Blockade

‘This Is Hell’: UN Food Chief Visits Yemen

March 11, 2021 Dave DeCamp, AntiWar.com. Educate! Blockade, Children, Food and Agriculture, Yemen

The head of the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) visited Yemen and described the conditions he saw in the country to reporters as “hell.” His visit comes as the UN is warning 400,000 Yemeni children will starve to death in 2021 if conditions do not change. David Beasley described what he saw in a visit to a Yemeni hospital to The Associated Press. “In a children’s wing or ward of a hospital, you know you normally hear crying and laughter. There’s no crying, there’s no laughter, there’s dead silence,” he said. “This is hell. It’s the worst place on earth. And it’s entirely man-made.” The suffering in Yemen is a direct result of the US-backed Saudi-led war that has been raging since March 2015. Besides a vicious bombing campaign that frequently targets civilian infrastructure, including food supplies, the US and Saudi Arabia have been enforcing a blockade on Yemen.

Lockdown To Keep It In The Ground: Line 3 Resistance

February 15, 2021 Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot. Resist! Blockade, Fossil Fuels, Line 3 Pipeline, Pipelines

Northern MN – Construction on the tar sands pipeline expansion project for Line 3 continues in Anishinaabe territory in below zero temperatures. Enbridge’s contracted companies, like Precision Pipeline, carve out the line’s pathway, fell any trees in the way, and lay the pipe in the ground. However because of the persistent resistance movement, work stoppages, or at least work interruptions, are common. On February 10, 2021, two people, including Dylan Bremner, locked down to a digger on a work site. Bremner told us that the digger they were on was successfully halted for three hours, however after thirty minutes into the lockdown, the foreman told the other workers they could continue.

Mary River Mine Protesters End Blockade, Announce Next Steps

February 11, 2021 Randi Beers, Nunatsiaq News. Resist! Blockade, Canada, Indigenous Sovereignty, Mining

After a week of blockading an airstrip and road to an iron mine on north Baffin Island, a small group of protesters are packing up their tents. That’s according to protesters’ spokesperson Marie Naqitarvik, wife of protester Tom Naqitarvik. She sent out a news release late Feb. 10, announcing the group would be decamping and moving to an observation position at a nearby hunting cabin, before heading to Pond Inlet Saturday to prepare for face-to-face meetings with community leaders and Inuit organizations. The protesters call themselves the Nuluujaat Land Guardians, and they have been blocking access to Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Mary River iron mine since the evening of Feb. 4.

Egypt Reopens Rafah Crossing Indefinitely

February 9, 2021 Middle East Monitor. Educate! Blockade, Egypt, Gaza, Palestinians

Egypt today opened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip until further notice, Egyptian and Palestinian sources said, a move described as an incentive for reconciliation between the main Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo, Reuters reported. Leaders of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction, which controls the West Bank, and of Hamas, which governs the besieged Gaza Strip, began Egyptian-brokered talks yesterday to address long-standing divisions ahead of elections planned for later this year. The 365 square kilometre (141 square mile) Gaza Strip is home to around two million Palestinians. An Israeli-led, Egyptian backed, the blockade has put restrictions on the movement of people and goods since 2007.

Anti-drone Protestors Block Entrance To US Assassin Drone Base

October 4, 2020 Shut Down Creech, Popular Resistance. Resist! Blockade, Drones, Nevada, Wars and Militarism

A group of 15 peaceful protesters from Nevada, California, and Arizona converged for a weeklong protest at Creech Air Force Base to oppose the remote-controlled killing that takes place in the desert just north of Las Vegas. Organized by CODEPINK and Veterans For Peace, the bi-annual protest known as “Shut Down Creech” was different due to the concerns and constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, and especially because many of the regular activists are elders, and are at higher risk of complications and death.

Fairy Creek Blockade Expands To Protect Rare Old-Growth Forest

September 1, 2020 Saul Arbess and Joshua Wright, Focus on Victoria. Resist! Blockade, Canada, climate crisis, Forests

In the midst of an ongoing climate emergency, logging of the ancient rainforests continues at an unfettered rate. The amount of old-growth forest logged each day on Vancouver Island is equivalent to 32 soccer pitches according to the Wilderness Committee. These forests are not only vital for carbon sequestration, but also fundamental for the integrity of complex, interconnected ecosystems that support keystone and culturally significant species, such as salmon. Alarmingly, less than one percent of largest stature forest was found to be remaining on the Island according to the scientific report BC’s Old Growth Forest: A Last Stand for Biodiversity recently authored by Dr Rachel Holt, Dr Karen Price and David Daust.

Activists Blockade Entrance To Chemical Weapons Maker

August 18, 2020 War Resisters League. Resist! Blockade, Chemical Weapons, Pennsylvania, Rebellion2020

Jamestown, PA - Five activists blockaded the entrance of Combined Systems Inc. on Monday with giant tear gas cans and gas masks, refusing to move. These five are with a group of 40 activists from cities across the U.S. who are onsite in Jamestown, PA with the goal of shutting down operations at Combined Systems Inc. for the day. Outside the facility, other activists staked over a hundred yard signs, each with the name of a different city where tear gas has been used against people. By shutting down this facility, we are here to put CSI President Jacob Kravel on notice that his company’s production of tear gas must come to an end.

Protesters Block Logging Road Near Port Renfrew

August 15, 2020 Darron Kloster, Times Colonist. Resist! Blockade, Canada, Environment, Logging

About 20 protesters have blocked a logging road near Port Renfrew, vowing they will stay until old-growth forests in a critical watershed area of the San Juan River are protected. The protesters say they want the provincial government to prevent Teal Jones from building a road into the Fairy Creek headwaters. They say the logging company has already cut trees and blasted and bulldozed rock for the road, and are cresting a ridge into an area that contains old-growth yellow cedar, hemlock, Douglas fir and cedar. The area is part of Tree Farm Licence 46, which is held by Surrey-based Teal Jones.

Kumeyaay Nation Protest Stops Construction On Border Wall

July 19, 2020 Max Rivlin-Nadler, KPBS. Resist! Blockade, Border Wall, Indigenous Rights, Youth Activism

Just before dawn on Friday, members of the Kumeyaay Nation set out to protest the construction of a border wall atop their ancestral lands in the Laguna Mountains. The youth-led group said the government has refused to consult with them to identify possible heritage sites they say the massive construction project is now destroying. “We found midden soil, which is signs of cremation, which is our remains. We found tools and flakes and stuff that symbolizes there are villages in this area and that our people stayed here,” said Cynthia Parada, a councilwoman with the La Posta band of Mission Indians. “Usually when they stay here, they’re buried here as well.

US Blockade Over Cuba Grows During The COVID-19 Pandemic

July 12, 2020 Abel Gonzalez Ayalon, Cuban News Agency. Educate! Blockade, COVID-19, Cuba, Sanctions

Havana, Cuba - The US does not skimp on means to stop Cuba's development by imposing unilateral measures of extraterritorial blockade, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) denounced. So far the year, a period marked by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as a strengthening of calls to end the US economic and commercial blockade against Cuba, Washington applied another eleven regulations, noted Johana Tablada, deputy director for the United States at MINREX. With those restrictions, the White House obstructed banking operations and limited the arrival in this country of medical supplies, fuel, donations and other commercial transactions, Tablada pointed out.

Cuba’s Two Pandemics: The Coronavirus And The US Embargo

July 3, 2020 By Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Resumen English. Educate! Blockade, COVID-19, Cuba, US Imperialism

As soon as the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Cuba, our country mobilized all its resources to contain the spread of the virus. Our healthcare workers go door to door checking people for possible symptoms. Those with symptoms are transferred to specially designated centers to receive treatment, mostly with medication developed by Cuba’s own pharmaceutical and biotech industry. The medical examinations and treatments are all provided free of charge. As of June 20, 85 people have died of COVID-19 in Cuba. Our mortality rate of 3.9 percent is very low compared to the rest of the world. We reached the peak of the disease on April 24, but we are still encouraging people to respect physical distancing, isolation and sanitary measures.

Trump Hammers Cuba While Cuba Cures The Sick

June 20, 2020 Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK. Educate! Blockade, COVID-19, Cuba, Trump

A team of 85 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Peru on June 3 to help the Andean nation tackle the coronavirus pandemic. That same day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced another tightening of the sanctions screws. This time he targeted seven Cuban entities, including Fincimex, one of the principal financial institutions handling remittances to the country. Also targeted was Marriott International, which was ordered to cease operations in Cuba, and other companies in the tourism sector, an industry that constitutes 10 percent of Cuba’s GDP and has been devastated globally by the pandemic. It seems that the more Cuba helps the world, the more it gets hammered by the Trump administration. While Cuba has endured a U.S. embargo for nearly 60 years, Trump has revved up the stakes with a “maximum pressure” strategy that includes more than 90 economic measures placed against the nation since January 2019.

#NotAgainSU Protest Shuts Down 2 Blocks Of City Streets Near Syracuse University

February 29, 2020 Julie McMahon and Chris Libonati, Syracuse.com Resist! Blockade, Higher Education, Protests

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A #NotAgainSU protest shut down two city blocks near Syracuse University for about two hours Wednesday night. Around 100 students, faculty and supporters gathered in the intersection of South Crouse and Waverly avenues. Syracuse police blocked off Waverly Avenue, from Irving Avenue to Walnut Avenue. The protest also effectively blocked Marshall Street to incoming car traffic.

International Day Of Action To Protest The Increased US Blockade Of Venezuela

August 11, 2019 Popular Resistance. Resist! Blockade, Sanctions, Solidarity, Venezuela

On Monday, August 5, President Trump signed an Executive Order that worsens the US blockade of Venezuela. The order can be used to basically go after any person or entity that supports the Maduro administration. It also includes restrictions on travel for people who support the current government. Here is Popular Resistance's statement about the blockade. While the order has language saying it won't impact access to food and medicine, just two days after it was signed a ship carrying 25 thousands tons of soy was held up in Panama. Citing the blockade, the Maduro government decided not to send representatives to the next round of talks with the opposition in Barbados. Instead, millions of Venezuelans were urged to sign a document that will be delivered to the United Nations denouncing the blockade. Saturday, August 10, was declared a World Protest Day against the Venezuelan Blockade.

Freedom Flotilla To Break Israeli Siege Again Next Year

July 22, 2019 Staff, Imemc.org Resist! Blockade, Gaza, Israel, Palestine

Chairman of the International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza, and a founding member of Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Zaher Birawi, has unveiled a new attempt, by the Freedom Flotilla, to break Gaza’s naval blockade. Birawi indicated, in press statements, that the new Freedom Flotilla might be carrying nominal relief items, considering that the core aim of the Flotilla is attempting to break Israel’s illegal blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than 13 years in a row. Solidarity caravans which provide political and media support to Gaza and call for breaking the Gaza blockade are no longer allowed by Egyptian authorities...

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