Nurse Strike Wave Grows By Mike Elk, Payday Report. July 12, 2020 Nurse Strike Wave Grows2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/nursuunionnbc-news-777×437.jpg200px200px Above photo: Nurses hold a demonstration outside Jacobi Medical Center to protest a new policy by the hospital requiring a doctor’s note for paid sick leave, Friday, April 17, 2020, in the Bronx borough of […]
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Strike For Black Lives In 25 Cities On July 20 Wins Union Support By Mike Elk, Payday Report. July 11, 2020 Strike For Black Lives In 25 Cities On July 20 Wins Union Support2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/image0-e1589077925675-777×437-e1594489172116.png200px200px Above photo: Sanitation workers in Nola striking over safety conditions. The growing Black Lives Matters Strike Wave […]
UFC veteran Boston Salmon was on the receiving end of one of the more concussive illegal strikes in recent memory, as he was drilled with a knee by Shawn West at a Legacy Fighting Alliance event on Friday. Salmon, who went 0-2 in a recent run in the UFC, was […]
The workers who were laid off belong to Machinists’ Local S7, not the production workers who are on strike, Machinists Local S6, according to a memo from Dirk Lesko, the company’s president. The memo said the production slowdown is causing work to dry up for other workers in the shipyard. […]
The US strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was not justified by any ongoing or imminent attack on American interests and violated the UN charter, according to UN rapporteur on arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard. Washington has produced insufficient evidence that there was any attack on US interests that might […]
Artem Dzyuba has caught the headlines in the aftermath of Zenit St Petersburg sealing the Russian Premier League title after being filmed simulating sex with fellow scorer Sardar Azmoun during exuberant post-match celebrations. Azmoun scored after five minutes and found the net again after Dzyuba had added a second as Zenit […]
San Quentin Inmates On Hunger Strike By Dominique Mosbergen, HuffPost. July 5, 2020 San Quentin Inmates On Hunger Strike2020-07-052020-07-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/quentin-inmate.jpg200px200px Above photo: Fro NBC. Amid Alarming COVID-19 Surge. More than 1,100 coronavirus cases and one death have been reported at the California prison. Infected inmates said they’re protesting inhumane conditions. Several men incarcerated […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107682/06/1076820659_0:16:3584:2032_1200x675_80_0_0_12862ee6eb3cfce610c9487607766b53.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202007051079799292-strike-from-heaven-russian-football-player-hit-by-lightning-during-training-session/ The incident happened during a training session for the football club Znamya Truda. The oldest-playing club in Russia, with a history spanning 110 years, is located in Orekhovo-Zuevo, in the Moscow Region. A 16-year-old goalkeeper from Russian football club Znamya Truda, Ivan Zaborovsky, […]
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have agreed to draft a final version of the agreement about filling the Ethiopian Renaissance dam in two weeks, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said. The press secretary of the head of Egypt, Bassam Rada, earlier said that Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan had agreed to […]
__________Morning StarOfficials stunned after UN denies knowledge of Turkish air strike on Maxmur refugee camp THE UNITED NATIONS’ refugee agency has finally broken its silence with what has been branded a bizarre string of denials regarding Turkey’s bombing of the Maxmur refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan more than two weeks […]
People’s Strike: An Open Letter To All Forces Fighting For Our Lives June 27, 2020 People’s Strike: An Open Letter To All Forces Fighting For Our Lives2020-06-272020-06-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/george-floyd-wall-oakland.jpeg200px200px “…we say many things about the changing aspects of our lives.We say that since change is inevitable, we should direct the change rather […]
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare amid pandemic, recession by Sahil Kapur/NBC news WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law must be struck down with it. […]
CHOP And The Juneteenth Longshore Strike June 25, 2020 CHOP And The Juneteenth Longshore Strike2020-06-252020-06-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/murder-e1593103217447.jpg200px200px Above photo: A revolutionary mood is developing in American society. But how can we ensure the coming revolution will lead to fundamental systemic change? / Image: Own Work On June 19, the International Longshore and Warehouse […]
Arrest Of Activist Leads To Protests; At Least Four Vehicles Strike Protesters June 24, 2020 Arrest Of Activist Leads To Protests; At Least Four Vehicles Strike Protesters2020-06-242020-06-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/police-arrest-man-for-using-megaphone-in-madison-wi.-screenshot.-e1593026786415.jpg200px200px Above photo: Police arrest man for using a megaphone in Madison, WI. Screenshot. Hundreds of people are protesting in downtown Madison after the arrest […]
On Friday, 38,000 union dockyard workers shut down all 29 US Pacific Coast ports in protest against police brutality, demonstrating a return to their Civil Rights Era solidarity with racial justice, Dan Kovalik, a human rights and labor lawyer, and Chris Smalls, a former Amazon worker, told Radio Sputnik’s Political […]
Several military bases in central and southern Syria have been targeted by air attacks that Damascus blamed on Israel, Syrian state media have reported. Videos on social media show massive explosions illuminating the night. Israel targeted several locations in Salamiyah and Saburah just before 1 am on Wednesday, the Syrian […]
BATH, Maine — More than 4,000 workers went on strike against one of the U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilders Monday after rejecting a three-year contract. It was the first strike by production workers at Bath Iron Works in 20 years. Pickets formed at midnight when the old contract expired in a […]
NYPD Cops Encouraged To ‘Strike’ On July 4 By Craig McCarthy and Tina Moore, NY Post. June 19, 2020 NYPD Cops Encouraged To ‘Strike’ On July 42020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/nypd-e1592602540309.jpg200px200px Above photo: NYPD officers. Getty Images. Give the city its “independence.” A labor strike is brewing in the NYPD. A pair of flyers making the […]
Juneteenth: Strike For Black Lives By Strike For Black Lives. June 19, 2020 Juneteenth: Strike For Black Lives2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/bldc-e1592570099373.jpg200px200px Above photo: WUSA 9. Let’s bring Washington, DC to a grinding halt on June 19th—Juneteenth, the annual celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. We are calling for disruptive […]
BATH, Maine — The largest union at U.S. Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works begins voting Friday on a contract proposal that was unanimously rejected by its negotiating committee, raising the possibility of the first strike in 20 years. Shipbuilders from Machinists Union Local S6 would see a 9 percent pay […]
Pitchfork Union On Strike Over Racist Power Structures By Pitchfork Union, Popular Resistance. June 18, 2020 Pitchfork Union On Strike Over Racist Power Structures2020-06-182020-06-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/conde-nast-e1592489066983.jpg200px200px Above photo: Getty images. Today, the Pitchfork Union is engaging in a half-day work stoppage. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, union members will not […]
Paramedics from the San Antonio Fire Department were setting up swabbing stations in a suburban nursing home’s parking lot. They were part of the massive state intervention to stop the spread of infections in nursing homes. John Burnett/NPR hide caption toggle caption John Burnett/NPR Paramedics from the San Antonio Fire […]
Debt Strike Needed As Debt Collectors Keep Coming After Millions Of People By Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica. June 9, 2020 Debt Strike Needed As Debt Collectors Keep Coming After Millions Of People2020-06-092020-06-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/11/Strike-Debt-banner1-150×112.jpg200px200px Capital One and Other Debt Collectors Are Still Coming for Millions of Americans As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, […]
Millions Of Tenants Are Ready For A Rent Strike Revolution June 4, 2020 Millions Of Tenants Are Ready For A Rent Strike Revolution2020-06-042020-06-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/slumlord-protest-sign-from-getty-images-e1591291396430.jpg200px200px Above photo: Activists break into the house of Kaotar Dee, to get her and her possessions back into her home of 21 years and for her to make […]