With people all around the world ordered to stay at home to protect themselves from Covid-19, focus has now switched to the potential side effects of so many being confined for an unknown period of time. Many of the downsides to self-isolation are also clear, including loneliness, potential mental health problems, and the inevitability of an increase in families who can’t make ends meet. However, another […]
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The coronavirus crisis has created some truly heartwarming moments of solidarity and compassion. Alas, it has also drawn out the darker side of humanity, as evidenced by footage of a brawl outside a French supermarket. By now, people all over the world have grown accustomed to scenes of balcony singalongs, rounds of applause for frontline medical staff, but also unsettling images of empty supermarket shelves and […]
The European Union on Wednesday has called on the Greek authorities to investigate the Greek security forces’ use of violence and illegal practices against asylum seekers and migrants trying to pass into Europe. European Commission spokesperson, Adalbert Jahnz told reporters in Brussels that the Greek authorities face an exceptional situation and fulfill a difficult task; however, he added that “they have to do this by conforming […]
A trend of assaulting non-mainstream politicians over their views seems to be taking root in Germany, with a car owned by the head of the AfD party’s Berlin branch being set on fire in the second such incident in over a week. Arsonists set ablaze a greyish Skoda belonging to Nicolaus Fest, provisional head of Alternative for Germany’s Berlin branch and member of the European Parliament, […]
Women Protest Around The World For Equality And Ending Violence And Exploitation By Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance March 8, 2020 Women Protest Around The World For Equality And Ending Violence And Exploitation2020-03-082020-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/pakistani-activists-take-part-in-an-international-womens-day-rally-in-lahore-pakistan-on-march-8-2020.-k.m.-chaudhry-for-ap-e1583708675526.jpg200px200px Above photo: Despite threats, Pakistani activists take part in an International Women’s Day rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Pakistanis held rallies across the country. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry) March 8 is International […]
The peace talks on Syria in the Astana format are currently the only effective instrument that has facilitated the efforts to curb violence in that country, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “We are convinced that today the only mechanism that considerably helped to… make a step towards stability has become the Astana process,” IRNA cited Zarif as saying on Wednesday. He described the […]
Hundreds of people led by Indigenous land defenders and a coalition of environmental groups worked to shut down a large mining industry convention in downtown Toronto on Sunday, blockading the entrances to the building where the meeting was taking place as they protested against “the extractive industry’s violence, ongoing colonization, and complete disregard for the future of life on this planet.” Sunday’s action—aimed at the Prospectors […]
Protesters Decry Delhi Violence Outside London’s Indian Embassy March 3, 2020 Protesters Decry Delhi Violence Outside London’s Indian Embassy2020-03-032020-03-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/modi-e1583254778839.png200px200px Above photo: Screen capture. Protesters gathered outside the Indian Embassy in London on Saturday, to decry the ongoing violence in New Delhi as well as the policies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. “I think they need to repeal this amendment called the CAA. It’s anti […]
India’s Ministry of External Affairs has reportedly summoned Tehran’s ambassador to protest allegations by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif that Indian Muslims are facing persecution in their homeland. New Delhi told Iranian Ambassador Ali Chegeni on Tuesday that Zarif’s comments were “totally uncalled for and unacceptable,” according to local media, citing people familiar with the matter. Iran was also reportedly instructed to steer clear of “matters […]
India 03:34 GMT 02.03.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): In the wake of three days of riots in the national capital Delhi, the budget session of the Indian Parliament resumed on Monday. The session is likely to remain stormy as issues such as violence and the Citizenship Amendment Act are expected to be presented by opposition parties. Member of parliament belonging to the opposition parties – […]
The US has seen a significant reduction in violence in Afghanistan during the past six days, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. The statement comes the day before Washington hopes to sign an American troops withdrawal deal with the Taliban. “We have seen just these last six days a significant reduction in violence in Afghanistan,” Pompeo told lawmakers in Washington. “We are watching closely […]
India 12:19 GMT 28.02.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): Violence between two groups that started in parts of northeast Delhi on Sunday over a citizenship law later took a communal turn. Some 42 people have been killed and over 250 injured in the riots. India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday asked the main opposition party Congress to not preach “Raj Dharma” (Ideals of Governance) to […]
India 08:36 GMT 27.02.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): The northeast district of the Indian national capital witnessed widespread violence following clashes between two communities over a citizenship law on Monday and Tuesday, while US President Donald Trump was on an official visit to the country. India has hit back at the US media, political leaders, and official bodies like the House Foreign Affairs Committee and […]
Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders has drawn both scathing criticism and applause from netizens after he accused US President Donald Trump of a “failure of leadership” over his response to Delhi violence. Sanders made a rare foray into India’s internal politics on Wednesday, shortly after Trump returned from a heavily-publicized trip to India, where he was given a red carpet welcome by PM Narendra Modi and […]
Buda Mendes/Getty Images Pope Francis called on Catholics to give up “gossip,” “verbal violence,” and “offensive and harmful words” which are “amplified by the internet,” Wednesday, during his Ash Wednesday appeal. Speaking to Catholics in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis said Lent “is a time to give up useless words, gossip, rumors, tittle-tattle and speak to God on a first name basis.” “We live in an […]
Israeli authorities have established a multi-force agency to prepare for the possibility of unrest should the next Israeli government proceed with the annexation of illegal West Bank settlements. According to the report in Haaretz, the joint body includes representatives from the Israeli military, police, Shin Bet, other “defence agencies”, as well as from government ministries. The aim, the paper added, is “to coordinate a unified response […]
Indian law enforcement are using drones to identify rioters involved in ongoing violence that has rocked Delhi, killing at least 20 people, according to media reports. An estimated 20 people have been killed so far in clashes between supporters and opponents of India’s controversial citizenship law – the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Indian media reported, citing health officials. The violence, now in its third day, began […]
Former The Bachelorette contestant Chad Johnson, who later appeared on Bachelor in Paradise, has been arrested for domestic violence after a fight with his girlfriend. TMZ reports that Johnson’s girlfriend, Annalise Mishler, called the LAPD on Monday evening after an argument; Mishler also claimed Johnson punched a wall and got physical with her following a separate fight on Sunday. Popular reality television blogger Reality Steve captured […]
At least 13 people have been killed and 150 injured in sectarian clashes over a new citizenship law in Delhi, India, since intense violence erupted in parts of the capital on Sunday, hospital officials said. There were reports of stone-throwing by protesters, with some seen bearing metal bars, when fresh skirmishes broke out on Tuesday between people supporting the legislation and those against it. Around 3,500 […]
A partial truce in Afghanistan between the Taliban, American and Afghan forces is holding, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. The statement came despite insurgent attacks and US strikes against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) targets. “So far the reduction in violence is working – imperfect, but it’s working,” he told reporters in Washington. The planned week-long detente, which has lasted four days, […]
Raid of Wet’suwet’en part of Canada’s ongoing police violence against Indigenous Peoples By Catherine Richardson, Theconversation.com February 25, 2020 Raid of Wet’suwet’en part of Canada’s ongoing police violence against Indigenous Peoples2020-02-252020-02-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-25-at-6.24.52-am.png200px200px Above Photo: Members of the RCMP look on as supporters of the Wet’suwet’en Nation block a road outside of RCMP headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Jan. 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward In a pre-dawn raid on Feb. […]
The world has seen the rise and fall of some 150 empires. That number doesn’t even include the United States, whose unacknowledged empire includes more than 800 military bases in some 70 countries. Americans are brought up to believe what Woodrow Wilson said after Versailles, that their nation is exceptional and the ‘saviour of the world’, not an imperialistic power. But after the US invaded Afghanistan […]
State Violence: When Does Democracy Cease To Exist? By Emma Justum, Open Democracy. February 23, 2020 State Violence: When Does Democracy Cease To Exist?2020-02-232020-02-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/image3.max-760×504-e1582462858225.jpg200px200px Above photo: Paris, 2019. DiEM25 French National Collective. Democracy is fragile. Sometimes this is the case surprisingly closer to home than our fellow Europeans realise. On January 30, 2019, already one year ago, the Council of Europe through its Commissioner for Human Rights […]
Media bias against Nicaragua’s Sandinista government is unremitting, and international NGOs are feeding it by misreporting a violent land dispute in the Bosawás nature reserve. Here’s a headline you won’t see in the corporate media: Nicaragua is at peace. After the violent attempt to overthrow the government in 2018, which cost at least 200 lives, the country has largely returned to the tranquillity it enjoyed before. […]