Indonesia's earthquake catastrophe
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-06
The disaster has been made immeasurably worse by poverty, social inequality and the refusal of the Indonesian and international ruling elites to ensure the protection of the population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/06/indo-o06.html
In the Race to End Hunger and Mitigate Climate Change, We Must Look to the Soil
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2018-10-06
Recently, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva urged countries, scientists, policymakers and stakeholders invested in building an equitable, sustainable, and thriving planet to pay attention to the soil. He further noted that the future of the planet depends on how healthy the soils of today are. | I agree. In the race to beat food insecurity, achieve zero hunger, and address climate change, we must pay attention to the soil. The importance of soil cannot be overstated. Healthy soils underpin agriculture and sustainable food systems. | But there is…
truthout.org/articles/in-the-race-to-end-hunger-and-mitigate-climate-change-we-must-look-to-the-soil/
Climate Change talk with 2020 Or Bust
Van Luong | indybay.org | 2018-10-06
San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, | Lower Level, Latino Hispanic Community Room | 100 Larkin Street, SF CA 94102…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/04/18818017.php
Drought-Laden Rainforests
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-05
The world's rainforests are under attack at a rate of 2.5 acres per second. Global warming and clear-cutting for growing palm oil and raising cattle are some of the biggest annihilators. The repercussions are devastating. For example, one of the consequences is harmful alteration of hydrological cycles for major grain-growing regions of the planet. But,…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/05/drought-laden-rainforests/
#BoycottGosling: Flat Earthers & patriots incensed at 'removal' of US flag from moon landing film
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-05
US patriots and Flat Earthers alike took to Twitter to vent their outrage following the premiere of the new Neil Armstrong biopic First Man, which does not feature the iconic planting of the American flag on the lunar surface.
rt.com/usa/440399-first-man-flag-moon/
Clavichords and Climate Change
David Yearsley | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-05
Bainbridge Island, Washington. The Cascade Mountains were dusted with snow this week, less a harbinger of the coming winter than of ominous larger changes in the climate. According to many, the snow came "too early," especially considering the apocalyptic smoke from the fires of summer just gone. The Washington of my youth was a paradise…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/05/clavichords-and-climate/
Planet Earth Is Doomed. How Do I Go On?
Liza Featherstone | thenation.com | 2018-10-05
Planet Earth Is Doomed. How Do I Go On?
thenation.com/article/planet-earth-is-doomed-how-do-i-go-on/
What Have You Got? Reflections on Hubris
Luke O'Brien | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-05
Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn Everybody's shouting, "Which side are you on?!" The question that will hang over the last campfire of Earth will be, "what have we done?" And, perhaps even, "why?" One of the scraggly, misshapen apes might, somehow, have enough capacity left to echo the conclusion arrived at by…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/05/what-have-you-got-reflections-on-hubris/
Citing Trump's Racism, a Federal Judge Restores Protections for Immigrants Fleeing Wars and Disasters
Leighton Akio Woodhouse | theintercept.com | 2018-10-04
A federal court has suspended the Trump administration's termination of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of refugees. | The post Citing Trump's Racism, a Federal Judge Restores Protections for Immigrants Fleeing Wars and Disasters appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/04/judge-restores-temporary-protected-status-trump-racism/
Hatewatch Headlines 10/5/2018
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-10-04
ADF claims White House debriefed it on Kavanaugh; Gab faces payments cutoff; Judge blocks ending protections for immigrants; and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/05/hatewatch-headlines-1052018
San Francisco Is a Hotbed of Illegal Race-Based Policing
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-04
Law enforcement in San Francisco have subverted the Constitution and broken the law by basing arrests on race. | Our Constitution promises all people, regardless of race, equal protection under the law. Yet the San Francisco Police Department has consistently singled out Black people for enforcement of criminal laws. | In 2013 and 2014, the SFPD collaborated with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California on a drug enforcement operation. Despite the fact that the SFPD knew that in the Tenderloin district — where they chose to the…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/san-francisco-hotbed-illegal-race-based-policing
Venezuela to Donate US$10m to Indonesia Earthquake Victims
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-04
President Maduro confirms they will use funds from the "solidarity fund" to aid victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck the island of Celebes in late September.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14083
A history: Asylum in the United States
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-02
Modern international refugee protection efforts grew from the ashes of Europe in World War II, bringing together nation-states through the United Nations to offer asylum to refugees uprooted from the war.
splcenter.org/20181002/history-asylum-united-states
The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Week of September 23rd, 2018
Shared by therealnews | therealnews.com | 2018-10-02
Eze Jackson, Khalilah Harris, and Dharna Noor talk about Maryland's only 2018 gubernatorial debate, place-based solutions to climate change, demands for justice at Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, and the Kirwan Commission on Education | The post The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Week of September 23rd, 2018 appeared first on The Real News Networ…
therealnews.com/stories/the-baltimore-bureau-podcast-show-week-of-september-23rd-2018
Earth's Greatest Threats Lie With Humans
Frida Berrigan | thenation.com | 2018-10-02
Earth's Greatest Threats Lie With Humans…
thenation.com/article/earths-greatest-threats-lie-with-humans/
The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Week of September 23rd, 2018
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-02
Eze Jackson, Khalilah Harris, and Dharna Noor talk about Maryland's only 2018 gubernatorial debate, place-based solutions to climate change, demands for justice at Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, and the Kirwan Commission on Education | The post The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Week of September 23rd, 2018 appeared first on The Real News Networ…
therealnews.com/stories/the-baltimore-bureau-podcast-show-week-of-september-23rd-2018
Losing Legal Protections, Immigrants Facing Deportation Share Their Stories
James Goodman | progressive.org | 2018-10-02
Many migrants with Temporary Protected Status have called the U.S. home for over a decade. Some have joined a twelve-week, cross-country "Journey for Justice" tour to let people know why they want to stay.
progressive.org/dispatches/losing-legal-protections-immigrants-facing-deportation-share-181002/
How Well Does Fossil Fuel Divestment Combat Climate Change?
Shared by Ben Norton | therealnews.com | 2018-10-01
As the fossil fuel divestment movement grows around the world, a new study suggests its economic impact might be overstated. Leaders in the environmental movement respond to PERI economist Robert Pollin | The post How Well Does Fossil Fuel Divestment Combat Climate Change? appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/how-well-does-fossil-fuel-divestment-combat-climate-change
How Well Does Fossil Fuel Divestment Combat Climate Change?
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-01
As the fossil fuel divestment movement grows around the world, a new study suggests its economic impact might be overstated. Leaders in the environmental movement respond to PERI economist Robert Pollin | The post How Well Does Fossil Fuel Divestment Combat Climate Change? appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/how-well-does-fossil-fuel-divestment-combat-climate-change
A Judge Just Reminded CBP That the Border Isn't a Rights-Free Zone
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-01
A federal court ruled in favor of an American family suing over their abusive detention at the U.S.-Canada border. | An American family that underwent a harrowing detention at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection can now seek some measure of justice. That's the result of a recent ruling by the federal judge presiding over the lawsuit we filed on behalf of…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/judge-just-reminded-cbp-border-isnt-rights-free-zone
Lady Liberty-sized asteroid to make close approach to Earth at over 37,000 mph
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-30
A huge asteroid dubbed 2018 SP1 is hurtling towards Earth. The space rock is estimated to be about the size of the Statue of Liberty or larger.
rt.com/usa/439953-asteroid-close-approach-earth/
Brokenuke Mountain? Trump says he and Kim 'fell in love' (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-30
How do you woo arguably the most powerful man on Earth from half a world away? For North Korea's Kim Jong-un, all it took was some "beautiful letters." Now, US President Donald Trump is quite literally professing his love.
rt.com/usa/439952-trump-kim-in-love/
Headlines for September 28, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-28
Christine Blasey Ford Tells Senators Brett Kavanaugh Sexually Assaulted Her, GOP Senators Abandon Sex Crimes Prosecutor They Hired Amid Kavanaugh Questions, Kavanaugh Angrily Denies Sex Crimes Charges, Alleging Left-Wing Conspiracy, Senate Judiciary Committee to Vote on Kavanaugh Nomination Today, American Bar Association Calls for FBI Investigation into Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick: "I Don't Think He Belongs" on SCOTUS, Kavanaugh Accusers Demand FBI Investigation, Senate Hearings, 59 Arrested in Protest of Kavanaugh Near Supreme Court, Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Strikes Near Indonesia, Trump Threate…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/28/headlines