Above Photo: Erik McGregor. From student debt strikes to withholding rent. As the COVID-19 pandemic brought the global economy to a standstill in March 2020, a peculiar trend popped up in multiple cities: People started hanging white sheets out of their windows. With April rent coming due alongside record unemployment numbers, the white flags became a protest symbol for struggling tenants on the verge of a rent strike. The symbol spread online and eventually showed up in Chicago, Brooklyn, and New Orleans, according to reporting from CNN. The rent crisis also led to a rise in tenant unions, with tenants-turned-housing-activists in Oakland and San Francisco successfully organizing multi-month rent strikes that […]
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Above Photo: Formerly incarcerated people protest sexual misconduct by California correctional officers outside state prison system headquarters, Sacramento, Oct. 30, 2019. Sexual abuse of prisoners by guards happens daily in the U.S. – in jails, prisons and detention centers – but is rarely reported to the public. The Associated Press recently blew the whistle on a pattern of sexual abuse and harassment at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, one of the few federal women’s prisons in the U.S. (AP, Feb. 6) FCI Dublin is known by guards and prisoners as “the rape club,” and prisoners have suffered “rampant” sexual […]
Chevron Workers Strike To Demand Higher Wages, Shorter Work Hours March 22, 2022 Chevron Workers Strike To Demand Higher Wages, Shorter Work Hours2022-03-222022-03-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220322.png200px200px Above Photo: Richmond Chevron workers. USW Local 5 Facebook page. Nearly 600 oil workers at Chevron’s Richmond, California refinery walked out on strike early Monday morning after rejecting two local contract proposals pushed by the United Steelworkers (USW) union. The refinery workers are demanding higher wages, shorter work hours and better health and safety protections after laboring up to 70 hours a week and risking their lives as “essential workers” throughout the pandemic. The strike by the Chevron […]
John Kiriakou: ‘I Work For Sputnik News’ By John Kiriakou, Consortium News. March 10, 2022 John Kiriakou: ‘I Work For Sputnik News’2022-03-102022-03-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220310-6.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Jan, 11, 2012: Protester outside the White House during a vigil against the Guantanamo Bay detention center in its 10th year. Justin Norman, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Torture, whistleblowing, extraordinary rendition, secret prisons, solitary confinement and corruption in the justice system. Those are Kiriakou’s subjects and he is happy to talk about them anywhere. I work for Sputnik News. There. I said it. I’m not embarrassed or ashamed. I’m also not a Russian propagandist, despite what you may […]
Above Photo: Matt Rourke / AP Photo. The US is almost unique among industrialized nations in refusing its population paid days off for when they’re sick. A condition US President Joe Biden’s foundered social spending bill would have addressed. In the last 10 days, 7.6 million new COVID-19 cases have been detected in the United States. Before mid-December, that’s the time period for which the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would have required Americans to quarantine once they test positive for COVID-19 – a practice intended to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus. However, a sudden policy change on December […]
Above Photo: Chicago, Illinois – Demonstrators with Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago protest President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 14, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The decision by the Trump administration has provoked protest throughout the U.S. and the Middle East. (Scott Olson / Getty Images) Age bias and discrimination are hurting intergenerational collaboration. An IfNotNow workshop offers lessons for bridging the divide. As trainers, coaches and activists on Israel-Palestine issues, we have found ourselves in the middle of many heated intergenerational arguments. Disagreements can range from campaign tactics to who is most to […]
Above Photo: Home care workers and community members protest outside the United Jewish Council home care agency on December 16, 2021. Monica Cruz. Workers rallied to demand unpaid wages from the United Jewish Council home care agency and an end to the 24-hour workday. Workers employed with the United Jewish Council (UJC) home care agency rallied to end the 24-hour work day and demand their stolen wages on the morning of December 16. While home care workers in New York are being forced to work 24-hour shifts for poverty wages, 11 hours worth of that pay is stolen by their employers. […]
Going to work should not be a death sentence. For workers at Amazon and a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, going to work was a death sentence. Workers must fight for the right to a safe workplace. On Friday night, at a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, an alarm sounded with a tornado warning. One employee, Elijah Johnson, approached his manager. “I asked to leave and they told me I’d be fired.” “‘Even with the weather like this, you’re still going to fire me?’” he asked the manager. The manager replied, “Yes.” Workers who took shelter in hallways and bathrooms were […]
Workers at video gaming company Activision Blizzard entered a five-day work stoppage and are making moves to unionize. This worker action could have powerful effects for the industry. On Friday, workers at video gaming company Activision Blizzard entered their fifth day of a work stoppage in response to layoffs at one of the company’s subsidiaries. The stoppage comes on the heels of revelations of sexual harassment and descrimination at Activision Blizzard and amid fierce resistance to staff unionization efforts. The work stoppage began on Monday when quality assurance (QA) workers at Raven Software, one of the main developers behind the hit Call of […]
Above Photo: El Milagro worker Guillermo Romero speaks at the vigil in Little Village, Chicago. Arise Chicago. Gathered Outside Chicago’s Flagship El Milagro Taqueria, Workers Remembered Those Who Died From Covid-19. And Celebrated A Victory That Granted Them Sundays Off. Chicago — Food production workers at El Milagro, one of Chicago’s most popular tortilla companies, join with community allies for a Day of the Dead vigil Nov. 2, 2021, in honor of five coworkers who died after contracting Covid-19 on the job. With candles and sugar skulls outside the company’s flagship taqueria in the Little Village neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side, workers and supporters spoke […]
On most days, Doug Ford’s Conservative government in Ontario does not respond well to problems, or it actively makes things worse. If an election had been called a year-and-a-half ago, Ford would have lost. However, when COVID hit, Ford nearly brought Ontario to its knees. Nevertheless, he managed to deceive some into thinking he managed well. Today, he is barely visible, having prorogued Queen’s Park during September’s federal election to protect his federal Conservative counterparts instead of stepping up to protect Ontarians and help guide our recovery. Schools are suffering, hospitals and healthcare workers are short-staffed and stressed. Many Ontarians are […]
Above Photo: ILA President Harold J. Daggett (ILA) A Warning for Shipping Lines and Developers of Automated Vessels ILA President Harold Daggett Warns Shipping Lines and Developers of Fully Automated Container Vessels That ILA Members Will Not Work Ships Without Crews Aboard North Bergen, NJ – Harold J. Daggett, President, International Longshoremen’s Association has a message to any shipping companies planning to utilize autonomous container cargo ships without crew: Don’t sail them into ILA ports from Maine To Texas, Puerto Rico, and Eastern Canada – they won’t be unloaded or loaded by ILA Members! Media reports in recent week have featured […]
Above Photo: A picket line at the Block 38 construction project in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. PNWRCC Photo. Construction work on several major tech company expansion projects, including those by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, slowed to a crawl today as the region largest carpenters’ union halted work over a wage dispute. At 6 a.m. Thursday, 2,000 Northwest Carpenter Union members walked off the job and began picketing at four major job sites, including Microsoft expansions in Redmond and Sammamish; Google and Amazon projects in Bellevue Plaza, and Facebook’s Building X in Redmond. Evelyn Shapiro, the union’s executive secretary-treasurer, said […]
Northrop Grumman Systems has been awarded a $22 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to provide services for Navy’s newest unmanned helicopters. San Diego-based company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman. The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, exercises options to procure software and engineering sustainment services, software support, logistics, cyber security and program related engineering in support of MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned air systems. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed in December 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcements. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING […]
Northrop Grumman Systems has been awarded a $22 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to provide services for Navy’s newest unmanned helicopters. San Diego-based company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman. The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, exercises options to procure software and engineering sustainment services, software support, logistics, cyber security and program related engineering in support of MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned air systems. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed in December 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcements. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING […]
Prison Strikers Suspend Starvation, Continue Work Strike By Oakland Abolition and Solidarity. December 4, 2020 Prison Strikers Suspend Starvation, Continue Work Strike2020-12-042020-12-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/satf-e1607088764765.jpg200px200px Above photo: Officer Vickjord walks the floor of the 4B SHU at Corcoran State Prison. The prison started accepting inmates in 1988. Grant Slater/KPCC. Corcoran, CA – CDCr’s negligent and careless response to the COVID-19 outbreak at CSATF has now killed at least three people. Active cases at the prison continue to hover near 1000 and now over half of the facility has contracted the disease. Guards and staff members are still failing to follow safety protocols and continue […]
Wet’suwet’en Call On Province To Close Pipeline Work Camps By Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee. December 4, 2020 Wet’suwet’en Call On Province To Close Pipeline Work Camps2020-12-042020-12-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mancamp-e1607089599886.jpg200px200px Above photo: Work camps like this one at the LNG project in Kitimat should be shut down to protect Indigenous communities from COVID-19 risks, say Wet’suwet’en chiefs. LNG Canada. Female chiefs say COVID-19 risk means work on oil and gas projects shouldn’t be classed as an essential service. Members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation are calling on B.C.’s public health officer to shut down work camps operating on their territory as COVID-19 numbers rise in northern B.C. […]
New Zealand Is Infusing Policing With A Social Work Philosophy By Serena Solomon, Reasons to be Cheerful. December 1, 2020 New Zealand Is Infusing Policing With A Social Work Philosophy2020-12-012020-12-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/nzed.png200px200px Above photo: Chen Kehan/Flickr. Nimble, culturally nuanced and collaborative, this Māori-led response gets to the roots of family violence. A call for help from domestic or family violence is made on average every four minutes in New Zealand, whose high statistics regularly top global lists. And South Auckland is the country’s ground zero, where 23,000 calls come in yearly for family violence. The area also has a large Māori and Pacific Islander population, but New Zealand’s police […]
I’m a remote copywriter traveling the world, so finding a reliable backpack is vital for me. I need a backpack that’s versatile and durable enough to carry my laptop and other tech gear, whether I’m walking through London in the pouring rain or plodding through the sand on a hot baking day in a beach town in Mexico. While I used to make do with a classic backpack without any extra features, this year, I met another digital nomad who introduced me to the marvel that is the Nomatic Backpack. The Nomatic bag is high-end, made of strong and robust material […]
While the vessel was docked in Georgia, United States for maintenance. An officer reportedly staggered onto the nuclear-armed submarine drunk holding a bag of leftover barbecue chicken. A Royal Navy officer has been sent home from the US and placed under investigation after reporting to take command of a submarine’s Trident nuclear missiles while drunk, the Scottish Sun reported. Lt Cdr Len Louw has now been placed under an inquiry at Faslane naval base in Scotland after colleagues raised concerns that he had been drinking. According to the report, co-workers reported the submariner’s behaviour as “staggering drunk” when the weapons engineering officer arrived […]
Red lips, scintillating saris, hair tied up with flowers and chiming bangles, or skimpy dresses paired with heels; sought after at night but ostracized by day. This is the imagery the term sex worker arouses in India. Though legal, sex workers are an outcast community beyond the purvey of government welfare schemes. In a breakthrough decision, sex workers in India have now been listed by the National Human Rights Commission Commission’s (NHRC) advisory on COVID-19 under the “Women at Work” section, recognising them as “informal workers”, and thereby enabling access to government welfare schemes. The advisory came as the pandemic has […]
Technical workers, attached to Lufthansa, at Germany’s Hamburg Airport have declined to service the state plane of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, accusing him of “giving the order to shoot at demonstrators in Belarus.” In a Facebook post on the page of the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft workers union, a statement explained that technicians for Lufthansa Technik would not service the presidential Boeing 737 as an act of “international solidarity” and “standing side-by-side with Belarusian workers.” In addition, the union demanded Lukashenko’s resignation, and called for democratic elections and the release of political prisoners. The post also drew parallels with a situation 31 years […]
On Sunday, Ankara announced that its Oruc Reis research ship would return to disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea for more surveying work. Greece, Germany and France slammed the decision, with Berlin calling on Turkey to refrain from any “provocations,” and Athens accusing Ankara of breaking its commitments. The United States voiced its displeasure over Turkey’s decision to return the Oruc Reis to disputed waters in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, calling on Ankara to put an immediate halt to what it described as a “calculated provocation.” “The United States deplores Turkey’s October 11 announcement of renewed Turkish survey activity in […]
Google Contractor Moving Work From Pittsburgh To Poland To Bust Union By Mike Elk, Payday Report. October 9, 2020 Google Contractor Moving Work From Pittsburgh To Poland To Bust Union2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/googlephoto.jpg200px200px Pittsburgh, PA -Today the NLRB charged Google Contractor HCL with moving work from Pittsburgh to Poland, citing that the move was a way to bust the newly formed Pittsburgh Association of Tech Professionals. The NLRB Region 6, based in Pittsburgh, charged HCL with breaking labor law and refusing to negotiate a bargain in good faith with the Pittsburgh Association of Tech Professionals. Most egregiously, the NLRB charged HCL with moving work to lower-paid […]
A week after the heated debate with Biden, who raised allegations of Trump’s ties with Moscow that have long been proven false, POTUS ordered the release of all documents related to the so-called Russiagate in a bid to end the longstanding “hoax”. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has commented on recent allegations by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who accused Trump of being “Putin’s puppy” during the first debate, saying that such remarks only characterise the level of political culture, or lack thereof, of the former US vice president. Putin added that such remarks also benefit Russia’s global image, as they suggest […]
Japan is currently holding a QUAD foreign ministers’ meeting in Tokyo, which focuses on discussing alleged threats posed by China and its growing presence in the Indo-Pacific region. The four countries involved in QUAD are the US, Japan, India, and Australia. India and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring stability in the Indo-Pacific region, which they claim has been disrupted due to China’s “assertive” behaviour in the region. Taking to Twitter following his meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo before the QUAD meeting, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said, “Began my Tokyo visit with a bilateral […]
For 32 years, Glynndana Shevlin worked at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, and through 29 of them, her spot was a concierge club called the E-Ticket Lounge. From 2 p.m. to 10:30 at night, Shevlin hosted guests on the 11th floor of a wing known as the Adventure Tower, serving continental breakfasts, chips and salsa, appetizers, and drinks. As a sommelier, she specialized in wine. “I have long-term guests that have been calling me asking me, ‘How’s it going during the pandemic?’” Shevlin said. “My phone’s been off the hook.” The calls picked up on Tuesday, after Disney announced they […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT US President Donald Trump, who has Covid-19, is to be taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday afternoon in his helicopter as a precautionary measure, the White House said Friday. He have to undergo tests and will remain there for a ‘few days’ on advice of doctors, the White House told reporters. The president, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday night, has flown to the hospital complex in Bethesda, Maryland – just outside Washington, DC – on Friday afternoon, where a special suite was prepared for him. He left the White […]
US President Donald Trump, who has Covid-19, is to be taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday afternoon in his helicopter as a precautionary measure, the White House said Friday. He have to undergo tests and will remain there for a ‘few days’ on advice of doctors, the White House told reporters. The president, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday night, has flown to the hospital complex in Bethesda, Maryland – just outside Washington, DC – on Friday afternoon, where a special suite was prepared for him. “Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of […]
Armenia said on Friday it’s ready to negotiate an end to hostilities with Azerbaijan, but also prepared to continue fighting. Yerevan welcomed the condemnation of the violence in Nagorno-Karabakh by Russia, France, and the US. The OSCE Minsk group – set up in 1992 and co-chaired by Paris, Moscow and Washington – which has long mediated in the three decade conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, condemned on Thursday the latest flare up over the disputed region. Armenia reacted the next day, saying it remains committed to a peaceful resolution of the conflict, in line with the group’s call. Also on rt.com ‘An immediate cessation […]
Textron Systems, an aerospace and defense development and manufacturing unit of the Textron conglomerate, has been awarded a contract to support work on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile system. According to a company statement, this scope of work is part of a larger award by the U.S. Air Force to prime contractor Northrop Grumman. The GBSD system is designed to provide a modern, reliable and safe nuclear deterrent capability for the Air Force. “For over fifty years, Textron Systems has been developing and producing some of the most sophisticated technologies used by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to help […]
A Chinese video site copycat raised $2.1 million via an initial exchange offering in August 2019 – but it appears this last resort wasn’t enough to save the company from falling apart. On Sept. 24, the Shanghai Yangpu District Court disclosed an Aug. 31 ruling that video streaming company Dilidili has infringed the trademark of Nasdaq-listed Bilibili and must pay a fine of nearly $500,000. The ruling followed a separate notice by the Shanghai Minhang District Prosecutor in July, which ordered the arrest of Dilidili’s founder for copyright infringement. The years-long case has drawn widespread attention among Chinese mainstream media given […]
A growing force in the crypto space, Visa says it’s getting more and more industry firms interested in payments partnerships. Source link
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it was imposing “UN” sanctions on the Iranian Defence Ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for what Washington called aiding Tehran’s weapons programmes. Iranian analyst Mani Mehrabi has explained what’s behind the failure of the US to gain international support for its Iran policy. “Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide: No matter who you are, if you violate the UN arms embargo on Iran, you risk sanctions,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated on 21 September. On 19 September, the US unilaterally re-imposed UN sanctions on Tehran through […]
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has argued that the EU should focus on strengthening its external borders and fighting human smugglers, rather than reviving a scheme that would force member states to settle refugees. The EU is set to roll out a new asylum policy proposal on Wednesday. However, the return of mandatory quotas for accepting migrants is doomed to fail, Kurz said. “We find that the distribution in Europe [of asylum seekers] has failed and many states reject this. It won’t work like this,” the chancellor told AFP. He said that member states should focus on securing the EU’s outer borders […]
This week Kraken Financial became the first crypto company to receive a banking charter under Wyoming’s Special Purpose Depository Institution statute. Join CEO David Kinitsky for a look at what it all means and how it’ll work with hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy. In the early days of Bitcoin, there were no rules, or at least none that people understood. The first batch of companies were focused entirely on functionality; Simply making things possible that before crypto had been impossible. In the aftermath of the collapse of first MTGox and then later TheDAO, it became obvious […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080490475_49:0:1319:714_1200x675_80_0_0_3882b53aad4fbe9ca60079f9c4d8b61f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009181080490061-its-bed-time-mum-labrador-keeps-a-woman-from-returning-to-work/ Labrador Retrievers are commonly known for their intelligence and their lovability, making them an excellent family companion. An adorable video of a labrador trying to persuade its owner to stop working at night and have a rest is going viral on social media. In the video, a woman is working on her laptop and the labrador is seen tugging her clothes, its way of pleading with her to call it a day. The woman understands the labrador’s hints and shuts her laptop. As she starts winding up, the labrador keeps pulling her sleeves. […]
In his new book No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings attributes Netflix’s success to the unorthodox office culture at the company. Hastings is pictured at Summit LA17 in Los Angeles in 2017. Amy Harris/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Amy Harris/Invision/AP In his new book No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings attributes Netflix’s success to the unorthodox office culture at the company. Hastings is pictured at Summit LA17 in Los Angeles in 2017. Amy Harris/Invision/AP Unlimited vacation. No dress code (just don’t show up naked). No approval needed for expenses. And if you criticize the company, you might get rewarded with a promotion. “It’s […]
Under development by the LNP/BP Standards Association, the RGB protocol entered beta in June. The second layer network promises to bring smart contracts and tokenized assets to Bitcoin with a Lightning Network-esque technical design. RGB could be used to issue tokenize securities and nonfungible tokens (NFT), and to offer a more private means of stablecoin issuance and transfer. Smart contracts and Bitcoin. These technical phenomena are rarely associated with each other, often because people believe Bitcoin’s paired-down scripting language can’t support the smart contract applications that have become the darlings of the Ethereum ecosystem. But as the new smart contract-enabling protocol […]
In January, Stephanie Trunzo’s vacation home on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina was completed. They planned to go down during their 13-year-old daughter’s spring break but went in March as the world started shutting down. Stephanie, an Oracle executive, could work remotely, her husband is retired. The family have since spent little time in their primary residence in North Carolina. They’re loving island life. “A typical day begins with enjoying coffee and breakfast with my family looking out to the water. I bike 30-40 minutes while listening to a podcast if my daughter doesn’t join me, and then start my workday,” […]
High Speed 2 will create tens of thousands of jobs across the country, but faces opposition from residents and environmentalists who say it will destroy natural habitats in addition to the hundreds of homes and business premises that will be demolished. Diggers have moved in to start work on the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link from London to the north of England today, drawing both praise and criticism. Excavation work officially began on Friday morning on the route from the Euston rail terminus in central London through the West Midlands to the North-West. The £45 billion ($60 billion) first phase […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/03/1080360670_0:0:1201:676_1200x675_80_0_0_408e5812b5a8a4f38e9d7146ee3c6cdb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202009031080360701-teamwork-makes-the-dream-work-smart-ape-helps-human-friend/ We all need a little bit of help from our friends sometimes. Luckily, our animal pals are there to lend a helping hand on occasion. Footage shared on Twitter captures a chimpanzee and his human friend out on a stroll, walking hand-in-hand as the primate leads the way forward. When it is time for them to climb up to the second floor of their tree house, the considerate simian is more than happy to help up his human companion. To top it all off, the smart ape proceeds to fist-bump his pal. What a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107664/36/1076643615_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_782da5b9c1d138abdb639d0e11518c04.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202009021080352088-screen-burn-one-week-of-screen-time-at-work-equivalent-to-25-minutes-in-sun/ Researchers at Unilever, a multinational consumer goods company, have found that sitting in front of a digital screen for six hours a day for five working days is equivalent to spending 25 minutes in the midday sun without any protection. According to the company’s findings, 2 in 3 people are unaware of the effect that blue light emitted by screens has on the skin. The findings were based on a poll of 1,318 consumers conducted in August. Although blue light can boost alertness and help memory and cognitive function, it can also penetrate deep […]
Marc P. Bernegger started his first internet company in 1999 and had two successful exits. He began working with Bitcoin in 2012, is on the board of Crypto Finance Group, Swiss Blockchain Federation and CfC St. Moritz and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Expert Network for blockchain. The recent CoinDesk opinion article “10 Reasons Quant Strategies for Crypto Fail” by Jesus Rodriguez makes for a great headline, but it overlooks relevant developments and key data in the sector. While Rodriguez makes reasonable points about the weakness of quant technology for crypto, a growing number of professional crypto […]
One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, continues to evolve in order to facilitate prototype development and testing. Starhopper was the first SpaceX vehicle to use its new launch facility in Boca Chica — located east of Boca Chica Village and near the beach on the Gulf of Mexico — and served as the first in-flight test article for SpaceX’s next-generation Raptor engine, a full-flow, staged combustion cycle engine that runs on liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid methane (CH4). SpaceX currently tests Raptor engines at their test facility in McGregor, Texas, where the company […]
The daytime hit TV show starring Ellen DeGeneres is not seen in the best light right now, after allegations from several current and former employees emerged suggesting a “toxic work environment” and “harassment” on the set. A Warner Media investigation is said to be underway to look into details of the accusations. A former camera assistant on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” show, in an interview with the Australian radio show drew a parallel between their work environment and the popular movie “The Devil Wears Prada” that detailed the toxic atmosphere of a fashion magazine workplace and its power-hungry and verbally abusive […]
The Pandemic Revealed That Child Care Is Vital Work By Andrea Ringer, LAWCHA.org. August 15, 2020 The Pandemic Revealed That Child Care Is Vital Work2020-08-152020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/img_0830-e1597507009536.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Revolutionary Mothering panel hosted by MARCH, Memphis TN, 2018. A Conversation with Memphis Advocates for Radical Childcare (M.A.R.CH.) co-founder Phuong Nguyen. The COVID-19 pandemic has created several shifts across the labor landscape while exposing how piecemeal family care policies have left workers in precarious situations. The closure of schools at the end of the spring semester and uneven plans for reopening this fall have prompted questions about how a society and economy can function without […]
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/202008141080172997-trump-expresses-hope-that-russian-covid-19-vaccine-will-work/ Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of the world’s first vaccine against the coronavirus infection after having successfully undergone trials. The production of the drug has already kicked off, with the country expecting to make around 500 million doses in the first 12 months. US President Donald Trump has expressed hope that the vaccine developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute will be effective, but noted that American vaccines will have to undergo much larger trials in order to receive a green light for mass production. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Study: Return To Work Not Affected By $600 Unemployment Boost By James Myall, Maine Center for Economic Policy. August 9, 2020 Study: Return To Work Not Affected By $600 Unemployment Boost2020-08-092020-08-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/businessopeining_gradient2-e1596983310777.jpg200px200px There’s no relationship between expanded Unemployment Compensation payments and individuals’ likelihood of returning to work, according to two recent studies. One, by researchers at Yale University, finds that more generous UC payments are not related to lower rates of return to work. Another shows employers saw no overall decline in the number of applicants per job vacancy as a result of the increased payments. The findings refute the assertion by some pundits and politicians from both parties who claim […]
Work In The Time Of COVID-19 By Rebecca Gordon, Tom Dispatch. August 5, 2020 Work In The Time Of COVID-192020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/farm-zuchinni-harvest-florida-e1596652973562.jpg200px200px Above photo: Farmworkers harvest zucchini on April 1, 2020, in Florida City. For many of these workers, social distancing is not a viable option. Joe Raedle/Getty Images. NOTE: We want to reiterate that Popular Resistance believes President Trump is a symptom of the systemic causes of the crises we face and that no matter who is elected this November, the crises won’t be addressed until we build popular power to win a bold set of demands. This article makes important points about essential […]
DOHA (Sputnik) – A meeting of the Lebanese Supreme Defence Council said that a massive blast in the port of Beirut on Tuesday evening might have been the result of maintenance work at the site, as a door to the port hangar, where explosive materials were being stored, did not close properly, LBCI reported. “[Some] 2,750 tonnes — the amount of that ammonium exploded in the port of Beirut — is material that was seized in 2014 from the Rhosus dry-cargo ship, registered in Moldova, when it was heading to Africa and suffered damages during navigation”, the Defence Council said at […]
“Though now evolved in many ways,” Gavin Wood wrote in Ethereum’s 2015 yellow paper, “the key functionality of a blockchain with a Turing-complete language and an effectively unlimited inter-transaction storage capability remains unchanged.” Five years and thousands of bits later, Ethereum is still chugging along as a decentralized platform for self-executing code. And it has “evolved in many ways,” with the largest yet to come: Ethereum 2.0. Call it Slasher or Casper, Shasper or Serenity, Eth 2.0 has had as nearly many names as unrealized goals. For all the hubbub, a physical implementation is knocking on the cryptocurrency gates and is […]
Where is the decorum? Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) showed up to work on Tuesday sporting a blue wig. Advertisement – story continues below Senator Sinema clarifies to @GarrettHaake her new wig color is “Mint Green,” not blue pic.twitter.com/GegeHvqlwt — Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) July 21, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: President Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Illegal Immigrants From 2020 Census Count For the Purpose of Congressional Representation Senator Sinema sported a purple wig on the floor of the Senate back in May to “set an example of social distancing from hair salons.” WATCH: Advertisement – story continues below No Met Gala tonight — […]
Russia has a deal to produce the British vaccine against Covid-19 and is eager to work with any party in power in the country, Andrey Kelin, Russian Ambassador to the UK, told the BBC, rebuffing fresh accusations by London. “I don’t believe in this story at all. There’s no sense in it,” Kelin said, in an interview with The Andrew Marr show on BBC television, when asked about the accusations by Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre earlier this week. According to the agency, Russian government-backed hackers have been trying to obtain coronavirus vaccine data from scientists in the UK and elsewhere […]
Earlier in the week, Twitter was swept with a massive hacker attack that posted bitcoin scam texts, affecting tens of thousands of accounts, among which were Elon Musk, Kanye West, Joe Biden and many others. For those who suspected that Twitter was hijacked on Thursday by a sophisticated group of hackers or some state-run entity, The New York Times may have ruined expectations, revealing a surprising insight into who, the paper claims, actually stood behind the attack. According to The Times, the unprecedented steal of multiple blue-ticked accounts, from that of Bill Gates to Joe Biden, was conducted by a group […]
Stop us if you’ve heard this before. During Thursday’s broadcast of The View, things once again devolved into a war of words between frequent sparring partners Meghan McCain and Joy Behar, culminating with McCain accusing her liberal co-host of being “snippy” with her. The popular ABC talk show kicked off its “Hot Topics” segment with the news of President Donald Trump and his daughter/senior adviser Ivanka Trump openly promoting Goya products amid a liberal boycott of the company due to its CEO heaping praise on the president. After co-host Sunny Hostin noted that the Trump endorsement of beans may represent a […]
A two-member advance team of the World Health Organization (WHO) dispatched to Wuhan to probe the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak will undertake preliminary work with local scientists, the agency’s emergencies chief has said. The team is currently under mandatory quarantine, the WHO’s Mike Ryan said at a press briefing on Monday. After their isolation period ends, the investigators will begin their work alongside their Chinese colleagues. The WHO has previously said its team will focus only on uncovering the “zoonotic source” of the disease. The decision to send a special team to Wuhan, believed to be the source of the […]
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) says that countries such as the UK and US don’t need to worry about taxes and can essentially print as much money as they require, an argument which has taken increasing significance amid the COVID-19 crisis because of the level of spending governments are engaged in to help counter the effects of the global recession. But Michael Roberts, a long-time economist with investment research firms in the City of London, argues that whilst it is true that governments do not wholly depend on taxes in order to spend money, printing money without adding to the productive capacity […]
Two technology developers are trying to keep their workplace harassment lawsuit against the Tron Foundation on the path to trial. A legal challenge is calling on a court to overturn an order allowing the central organization developing the Tron cryptocurrency to privately litigate a lawsuit through arbitration. Richard Hall and Lukasz Juraszek, employees fired from the Tron Foundation last year, filed a writ of mandamus with the First District Court of Appeals in California in San Francisco on June 17 to reverse arbitration in a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and hostile work practices at BitTorrent, a file-sharing service acquired in 2018 […]
Now, I have no idea how old you are, nor do I want to make any assumptions. I will assume, though, that since you are reading this, you have an interest in markets and/or crypto assets. And since this is a newsletter aimed at professional investors, I will assume that you care about a bit more than prices going up/down/sideways. That should put us on more or less the same page as to what we explore here. However, this week I want us all to question the lens through which we judge the evolution of markets. Not just crypto markets – […]
Guest post by Dr. Lawrence Sellin, Ph.D. After six months of exhaustive investigation, the global scientific community has been unable to identify the natural source of COVID-19, that is, the when, where and how it “jumped” from animals to humans. Some now imply that we may never know the natural origin of COVID-19. In a news article recently published by the international science journal Nature, the progress, or lack thereof, identifying the natural source of COVID-19 was reviewed. TRENDING: LIVESTREAM VIDEO: Via RSBN– President Donald Trump with First Lady Melania Speaks at Mount Rushmore on July 4th Weekend 10:10 PM ET According to […]
In the past month, during which two U.S. jobs reports have shown signs of an economic rebound from the depths of coronavirus-related ruin, President Donald Trump has focused largely on what often matters most to him: not getting public credit. According to three people who’ve independently spoken to the president, Trump makes a point of regularly complaining that the media has not given him the kudos he deserves for “leading” what he deems to be a smashing economic recovery. He’s argued that if former Vice President Joe Biden were in the White House during the current moment, the media would be […]
Mathematicians Urge Colleagues To Boycott Police Work In Wake Of Killings By Davide Castelvecchi, Nature. June 28, 2020 Mathematicians Urge Colleagues To Boycott Police Work In Wake Of Killings2020-06-282020-06-28https://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. More than 1,400 researchers have signed a letter calling on the discipline to stop working on predictive-policing algorithms and other models. The tide of reckoning on systemic racism and police brutality that has been sweeping through institutions — including scientific ones — has reached universities’ normally reclusive mathematics departments. A group of mathematicians in the United States has written a letter calling for […]
During an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting on Friday, US President Donald Trump said that “we have a little work to do” on COVID-19 as cases in the US surge. Several US states including Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma, have been experiencing spikes in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. On Friday, the Florida Department of Health reported 8,942 new positive COVID-19 cases, which surpassed the previous record set two days ago of 5,463 new daily cases. In addition, 39 COVID-19 related deaths in Florida were reported Friday. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the immediate shutdown of bars Friday […]
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, recently re-tweeted a call for fact checking through open source tech rather than new intermediaries, like Twitter. Dorsey’s message came at the end of May, after Twitter factchecked tweets by President Trump about mail in voting, leading to Trump to sign an executive order attacking Section 230 protections. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects platforms from civil liability for the content on them and has enabled companies such as Facebook and Twitter to thrive. A decentralized approach to fact-checking is likely to be popular in the blockchain community, which has long championed ideas like […]
What Elinor Ostrom’s Work Tells Us About Defunding The Police By Aaron Vansintjan, Shareable. June 24, 2020 What Elinor Ostrom’s Work Tells Us About Defunding The Police2020-06-242020-06-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/49974424258_b9f44f454d_k-e1593010179739.jpg200px200px Above photo: Taymaz Valley. In the past weeks, I’ve watched the news about the explosion of protests against police brutality and racism in the United States and around the world, and the resulting conversations on police defunding, reform or abolition. As I scrolled through social media and obsessively scanned and rescanned the headlines, a small thought tugged at me. It was the story of how one of my heroes, Elinor Ostrom, who won the Nobel Memorial […]
Reclaiming Work: Can Cooperatives Overthrow The Gig Economy? By Shyam Krishna, Red Pepper. June 24, 2020 Reclaiming Work: Can Cooperatives Overthrow The Gig Economy?2020-06-242020-06-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/reclaiming-work-documentary.-photo-courtesy-of-black-brown-film-e1593025019250.png200px200px Above photo: From Reclaiming Work documentary. Photo courtesy of Black & Brown Film. Review of Reclaiming Work, a new documentary by black and brown film that looks at how cycle courier cooperatives are using technology against gig economy giants. The pandemic has brought into focus the stark conditions and precarity faced by workers in the gig-economy. When the dust settles, can these workers who were at the frontlines of this crisis build a fairer future? The workers featured in Reclaiming Work believe so. […]
Last year, Indians received 72% of H-1B visas. Thousands who’d planned to immigrate to the U.S. this year must scrap or delay their plans. But some suggest the freeze may work to India’s advantage. (Image credit: Pawan Kumar/Reuters) Source link
New Delhi (Sputnik): In February 2020, when the coronavirus had just started to spread outside China, India spent millions of dollars to welcome US President Donald Trump on his maiden visit to the South Asian country. At the time, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displayed his bonhomie with POTUS in all its glory. In light of the economic and job crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump has officially suspended the issuing of H-1B visas, which are popular among Indian IT professionals, along with other international work visas, until the end of the year 2020. The decision, which has […]
Chelsey Drapeau, a hair stylist in Brooklyn, bought an avocado-printed dress for her first appointment since the New York shutdown began. “I was like, ‘What to wear?’” Drapeau told The Daily Beast. “The season has changed since I last worked [in March]. I went through my closet and got rid of stuff during COVID. So I got something new!” Hairstylists know much about the restorative power of looking good. In her Bushwick salon, decked out with wood-paneled mirrors and leafy green plants, Drapeau hoped her laid-back uniform might offset some first-day-back jitters. “I’m anxious about interacting with people constantly,” she said. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107721/11/1077211143_0:161:3068:1887_1200x675_80_0_0_fc4a055b312a2504e0289b785ea2699c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006231079693316-us-government-restricts-work-permits-for-illegal-aliens-seeking-asylum/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Migrants who enter the US illegally seeking political asylum will have to wait a full year before applying for permits to work in the United States, more than doubling the present window of 150 days, according to new regulations announced by the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). “The rule defines new bars and denials for employment authorization, such as for certain criminal behavior; extends the wait time before an asylum applicant can apply for employment authorization from 150 days to 365 calendar days; limits the employment authorization validity period to a […]
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order putting new restrictions on foreign work visas until the end of 2020, a move the administration said is needed as the economy suffers in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns. Signed on Monday evening, the order freezes several types of work visas – including the H1B for highly skilled workers – which the White House says will keep some 500,000 American jobs from going to foreign employees, part of what it deemed an “America-first recovery.” “American workers compete against foreign nationals for jobs in every sector of our economy, including against millions of aliens […]
The Trump Administration announced on Monday it is suspending five classes of work visas, including H-1B visas through the end of 2020 in an effort to open jobs to Americans. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs over the last few months due to the Coronavirus lockdown orders. Trump is working to get Americans back to work by extending the Coronavirus-related immigration ban originally announced in April. Via the Washington Examiner: TRENDING: Crazy Woman Who Banned Her State from Buying Seeds and Punished Barbers Now Wants a Bailout from Trump Trump will extend the 60-day halt he took April 22 toward […]
A Majority Of Workers Are Fearful Of Coronavirus Infections At Work June 18, 2020 A Majority Of Workers Are Fearful Of Coronavirus Infections At Work2020-06-182020-06-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/mcdonalds-strike-over-covid-issues-e1592326862301.png200px200px Above photo: As they nimbly co-opted the language of the protests, corporate leaders offered up “solutions” to the structural racism that won’t diminish managerial control or redistribute power in the workplace. Photo: Fight for $15. Black, Hispanic, and low- and middle-income workers are facing risks and are not proportionately receiving extra compensation. The majority of workers and roughly 70% of Black and Hispanic workers who are currently working onsite at their workplaces, and not at home, believe they […]
Employees at the music and culture site Pitchfork are staging a work stoppage in protest of what they say are anti-union initiatives taken by the publication and its parent company, magazine publisher Condé Nast. For four hours on Thursday morning, beginning at 9 a.m., Pitchfork editorial staffers will not publish new content on the website and will go dark on social media in order to draw attention to the publication’s decision to lay off senior editor Stacey Anderson, the leader of the music outlet’s editorial union. “We’re protesting clear, demonstrable union-busting by Condé Nast and Pitchfork management,” Anderson, who chairs the […]
A shorter work week would not only make for a better work/life balance it would also increase overall productivity and the ability of citizens to more meaningfully participate in democracy, says economics professor Richard D. Wolff. World leaders, labour representatives and even some high profile business figures, such as Google co-founder Larry Page and Virgin’s Richard Branson, have been calling for the adoption of a shorter work week. Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst agrees that, if done correctly, a shorter work week is both realistic and desirable. Professor Wolff, whose weekly show, Economic Update, is syndicated […]
Amid multiple high-profile police shootings in recent years, millions of dollars were raised for “The Black Lives Matter Foundation,” but the charity is unaffiliated with and diametrically opposed to the movement of the same name. The foundation is a Santa Clarita, California–based charitable organization, which lists a UPS store as its address. It was founded by Robert Ray Barnes, a 67-year-old LA music producer, in May 2015. It is among the first verified organizations that appears when users search for “Black Lives Matter” on GoFundMe, so many people did not perform due diligence when donating. They included employees from Apple, Google, […]
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THOUSANDS of ‘black trans lives matter’ protesters gathered outside of the Brooklyn museum on Sunday. The protesters were shoulder-to-shoulder in the hot sweaty sun and not practicing social distancing – at all! Maybe you should start here: pic.twitter.com/SDMt2p09Fz — Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr) June 15, 2020 TRENDING: Oh Brother… Stacey Abrams: “A Man Was Murdered Because He Was Asleep in a Drive-Through” (VIDEO) But this same liberal media that cheered the Democrat party protests and riots are condemning President Trump for holding a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday. On Monday Trump destroyed the fake news media.He won’t be taking their lecturing […]
The Right To Refuse Unsafe Work Is More Important Than Ever By Kathy Wilkes, Portside. June 13, 2020 The Right To Refuse Unsafe Work Is More Important Than Ever2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/work_safety_protestors-e1592062031411.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators hold signs during a strike outside of Allan Brothers Fruit in Naches, Wash. on May 18, 2020. Located in Yakima County, the company’s fruit packing employees were protesting working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. David Ryder/Zuma Press/TNS // The Iola Register (Kansas). But expect a fight. Workers asked to work in situations that present a danger to their health and safety have rights, and they should not be afraid to […]
The US Treasury slapped the businessman with sanctions last July, accusing him of involvement in a corruption scheme involving a Venezuelan program to produce and distribute food to impoverished communities. The program was started in 2016, partly as a result of food shortages stemming from US pressure on the Latin American nation. Authorities in Cape Verde have arrested Venezuela-affiliated Colombian businessman Alex Saab, the US Justice Department announced Saturday. Saab, formally charged with spearheading a money laundering and bribery scheme in Venezuela by the US last July, was said to have been arrested on the basis of an Interpol red notice […]
Coinbase announced Wednesday it is considering listing Bancor’s BNT token, as well as 18 others, which already gave the asset’s global trading price a slight bump. “Coinbase’s goal is to offer support for all assets that meet our technical standards and which comply with applicable laws,” the announcement said. “As part of the exploratory process customers may see public-facing APIs and other signs that we are conducting engineering work to potentially support these assets.” Although Coinbase declined to comment further, it’s not hard to imagine why BNT made the list. The token project itself saw a resurgence in May, facilitating nearly […]
After a several week stand-down due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Rocket Lab is preparing to launch its 12th Electron mission to date—a rideshare mission with payloads from NASA, the NRO, and the University of New South Wales. The mission will launch from Rocket Lab’s Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The launch is currently scheduled for 11 June UTC, and the exact launch window is 16:43—18:32 local time, or 04:43—06:32 UTC. The launch window extends until 24 June UTC, with daily launch opportunities within the same several hour-long windows. This mission is named “Don’t Stop Me Now,” […]
A box hangs from a crane at Notre Dame cathedral on Monday. Officials said they hope to hold Mass in the cathedral by 2024, when the city is set to host the Olympic games. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption toggle caption Thibault Camus/AP A box hangs from a crane at Notre Dame cathedral on Monday. Officials said they hope to hold Mass in the cathedral by 2024, when the city is set to host the Olympic games. Thibault Camus/AP Workers in Paris began removing large sections of damaged scaffolding from the exterior of Notre Dame cathedral this week. The scaffolding had initially […]
Climate Activists: Here’s Why Your Work Depends On Ending Police Violence June 4, 2020 Climate Activists: Here’s Why Your Work Depends On Ending Police Violence2020-06-042020-06-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/mural-e1591283827749.jpeg200px200px We live in a world where government agents can kill hundreds of people a year, without the whole system being held accountable. When the crisis presents the opportunity for billionaires to extract even more wealth from people and the planet, how can we expect that same government to be accountable to climate change? To win on climate, we need to reinvent the power structures that haven’t functionally changed since slavery. To win on climate, we need […]
World 15:57 GMT 03.06.2020(updated 16:09 GMT 03.06.2020) Get short URL Several journalists from different countries have been attacked by US police while covering the ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on US authorities to ensure that reporters can do their work free from attacks or repression during the Floyd protests. The statement comes after OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir urged US authorities to ensure the safety of journalists covering the protests. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the United Nations secretary-general, said that all such incidents […]
HONG KONG—Typed on screens, painted as graffiti, and yelled out loud, the idea of “burning together” (laam chau in Cantonese) is invoked by some Hongkongers who believe a scorched earth attitude is the only reasonable response to desperate times. “The youngest person I saw in police custody… was in her school uniform, carrying a bookbag. As she was led into a police van, she was calm. The children expect this treatment now.” Decades of nonviolent demonstrations have barely moved the needle in their quest for self-determination, and as the legal and political climates have begun to shift at a much more […]
Transcripts of conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak show that incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was looking out for US interests and sought Russian help against terrorists, while the FBI framed him. Flynn and Kislyak spoke several times in December 2016 and January 2017, during the presidential transition. Within days of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the FBI interviewed Flynn with an intent – as shown by recently published documents – to catch him in a perjury trap. After a description of his call with Kislyak was leaked to the Washington Post, Flynn was accused of misleading the White House about […]
Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, listens during a coronavirus briefing with health insurers at the White House on March 10. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, listens during a coronavirus briefing with health insurers at the White House on March 10. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Marc Short, the chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, owns between $506,043 and $1.64 million worth of individual stocks in companies doing work related to the Trump administration’s pandemic response […]
People pray inside St. Michael’s Church on Tuesday in Brooklyn. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephanie Keith/Getty Images People pray inside St. Michael’s Church on Tuesday in Brooklyn. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images On this broadcast of The National Conversation, we’ll reflect on experiences from Asian American listeners who have faced racism and discrimination during the pandemic. We’ll also answer your questions about religious practices, health insurance and the future of work. Source link
Workers prepare takeout orders in Houston on May 1. For more than two out of three unemployed workers, jobless benefits exceed their old pay, researchers say. That can raise awkward questions for workers, bosses and policymakers. Mark Felix/AFP/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Felix/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Workers prepare takeout orders in Houston on May 1. For more than two out of three unemployed workers, jobless benefits exceed their old pay, researchers say. That can raise awkward questions for workers, bosses and policymakers. Mark Felix/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Preschool teacher Lainy Morse has been out of work for […]
Restaurant Workers Mobilize In Right To Work States During COVID-19 By Clare Busch, Shadowproof. May 23, 2020 Restaurant Workers Mobilize In Right To Work States During COVID-192020-05-232020-05-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/restaurant-workers-stirke-usa-today-e1590261340989.jpg200px200px Above photo: Restaurant workers strike. USA Today. For the past eight years, Johnathan Bo-o has worked on and off in the service industry, starting as a dishwasher at a restaurant in an Atlanta suburb when he was 17. The restaurant Bo-o was serving at prior to the pandemic was better than his previous workplaces. He thought to himself, “I’m doing fine for right now.” Bo-o, who is 25 years old, now receives unemployment benefits after losing […]
Previously, the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission had prepared and approved a bill on “confronting the hostile acts of the Zionist regime against peace and security”. Iran’s legislative body on Monday unanimously approved a bill barring any cooperation with Israel, reported Fars new agency. According to the document, unanimously approved by all Iranian legislators present in an open parliament session, any use of Israeli computer hardware or software in Iran is forbidden, while cooperation or spying for the “Zionist regime” is equal to “enmity towards God and corruption on earth”. The new bill also bans transferring Israeli-produced goods […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107905/36/1079053601_0:1:3010:1694_1200x675_80_0_0_ceab16ad2558adf6cc49614cc5703c04.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202005191079347542-uk-can-cope-with-surge-in-unemployment—work-and-pensions-minister/ The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll has risen by 160 over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase reported since March 24 at the start of the country’s nationwide lockdown, the Department of Health and Social Care said on Monday. The UK Minister for Work and Pensions Theresa Coffey said that the country could cope with the surge in unemployment brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. “In the meantime the department is also working across the government on what we can do to help people get back into the labour market once the […]
The former pharmaceutical executive tapped by President Trump to lead the federal effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine owns stock options worth more than $10 million in a company receiving funding from that same program, Stat News reports. Until his appointment, Dr. Moncef Slaoui was on the board of the company, Moderna, one of the leading companies in the race for a vaccine and the first to enter a vaccine into clinical trials. Slaoui’s ownership of 156,000 Moderna stock options, disclosed in required federal financial filings, sparked concerns about a conflict of interest. Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren called Slaoui out […]
Trump Administration Tells States To Yank Benefits From Those Who Won’t Return To Work By Arthur Delaney, Portside. May 15, 2020 Trump Administration Tells States To Yank Benefits From Those Who Won’t Return To Work2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ppe-1.jpg200px200px Above photo: ABC News. Congress created special unemployment benefits so that laid-off workers could stay home while the coronavirus pandemic rages outside, but the Trump administration wants states to make sure that nobody’s getting benefits if they could be at work. The U.S. Department of Labor has told states, which implement unemployment insurance programs according to federal rules, that they should ask employers to notify the state if […]
On Monday, Major League Baseball owners approved a reopening plan under which the season would start around the Fourth of July and consist of about 82 games, almost exactly half of a regular, 162-game season. If players agree, the schedule would be close to normal in the sense that teams will have home stands and road trips and three- and four-game series like they always do. The one thing that will be different, of course: no fans. If you’ve seen midnight Korean baseball airing on ESPN in the absence of sports here, you’ve seen what that looks like. It’s pretty weird. […]
By Wayne Allyn Root Have you been watching the politicians, government bureaucrats, media know-it-alls, and so-called “medical experts” who want you and me to keep our businesses closed…to stop working and earning…to stay locked down at home…to keep the US economy closed indefinitely. They all have something in common. Can you guess? All of these people are getting paid. They haven’t missed one paycheck. They’re feeling no pain. They don’t live in our world. They have nothing in common with the rest of us. They’re hypocrites. They all get paid, while we go broke and lose everything we’ve worked for our entire […]
Tech 18:29 GMT 13.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107929/50/1079295051_0:0:1281:720_1200x675_80_0_0_4452120250ef5071f928e49023fbaa0f.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202005131079295089-takes-a-lickin-but-keeps-on-tickin-russian-meteor-m-satellite-resumes-work-after-meteoroid-strike/ The Meteor series of weather observation satellites was first developed in the 1970s, and continuously upgraded and revamped in the decades since to monitor atmospheric and sea surface temperature, cloud and snow cover, sea ice conditions, humidity, radiation conditions in near space and the state of the ozone layer. Russia’s Meteor-M No.2-2, which was struck by a micrometeoroid in December, has come back online and resumed its normal operations, a Roscosmos spokesman has confirmed to Sputnik. According to the spokesman, the information being received by the satellite is […]
The chat application and virtual workplace Slack has gone dark, experiencing a major outage worldwide as countless remote workers rushed to check their email inboxes and migrate to other platforms. The outage was reported by Slack on Tuesday, noting it was investigating the cause of the glitch, though was unable to provide an estimate of when it might be resolved. So sorry for the trouble! We don’t have an exact ETA to share but we are working on a fix now. — Slack Status (@SlackStatus) May 13, 2020 Left adrift in a sea of work with no way to contact their colleagues […]