When Emptying The Streets Is Safer Than Filling Them By Rivera Sun, Wagingnonviolence.org February 13, 2020 When Emptying The Streets Is Safer Than Filling Them2020-02-132020-02-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/gettyimages-1089337538-2048×2048.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Embed from Getty Images Although it’s tempting to call for the people to “take to the streets,” sometimes it’s safer, more powerful and just as effective for them to stay home. In the United States, street protests are a go-to [...]
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A new report names San Francisco, California the healthiest city in the United States, but the public seems skeptical, considering the endless coverage of the city’s homeless crisis and unsanitary streets. Though WalletHub is typically used to check credit scores, it turned its attention recently to grading cities in the United States based on how ‘healthy’ they are. According to their experts and number crunching, San [...]
‘Kids Are Taking The Streets’: Climate Activists Plan Avalanche Of Events As 2020 Election Looms By Lee van der Voo, News.yahoo.com February 5, 2020 ‘Kids Are Taking The Streets’: Climate Activists Plan Avalanche Of Events As 2020 Election Looms2020-02-052020-02-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/eae19b473262b620fa1df372e31cecf2.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Scott Heins/Getty Images Source
Residents in Houston, Texas could be forgiven thinking they had somehow slipped into a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “The Birds” as thousands of black-feathered grackles descended on their town this week. Hundreds of the black birds headed to a parking lot in the Meyerland neighborhood, landing on cars and swooping around shoppers who ran for cover. The birds are known to flock to grocery store [...]
Close to a dozen women and trans men—of varying shapes, colors, and sizes—strut down the streets of New York City to a pulsing electro beat. Each dons a mannequin-like mask and no top, their breasts exposed to the elements, be they heckling men or oncoming traffic. These valorous vessels of female empowerment are the subjects Narcissister: Breast Work, a new documentary short that debuted at the [...]
The London Metropolitan police have announced that they will be deploying facial recognition cameras for the first time on the streets of the capital within the next month, prompting fears the move will erode civil liberties. Met police say that the cameras will be operating for five to sex hours at a time, covering a “small, targeted area,” with officers working with bespoke lists of suspects [...]
Workers and residents alike were stunned to look out their windows and see not one but two Indian elephants taking a snow bath on the streets of the Russian city of Ekaterinburg on Thursday. The star performers of a visiting Italian circus, 45-year-old Carla and 50-year-old Roni, couldn’t resist taking a stroll in the -5C air and frolicking in the snow in the city before their [...]
At least 59 people have been arrested in Paris after scuffles broke out between Yellow Vests and police on Saturday. The protests have gained new momentum fueled by a nationwide strike against the pension reform. Thousands of anti-government protesters flooded the streets of the French capital, Paris, on Saturday, chanting slogans to berate the sweeping social security system reforms initiated by the pro-business government of French [...]
Europe 14:02 18.01.2020(updated 14:06 18.01.2020) Get short URL France, especially Paris, has been swept by yellow vest protests since mid-November 2018. While they started initially as rallies against fuel tax hikes, the protests have since grown into a full-scale movement, with participants taking to the streets every Saturday. Activists have taken to the streets of Paris for the 62nd week of yellow vests protests. The protesters [...]
Despite an aggressive crackdown by the Iranian regime that included soldiers and riot police firing into crowds of civilians – in open defiance of President Trump’s warning to Tehran not to “kill your protesters” – anti-government protests over Iran’s mistaken shoot-down of UIA Flight 752 continued on Monday for a third straight day, following the regime’s admission of responsibility on Saturday. During the protests, which erupted [...]
Saturday, January 11, the first day of the week in Iran’s calendar, has been a very long day for Iranians. I write these lines as the morning after has already dawned. The day started with the Iranian armed forces publicly accepting responsibility for shooting down the Ukrainian airliner, Flight 752, as covered by IranWire earlier today. The government’s shocking announcement has led to a mass outpouring of anger. [...]
Millions of Iranians have packed the streets of Tehran to pay homage to the Middle East’s most prominent anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani who was assassinated on US President Donald Trump’s order Friday. A huge sea of mourners, streaming from all the adjoining streets in freezing temperatures, descended on the iconic Engelab Square in central Tehran Monday morning before rallying to Azadi Tower in the capital’s west. Chanting “Death to America” [...]
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, Recently an annual ritual took place. Wall Street analysts setting year end price targets for the S&P 500 for the new year. Don’t act surprised but these latest price targets are higher for 2020. Why is it not a surprise? Because Wall Street always projects higher price targets. No matter what. And Wall Street will keep doing that until investors [...]
Massive crowds of mourners have gathered for a farewell procession dedicated to Quds Force commander Major General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq earlier this week. The solemn procession began at 7am at the Rumi Square in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran’s western Khuzestan Province, which borders Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of black-clad mourners have completely filled both the streets [...]
France’s capital is heading for a new chaotic weekend, as anti-government Yellow Vests and protesters defying the upcoming pension reform have descended simultaneously upon its streets. France has endured a full month of protests against the controversial reform – on Saturday, the general strike reached its 31st consecutive day. Moreover, Saturday’s action coincided with Act 60 of the anti-government Yellow Vests protests that have been plaguing [...]