Resistance Report

Mexico’s AMLO Announces Campaign Against US Blockade Of Cuba

February 14, 2023 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy Report. Resistance Report AMLO, Cuba, Mexico, Sanctions, US Imperialism

Mexico’s progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that his country will lead an international movement to end the US government’s illegal blockade against Cuba. The Mexican president, known popularly by his initials AMLO, condemned the six-decade US blockade of Cuba as “inhumane”. He said the global campaign to overturn it must be more “active”, complaining that, while the vast majority of countries on Earth vote against the US embargo every year at the United Nations General Assembly, nothing ever changes.

Ten Ways The US Is Out Of Line With The Entire World

February 14, 2023 Lee Camp, Mintpress News. Resistance Report China, Food Security, Human Rights, United States

Out of the nearly 200 countries in the world, there is one country that does not behave like the others, even remotely. There is one country that is outside the norm in almost every regard. It’s a rogue nation – and it’s about time we called it to account! The agents of the United States used to refer to any country that wasn’t acting in the interests of the empire as a “rogue state.” Countries like Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Russia, and Nauru were all labelled as such at various times. Nowadays, the U.S. government has a new expression that seems to mean the same thing. U.S. officials say, “That country is not abiding by the rules-based international order.”

Dozens Of Texas Prisoners Are Hunger Striking Against Solitary Confinement

February 14, 2023 Mansa Musa, The Real News Network. Resistance Report Criminal Justice and Prisons, Hunger Strike, Solitary Confinement, Texas

Across the US, some 50,000 incarcerated people are kept under conditions of solitary confinement. Advocates and prisoners have pushed to define the practice as a form of torture, pointing to the devastating psychological and physical effects it has on victims. In Texas, dozens of prisoners are now hunger striking against the use of solitary confinement in the state’s prisons, which they say disproportionately targets Latinos. Jorge Antonio Renaud, National Criminal Justice Director of Latino Justice, joins Rattling the Bars to discuss the hunger strike and conditions of solitary confinement in Texas.

The Chris Hedges Report: Matt Taibbi On Russiagate And Censorship

February 12, 2023 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. Resistance Report Censorship, Disinformation, Media, Russia, RussiaGate

Shortly after the election of Donald Trump, revelations that a Russian disinformation campaign had helped sweep the 45th president to power shook the media and the wider culture. The unfolding drama of the Mueller Report and a Senate investigative panel gripped the nation for the next four years. But now, journalist Matt Taibbi has revealed that the source of many of the claims of ongoing Russian disinformation during the Trump presidency, Hamilton 68, was itself a disinformation operation concocted by former US intelligence officials. Matt Taibbi joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss his findings and dissect how legacy media, the public, and even Congress were taken along for the ride in the ‘Russiagate’ saga.

In Revolutionary Times, Are Art And Music Falling Short?

February 11, 2023 Lee Camp, Mintpress News. Resistance Report Activism, Art

James Kennedy is a highly-regarded and accomplished Welsh singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer who is best known for his political activism through his music. With a career spanning more than two decades, he has made a name for himself as a powerful voice in the music industry, using his platform to raise awareness about important issues and to advocate for social justice. James joins “Behind The Headlines” host Lee Camp for a full, hour-long interview today. James takes us on a journey through his musical career, discussing the ways in which politics has influenced his music, the challenges of being a political musician in today’s world, and the reasons behind his decision to use music as a tool for change. His music career began with a strong focus on political issues, with songs that explored topics such as inequality, social justice, and human rights.

UK Postal Workers Strike Against Handling Of Cost Of Living Crisis

February 10, 2023 Alexander Morris and Julia Schönheit, The Real News Network. Resistance Report Postal Workers, Strikes, United Kingdom (UK), Worker Rights and Jobs

Massive mobilizations and strikes have been witnessed in the UK over the last couple of months against the Tory government for failing to tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis. Postal workers, railway workers, public service workers, barristers, dockers, garbage collectors, Amazon workers etc. have walked out and gone on strike to demand better pay and better working conditions. TRNN delves into the postal workers’ strike and its roots in over a decade of Tory austerity measures. This strike of postal workers is one of dozens taking place across the UK, with nurses, ambulance drivers, teachers, railway workers, and more walking out this winter amid a spiraling cost of living crisis. Britain’s Royal Mail is in a royal mess. After 500 years as the postal system of the British state, it was privatized in 2014, leading to what these posties are calling an ‘Uberization’ of their work: worsening working conditions, less secure contracts, and bringing in agency staff to lower wages.

You’re Being Lied To About China – Lee Camp Talks To Jingjing Li

February 8, 2023 Lee Camp, Mintpress News. Resistance Report China, Media, New Cold War, Wars and Militarism

For the latest episode in our Behind The Headlines series, Lee speaks with Jingjing Li, a journalist and host for China Global Television Network (CGTN). Based in Beijing, Jingjing anchors two popular shows on the network. Today, the pair discuss the topic of how China is presented in U.S. media and whether Americans are receiving a fair representation of the country The conversation delves into the recent events and news stories surrounding China, and how the narrative in the Western media has changed in recent years. Lee begins by pointing out the stark difference in the news about China that was being reported in the United States a few years ago compared to what is being reported today. A few years ago, there was very little news about the country, and the news that was being reported was largely positive. However, in recent years, the U.S. government has ramped up the new Cold War with China, resulting in an endless flood of negative news stories.

Wikileaks Exposed US Meddling Abroad And Corruption At Home

February 5, 2023 Chris Hedges, The Real News. Resistance Report Corruption, Julian Assange, War crimes, Wikileaks

Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have carried out the most important investigative journalism of our generation, revealing to the public the inner workings of power through the release of luminous documents. No other news organization has come close. This information has exposed the crimes, lies, and fraud of the powerful, sparking the judicial lynching of Assange who awaits extradition to the US in a high security prison in London. It allowed people across the globe to understand what their governments are doing behind their backs. In this show, we will speak with the Italian investigative journalist, Stefania Maurizi, author of Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its Enemies, about some of the most important information provided to the public by WikiLeaks. These include the US War logs from Afghanistan and Iraq, a cash of 250,000 diplomatic cables and 800 Guantanamo Bay detainee assessment briefs, along with the 2007 collateral murder video in which US helicopter pilots banter as they gunned down civilians, including children and two Reuters journalists in a Baghdad street.

US ‘Neo-Imperialist’ Dollar Scheme Explained By Yanis Varoufakis

February 5, 2023 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy Report. Resistance Report Finance and the Economy, Global Economy, US Imperialism

Economist and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in a speech this January that the United States is leading a “new, audacious imperialism”, which he calls “neo-imperialism”. “Neo-imperialism’s highest form” is “globalization, financialized capitalist globalization”, Varoufakis added, stressing that this system is based on the dominance of the US dollar.

We’re Trying To Crush The Happiest Country On Earth

February 4, 2023 Lee Camp, Mintpress News. Resistance Report Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, US Imperialism

Some of the countries the Western media claims are horrific repressive dictatorships are way happier than the U.S. So let me ask: Are you happy? Do you spend a lot of time laughing in the sun? Do you feel at peace in your life? If you live in the U.S., like me, then I’ll bet you a KFC Family Bucket meant for one person; the answer is, “No! What are you? Crazy? Have you looked around? We’ve got a climate crisis, a wage slave society, tainted water, smoggy air, most of our meals have more pesticide than food particles, and the only human interaction we get is when someone clicks thumbs down on the Instagram photo of our pesticide-filled dinner, and we have an addle-brained octogenarian in the White House. How could anyone feel at peace?” Well, what if I told you there are countries where people do feel at peace? For example, Nicaragua.

Ambulance Drivers Join Cost Of Living Strike Wave Sweeping Britain

February 2, 2023 Ross Domoney, The Real News Network. Resistance Report Health Care, National Strike, United Kingdom (UK), Worker Rights and Jobs

Spiking inflation is generating a global cost of living crisis, and Britain is no exception. As workers across industries hit the picket lines to denounce privatization and demand action from the Tory government to raise wages, ambulance workers are now joining the fray—with a major strike action planned later in February. TRNN speaks directly with ambulance drivers and emergency medical personnel who say their real wages are falling as Downing Street’s schemes to further privatize the National Health Service only continue. This video is part of a special Workers of the World series on the cost of living crisis in Europe.

Latin America Refuses To Send Ukraine Weapons, Despite Western Pressure

January 30, 2023 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy Report. Resistance Report Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Latin America, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism, weapons

Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia have refused to send weapons to Ukraine, despite pressure by the US and EU. Latin American left-wing leaders have urged peace with Russia and called for neutrality in the West’s new cold war. Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia have rejected requests by the United States and European Union that they send weapons to Ukraine. The commander of the US military’s Southern Command (Southcom), which operates in Latin America and the Caribbean, revealed on January 19 that Washington has been pressuring countries in the region to arm Ukraine. Southcom wants Latin American nations to “replace [their] Russian equipment with United States equipment – if those countries want to donate it to Ukraine”, said Army General Laura J. Richardson.

Launch Of The International People’s Tribunal On US Imperialism

January 29, 2023 The People's Forum, YouTube. Resistance Report Hybrid War, International Law, People's Tribunal, US Sanctions

After two years of dedication, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This project is a first-ever international effort to build systems of accountability—rooted in global cross-movement solidarity—both within and outside of the law, to challenge the violence of imperialism through sanctions. With an impressive group of internationally renowned jurists from across the world, we interrogate sanctions not from the perspective of those who enforce them, but from the perspective of those most impacted by them, namely the peoples of Asia, Africa, and South America. This half-day event took place on January 28, 2023, at People’s Forum located at 320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018, by an international coalition of over 30 organizations.

Chris Hedges: Will Julian Assange Ever Be Freed?

January 29, 2023 Chris Hedges, The Real News. Resistance Report Extradition, Julian Assange, Political Prisoner, Wikileaks

The film Ithaka, the title taken from a poem by C.P Cavafy, chronicles the slow-motion torture and execution of the Australian journalist Julian Assange, currently awaiting extradition to the United States in a high security prison in London. It charts his journey from publisher of the most important revelations of our generation of fraud, war crimes, lies and corruption by the powerful to his refuge for seven years in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London from 2012 to 2019, his seizure and arrest by British police, who enter the embassy to detain him, and harsh imprisonment in Belmarsh prison where he currently fights a U.S. extradition request. It unflinchingly portrays the terrible emotional cost to him and his family, including his father John, his wife Stella, and their two young children.

What Causes Inflation?

January 29, 2023 Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Finance and the Economy, Inflation

Today’s discussion is focused on inflation and its much-debated return after many many decades. We thought we would structure our discussion around certain key questions. What is inflation? What is the textbook definition? How has it been understood in the past? What causes inflation? What are the supply and demand-side factors? Given that capitalism is considered such a powerful productive machine, why are the most powerful capitalist countries suffering from inflation today? What does it say about their productive system? What is, in fact, causing the current inflation? What is the Federal Reserve in the United States particularly — the most powerful central bank in the world — doing about it, and what’s wrong with what the Federal Reserve, and many other central banks, are doing? So Michael, why don’t you just start with your thoughts on the first question.

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