Tag: #Protest
Privacy rights may become next victim of killer pandemic
Digital surveillance and smartphone technology may prove helpful in containing the coronavirus pandemic — but some activists fear this could mean lasting harm to privacy…
Sanitation Workers Strike Over Lack Of Protection From Coronavirus
Sanitation workers with Teamsters Local 249 in Pittsburgh were sent home with pay on March 25 after they carried out a wildcat strike—refused to work…
Coronavirus Is The Shock, Dictatorship Is The Doctrine
Nowhere has the coronavirus pandemic been used more cynically to shut down political debate and the right to protest than in Israel. The Israeli government’s…
Nurses Protest Lack Of Personal Protective Equipment In COVID-19 Pandemic
Nurses staged protests at hospitals across California on March 24 demanding personal protective equipment (PPE) necessary to keep them safe from contracting and spreading COVID-19….
Interview // We Spoke to Cassia about Perceptions and ‘Doing Right’
Manchester indie trio Cassia explain that they “feel full and content” every time they work on new music. After a year’s gap, with more musical…
Israel’s right-wing parties boycott parliament re-opening
Israeli right-wing parties backing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boycotted the re-opening of parliament Monday to protest what they called the “dictatorial” conduct of their centrist…
At least 23 inmates killed in prison riot over coronavirus in Colombia
A prison riot in Colombia’s capital Bogota late on Saturday left 23 prisoners dead and 83 injured, the justice minister said on Sunday, as detainees…
Coronavirus is turning Trump’s border detention facilities into ICE death camps
As legal advocates filed an emergency suit on behalf of families and children detained by ICE, activists around the U.S. demonstrated against the continuing detention…
Bogota prison riot over coronavirus leaves 23 dead and 83 injured – Colombian justice ministry (VIDEOS)
At least 23 people have died and dozens more are injured following a riot over coronavirus in La Modelo prison in the Colombian capital Bogota,…
This New Species Is Named After the Plastic Inside It
Some species are named after beloved teen activists or Lady Gaga. Others are named after plastic. Before science even discovered this deep-sea crustacean, plastic had…
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