By Kadir Mohmand for VT Dear Ms. Deyoung: Please do not sabotage the peace agreement signed on February 29, 2020. I believe the report was extremely bias, supporting the misguided views of war profiteers, both Afghan and American, who want to sabotage this agreement and the troop withdrawal to the […]
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What Will It Take To Stop The Police From Killing? By The Collective, Anarchist News. June 3, 2020 What Will It Take To Stop The Police From Killing?2020-06-032020-06-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/protest-listing-uprisings-against-police-killings-from-crimethinc.-e1591209519620.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protest listing uprisings against police killings from Crimethinc. We’ve reached a breaking point. The murders of George Floyd—and Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and […]
Military members joined police officers in clearing Lafayette Park while, across the street at the White House, President Trump said he would send soldiers to U.S. cities if local officials don’t end unrest. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Military members joined police officers in clearing Lafayette Park […]
World 19:30 GMT 02.06.2020Get short URL After a brief period of normalisation of ties between the International Criminal Court and Washington during the administration of US President Barack Obama, relations between the two entities have deteriorated, as the Trump administration strongly denies the ICC’s authority over the US and its […]
Doctors Demand Hospital Industry Stop Funding Dark Money Lobby Group By Jake Johnson, Commondreams. May 29, 2020 Doctors Demand Hospital Industry Stop Funding Dark Money Lobby Group2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ny-nurses-protest-for-patiens-over-profits-e1590761599424.jpg200px200px Above photo: New York City nurses and other hospital professionals protest dangerous working conditions and a change in sick leave policies during the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) lashed out at President Trump in an overnight press conference on the looting and burning of his city by protesters and Trump’s threat to bring in the national guard to save the city of Frey won’t. Frey told reporters it was his decision Thursday night […]
President Trump said early Friday morning he would send National Guard troops to Minneapolis to stop the rioting over the police killing of George Floyd if Mayor Jacob Frey did not act to save his city. Trump said he spoke with Gov. Tim Walz this evening. Trump and Attorney General […]
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has called in National Guard units after law enforcement failed to “provide safety” in Minneapolis as furious protests over the police killing of George Floyd erupted into vandalism, arson and looting. Meeting an earlier request from the city’s mayor to bring the situation under control, the […]
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday trotted out the administration’s defense of President Donald Trump’s repeated and baseless accusations that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough may have murdered a former staffer. The president is justified in dragging out a dead woman and her widower in order to attack the […]
Submitted to VT by the Washington Post James Mattis, retired four-star Marine Corps general and former defense secretary, writes in Washington Post Opinions: On Memorial Day this year, we may be keeping social distance from one another, but that cannot detract from the sense of closeness, the sense of community […]
May 30 Day Of Action: Stop Racist Murder And Violence By the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. May 21, 2020 May 30 Day Of Action: Stop Racist Murder And Violence2020-05-212020-05-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/pleas-from-prisoners-of-cook-county-jail-in-chicago-from-naapr-e1590082560991.jpg200px200px Above: Pleas from prisoners of Cook County jail in Chicago, from NAAPR. The recently re-founded National Alliance Against Racist and […]
Since its debut last month, Hulu’s adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People has been praised for its steamy sex scenes. The series follows a fraught romantic relationship between Marianne and Connell over the years, beginning during their high school years. Later episodes of the series also depicts the former’s exploration […]
A Universal Appeal For Humanity To End Militarism And Stop War By Abdallah El Harif and Vijay Prashad, Peoples Dispatch. May 16, 2020 A Universal Appeal For Humanity To End Militarism And Stop War2020-05-162020-05-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/no-to-nato-2-e1589655788811.jpg200px200px Why the Bouficha Appeal stands for the aspirations of people who want an end to militarized violence on […]
UK 16:07 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL While the writings were on the wall for a long time that the party’s policy of unilaterally binning Brexit was irredeemably unpopular, the leadership continued to push for it, eventually suffering the harsh electoral consequences. The December 2019 Liberal Democrat election campaign which called […]
US 19:52 GMT 15.05.2020(updated 19:53 GMT 15.05.2020) Get short URL A species of massive lizard is causing concern for wildlife officials in the US state of Georgia, who are attempting to eradicate the invasive reptilian from the state after numerous sightings. The Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae) is […]
US 00:59 GMT 12.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107607/63/1076076364_0:101:1920:1181_1200x675_80_0_0_96795bef8ba20eacff868cf817e816ba.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005121079276397-us-cop-faces-rape-charge-after-allegedly-coercing-sex-during-traffic-stop-/ A Louisiana woman has filed complaint alleging that a local police officer offered to turn a blind eye to her speeding and additional violations if she agreed to have sex with him. Port Barre Police Officer Darwin […]
A few months ago this would be some weird scene from a scary futuristic Sci-Fi movie.Today it happened in the USA. A small business owner stopped by their shop to collect some items to clean their home.The lights were off and the sign said closed.That’s when six armed LVPD Lockdown […]