told Muir Friday in his first joint interview with his running mate Kamala Harris. Of course Biden failed to explain how he would even have the authority to shut down the entire country. TRENDING: SHOCK VIDEO: “Mom! Call 911!” – Biden Supporters […]
Instead of “waiting for a miracle” like Donald Trump, Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has vowed to bring Covid-19 under control – starting with a national mandate to wear masks as a “patriotic duty.” Biden gave his official acceptance speech on the last night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, at one point taking shots at US President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response. But moments after warning that “no miracle is coming,” Biden said his administration would provide just that, promising to roll out a “national strategy” to bring the pandemic under control on “day one.” “We’ll develop and deploy rapid […]
Biden’s Headquarters Rents A Fence To Stop The Poor People’s Army By Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. August 20, 2020 Biden’s Headquarters Rents A Fence To Stop The Poor People’s Army2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/garrison-845×400-2.jpeg200px200px Cheri Honkala tells Ann Garrison that the Biden campaign headquarters threw up a rent-a-fence when they heard the Poor People’s Army was coming. “The only efforts they make in our neighborhoods are to make sure that the dope flows freely, and the campaigns throw around enough money to get some people to show up and vote for them.” Cheri Honkala is a founder and coordinator of the Poor People’s Economic Human […]
As the first non-white woman to marry a senior member of Britain’s royal family, Meghan Markle has been subjected to appalling levels of racist abuse and trolling on social media. Indeed, in the recent biography of the couple by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, it was revealed that Meghan was racially abused on her social media accounts using vile epithets. Sources close to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have hinted to The Daily Beast in recent weeks that one of the main areas the couple wished to impact was digital responsibility, and harnessing the positive energies of social media and online […]
Stella Moris, the partner of Julian Assange, has launched a CrowdJustice campaign to help reinforce the WikiLeaks founder’s legal defense as it faces new traps set by US prosecutors. The crowdfunding appeal is designed to help cover the extensive legal costs of the London Magistrates hearings to decide whether Assange will be extradited to the US, where he faces a possible 175-year prison sentence. The charges leveled against the journalist include conspiracy, vague accusations that he recruited hackers to assist him, violation of the US Espionage Act, and conspiracy to “commit computer intrusion” for allegedly trying to help ex-US Army whistleblower […]
Eric Garcetti Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti a couple weeks ago went full Commie and authorized the city to shut off water and power to HOMES and businesses that are hosting large, unauthorized gatherings. Under Garcetti’s authoritarian Covid lockdown order, large gatherings are prohibited. On Wednesday Garcetti followed through with his threat and actually authorized the city to disconnect utility service from a home in Hollywood Hills. Southern California is on day 6 of a blistering heatwave, but Garcetti shut off utilities to a home anyway. TRENDING: Goodyear Bans Employees From Wearing ‘All Lives Matter,’ ‘Blue Lives Matter’ or MAGA Slogans, […]
In May, Caracas accused the Trump administration of “criminal” aggression against Venezuela with its sanctions policies, in place since 2018. Bloomberg has cited unnamed sources as saying that Washington is considering imposing additional sanctions on Venezuela to stop the remaining fuel transactions permitted with Caracas. The sources claimed that the sanctions may target crude swaps with European and Asian companies, and that the White House has debated the measures for at least five months, initially prioritising sanctions against Iran over its gasoline supplies to Venezuela. More sanctions against the South American country have yet to be finalised and the talks are […]
Earlier this month Nevada Democrats with the blessing of Democrat Governor Steve Sisolak called a special session with no public present and inside of 24 hours they rammed through mail-in voting and illegal ballot harvesting. Ballot harvesting allows Democrats not related to or friends with elderly voters to fill out their ballots and turn them in to be counted! Nevada is a swing state and a state targeted by the Trump campaign in this year’s election. Democrats are going to cheat at all costs to keep Nevada from going to Donald Trump! TRENDING: Multiple People Arrested For Not Wearing Masks in […]
After a brief chase down several county roads, the trooper initiated a PIT maneuver, and the car came to a stop in a ditch, the GBI said. The trooper fired one round, fatally striking Lewis. In an incident report, Thompson wrote that he shot Lewis in the forehead because he thought Lewis was going to run him over. Update (August 14, 2020) – On Friday, August 14, 2020, in coordination with the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Jacob Gordon Thompson, age 27, on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault. He will be booked into the Screven County […]
Wilmington, we have a problem. It appears that this election is Joe Biden’s to lose. His last hurdle is a low one: demonstrating that he is, in fact, still alive and up to the task. All he has to do is show that this isn’t a “Weekend at Bernie’s” scenario, and he’s golden. But can he do it? The verdict is still out. On Thursday night, Biden was forced to issue an apology. “Earlier today, I made some comments about diversity in the African American and Latino communities that I want to clarify,” he tweeted. “In no way did I mean […]
In July, the UK had a change of heart regarding the Huawei issue, following months of talks with Washington, announcing the Chinese telecom company’s equipment would ultimately be a no go in the domestic market. President Donald Trump boasted in an interview with Fox News about having had a “tough talk” with his British colleague, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, over the Huawei matter. He told the head of the British government that he could “forget about Scotland Yard” if his country went ahead with its 5G deal with the Chinese telecom titan, “because we can’t do business with you”, Trump outlined […]
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle is stationed in front of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier as construction continues in hard-hit Imperial County on July 22, in Calexico, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle is stationed in front of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier as construction continues in hard-hit Imperial County on July 22, in Calexico, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images Most Americans support Trump administration efforts to stop immigrants from coming to the United States as long as it’s done in the name of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, according to a new […]
The teenager arrested for allegedly masterminding the recent Twitter hack comes from a community that’s been targeting crypto users for years. The group’s attacks have one big thing in common: They take advantage of human fallibility rather than code vulnerability. These so-called social engineering attacks are growing in sophistication, and while the Twitter case is being prosecuted vigorously, the broader problem is unlikely to end soon, security experts said. The New York Times reported the alleged mastermind was a part of the “OG” users community, which traffics in short unique online handles, such as a single character or word on social […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said his country won’t cave in to US demands to stop developing ballistic missiles and a nuclear industry, saying Tehran is capable to stand up to Washington’s “bullying.” The sanctions that the US imposed against Iran are meant to destroy its economy and reduce Tehran’s regional influence, but they are only making Iran more resilient, Khamenei said on Friday, in a televised address on the occasion of the Islamic holy day of Eid al-Adha. “The sanctions are a crime against the Iranian nation,” he said. “They may seem to target the establishment, but in fact they […]
US President Donald Trump said he would send National Guard troops to quell chaotic protests in Portland, condemning activists as a “beehive of terrorists” as federal units deployed to the city prepare to withdraw. Trump warned of the new Guard deployment during a Thursday press conference, one day after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) struck a deal with Oregon Governor Kate Brown to phase out federal police stationed in Portland, where they’ve worked with local authorities to defend a federal courthouse and other government property. Though the withdrawal was set to begin on Thursday, the president said National Guard troops […]
Bolivia: Stop State Repression And Violence, For Free And Fair Elections By The Andean Information Network. July 29, 2020 Bolivia: Stop State Repression And Violence, For Free And Fair Elections2020-07-292020-07-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/12/bolivian-protesters-flee-from-coup-police.-source-ap.-e1577681068293.png200px200px Above photo: Bolivian protesters flee from coup police. Source AP. Summary executions and widespread repression under Bolivia’s interim government report rights advocates from Harvard and University Network for Human Rights. NOTE: The authors refer to the current power holders in Bolivia as an “interim government.” Popular Resistance reminds its readers that Evo Morales is the democratically-elected and rightful president of Bolivia in what is recognized as a fair election (perhaps not fully […]
California authorities on Thursday continued their desperate search for a special needs toddler who has been missing for over a week—a search made more difficult now that his parents have “stopped cooperating” with investigators. Thaddeus Sran, 2, was reported missing on July 15 after his parents said he vanished from their home in Madera, about 30 minutes outside Fresno, the City of Madera Police Department said in a statement. His parents told police that they put the toddler to bed around 10 p.m. but when they woke up to check on their son at around 8:30 a.m. the next morning, he […]
A day after President Donald Trump announced that over 200 federal officers will swarm into Chicago, representatives of the city’s Black Lives Matter chapter and affiliated movements have filed a lawsuit to prevent what they consider the repression to come. Black Lives Matter v. Wolf, filed on Thursday in Chicago federal court, seeks an injunction “permanently enjoining” Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security personnel from using violence against protesters, making arrests without probable cause, concealing the identities of themselves or their agencies while conducting arrests, and other tactics used in Portland. Their suit has urgency behind it, as weekend […]
Florida’s largest teachers’ union is suing Governor Ron DeSantis and the state education bureaucracy over their emergency order to reopen schools for the fall, insisting the mandate is “reckless” and “unconscionable.” The suit, which also targets Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, calls for the immediate cancellation of the emergency order, arguing reopening schools too soon will “inevitably exacerbate the spread of the virus, jeopardize public health, and ultimately cause longer closures.” Schools that do not reopen their facilities for the fall semester may lose their funding under the governor’s order. The suit cites a New York Times study claiming physical school […]
On Using Our Power To Stop Climate Disaster And Create A Just World By System Change Not Climate Change. July 20, 2020 On Using Our Power To Stop Climate Disaster And Create A Just World2020-07-202020-07-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/jeremy-brecher-strike-e1595273202701.jpg200px200px What can the history of strikes teach us about our power in the present moment? An Online Conversation with Jeremy Brecher on July 26. Time is running out to prevent full-blown climate catastrophe. Intertwined crises of wealth inequality, poverty, racism, and corporate despotism are deepening. When working people refuse to go to work — when we put a stick in society’s gears — we can make […]