WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US company Fortitude Ranch will operate its three vacation condos as survival communities on November 3 in anticipation of possible civil unrest that may follow the presidential and general elections, the company’s Vice President for Sales and Business Development Alicia Cachuela told Sputnik. “We are going to open up as a survival community on November 3 and spanning out for several days […]
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Is it a desperate last roll of the dice or the confident declaration of a woman poised to assume power? Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the runner-up in the disputed Belarusian election, considerably upped the ante with a bold warning. The exiled former candidate, who believes the contest was rigged to prevent her from claiming victory, has announced that the opposition she aspires to lead from her Lithuanian exile […]
Former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev has been detained “in relation to riots” after he accused the secret services of plotting to kill him. He was released from prison when his supporters surrounded it on Tuesday. Atambayev is being held in relation to a criminal case about staging mass riots, according to the State Committee for National Security (GKNB). There were also reports that the former […]
Unrest In Kenosha Didn’t Come Out Of Thin Air By Eddie Conway, The Real News. September 28, 2020 Unrest In Kenosha Didn’t Come Out Of Thin Air2020-09-282020-09-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/maxresdefault-2-e1601305770201.jpg200px200px We have known about the over-policing of Black and brown communities there for a long time, experts say. Story Transcript Eddie: A study in 2013 shows that Wisconsin incarcerated more black men than any other state in the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105881/67/1058816757_0:421:4186:2775_1200x675_80_0_0_5f2ab24339f803cb004f8e6dda3e224f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009061080381495-civil-unrest-over-gentrification-continued-in-germanys-leipzig-on-saturday—photos/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Civil unrest continued on late Saturday in the German city of Leipzig in the eastern Saxony state, involving 500 protesters against gentrification, the ARD broadcaster reported on Sunday. According to the German news outlet, it was the third day in a row, when the city saw clashes between protesters and police. Protesters were also reported to […]
St. Louis police officer Tamarris Bohannon, a 29-year old father-of-three, died on 30 August after being critically wounded in the line of duty a day earlier. Retired law enforcement officers and academics have discussed growing social tensions in the US and increasing risks law enforcement agents are now facing. The African American officer was ambushed while responding to a call of a shooting near Tower Grove […]
Google, Facebook, and other social media companies, like Twitter, have come under pressure from Democrats, who have claimed that the tech giants’ platforms were used to influence the result of the last election and could be used to tip the scales in the upcoming vote. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has warned of the risk of civil unrest in the United States during and after the presidential […]
TORONTO (Sputnik) – The current societal unrest in Canada, the United States, and other parts of the world is proof that current systems in place are failing citizens, Communist Party of Canada leader Liz Rowley said in an interview. Amid the ongoing unrest, politicians, activists, and other public figures have often asserted that communists and other left-wing groups are at fault. Rowley says that while communists […]
…by Jonas E. Alexis George Orwell once said: “One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool.” In other words, some ideas are so dumb that only an ideologue and political prostitute could possibly believe them. Russia, CNN has recently told us, is almost certainly behind the social unrest that we are currently witnessing in […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden denounced President Trump during remarks in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Monday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden denounced President Trump during remarks in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Monday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 3 p.m. ET Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday forcefully pushed back against President […]
Following the shooting death of a Trump supporter in Portland, Democrats have taken to acknowledging increasing violence at protests across the country, but are laying the blame at the feet of President Donald Trump. Many Democrats made it clear through Sunday interviews that they believe President Trump is to blame for increasingly violent protests across the country. “I have long condemned looting, violence, threats…but let’s take […]
Continuous Cycle of Oppression, Protest, and Violence in American History While the 1960s certainly provides some background for the current historical moment, it is the in-between times, which offer greater context to the continuous cycle of oppression, protest and violence in American history. https://t.co/5o3b8EFydn — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 28, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: When growing up in a small city in the mid-southern portion of […]
In his interview, the president addressed a number of issues that have emerged or developed both within and outside the country over the last couple of months. Russian President Vladimir Putin touched upon a variety of issues in a big interview with the broadcaster Rossiya 24, ranging from the coronavirus pandemic and a possible second wave of the virus, the country’s economy, a new vaccine against […]
As American cities are torched and looted by Antifa and Black Lives Matter terrorists, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) signaled her support for the violence be her fellow progressives, calling for “unrest in the streets” in an appearance Saturday on MSNBC’s AM Joy in comments about the Democrats’ latest attack line on President Trump on the Post Office and mail-in ballots for the November election. Pressley is […]
Bridges that lead into downtown Chicago were raised to limit access after looting and vandalism late Sunday and early Monday. Police made more than 100 arrests during the night of unrest and confiscated five guns. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Bridges that lead into downtown Chicago were raised to limit access after looting and vandalism late Sunday and early Monday. Police […]
According to preliminary results from Belarus’ election officials, five-term President Alexander Lukashenko won Sunday’s election by a landslide. Opponents of the president, however, accused authorities of election fraud and staged mass protests, sometimes violent, across the country on Sunday night. A female freelance journalist working for Ruptly has been detained in Minsk, the Russian video news agency says. According to Ruptly, there’s no contact with the woman, who […]
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/europe/202008101080119098-lukashenko-on-minsk-unrest-we-will-not-let-this-tear-belarus-apart/ Earlier, the headquarters of Belarusian opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya indicated that she would not recognize the results of Sunday’s election, and Source link
US President Donald Trump said he would send National Guard troops to quell chaotic protests in Portland, condemning activists as a “beehive of terrorists” as federal units deployed to the city prepare to withdraw. Trump warned of the new Guard deployment during a Thursday press conference, one day after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) struck a deal with Oregon Governor Kate Brown to phase out […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1a/1079984765_0:0:2875:1619_1200x675_80_0_0_29408071debe026116e0257bc43d978c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007261079984799-seattle-police-arrest-16-people-during-civil-unrest-in-city/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Seattle police have announced arresting 16 people during the civil unrest, classified as a riot. “Update: 16 arrests for assault on officers, obstruction and failure to disperse”, the police tweeted. Update: 16 arrests for assault on officers, obstruction and failure to disperse. — Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) July 26, 2020 “Due to the ongoing damage […]
Huge crowds calling for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rallied outside his home Saturday in Jerusalem on growing discontent over the government’s Covid-19 response, high unemployment and corruption. More than 5,000 people gathered on Balfour Street, now a frequent site of anti-government demonstrations, according to Haaretz newspaper, making it the biggest of several protests this week. Demonstrators also rallied elsewhere in Israel. Protesters’ […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/17/1079967946_0:70:1280:790_1200x675_80_0_0_a9e5751e0b31d2d5de9633b91bda0670.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007231079967602-unrest-continues-in-portland-despite-deployment-of-federal-forces—video-photos/ Protests, which erupted in the US city following the death of black man George Floyd in Minneapolis, have got out of control, with rioters launching fireworks, setting fire to police precincts and vandalising city property. Nightly protests have continued in the US city of Portland, Oregon, where President Donald Trump sent federal law enforcement agents to help maintain law […]
Twitter Targets Accounts Of Outlets Covering Unrest In Bolivia By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. July 1, 2020 Twitter Targets Accounts Of Outlets Covering Unrest In Bolivia2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/boliia-e1593622554774.jpg200px200px Above photo: A coca leaf producer kneels holding a bible with his arms outspread asking police to open the way so a march by supports of Evo Morales may continue to Cochabamba, Bolivia, Nov. 16, 2019. Juan Karita | AP. MintPress […]
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, … with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The US has exposed its hidden hand quite openly now with the Hong Kong issue. Any country that opposes US ‘color revolutions’, which many would consider an interference in the internal affairs of another country’, will find itself being punished by US sanctions. But wait, the craziness gets better. One of the proposals […]
The only task US officials seemingly have is finding a way of pinning the blame for literally any incident on Moscow, Russia’s deputy UN envoy jokingly said as former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley did just that. The ex-UN envoy apparently decided to jump on the bandwagon of Russia bashers and put all the blame for the massive riots gripping the US following the […]
What started off as calls for racial equality and justice in the UK descended on Saturday, June 13, into violent standoff between Black Lives Matter and those who oppose its tactic of desecrating public statues. Over 100 people have been arrested in London following another day of social unrest that saw anti-racism demonstrators clash with rival protestors. About 15 people, reportedly including six police officers, were […]
The US has been rocked by over two weeks of protests over the police killing of an unarmed black man in a Minneapolis street in broad daylight, with the incident adding to strains stemming from the deaths of over 100,000 Americans from coronavirus, and lockdown measures which have thrown over 40 million people out of work. Trump National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien has accused Washington’s enemies […]
An officer tries to put out a fire at a police kiosk at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles during a protest last month over the death of George Floyd. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark J. Terrill/AP An officer tries to put out a fire at a police kiosk at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles during a protest last month […]
A T-Shirt Sparks Claims That Another ‘Foreign Agitator’ Is Behind US Racial Unrest By Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge. June 9, 2020 A T-Shirt Sparks Claims That Another ‘Foreign Agitator’ Is Behind US Racial Unrest2020-06-092020-06-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/max.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal seen in a t-shirt emblazoned with the eyes of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as he filmed the crowd fro his cell phone. We’ve […]
By Sajjad Shaukat for Veterans Today In the agreement signed between the US and Taliban on February 29, this year, in Doha-the capital of Qatar, it is committed that within the first 135 days of the deal, the US will reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 8,600 from the current 13,000, working with its other NATO allies to proportionally reduce the number of coalition […]
…from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: Trump is showing desperation to stop his sliding in the polls due to his coronavirus disaster. He is circling his wagons using a strategy he has used over and over, never admitting anything, never accepting any responsibility he does not want to, and remaining on the attack. His move now is to play the great savior of America by […]
Previously, an American media outlet cited several current and former Pentagon officials as being “concerned” over Esper’s purported agreement with Trump’s plans to deploy the military to stop the violent protests in the country. US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper has stated that he doesn’t support the idea of using the Insurrection Act in order to deploy military forces in American cities to quell the ongoing […]
Protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally in Toronto on Saturday. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images Protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally in Toronto on Saturday. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s not often that Justin Trudeau is caught speechless. But when the Canadian prime minister was asked what he thought of President Trump’s actions to quash a wave […]
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have blasted the president after police were ordered to clear out an area near the White House so he could make an incident-free trip to a church. Calling on US President Donald Trump to “respect the dignity and rights of Americans” in a statement late on Monday night, Pelosi (D-California) and Schumer (D-New York) tore […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a curfew for New York City and will double the number of police officers on the ground from 4,000 to 8,000 after Sunday night’s protests over George Floyd’s death devolved into looting. The city will impose a curfew from 11pm to 5am, Cuomo declared on Monday following a conversation with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot O’Shea. […]
America’s heartbreak brought considerable joy to Vladimir Putin’s Russia, but the gloating also exposes the deep ugliness of his regime. Russian reporters covering protests on American soil appear to sympathize with the protesters, but state media reports for domestic audiences tell an entirely different story. “Mockery of the ongoing protests in the United States made references to ‘muscular criminal Negroes,’ described ‘twerking’ as the ‘national Negro […]
US 05:26 GMT 01.06.2020(updated 05:29 GMT 01.06.2020) Get short URL The worst civil unrest in decades erupted in cities across the US this weekend as anger sparked by the death of an African American man in Minneapolis police custody last Monday touched off riots nationwide and well beyond the country’s borders. Unparalleled civil unrest continued for a sixth consecutive night, sweeping across at least 75 US […]
MSNBC host and Emmy nominee Ali Velshi faced an avalanche of online criticism after he described the ongoing Minneapolis unrest as “not, generally speaking, unruly” while reporting live from a burning neighborhood. Ali Velshi was in Minneapolis, Minnesota to cover the violent uproar over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after his brutal arrest by four police officers days prior. Giving his […]
LA County will likely extend its Covid-19 containment measures until the end of July, a top public health official said, triggering a wave of outrage as residents declare “summer cancelled” and even predict riots in the streets. The three-month extension to the county’s “safer at home” order was announced by Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Tuesday. Though she stopped short of issuing an official order, […]