DeFi Pulse fixed a bug that led to a substantial misreporting of total value in decentralized finance protocols, former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce and there’s a new stablecoin that functions like a savings account. Top shelf Fresh capitalCrypto projects are raising […]
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British actor John Boyega is quitting as global ambassador for the UK perfume and scented candles giant Jo Malone after the company replaced him with a local actor in a commercial made for the Chinese market. Boyega said that the original ad, which he created and directed, celebrated his “personal […]
‘Reducing Troops Not The Same As Ending Wars’ By Brett Wilkins, Commondreams. September 11, 2020 ‘Reducing Troops Not The Same As Ending Wars’2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/mosul2.png200px200px Above photo: A billowing smoke cloud rises over a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq immediately after a U.S. airstrike on July 9, 2017. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images. Peace Activists Say […]
In January 2019, NPR reported on a Mongolian heavy metal band whose epic music videos were racking up millions of views on YouTube. Eight months later The Hu released their first album, which blends the screaming guitars of heavy metal and traditional Mongolian guttural singing. We caught up with two […]
John Boyega is not letting Disney off the hook for how Star Wars mishandled his character. In his first major interview since Rise of Skywalker premiered last winter, the actor called out the way Finn and Kelly Marie Tran’s character, Rose Tico, were sidelined. “Like, you guys knew what to […]
Senator Rand Paul’s (R-Kentucky) speech at the Republican National Convention has been butchered by major cable networks, with CNN cutting it altogether and Fox replacing the anti-war part with an interview. Paul, who frequently crossed swords with Donald Trump when both were vying to become a Republican presidential candidate in […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump’s family, including his wife Melania, will headline the second night of the Republican National Convention (RNC), but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech will be highly scrutinized over allegations that he may be violating US law and the State Department policy. The Republicans […]
President Donald Trump has boasted that by replacing Barack Obama and defeating Hillary Clinton, he saved the US from war with North Korea. An unlikely dove, Trump has often accused his rivals of clamoring for conflict. Speaking on Thursday from Old Forge, Pennsylvania – just two miles from Joe Biden’s […]
The Space Wars Have Begun By T. J. Coles, Counterpunch. August 2, 2020 The Space Wars Have Begun2020-08-022020-08-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/ground-space_based_hybrid_laser_weapon-e1596381780236.jpg200px200px Above photo: Artist rendering of ground and space based laser weapons. Image: US Air Force. “Space is now a distinct warfighting domain,” says the U.S. Defense Space Strategy. Last week, corporate media repeated U.S. military propaganda: […]
How A Working-Class Soldier Turned Against “Forever Wars” By Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon, Popular Resistance. July 22, 2020 How A Working-Class Soldier Turned Against “Forever Wars”2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/danny-sjursen-in-combat-720-e1595426084523.jpg200px200px Above photo: Maj. Danny Sjursen, left, with “Ali,” an interpreter, on patrol in Afghanistan. Danny Sjursen. “Patriotic Dissent” When it comes to debate about […]
…from SouthFront Early on July 20, positions of the Syrian Army came under shelling by militants in the villages of Furu, Bahsa and Beit Hassno in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. In response, government forces struck positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sam near Kansafra and surrounding areas. Local […]
Chris Hedges: Don’t Be Fooled By The Cancel Culture Wars By Chris Hedges, ScheerPost. July 13, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Chris Hedges: Don’t Be Fooled By The Cancel Culture Wars2020-07-132020-07-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/megaphone-by-mr.-fish-e1594657914440.jpg200px200px The politically correct speech and symbols of inclusiveness, without a concerted assault on corporate power, will do nothing to […]
In a recent report, a United Nations expert found the January killing of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani by a US drone strike was against international law. One journalist told Sputnik the killing fit a long pattern of the US destroying places it cannot control, which is linked to the […]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” Thomas Jefferson wrote 244 years ago, when a brand-new nation found itself already a year into war with the most powerful empire on the planet. Two and a half centuries later, the innately flawed country that was born out of the declaration Jefferson […]
Avalanche blockchain developer AVA Labs has closed a $12 million private sale of its AVAX token. The funding round was co-led by Galaxy Digital, Bitmain, Initialized Capital, NGC Ventures and Dragonfly Capital, and included other undisclosed individual investors. The sale precedes a planned public offering of the Avalanche token to […]
President Trump has declared himself the “president of law and order.” Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Trump has declared himself the “president of law and order.” Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Nearly a month after the killing of George Floyd […]
…by Jonas E. Alexis Jim W. Dean has put it best when he said that we are currently seeing “chaos theory in full bloom” in places like Minneapolis, Los Angeles, St. Louis, New York City, etc. He also made the point that “Black Lives Matter [hereafter BLM] needs to be […]
US President Donald Trump has declared that America will shift its focus from waging “endless wars” and being the “policeman of the world,” rehashing his 2016 campaign promises that were not fulfilled. The US is entering a “crucial moment” of its history, the president said as he addressed the US […]
Scheer Intelligence: The Cynical Forces Behind America’s Forever Wars By Robert Scheer, Scheer Post. June 12, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: The Cynical Forces Behind America’s Forever Wars2020-06-122020-06-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/hopalong-scaled-e1591985972643.jpg200px200px Above image: Mr. Fish. Patrick Cockburn examines the disastrous inevitability of America’s failures in the Middle East as the region continues […]
America’s Forever Wars Have Come Home By William J. Astore, Tom Dispatch. June 10, 2020 America’s Forever Wars Have Come Home2020-06-102020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/unidentified-militarized-police-in-washington-dc-june-2020-from-twitter-e1591369195204.jpg200px200px Above photo: Unidentified militarized police in Washington, DC June 2020, from Twitter. “Light ‘Em Up.” Warrior-Cops Are the Law — and Above the Law — as Violence Grips America. From their […]
By Nahed al Husaini, Bureau Chief, VT Damascus An Exclusive Interview Syrian MP Dr. Nabil Toumeh: President Bashar Al Assad will effect fundamental changes despite US pressure. The ‘so called’ World Government wants to retune the world economy via biological and technological wars. As usual, VT’s meeting with Syrian MP […]
The Green New Deal Is The Key To Ending Forever Wars By Lindsay Koshgarian, Truthout. May 10, 2020 The Green New Deal Is The Key To Ending Forever Wars2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/gnd.png200px200px Above image: Lauren Walker. The fossil fuel industry is a current casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, with oil prices briefly dipping below […]
Trump Must Choose Between A Global Ceasefire And US’s Long Lost Wars By Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK. May 6, 2020 Trump Must Choose Between A Global Ceasefire And US’s Long Lost Wars2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ilitary-e1588810922167.jpg200px200px Above photo: As of May 1, there were 7,145 cases of COVID-19 in the US military, with more falling sick every day. […]
Canadians have a reputation of being super nice to everyone, but don’t try walking around in a “Star Wars” stormtrooper outfit carrying a fake blaster, cuz’ the cops will bloody you up. A woman in Lethbridge, Alberta, was walking along the street in full regalia to promote a nearby Star […]