The U.S. Navy is steaming a massive Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group into strategically vital areas off the South China Sea. According to a recent service news release, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South China Sea April 4 to conduct routine operations. This is the second time TRCSG has entered the South China Sea during its 2021 deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet […]
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The British Royal Air Force confirmed that it has carried out airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq using Paveway IV precision-guided bombs. According to a press release issued Thursday by Royal Air Force, the airstrikes occurred on Thursday 11th February, when two Typhoon FGR4 fighter jets were tasked to conduct the strikes against terrorists who had been identified occupying two dispersed encampments on the banks of the […]
The U.S. Army is continuing preparations to test-fire a new surface-to-surface missile intended to destroy targets with precision accuracy, according to a Tuesday announcement posted on the U.S. government’s main contracting website. In a notice posted on the Federal website, the Army Contracting Command has announced that it anticipates awarding a contract for Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) family of Munitions (MFOM) Missile Common Test Set […]
The Republic of China Armed Forces, commonly known as the Taiwanese Armed Forces, demonstrated the nation’s long-range strike capacity during recent military exercises. Last week, Taiwan’s Air Force has wrapped up a large-scale exercise involving test flights with an air-to-ground, subsonic cruise missile, called the Wan Chien. Taiwanese state media said the drill held at the southern Tainan airbase, flight crew from the First Tactical Fighter […]
On Sunday, Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has announced that the U.S. Air Force B-52H aircraft conducted a new captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2. As noted by the company, on Dec. 19 an ARRW instrumented measurement vehicle (IMV) was flown captive-carry on a B-52H bomber out of Edwards Air Force Base in California. This […]
On Sunday, Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has announced that the U.S. Air Force B-52H aircraft conducted a new captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2. As noted by the company, on Dec. 19 an ARRW instrumented measurement vehicle (IMV) was flown captive-carry on a B-52H bomber out of Edwards Air Force Base in California. This […]
Columbia University Students Are Preparing To Launch A Tuition Strike By Indigo Olivier, In These Times. December 10, 2020 Columbia University Students Are Preparing To Launch A Tuition Strike2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/columbia.png200px200px Above photo: People are seen on the campus of Columbia University during the coronavirus pandemic on April 14, 2020, in New York City. Rob Kim. With an $11 billion endowment, Columbia University has been fleecing students during […]
Prison Strikers Suspend Starvation, Continue Work Strike By Oakland Abolition and Solidarity. December 4, 2020 Prison Strikers Suspend Starvation, Continue Work Strike2020-12-042020-12-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/satf-e1607088764765.jpg200px200px Above photo: Officer Vickjord walks the floor of the 4B SHU at Corcoran State Prison. The prison started accepting inmates in 1988. Grant Slater/KPCC. Corcoran, CA – CDCr’s negligent and careless response to the COVID-19 outbreak at CSATF has now killed at least three […]
‘This Strike Is A Fight For Our Lives’ By Jeff Schuhrke, In These Times. December 3, 2020 ‘This Strike Is A Fight For Our Lives’2020-12-032020-12-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/strike-e1606992814671.jpg200px200px Above photo: SEIU Healthcare IL and IN/Facebook. Healthcare Workers Are Walking Off the Job to Demand Pandemic Protections. In Chicago and across the country, a wave of strikes by nursing home aides and other healthcare workers is showing that collective action […]
250 Million People Participate In Countrywide Strike In India December 2, 2020 250 Million People Participate In Countrywide Strike In India2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/india-e1606929789888.jpg200px200px Despite police repression and the COVID-19 pandemic, workers and farmers and their allies across India participated in the pan-India strike action against the recent neoliberal reforms pushed through by the Narendra Modi government. On Thursday, November 26, India witnessed the biggest organized strike in human […]
Tenants Take On The ‘City’s Worst Landlord’ With Rent Strike By Caroline Spivak, Curbed. December 1, 2020 Tenants Take On The ‘City’s Worst Landlord’ With Rent Strike2020-12-012020-12-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/rentstrike-e1606850741904.jpg200px200px Above photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images. Standing outside the four-story brick apartment building in Crown Heights she calls home, Jemiah Johnson took her turn with the black megaphone. “This building is literally killing us!” the 26-year-old mother shouted […]
Greek General Strike Against Attacks On Right To Demonstrate November 28, 2020 Greek General Strike Against Attacks On Right To Demonstrate2020-11-282020-11-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/greece-e1606602328541.jpg200px200px Above photo: Students demonstrate on 1 October, 2020, for measures to protect them from the coronavirus and for higher spending on education. Face-book/COVID-19 Solidarity/Menoume energoi. And devastating coronavirus policy. The mood in the international working class is strained to the breaking point. As millions of […]
Colombia’s National Strike By Adriaan Alsema, Columbia Reports. November 23, 2020 Colombia’s National Strike2020-11-232020-11-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/strikeday3.jpg200px200px Above photo: Anti-government protest in Medellin. Jorge Calle. The beginning of the end of Ivan Duque. A year after Colombia’s biggest anti-government protests in four decades, President Ivan Duque has gone from being an unpopular fraud to being accused of terrorism. Duque and his Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo may not know it yet, but the protests […]
Workers At Fargo Warehouse Strike Over Virus Safety Concerns By Alex Derosier, Inforum. November 19, 2020 Workers At Fargo Warehouse Strike Over Virus Safety Concerns2020-11-192020-11-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/strike-e1605832126735.jpg200px200px Above photo: Teamsters and workers of Cash-Wa Distributing in Fargo go on strike Wednesday, Nov. 18, citing unsafe conditions. C.S. Hagen / The Forum. Fargo – About 70 employees of a Fargo food distribution business went on strike Wednesday, Nov. 18, […]
Hunger Strike Enters Third Week At California’s Largest Prison By Ryan Fatika, Perilous Chronicle. November 18, 2020 Hunger Strike Enters Third Week At California’s Largest Prison2020-11-182020-11-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/caprison-e1605713423665.jpeg200px200px In the southern part of California’s Central Valley, about halfway between Bakersfield and Fresno, sits Corcoran, California—a small farming town surrounded on all sides by acres of cotton and tomato fields. Perched at the town’s southern tip are two of […]
UAW Workers At Johnson Controls On Strike By Teresa Boeckel, York Daily Record. November 16, 2020 UAW Workers At Johnson Controls On Strike2020-11-162020-11-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/york-e1605534573814.jpg200px200px Above photo: UAW workers rally outside Johnson Controls. Teresa Boeckel. Dozens of union workers at the Johnson Controls facility in Hopewell Township have been on strike since late September, seeking an increase in pay and flexibility with using vacation time. On Thursday afternoon, […]
Alberta Is Closer Than Ever To A General Strike By Jeremy Appel, Read Passage. November 8, 2020 Alberta Is Closer Than Ever To A General Strike2020-11-082020-11-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/aupe-e1604799492506.jpg200px200px Yesterday, wildcat strikes popped up across the province from hospital support staff, which have been welcomed by other unions. Canada – The powder keg of Alberta labour relations has finally exploded, in a good way. Yesterday, wildcat strikes popped up […]
Palestinian Maher al-Akhras Wins Freedom After 103 Day Hunger Strike November 7, 2020 Palestinian Maher al-Akhras Wins Freedom After 103 Day Hunger Strike2020-11-072020-11-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/maheraa-e1604776685701.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Key News. Palestinian prisoner Maher Al-Akhras announced the suspension of his 103-day hunger strike, following an agreement to release him on November 26. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said in a statement on Friday, “After 103 days of the heroic hunger […]
Colombia: National Strike Joins The Minga As Mobilization Grows October 22, 2020 Colombia: National Strike Joins The Minga As Mobilization Grows2020-10-222020-10-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/colombia-e1603403028524.jpg200px200px Above photo: General view of Bolivar Square during the national strike called today in Bogota, Colombia. October 21, 2020. EFE/Carlos Ortega. The Social Minga in Bogota joined the National Strike that is taking place this Wednesday in Colombia with the aim of “defending life and […]
Solidarity With Colombia’s Indigenous Minga And National Strike! By the Alliance for Global Justice. October 21, 2020 Solidarity With Colombia’s Indigenous Minga And National Strike!2020-10-212020-10-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/indigenas-colombianos-768×433-1-e1603281028362.jpg200px200px Above photo: AFP. Take Action: Send an email to Colombian authorities in support of the Minga and national strike! Demand their rights be respected to demonstrate free of repression by the public forces. The people of Colombia are coming together yet […]
Top shelf Token protestFive of the largest Filecoin miners, which secure that data storage network, have gone on strike, bringing attention to the project’s “unfair” economic model. According to a report by 8btc.com, miners are required to stake a significant amount of FIL tokens to start mining operations. But there’s a critical lack of FIL tokens off the bat. Purchasing tokens on exchanges at what could […]
Filecoin, a decentralized storage network launched by Protocol Labs, is off to a rocky start after a strike by miners just one day after its highly anticipated miannet launch on Oct. 15. Five of its largest miners turned off their machines to protest the project’s “unfair” economic model that requires a significant amount of FIL tokens to start mining operations, according to a report by 8btc.com. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Evgeny Mikhaylov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202010171080797817-nagorno-karabakh-military-says-stepanakert-and-shushi-targeted-in-missile-strike/ Clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh are continuing, with Baku and Yerevan both accusing each other of violating the ceasefire. Each side is blaming the other for missile attacks and provocations along the line of contact. Azerbaijani forces attacked the cities of Stepanakert and Shushi on Saturday morning, targeting them with missile and artillery strikes, according to the Artsakh Defence […]
After a trade union rejected a growth in real pay and instead opted for a strike, Norwegian oil production risks losing an equivalent of 330,000 barrels per day (or 8 percent of the country’s output). The Norwegian Organisation of Managers and Executives (Lederne) said it is moving forward with plans to extend its strike. At midnight, 126 additional members joined the strike, jeopardising prodiction at six […]
…from SouthFront.org On October 2, the Armenian-Azerbaijani war entered its 5th day. Forces of the Azerbaijani military, supported by Turkey, continued their attempts to capture the contested Nagorno-Karabakh Region and to dismantle the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which is overwhelmingly populated by Armenians. Intense artillery duels and Azerbaijani airstrikes are being reported across the entire frontline in Karabakh, and even near some parts of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border. Nonetheless, […]
Six Reflections On The Abolitionist Strike At The University Of Michigan October 1, 2020 Six Reflections On The Abolitionist Strike At The University Of Michigan2020-10-012020-10-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/umich-e1601580499767.jpg200px200px Above photo: Members of GEO and other University of Michigan students protested and marched in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Friday, Sept. 11. Sahil Kumar. In this piece, an anonymous abolitionist in so-called Ann Arbor presents six reflections on the fallout of the GEO […]
Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the UN Security Council’s decision to not allow an extension of the arms embargo on Iran as “scandalous”, adding his counry is set to continue joint work with the United States to thwart what he dubbed is “Iranian aggression”. Israel has not ruled out a preemptive strike against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned during a memorial service on Tuesday […]
First published 18 September 2020 Donald Trump has announced he will contest the presidential election if he loses, a bizarre statement from someone who may well have taken on a “life’s work” few might guess. Trump, the virtual “stepchild” of “Red Baiter” Roy Cohn, a man whose hatred of Russia was notorious, may well not be the friend of Russia that so many in the Pentagon […]
First published 18 September 2020 Donald Trump has announced he will contest the presidential election if he loses, a bizarre statement from someone who may well have taken on a “life’s work” few might guess. Trump, the virtual “stepchild” of “Red Baiter” Roy Cohn, a man whose hatred of Russia was notorious, may well not be the friend of Russia that so many in the Pentagon […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107971/98/1079719823_0:35:1921:1115_1200x675_80_0_0_996d3d0a8484db37eed3f875257058a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009181080498100-lightning-strike-in-cambodia-kills-6-injures-4-people-reports-suggest/ BANGKOK (Sputnik) – Six people have been killed and four others were injured as a result of a lightning strike on a residential building in northwestern Cambodia’s Battambang province, the Khmer Times reported on Friday. According to the media outlet, the incident took place at around 6.00 p.m. on Thursday (11:00 GMT Friday), when more than ten people, members […]
University Of Michigan Asks Court To Halt Graduate Student Strike By Leah Graham, Barbara Collins, Emma Stein and Liat Weinsten, Michigan Daily. September 15, 2020 University Of Michigan Asks Court To Halt Graduate Student Strike2020-09-152020-09-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/umich-e1600168731413.jpg200px200px Above photo: Abigail Finlay, left, a University of Michigan mathematics graduate student instructor, marches with fellow protestors in front of the University of Michigan’s Angell Hall on State Street in Ann Arbor, […]
…from SouthFront.org Late on September 10, the Saudi capital of Riyadh came under a missile and drone attack from the Ansar Allah movement (more widely known as the Houthis). The Yemeni missile and air forces, loyal to the Houthi government, announced that they struck a “high-value target” in Riyadh with a Zulfiqar ballistic missile and three Samad-3 suicide drones. “The attacks are a response to the […]
University Of Michigan Residential Staff On Strike By Residential Staff, Popular Resistance. September 10, 2020 University Of Michigan Residential Staff On Strike2020-09-102020-09-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/umichresstaff-e1599737259619.jpg200px200px Above photo: Allison Engkvist/Daily. The bottom line is our health can’t wait. Our communities can’t wait. The University’s inaction in the face of ResStaff’s explicit concerns and action items over the last few weeks has made it clear that public health is not the priority. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105662/13/1056621337_194:0:2061:1050_1200x675_80_0_0_d8e95ce93ae1a8a23a0a84dfea88f6a4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009031080360790-us-army-pursuing-another-medium-range-strike-missile-outside-discarded-inf-treatys-parameters/ A US Army spokesperson revealed earlier this week the service is looking to develop another new medium-range surface-to-surface missile that would have violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty the US left last year. According to Defense News, the Army is pursuing yet another medium-range missile for land and sea strikes after a program to upgrade the service’s aging […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009021080351871-syria-intercepts-israeli-strike-on-central-air-base—state-media/ According to Syrian state media, several missiles fired at the T-4 air base were intercepted on Wednesday. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Syrian air defenses over the city of Homs engaged a barrage of “rockets” allegedly fired by an Israeli aircraft at the T4 air base. The report notes the missiles came from the direction of […]
Desperate to display their woke credentials, tennis bosses at the Western and Southern Open in the US have set a dangerous – if altogether predictable – precedent by pandering to the social justice whims of Naomi Osaka. Osaka announced on Thursday that she would, after all, be playing her semifinal against Belgium’s Elise Mertens in New York this week. The two-time Grand Slam winner had earlier […]
Before the NBA kicked off its rebooted season in Disney World, promises were made. The league and Commissioner Adam Silver swore that despite being ensconced in a semipermeable bubble in Orlando, Florida, players would in no way be hindered from participating in the nationwide uprising against police brutality and state-sanctioned violence largely inflicted upon people of color. In fact, their voices would not only be heard, […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Republicans opened the third night of their convention with a series of speeches by veterans and officials including vice presidential National Security adviser Keith Kellogg who drove home the theme that President Donald Trump supports the military and is more patriotic than the rival party. Later in the evening, Vice President Mike Pence later will deliver his keynote remarks from Fort McHenry […]
New York Teachers Union To Strike Against School Reopening August 21, 2020 New York Teachers Union To Strike Against School Reopening2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/teachers-protest-re-opening-from-izod-news-e1597242732951.jpg200px200px Above photo: Teachers protest re-opening from Izod News. Despite Donald Trump’s administration pressure for schools reopening, several states and institutions postponed the resume of learning activities or issued not-in-person strategies due to new spikes of COVID-19 cases. The U.S New York United Federation of Teachers (UFT) […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008201080231822-israeli-aircraft-strike-targets-in-northern-gaza/ Israeli aircraft on Friday local time struck targets in the city of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. According to reports, occupation warplanes have deployed three missiles in Beit Lahia, continuing attacks of the city for the tenth consecutive day. More details to follow. Source link
Detroit Teachers Vote Overwhelmingly To Authorize Safety Strike By Detroit Federation of Teachers. August 20, 2020 Detroit Teachers Vote Overwhelmingly To Authorize Safety Strike2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/detroit.jpg200px200px Above photo: Detroit Free Press. During an emergency special meeting Wednesday, members of the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) voted to authorize a potential safety strike aimed at pressing the Detroit Public Schools Community District to implement basic science-based safety protocols before […]
Tehran has exhibited an anti-ship and ballistic missile bearing the names of the renowned General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi ally who perished in a US airstrike in January. Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami referred to the new weapons in a televised speech on Thursday, revealing that a new surface-to-surface missile, called ‘Haj Qassem,’ has a range of 1,400km. The other projectile, an anti-ship cruise missile, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008181080209725-three-rockets-strike-us-base-in-syrias-deir-ez-zor—report/ According to local authorities in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor Governorate, several rockets landed near the US base set up outside the region’s eponymous capital city, causing no damage or casualties. “On August 18, three small Kaytusha rockets impacted near Conoco base, Syria,” Col. Myles B. Caggins III, the spokesperson for the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve, told journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg, adding there […]
Largest Private-Sector Strike Of The Year Is Headed For Union Victory By Jeremy Gantz, In These Times. August 15, 2020 Largest Private-Sector Strike Of The Year Is Headed For Union Victory2020-08-152020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/locals6-e1597505242581.jpg200px200px Above photo: The end of a strike is in sight at Maine’s Bath Iron Works shipyard. Getty Images. After nearly seven weeks on the picket line, Machinists union members will soon vote on a contract that […]
Game Writers Made History By Going On Strike — And Winning By Nicole Carpenter, Polygon. August 15, 2020 Game Writers Made History By Going On Strike — And Winning2020-08-152020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/voltage-workers.jpg200px200px Above photo: From CWA. The 21-day strike ended with an agreement. Twenty-one writers who were contractors that create scripts for the mobile app Lovestruck: Choose Your Romance went on strike on July 15 — a move nearly unheard of in the […]
Witness Against Torture Prison Hunger Strike By Witness Against Torture. August 15, 2020 Witness Against Torture Prison Hunger Strike2020-08-152020-08-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/wat-e1597451967424.jpg200px200px Above photo: Fast for Justice – Day 10: The Reverend Billy Talen marched with us to the White House and helped us hold banners during the vigil. Photograph by Justin Norman. Keep Up the Pressure. NC Prison Activist Joseph “Shine White” Stewart’s Hunger Strike is Working! Shine’s hunger […]
General Strike: The Eviction Crisis Escalates August 8, 2020 General Strike: The Eviction Crisis Escalates2020-08-082020-08-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/cancel-rent-banner-e1596898340432.png200px200px Above photo: Cancel Rent banner from GenStrike. With an estimated 17 to 40 million people at risk of losing their homes by the end of September, and with the failure of the federal government to pass an eviction moratorium or an unemployment benefits extension, the greatest eviction and foreclosure crisis since the […]
The Russian Air Force is still expected to receive the first batch of newest stealth heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle in 2024, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Head Yuri Slyusar reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. The mass deliveries of the latest Okhotnik (Hunter) stealth heavy strike drone to the Russian troops will begin in 2024, said Yuri Slyusar. “We received an assignment from the […]
Numerous vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 are currently being developed across the world, with more than 20 entering the final stages of trials. The World Health Organisation has warned, however, that there may never be a “silver bullet” for the disease, which has infected 18.2 million people worldwide and killed almost 700,000. “Even if you have an optimistic assessment of the scientific progress, there is not enough coronavirus […]
…by PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The Trump regime is hunkering down on releasing the Soleimani assassination file, as it does not want to risk the blowback from the potential that the imminent threat justification was hyped. VT has historically seen that with total secrecy assured, justification can be invented, including the kind with faked Intel fed into the system “believed” to be reliable, something that […]
Poultry And Prisons: Toward A General Strike For Abolition By Carrie Freshour, Black Agenda Report. July 24, 2020 Poultry And Prisons: Toward A General Strike For Abolition2020-07-242020-07-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/freshour_845x400.jpeg200px200px Poultry-processing plants are critical sites of racial capitalist accumulation produced through an unequal valuation of people and places. “People cannot be released from prisons only to be put on the streets or to premature disability at the poultry.” On […]
SEIU Should Actually Strike For Black Lives By Mike Pappas, Left Voice. July 22, 2020 SEIU Should Actually Strike For Black Lives2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/nurses-e1595432783283.png200px200px Above photo: Insider. On July 20, unions and their members from around the country signed on to participate in the “Strike for Black Lives” led by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). In theory, this is a great step forward, but as a member […]
The January 3 drone strike assassination of Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad brought Iran and the US to the brink of war, with Tehran responding with missile strikes on two US bases in Iraq, causing traumatic brain injuries among over 100 US troops. Iran has yet to deal a retaliatory counterblow to the US for the assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Supreme […]
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the US will see further retaliation for the January drone strike on elite commander Qasem Soleimani, telling Iraq’s premier that Tehran will resist American meddling in the region. Khamenei met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Tehran on Tuesday, the PM’s first trip abroad since taking office in May. During the talks, the ayatollah stressed that the American […]
New reports out of the Middle East allege that the use of the US’ sword-carrying Hellfire R9-X “ninja bomb” has increased in recent weeks, and that it was most recently used in a Monday attack on alleged terrorists in northern Syria. The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday that an R9-X missile struck a small, white truck the day prior and killed several individuals near Azaz, Syria. […]
Tens Of Thousands Walk Off Job In ‘Strike For Black Lives’ By Aaron Morrison, People’s World. July 21, 2020 Tens Of Thousands Walk Off Job In ‘Strike For Black Lives’2020-07-212020-07-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/ups-teamsters-in-brooklyn-july-20-2020-e1595345221216.jpg200px200px Above photo: UPS Teamsters in Brooklyn (Local 804) took action this morning as part of the #StrikeForBlackLives. Teamsters via Twitter. Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are walking off the job today in more […]
Syrian air defenses have engaged incoming “hostile targets” in the capital city of Damascus, state media reported. Footage circulating online shows explosions in the skies above the city. Damascus came under an apparent missile strike late on Monday. Sirens were heard across the city, while air defense systems intercepted incoming projectiles. The missiles flew from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights region, Syrian state media reported, pinning the […]
Thousands Of Workers Strike Bath Iron Works By Joe Piette, Workers.org. July 15, 2020 Thousands Of Workers Strike Bath Iron Works2020-07-152020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/bath-strike071320-1080×1300-e1594774680481.jpeg200px200px Over 4,300 production workers — represented by Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local S6 — walked off the job at the Bath Iron Works shipyard June 23 after unsuccessful contract negotiations. Workers had made concessions in their last contract, but are reluctant to agree to […]
Texas Teachers Union May Strike Over Lack Of COVID-19 Precautions July 13, 2020 Texas Teachers Union May Strike Over Lack Of COVID-19 Precautions2020-07-132020-07-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/texas-teacher-union-strike-from-ra-news-e1594662468497.png200px200px Above photo: Texas Teacher’s Union Strike, from RA News. The president of the Texas branch of the American Federation of Teachers says that going on strike is an option if teachers are forced back into the classroom this fall without proper precautions for […]
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 New York. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer. Scabs Nurses Brought Into Bust Strike in Illinois As the country […]
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 has reached over 600 strikes since June 1 got a massive boost of momentum today. A […]
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 awarded the victory while still prone on the canvas after being hit with the vicious knee […]
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 first functions impacted by this are surveyors and trade inspectors,” he wrote Tuesday. More than […]
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 have justified the January 3 drone strike on Soleimani’s convoy as it left Baghdad airport, Callamard […]
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 swept to a 4-2 victory at Krasnodar to confirm their second straight title win on Sunday. […]
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 in California’s San Quentin State Prison who have tested positive for COVID-19 have gone on a […]
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, has been taken to an intensive care unit after being struck by lightning during practice, the […]
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 establish a technical committee to draft the final agreement on the Ethiopian Renaissance dam. Addis Ababa […]
__________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 ago. Responding to questions posed by the Morning Star, the UNHCR insisted that it was not […]
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 than simply continue to go through the change.” –Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, Delta Man The […]
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. The late-night brief, filed Thursday in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, carries major implications for the presidential […]
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 Workers Union (ILWU), a militant union of 42,000 members, shut down 29 ports along the West […]
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 of activist Yeshua Musa. Videos of the arrest posted to social media show as many as […]
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 Misfits Tuesday. The massive strike was organized on Juneteenth, a day which commemorates the end of […]
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 army said, adding that its air defenses shot down “a large number” of hostile missiles but […]
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 dispute that focused on subcontracting, work rules. and seniority over wages and benefits. Bath Iron Works […]
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 rounds among NYPD officers are encouraging them to call out sick July 4 — as retribution […]
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 actions aimed at shutting down the city: Strikes, sick-outs, blockades, occupations, and spontaneous marches. We’ve watched […]
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 raise over three years under the proposal, but they’re digging in over what they view as […]
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 publish or promote any new content on the website in protest of a blatant act of […]
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 Department were setting up swabbing stations in a suburban nursing home’s parking lot. They were part […]
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, Americans got protection from evictions, foreclosures and student debt. But debt collectors have continued to siphon […]
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 a barricaded stand after being locked out by landlords during the coronavirus pandemic on May 29, […]
Update From General Strike 2020 – Upcoming Actions May 30, 2020 Update From General Strike 2020 – Upcoming Actions2020-05-302020-05-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/strike1.png200px200px NOTE: The General Strike 2020 campaign is working right now to support the uprising in Minneapolis and across the nation. Below is information about how you can participate in the June actions. Read more about what you can do here. We apologize for canceling the call this […]
Rent Strike: Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay By Amy Hall, The New Internationalist. May 29, 2020 Rent Strike: Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/rent-strike-e1590508502204.png200px200px Above photo: Students with their ‘Rent Strike’ banner from the News Line. The Covid-19 crisis has triggered an international rent strike. Housing activists hope to build strong networks of solidarity as a financial crisis and mass evictions loom. Julian has worked in exhibition centers in Australia for several […]
Hundreds of McDonald’s workers in the US are protesting unsatisfactory working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, with some quitting and others decrying the risk they say they’re being exposed to from Covid-19. Strikes took place in over 20 cities across the US, including Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose in California, as well as St. Louis, Missouri, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. The protests […]
Essential Sanitary Workers Strike For Hazard Pay And PPE By Mike Ludwig, Truthout. May 17, 2020 Essential Sanitary Workers Strike For Hazard Pay And PPE2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ppe1-e1589725714406.png200px200px Above photo: Rahman Brooks and other striking sanitation workers gather around a car at a picket line in New Orleans. The strikers are demanding higher wages and better working conditions from a private contractor and city officials. Mike Ludwig. The severe outbreak of […]
COVID-19 Strike Wave Enters Third Month By Martha Grevatt, Worker’s World. May 13, 2020 COVID-19 Strike Wave Enters Third Month2020-05-132020-05-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/striking-new-orleans-sanitation-workers.-credit-new-orleans-hospitality-workers-alliance-e1589391404941.jpg200px200px Above: Striking New Orleans sanitation workers. Credit New Orleans Hospitality Workers Alliance. Note: The Payday Report has identified over 200 wildcat strikes that happened since the beginning of March. They suspect many strikes aren’t reporting at all for a variety of reasons and that the numbers are higher than they […]
Tech 18:29 GMT 13.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107929/50/1079295051_0:0:1281:720_1200x675_80_0_0_4452120250ef5071f928e49023fbaa0f.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202005131079295089-takes-a-lickin-but-keeps-on-tickin-russian-meteor-m-satellite-resumes-work-after-meteoroid-strike/ The Meteor series of weather observation satellites was first developed in the 1970s, and continuously upgraded and revamped in the decades since to monitor atmospheric and sea surface temperature, cloud and snow cover, sea ice conditions, humidity, radiation conditions in near space and the state of the ozone layer. Russia’s Meteor-M No.2-2, which […]
Spanish Air Force A400M Atlas military transport aircraft suffered a bird strike while landing in Zaragoza. The bird-aircraft collision happened when an A400M was performing a landing to Zaragoza Air Base, according to the Breaking Aviation News. The aircraft successfully landed and performed a roll-out as the captain informed Air Base tower that they had struck a bird shortly before touching down. There were no injuries […]