United Nations Removes Marijuana From List Of Most Dangerous Drugs By Zack Budryk, The Hill. December 4, 2020 United Nations Removes Marijuana From List Of Most Dangerous Drugs2020-12-042020-12-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mj.jpg200px200px Above photo: A factory worker processes cannabis flowers to make them ready for export on November 10 in Kasese, Uganda. CNN. A United Nations panel has voted to remove medical cannabis from a list of dangerous drugs. In […]
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Protesters Demand Elections Remain Untampered Across United States By Jenn Schreiter, Unicorn Riot. November 6, 2020 Protesters Demand Elections Remain Untampered Across United States2020-11-062020-11-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/bostonblurfinal-min-2048×1177-1-e1604666853644.png200px200px Above photo: March in Boston on Nov. 4. Across the United States on November 4, demonstrators took to the streets while votes from the November 3 elections continued to be counted. Plains / Midwest “Don’t let Trump steal the election!” warned graphics […]
Countering Rightward Drift In The United States: This Struggle Is Long Term By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. November 1, 2020 Countering Rightward Drift In The United States: This Struggle Is Long Term2020-11-012020-11-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/1occupy-e1604252058642.jpg200px200px This week, people are planning protests across the nation beginning the day after the election. Some, like Democratic Party-aligned groups and unions, will only demonstrate if President Trump loses and refuses to leave office. […]
What We Are Up Against: Fascism In The United States By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. October 25, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter What We Are Up Against: Fascism In The United States2020-10-252020-10-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/police-violence-e1603635538215.jpeg200px200px Are you or do you know an emerging activist who needs support? Popular Resistance and the Kevin Zeese family are launching the Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund with an online celebration on his birthday, this Wednesday, […]
Profits for the second-largest carrier in the US have plummeted amid the ongoing pandemic due to a steep decrease in passenger demand, it was stated during the firm’s third quarter reports. United Airlines has reported adjusted losses per share of $8.16 compared to $4.07 last year, much lower than estimated of $7.53, Smarter Analyst reported on Thursday. According to the Chicago-based carrier, the airline’s average daily […]
Climate Litigation Spreads Across The United States By Kathy Mulvey, Union of Concerned Scientists. October 13, 2020 Climate Litigation Spreads Across The United States2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/exxonknew-e1602621490643.jpg200px200px With hurricanes in the Gulf South and wildfires in the West, the intensifying impacts of climate change have been inescapable as summer turns to fall. Summer 2020 also brought a wave of new climate lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, including several firsts: the first suit […]
The organization has received the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its contribution to feeding the world and acting as a driving force in “efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.” The Nobel Committee noted that there has been an upsurge in the number of victims of hunger due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was also remarked that the Nobel […]
United Airlines and American Airlines have sent furlough notices to a total of more than 32,000 employees, saying they can’t afford to have them on payroll after Thursday – the expiration date for the federal CARES Act Payroll Support Program. “To our departing 13,000 family members: thank you for your dedication and we look forward to welcoming you back,” United said in a message sent to […]
US airlines are preparing to lay off tens of thousands of employees unless they get additional federal aid. The industry has been struggling to stay afloat amid an unprecedented collapse in air travel due to the Covid pandemic. American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said late Wednesday that the carrier has no choice but to cut 19,000 jobs after attempts to get more federal money failed. The CEO of United […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/18/1080561736_0:0:1649:929_1200x675_80_0_0_b7b50effe5d3991109c753ef8c936a54.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009281080602511-trump-delivers-remarks-on-the-united-states-coronavirus-testing-strategy/ The president said last week that his administration could override the US Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to toughen standards for the authorisation of a COVID-19 vaccine. President Donald Trump is giving a press briefing on the US’ coronavirus testing strategy at the White House on Monday. Trump has promised that 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine will be […]
United Nations: Trump Attacks China By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. September 27, 2020 United Nations: Trump Attacks China2020-09-272020-09-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/trumpxi-e1601218308346.jpg200px200px Above photo: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping address the United Nations General Assembly. Sinophobia, lies and hybrid war. Contrary to US rhetoric and disinformation China is not an existential threat to the ‘free world’. It took one minute for President Trump to introduce a virus at the virtual […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080569744_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_d3d04d2a685f1842bb210dd6207f801a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009251080569794-day-4-of-75th-united-nations-general-assembly—video/ The jubilee session is largely being held in a remote format because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, several world leaders arrived in New York in person to deliver their speech. Sputnik is live from New York City as the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly begins its fourth day. This year the global leaders mainly chose to […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused neighboring Russia of trying to divide the world into “spheres of influence” in a speech, delivered remotely from Kiev, to the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. According to Zelensky, the United Nations (UN) was built on the fact that “humankind should have learned the tragic lessons of World War II,” but Russia’s “occupation of Crimea” and “aggression in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107404/34/1074043400_0:213:4737:2878_1200x675_80_0_0_7ac1c9a93a942afca4b31088ee4234a6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009221080531774-snowden-reportedly-agrees-to-pay-united-states-5-million-from-book-speeches/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked intelligence secrets in 2013, has agreed to pay the US government more than $5 million earned from his book “Permanent Record” and speeches, CNN reported citing court records. In September 2019, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the whistleblower over claims that he […]
RT/Moscow: The US pullout from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a threat to Russia’s security and risked “zeroing” its nuclear arsenals, prompting Moscow to design unparalleled hypersonic projectiles, President Vladimir Putin said. Moscow, which claims primacy in the worldwide race to develop the ultra-fast weapons systems, faced an urgency to maintain strategic parity with its near-peer opponent Washington, the Russian president recalled on Saturday. “The […]
RT/Moscow: The US pullout from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a threat to Russia’s security and risked “zeroing” its nuclear arsenals, prompting Moscow to design unparalleled hypersonic projectiles, President Vladimir Putin said. Moscow, which claims primacy in the worldwide race to develop the ultra-fast weapons systems, faced an urgency to maintain strategic parity with its near-peer opponent Washington, the Russian president recalled on Saturday. “The […]
Birds need to refuel occasionally during their long migrations and if food along the way is in short supply some don’t make it. However, mass deaths caused by starvation during the flight have generally been pretty rare. That is, until this year. Thousands of birds migrating from the Arctic tundra to America’s south-west have recently dropped dead in states such as New Mexico, Texas and Colorado […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107663/90/1076639093_0:193:2954:1855_1200x675_80_0_0_fa24bc4542c8e8e4e47d3bf1391ee4a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009161080470382-us-to-stop-using-russian-rocket-engine-rd-180-in-mid-2020s—united-launch-alliance/ MOSCOW, September 16 (Sputnik) – US company United Launch Alliance (ULA) plans to end operation of the Atlas-5 launch vehicle with the Russian RD-180 engine in the mid-2020s, Julie Arnold, an ULA spokeswoman, told Sputnik. The RD-180 engine is manufactured at the Energomash rocket engine manufacturer (an enterprise of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos) and is used in the […]
TEL AVIV—Assuming last-minute disputes about mask-wearing and social distancing can be ironed out in time, the South Lawn of the White House will once more be the site of a historic Middle East peace deal signing. Two deals, in fact, as both Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates normalize ties with Israel. Rejecting the presence of a Jewish state in the Middle East has been a […]
Harry Maguire will continue in his role as Manchester United’s captain the club have announced, despite the England defender being charged for his role in a late-night brawl on the Greek island of Mykonos last month. 27-year-old Maguire, who joined Manchester United last summer in a mammoth £80 million ($102 million) deal, was handed a suspended prison sentence by Greek authorities after being found guilty of aggravated […]
by Homa Lezgee, …for PressTV, Vienna – [ Editor’s Note: VT has worked this JCPOA story since its beginning, and little did we know that it was to go on and on thanks to unipolarism, a la Trump style. The Mideast might have been much calmer now, but it appears Israel and its supporters had other plans. – This latest meeting of the JCPOA participants in […]
Every four years, during the procedural announcement of delegate vote tallies at both parties’ nominating conventions, Americans are reminded of something I’m sure the vast majority of them forget all about in between conventions: the very existence of the five unincorporated United States territories–Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Territories that are under United States sovereignty, inhabited by […]
The 27-year-old was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees, and insults following his arrest on the Greek island of Mykonos. The athlete claims he was actually a victim and said he did nothing wrong. He has appealed against the court’s decision and has been granted a retrial. Manchester United and England team captain Harry Maguire was arrested by undercover police […]
Manchester United skipper Harry Maguire has filed an appeal against his conviction for assault and bribery in Greece, meaning the football star’s record will be quashed before a retrial takes place. Maguire was found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery by a Greek court on Tuesday after the England defender was detained in the holiday resort of Mykonos. READ MORE: An Englishman abroad: […]
Voter Suppression Has Haunted The United States Since It Was Founded By Amy McKeever, National Geographic. August 23, 2020 Voter Suppression Has Haunted The United States Since It Was Founded2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/voting-rights-protest-e1598184134444.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators march through the streets of Winston-Salem, N.C., Monday, July 13, 2015, after the beginning of a federal voting rights trial challenging a 2013 state law. Election law experts say the case could determine how […]
Oh gosh.This was weird. AOC delivered her 60 second remarks tonight and ended by endorsing “Senator Bernard Sanders as president of the United States.” Advertisement – story continues below Wait, did AOC just second a nomination for Bernie Sanders??? #DNC2020 pic.twitter.com/KsdyZLJhZi — Irenea1006 (@irenea1006) August 19, 2020 TRENDING: “This is a Warning For What’s Coming!” – Veteran and California Business Owner Fed Up with Covid Lockdown […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/11/1080192813_0:65:3176:1851_1200x675_80_0_0_41ed0b3e7a295bc818d440966aacecf1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Advitya Bahl. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/sport/202008171080191851-sevilla-players-erupt-into-wild-celebrations-after-beating-manchester-united-in-europa-semis–video/ La Liga’s Sevilla made a historic comeback to defeat English giants Manchester United 2-1 in the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa league on Sunday night. A late goal from substitute Luuk De Jong sent the Spanish giants Sevilla into the finals of the UEFA Europa League. The English side took the lead after just seven minutes, thanks […]
Chris Hedges: The United State’s Death March By Chris Hedges, SheerPost.com. August 10, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Chris Hedges: The United State’s Death March2020-08-102020-08-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/uncle-sam-with-skelton-e1597073390540.jpg200px200px Above image: Art by Mr. Fish/Original to Scheerpost. Regardless of the outcome, the election will not stop the rise of hypernationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an empire’s terminal decline. The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved […]
United States Stealing Syrian Oil By Amberin Zaman, and Joe Snell, Al-Monitor. August 4, 2020 United States Stealing Syrian Oil2020-08-042020-08-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/syrian-makeshift-oil-refinery-e1596568182693.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man walks at a makeshift refinery using burners to distill crude oil in the village of Bishiriya in the countryside near the town of Qahtaniya west of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakah province, on July 19, 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images. Sources told […]
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth […]
Some 396,000 tons of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) were exported to China in June, according to a Bloomberg report citing data from China’s General Administration of Customs. That figure reflects a 20.7 percent rise compared to May. Statistics showed that US LNG exports to China amounted to 340,000 tons during the same period, slightly up by 2.4 percent. Overall, the world’s largest energy consumer, China, imported […]
Is The United States A Failing State? A Failed State? By Richard Falk, Global Justice in the 21st Century. July 25, 2020 Is The United States A Failing State? A Failed State?2020-07-252020-07-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/second_harvest-e1595687099234.jpg200px200px Above photo: “I’ve never witnessed a system being more strained,” said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. “Our estimations are that we will need to serve an additional 17.1 million people through this crisis, on top […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/13/1079931868_0:26:2100:1208_1200x675_80_0_0_624495c19002f532d5b6184739a5b35a.jpg.webp Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202007191079931741-chelsea-reaches-fa-cup-final-defeating-manchester-united-/ Earlier, Arsenal secured their place in the Football Association Cup final, beating Manchester City on Saturday with two goals. Now the two teams are scheduled to fight for the English championship at Wembley Stadium on 1 August. Chelsea defeated Manchester United with the score of 3-1, securing a place in FA Cup Final. It will be the team’s 14th […]