Resisting Empire

Keeping a watchful eye the US empire.

[Resisting Empire @ResistingEmpire]

US strikes clinic in Iraq killing 7

https://t.co/q6OxENmIyr

[Paul Gottinger @PaulGottinger]

Times reporting Iran’s strikes on 13 US bases across the region have made them nearly unusable. Troops are now forced to work remotely from hotels.

[Nick Estes @nickwestes]

Palestine Justice march underway in Minneapolis. More than a thousand marchers. Interstate exits were clogged with cars making their way to the march.

[Dymanh Chhoun @Dymanh]

Over 1000 people are here in South Minneapolis near Aldrich Ave and 31st Street protesting about the war in #Palestina #SahanJournal

[Detritus Books @DetritusBooks]

On October 14, 1982, the Canadian anarchist group Direct Action used 550 lbs of stolen dynamite to bomb a factory that was manufacturing guidance systems for US Tomahawk cruise missiles. The explosion caused millions of dollars in damage, and shut down manufacturing for a week.

[Kawsachun News @KawsachunNews]

UPDATE: These young activists were arrested by Bolivian regime security forces during the night. Their whereabouts is unknown.

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#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

[Reader Supported News @RSNNOW]

Minneapolis Officers Who Killed George Floyd Had Histories of Shootings and Excessive Force
https://t.co/rAwvoU0z5N

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Tens of thousands are demonstrating today in Iraq as part of an action calling for all US troops to leave the country immediately.

This is getting a complete media blackout in the US.

[MintPress News @MintPressNews]

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Interim President of #Bolivia Jeanine Añez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to organize abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country’s first elections since a US-backed coup last November. @AlanRMacLeod https://t.co/V2XG9zJChp

[Resisting Empire @ResistingEmpire]

Protests calling for US forces to leave Iraq have broken out in Baghdad after US air strike killed 27 Iraqi militia members and wounded many more.

The Western press will surely ignore these protests.

[Wyatt Reed @wyattreed13]

Here's the moment, just minutes ago, when peaceful, mainly working class and indigenous people began to flee the waves of tear gas unleashed by Bolivian armed forces in La Paz.

As you can see, everyone--including children--is fair game.

#BoliviaEnDictadura

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These students know their history. This week marks the 40th anniversary of this major uprising in S. Korea https://t.co/Meg4pRqURO

[American Values @Americas_Crimes]

This week in 1979, US-backed South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee declared martial law in Busan & Masan, deploying elite airborne troops to crush huge pro-democracy protests. The troops opened fire, arrested, beat & tortured over 1,000 students & workers; killing 100 ppl.

[Resisting Empire @ResistingEmpire]

Korean university students protesting the United States military presence in S. Korea by breaking into US ambassador’s home and telling him to get out of the country.
https://t.co/F8zeilTAo5

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More info: https://t.co/md0j50Mk9D

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On this day in 1985, right-wing terror organization Jewish Defense League assassinated Palestinian-American civil rights leader Alex Odeh. His assassins fled to Israel where they’re living free to this day.

[Zinn Ed Project @ZinnEdProject]

#tdih 1972 DC prisoners led jail uprising, demanded juveniles be housed separately from adults, decent food, overcrowding addressed. At their request, U.S. Rep Shirley Chisholm, D.C. School Board President Marion Barry, & others met with them. Read ⬇️https://t.co/wEcppFvZI3

[Resisting Empire @ResistingEmpire]

Estimates show possibly 3-4 million people were killed by the US war in Vietnam, Cambodia, in Laos. But protests turned the public against the war & played a major role in ending it.

[Resisting Empire @ResistingEmpire]

On this day in 1970, four Kent State college students were massacred by US military for protesting against Nixon expanding the horrific war in Vietnam to Cambodia.