(2020-12-27). Housing Activists Are Fighting Evictions In The Streets. popularresistance.org Philadelphia is facing a housing crisis with little help from the Democratic city council, mayor, or governor. In the city, 5,700 people are currently unhoused. Almost a thousand sleep on the streets on a given night. But more than that, this year has already seen 4,400 evictions filed in Philly courts. Another 2,000 renters are facing the very real threat of eviction and becoming part of the unhoused. This multifaceted crisis of housing is taking place as the numbers of those infected with Covid-19 are skyrocketing in the city (reaching 100,000 cases and 2,500 deaths), as winter descends, and in the wake of a ma…
(2020-12-27). Cops investigating BOMB THREAT at Empire State Building in New York — reports. rt.com 
Police in New York City are investigating a bomb threat at the Empire State Building, according to local reports. The threat comes as the NYPD has stepped up security following a vehicle bombing in Nashville, Tennessee. | New York Police Department (NYPD) officers are currently investigating a bomb threat made on Sunday morning against the city's iconic Empire State Building. Police sources told local news outlet PIX11 that someone called 911 at 11am local time, warning that a bomb would go off at the skyscraper at noon. | The NYPD's bomb squad is reportedly on the scene. However, no explosion took place at no…
(2020-12-27). Yemen: Anger as newly sworn-in cabinet excludes women for first time in 20 years. middleeasteye.net 
Yemen: Anger as newly sworn-in cabinet excludes women for first time in 20 years | Women activists take to the streets declaring the composition of the Saudi-backed government as illegitimate | Sun, 12/27/2020 – 11: 13 | Dozens of female activists protested in Taiz city demanding women be given positions in the cabinet (MEE) | The swearing in of a new government in Yemen on Saturday has…
(2020-12-27). Relatives, Activists, and Attorneys Demand Justice for Andre' Hill, Unarmed Black Man Killed by Columbus Police. commondreams.org "Until we get justice for Andre' Hill, there won't be no peace in Columbus, there won't be no peace in Ohio, there won't be no peace in America," vowed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump at a Saturday vigil. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-25). An End to Stability. counterpunch.org 2020, with its pandemic and its protests, was many things to many people: a hardship for those who lost homes, livelihoods and people they loved to COVID and insufficient government support; an inspiration for activists who have been working for years to call attention to police brutality; and an imposition to those who resent anything
(2020-12-25). Climate activists mount utility strike to urge the shutdown of New England coal plant. nationofchange.org The Strike Down Coal campaign provides a COVID-safe form of disobedience, building on more than a year of direct actions to shut down Merrimack Station.
(2020-12-25). Recidivist Criminal and Constitutional Outlaw Trump Rushes to Pardon Criminal Lawbreakers. commondreams.org Trump and future presidents cannot be allowed to brazenly dishonor justice and undermine the rule of law. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-25). Participatory Economics 101 | Pt. 2. zcomm.org 'What do you want?' is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists decrying current poverty, alienation, and degradation…
(2020-12-25). No Holiday for Honduran Anti-Mining Activists Fighting for Freedom. commondreams.org A judge has refused to release eight water protectors detained for more than a year for protesting against a mining project that threatens local rivers. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-24). No, Joe, Don't Roll out the Red Carpet for Torture Enablers. counterpunch.org It was painful enough to live through the U.S. invasion of Iraq that caused untold devastation and human misery for no justifiable reason. Now we are again reminded of the grim Bush legacy with President-elect Biden's nomination of Avril Haines for Director of National Intelligence. Haines, who has an inside-the-beltway reputation for being nice and
(2020-12-24). Mujica Stands in Solidarity With Catalan Political Prisoners. telesurenglish.net Uruguay's ex-President of Uruguay Jose Mujica expressed his solidarity with the Catalan pro-independence activists who are imprisoned in Barcelona, Spain. | RELATED: | During a virtual meeting with the The Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) leader Oriol Junqueras, Mujica sent his solidarity to all imprisoned politicians and affirmed his support for the Catalans to negotiate a political solution to the conflict with the…
(2020-12-24). Wednesday 12/23: Honoring South African & U.S. Homelessness Activists w/ National Union of the Homeless. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2020-12-24). UN condemns Israel most in 2020, 3 times rest of world. yenisafak.com The UN General Assembly (UNGA) condemned Israel the most during 2020, according to a report by UN Watch this week, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization that monitors the performance of the UN.With its two resolutions criticizing Israel last week, the UNGA brought its total number of resolutions against the Jewish state to 17 — which was almost three times compared to the rest of the world standing at six.While pro-Israeli activists criticize the UN for routinely adopting decisions against the Jewish state, one of the resolutions involves Israel for exploiting the natural resources of Palestinians in the…
(2020-12-24). Activists and Parliamentarians Join Together to Prevent Armed Drones in Germany. commondreams.org "People are saying they cannot think of any peace movement struggle in recent years that has won such a striking victory. This brings hope to the whole peace movement." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-24). Another activist victim of targeted killings in Afghanistan. laprensalatina.com Kabul, Dec 24 (efe-epa).- Women's rights activist Freshta Kohistani was killed when gunmen opened fire on her and her brother on Thursday in northeastern Afghanistan, in what has been the latest in a series of targeted killings of politicians, activists, journalists and intellectuals in the country. The attack occurred around 5.00 pm in the Hes-e-Awal …
(2020-12-23). Ralph Nader: He's a Cookbook! counterpunch.org 
"We can all sit down and have a few beers together while we wait." — Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart), The Petrified Forest (1936) Call before, you dig? — Utility notification for unmarked Internet cables from hippy who finally got a job The other day, minding my own business, and getting lots of unwanted help doing