Federal Appeals Court Allows US Military Base Construction in Okinawa Despite Environmental Concerns
Rebecca Salamacha | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the US military can construct a base in Okinawa, Japan, despite environmental activists' concerns over the base's construction threatening the local dugong population. The activists filed suit under the National Historic Preservation Act …
globalresearch.ca/federal-appeals-court-allows-us-military-base-construction-okinawa-despite-environmental-concerns/5712479
UK: Johnson Criticized for Opening Economy Amid Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
The United Kingdom union leader Keir Starmer criticized on May 10 the opening of the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic that has affected the world. | RELATED: | Indigenous, Activists Protest as KXL Pipeline Construction Begins | Johnson announced a progressive quarantine relaxation plan and economic, productive, and leisure activities resumption this week. The United Kingdom decreed an emergency quarantine on March 23 due to the virus outbreak. | "I think what the count…
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UK: Johnson Criticized for Opening Economy Amid Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
The United Kingdom union leader Keir Starmer criticized on May 10 the opening of the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic that has affected the world. | RELATED: | Indigenous, Activists Protest as KXL Pipeline Construction Begins | Johnson announced a progressive quarantine relaxation plan and economic, productive, and leisure activities resumption this week. The United Kingdom decreed an emergency quarantine on March 23 due to the virus outbreak. | "I think what the count…
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Chomsky, Sanders, Others Launch Progressive International
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
A coalition of left-leaning intellectuals, activists, and political leaders from around the world officially launched Monday the Progressive International with the support of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 and the Sanders Institute. | RELATED: | COVID-19: Seeds of Revolution Grown on Capitalism's Corpse? | "Never before has international solidarity been more necessary–and more absent," General Coordinator of the PI David Adler said, adding that "only a common internat…
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UN Condemns Killings of Ex-FARC, Social Leaders in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia condemned Saturday the murder of the 24th ex-combatant of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), expressing its "concern" over the systematic killings. | RELATED: | Killings of Social Activists Continues in Colombia | The Revolutionary Alternative Force for the Commons (FARC) party denounced that Wilder Marin's body was found "wrapped in a burning mattress" in the northwestern municipality of Bello. | The demobilized ex-combatant…
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Winston Churchill: He Fought for His Class, Never Ours
Dominic Alexander | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
Who was Winston Churchill? He was an aristocrat whose overwhelming commitment was to the maintenance of empire. He was a bitter opponent of the workers' movement in Britain, whether in Tonypandy and Llanelli in 1910 and 1911, where troops …
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The Empire Has No Clothes
Belle Chesler | zcomm.org | 2020-05-11
In the Classroom that Zoom Built…
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Indigenous Protest as KXL Pipeline Construction Begins
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-10
Indigenous rights defenders protested last week with a virtual banner ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äãas major oil company TC Energy Corporation (formerly TransCanada Corporation) started placing pipes in the ground despite legal challenges to its pipeline project. | RELATED: | Decade After BP Oil Spill, Greens Demand to End Fossil Fuels | "Not Today. Not Tomorrow. Not Ever. No KXL. Mni Wiconi," read the ban…
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Brazil using pandemic as smokescreen for new attacks on the Amazon, activists warn
Tiffany Duong | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-09
"The invaders think they can enter the indigenous reserve because of the government agenda."
nationofchange.org/2020/05/09/brazil-usi…
Women In Prisons Say They're Being Punished For Speaking Out About COVID-19 Risks
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Women say they're being punished for contacting people outside about their living conditions. Activists are planning an action May 23 at Jessup Correctional Facility in response.
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Women In Prisons Say They're Being Punished For Speaking Out About COVID-19 Risks
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Women say they're being punished for contacting people outside about their living conditions. Activists are planning an action May 23 at Jessup Correctional Facility in response.
therealnews.com/stories/women-in-prisons…
Anti-goldmine activists are 'sickened' by company's £50k donation to a charity for the terminally ill
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-05-09
Anti-goldmine activists in Greencastle in county Tyrone said they were "sicken[ed] to read" that charity Marie Curie accepted a £50k donation and 150 litres of hand sanister from gold mining company Dalradian Gold Ltd. Marie Curie assists peo…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/05/09/anti-goldmine-activists-are-sickened-by-companys-50k-donation-to-a-charity-for-the-terminally-ill/
Victory in Europe Day: These American Corporations Aided Nazi Germany
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-08
May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied armies' victory in Europe, the day when they accepted the formal surrender of Nazi Germany after a bitter, six-year-long struggle that saw tens of millions killed in fighting, famines or exterminated in death camps. While many novel socially-distanced celebrations across the world are going on, some large corporations are laying low in the knowledge that they actively collaborated with and helped Hitler's war machine. | Standard Oil, a huge monolith now split up into a myriad of smaller ones, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, and Marathon, was crucial to both prolon…
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Jimmy Kimmel's non-apology for pushing FAKE NEWS about VP Pence shows partisanship rules MSM
rt.com | 2020-05-08
After even mainstream outlets objected to a deceptively edited video of VP Mike Pence, comedian Jimmy Kimmel issued a sarcastic apology suggesting that lying about the Trump administration is fine because they don't "value truth." | A 40-second segment seen by millions showed Kimmel mocking Pence for delivering empty boxes of personal protective equipment into a Virginia nursing home. Democrat activists online
UK Supreme Court Reverses BDS Ban
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-07
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the largest British Palestinian solidarity group, successfully petitioned to reverse a 2016 ban preventing local governments divesting from companies involved in the Israeli occupation.
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UK Supreme Court Reverses BDS Ban
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-07
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the largest British Palestinian solidarity group, successfully petitioned to reverse a 2016 ban preventing local governments divesting from companies involved in the Israeli occupation.
therealnews.com/stories/uk-supreme-court…
Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Members of Unite the Union, a British and Irish labor union, show support for the Palestinian people. The Palestine Solidarity Committee won a legal victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain when the country's highest court issued a landmark ruling that struck a blow against the Whitehall . . . | Continue reading Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain at Workers.org…
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Protesters say: 'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven'
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Cops stop activists from delivering demands to a city official's home. After the COVID-19 deaths of dozens of seniors at Philadelphia nursing homes and at least one homeless person in a city shelter, community activists converged on a city official's home on May 6 to deliver a message: The city . . . | Continue reading Protesters say: 'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven' at Workers.org…
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100 Years of Shame: Annexation of Palestine Began in San Remo
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-06
One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened at San Remo, a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera. Together, they sealed the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat in World War I. It was on April 25, 1920, that the San Remo Conference Resolution was …
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100 Years of Shame: The Annexation of Palestine Began in San Remo
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-06
One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened in a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera to seal the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat in World War I.
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Trump Must Choose Between a Global Ceasefire and America's Long Lost Wars
Medea Benjamin | progressive.org | 2020-05-06
Despite a U.N. call for ceasefire and his promise to bring troops home, Trump is continuing U.S.'s unwinnable wars.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-choose-…
"It's Very Scary": COVID Surges in Meat Plants as Activists Demand Worker Safety & Meatless Mondays
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-04
At least 20 workers at meat processing plants have died from COVID-19, and around 5,000 have tested positive, but President Trump invoked an executive order to bar local governments from closing meat plants. We hear from meat plant workers and organizers about conditions during the pandemic and speak with Sindy Benavides, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which is supporting the workers with a virtual town hall on food worker safety with presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and calling for Meatless May Mondays.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/4/covid_19_m…
Facebook Is Go-To Platform For Organizing Protests Against Social Distancing
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-04
As COVID-19 continues to pose a lethal threat worldwide, fringe, right-wing activists are using Facebook to mobilize protests of stay-at-home orders in several states.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/05/faceb…
Caravan for Life: Protesters in Puerto Rico Demand More Tests & Resources to Combat the Coronavirus
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-01
On Thursday in Puerto Rico, activists in dozens of cars held a "Caravan Por La Vida," or "Caravan for Life," through San Juan to demand the government provide more COVID-19 tests and sufficient resources for people to stay at home during the pandemic. At least 92 people have died from COVID-19 in Puerto Rico, and last week the island was reporting a testing rate lower than any U.S. state, at an abysmal average of 15 tests a day for every 100,000 people. No one in Puerto Rico has received $1,200 checks from the government, according to San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz. Police stopped the caravan and said their sou…
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