France: Chaos Over Police Violence And Macron’s Security Bill November 29, 2020 France: Chaos Over Police Violence And Macron’s Security Bill2020-11-292020-11-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/parispol.png200px200px Above photo: Police charge at the Place de la Bastille in Paris. November 28, 2020. Twitter / @ybouziar. The organizers of the protests warn that the security bill is an attack on the most fundamental freedoms. France has protested against the bill on security promoted […]
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Shocking New Figures Show How Much US Is Fueling Violence In Yemen By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. November 21, 2020 Shocking New Figures Show How Much US Is Fueling Violence In Yemen2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mntpress.jpg200px200px Above photo: Graphic by Antonio Cabrera for MintPress News. New figures from the UN and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute show that since the war in Yemen began, the US has sold over […]
Oath Keepers’ Private Chats Show Desire For Post-Election Violence November 17, 2020 Oath Keepers’ Private Chats Show Desire For Post-Election Violence2020-11-172020-11-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/oathkeepers-cover.jpg200px200px “It’s Time to Start Killing the News Media Live on Air.” As Donald Trump nears the end of his elected presidential term, far-right and fascist groups maneuver to exploit rage among his supporters. The Oath Keepers, a militia made up of mostly retired military and law […]
Trump Applauds Escalating Far-Right Violence November 3, 2020 Trump Applauds Escalating Far-Right Violence2020-11-032020-11-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/befunky-collage31.jpg200px200px As Police Attack Anti-Racist Protesters. As Trump laid bare his plan to declare himself the winner of the 2020 election and begin a legal fight challenging the legitimacy of millions of mail-in ballots, across the US, this weekend saw Trump supporters engage in acts of physical violence, targeted racist and anti-Semitic attacks, and campaigns of […]
As The Far-Right Escalates Calls For Violence, Police And National Guard Deploy November 1, 2020 As The Far-Right Escalates Calls For Violence, Police And National Guard Deploy2020-11-012020-11-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/trumpleader.jpg200px200px In the face of massive early voter turnout and a flood of mail-in ballots, Trump, in a last ditch effort, is continuing to signal that he will refuse to accept the outcome of the election; falling back on the […]
Police Use Violence Against Land Defenders At Land Back Lane By Christopher Curtis, Ricochet Media. October 23, 2020 Police Use Violence Against Land Defenders At Land Back Lane2020-10-232020-10-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/landback-1-e1603483999139.jpg200px200px Above photo: Police fire rubber bullets, use Taser during confrontation at Land Back Lane. Failed arrest attempt leads to police retreat, barricades of burning tires. Six Nations, Ontario – An argument between police and land defenders erupted in […]
Joint Statement: US Connection In Nigeria Violence By Pan-African Community Action and Black Alliance for Peace. October 23, 2020 Joint Statement: US Connection In Nigeria Violence2020-10-232020-10-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/bap-e1603485629440.jpg200px200px Washington, D.C.-based Pan-African Community Action (PACA) and the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP)’s U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN) issued a joint statement condemning what appears to be illegal police and military violence committed against unarmed, peaceful protesters in Nigeria. […]
Israeli Weapons Fuel The Violence In Azerbaijan By Raul Diego, Mintpress News. October 22, 2020 Israeli Weapons Fuel The Violence In Azerbaijan2020-10-222020-10-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/wars.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man fences off a tail of a multiple rocket after shelling by Azerbaijan’s artillery during a military conflict in Shushi, outside Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Oct. 18, 2020. AP. With an eye on nearby Iran. Hoping to profit, protect […]
Leaked FBI Report Warns Of Far-Right “Boogaloo” Violence Before Election October 5, 2020 Leaked FBI Report Warns Of Far-Right “Boogaloo” Violence Before Election2020-10-052020-10-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/rally-e1601924470552.jpg200px200px Above photo: Virginia 2nd Amendment Rally (2020 Jan). Texas – A leaked September 29 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intelligence report prepared by the Dallas, Texas, field office warns that leading up to the November election, “boogaloo adherents” and “militia violent extremists” are […]
This piece was originally published in Coda Story’s Disinformation channel. Justyna Szpanowska was cycling through Warsaw in mid-August, when she heard what, at first, sounded like a coronavirus public safety announcement. As she got closer to its source, she realized it was nothing of the sort. Following the sound, she came across a truck slowly making its way down a busy road in the city center. […]
The Presidents of Russia, France, and the US have called for an immediate end to the escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh. The leaders chair the OSCE Minsk Group, tasked with ending the Azerbaijan and Armenia conflict. “We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the relevant military forces,” read the joint statement from Presidents Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, and Donald Trump. “We also call on […]
The truck-revving, banner-waving, loudspeaker-blaring pro-Trump rally took place, conveniently, on Sept. 19, the first Saturday of early voting in the swing state of Virginia, in a parking lot where voters in Democratic-leaning Fairfax County were lined up to cast their ballots. Some Trump supporters drove circles around the voters while others—many without face masks—mingled with the line, chanting and waving flags. “We had a couple poll […]
The US Department of State has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to “cease hostilities immediately,” after Azeri forces launched an offensive on Nagorno-Karabakh. Outside the US, the Kremlin has also demanded a halt to the violence. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms this escalation of violence,” the State Department said in a press release on Sunday. Deputy Secretary Stephen Biegun called on both sides to […]
Servicemen and members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation gather after the Armenian government declared martial law and military mobilization amidst growing conflict with Azerbaijan. Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS hide caption toggle caption Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS Servicemen and members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation gather after the Armenian government declared martial law and military mobilization amidst growing conflict with Azerbaijan. Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS Fighting broke out between Armenia […]
President Donald Trump is largely avoiding discussion of the threats of post-election violence made by left-wing groups, but when pressed on the issue, he says any such mayhem will be quickly quashed. “We want to win, and once we win, we’ll take care of business,” Trump said in an interview with podcast host Dan Bongino, posted on Monday. “We’ll take care of business.” Bongino, a former Secret Service […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Violent clashes and bomb blasts have been reported in Afghanistan over the last few days despite the ongoing peace talks between the government and the Taliban* in the Qatari capital of Doha. US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad is calling for a reduction of violence in Afghanistan amid Doha peace talks. “Over the last few days, there has been a clear […]
Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI has recorded about 100 domestic terrorism arrests in the last nine months. “A majority of the domestic terrorism cases we’ve investigated are motivated by some version of what you might call white supremacist violence,” he told the panel. Wray said the number of the domestic terrorism arrests has increased and is now close to the number of […]
Last week, a coalition of leading progressive groups gathered on Zoom to begin organizing for what they envision as the post-Election Day political apocalypse scenario. Put together by the Fight Back Table—an initiative launched after the 2016 election to get a constellation of lefty organizations to work more closely together—the meeting dealt with the operational demands expected if the November election ends without a clear outcome […]
Trump Incites Vigilante Violence Against Peaceful Protests September 3, 2020 Trump Incites Vigilante Violence Against Peaceful Protests2020-09-032020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/militias.jpg200px200px Above photo: A group of armed young men at a gas station in downtown Kenosha, just minutes before a fatal shooting. Spectrum News/Sabra Ayres. In the week since a fascistic gunman killed two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin and seriously wounded a third, the Trump administration and its allies within the […]
Thousands took to the streets of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia on Wednesday to demand the resignation of longtime Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. The rally was marred by clashes between demonstrators and police. The protest outside the parliament building started peacefully, with people carrying Bulgarian flags and chanting, “resign” and “mafia,” referring to the PM’s alleged ties to the country’s influential oligarchs. But after dark, some tried […]
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has finally spoken up against the riots and looting occurring across the US, blaming President Donald Trump. A poorly worded tweet has seen Biden’s critics accuse the ex-VP of blackmail. “Rioting is not protesting,” Biden said during a speech in Pennsylvania on Monday. “It’s lawlessness, plain and simple… Violence will not bring change.” The Democratic nominee’s remarks come shortly after a […]
In a piercing appraisal of the growing strife unraveling under President Donald Trump’s first term, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accused him of stoking, and even starting, civil unrest that is proliferating across the country. Trump has been a “toxic presence in our nation for four years” who is “poisoning our very democracy,” Biden said forcefully in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The speech offered a moment of methodical, […]
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/us/202008311080329289-joe-biden-calls-donald-trump-weak-says-us-president-fomented-violence-across-us/ Violent protests have been going on in different parts of the US, with people expressing their outrage over cases of racism and police brutality. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that US President Donald Trump has ‘fomented’ violence across the US and called him ‘weak’. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Russia may be responsible for the deadly unrest in American cities, CNN host Dana Bash has implied during an interview with Democrat’s top Russiagate figure, Adam Schiff, proving that red-baiting never goes out of vogue. Schiff, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, came to CNN for a round of Trump-bashing over the President’s remarks on how Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe “got tired […]
Democrats and the media must be looking at some horrific polling numbers on the riots and violence happening in multiple cities. A few days ago, Joe Biden finally mentioned the rioting and looting, something that was never addressed during the Democratic National Convention. He did so a day after CNN’s Don Lemon mentioned that the violence is starting to have a negative impact on Democrat polling […]
Jacob Blake, a black Wisconsin man shot in the back by police responding to a domestic dispute call, is no longer handcuffed to his hospital bed, his lawyer has confirmed, adding that a warrant for his arrest has been vacated. Kenosha authorities agreed to vacate Blake’s warrant for arrest on felony third-degree sexual assault, misdemeanor trespassing, and disorderly conduct charges after agreeing on a court date, […]
Kenosha police officers’ shooting of unarmed African American man Jacob Blake late last week has reignited race-related demonstrations and nationwide calls for police reform in the United States. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a civil rights probe into Sunday’s shooting of African American man Jacob Blake who currently remains in hospital in serious condition. The DOJ said in a statement on Wednesday that […]
Fox host Tucker Carlson kicked off an angry backlash after saying authorities were to blame for days of violent unrest in Wisconsin, which critics took as a defense of the vigilante gunman who shot two people dead on Tuesday. Carlson’s segment on the ongoing protests and rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Wednesday night largely took aim at state and local officials, arguing that those in positions […]
Two people were killed and a third victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, police have confirmed. The fatal shootings occurred on the third night of protests, rioting and looting in the city in the wake of the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. The violence took place in the […]
A Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights on Monday night confronted white diners outside D.C. restaurants, chanting “White silence is violence!” and demanding White diners show their solidarity. A black woman Monday night led several hundred protesters through DC’s Columbia Heights to protest the shooting of alleged sex offender Jacob Blake in Kenosha. The black activist asked the white protesters to step forward. […]
Black Lives Matter extremists went to a pro-Trump rally in Beverly Hills looking for a fight on Saturday night, and they sure found one. There were multiple brawls as conservatives refused to back down or cower before the mob. Advertisement – story continues below If this guy was a BLM supporter this absolutely would have caught him an assault on an officer charge pic.twitter.com/4djOWi7Ssl — Border […]
Police Use Violence On Protesters Against Police Violence By Jake Mysliwczyk, Pittsburgh Current. August 21, 2020 Police Use Violence On Protesters Against Police Violence2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/dsc_3664-e1598031918272.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters in front of the Mayor’s house. Pittsburgh Current. A group of protesters gathered again Wednesday evening at the Point Breeze home of Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto to protest the snatching of a protest marshal off the street over the […]
Philadelphia is seeing an increase in shootings so the far-left City Council and police organized a ‘home gun-check campaign’ urging residents to turn in their firearms. Makes sense. Voluntary gun buyback programs and other programs aimed at urging residents to voluntarily turn in their firearms would only increase violence because it keeps criminals armed and disarms law abiding citizens. Far left “community groups” with backing from […]