The West’s fiction of “human rights” has been weaponized by neoliberals to rationalize naked imperialist interventions. But if human rights are to have any relevance for the oppressed, they must be “de-colonized” and given meaning by the oppressed themselves: a People(s)-Centered Human Rights (PCHR). “Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness, and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions.” ~Frantz Fanon International Human Rights Day is December 10. On that day in 1948 the […]
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Above Photo: The Tudor’s workers who notified the district manager they intended to unionize last week. (UFCW Local 400) Twenty-Five Employees In Tiny Elkview, West Virginia Have Filed For A Union Election After Just Two Weeks Of Organizing. In West Virginia, there is no more iconic fast food chain than Tudor’s Biscuit World, whose 70 locations in the state pump out a steady stream of homestyle cooking. A fiery band of workers at one Tudor’s location are now seeking to give the company something else that West Virginia is famous for: a union. Despite the political successes of the “Fight For $15” movement, actual unionized fast food […]
President Barack Obama broke precedent and slammed his successor President Donald Trump on Wednesday night during his DNC speech at the Museum of American Revolution. Obama, who led the greatest political scandal in US history and spied on the Trump campaign and Trump Transition Team, gave one of the most divisive speeches in US history. . @BarackObama’s Administration led a surveillance program against @realDonaldTrump’s campaign that was filled with Russian propaganda – and they knew it. — Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 20, 2020 TRENDING: Goodyear Bans Employees From Wearing ‘All Lives Matter,’ ‘Blue Lives Matter’ or MAGA Slogans, But Says Black […]
Pulling Down Statues: A Tradition Dating Back To US Independence By Andrew Lawler, National Geographic. July 10, 2020 Pulling Down Statues: A Tradition Dating Back To US Independence2020-07-102020-07-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/william_walcutt_statue_george_iii-e1594407892394.png200px200px Above photo: ”Pulling Down the Statue of George III”, William Walcutt (1819-1882), painting in oils. Wikimedia. Enthusiasm for the American Revolution led colonists to burn, disfigure, and deface any symbol of Britain and its hated king. Fireworks, bands, and cookouts are essential ingredients of any Fourth of July celebration. What’s usually not on the menu is toppling statues, ripping down signs, or burning portraits. But in the days following the new nation’s declaration […]
On Saturday, May 30, Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken became the first astronauts to launch to orbit from the United States in almost nine years. Demo-2 was the first crewed launch for SpaceX, and the culmination of a decade of hard work in NASA’s Commercial Crew program. 20 years ago, Hurley and Behnken were just Bugs. That was the nickname given to the NASA Astronaut class of 2000, of which both Doug and Bob were members. Also in their class were Karen Nyberg and K. Megan McArthur, whom Doug and Bob would marry. Doug and Bob were selected by NASA, in […]