Border Agents' Latest Tear Gassing Prompts Call for Investigation
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-01-02
In what human rights groups condemned as a " cruel and inhumane" act that must be independently investigated, agents with President Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday reportedly hit women, children, and journalists near the U.S.-Mexico border with tear gas, smoke, and pepper spray. | According to an Associated Press photographer present a…
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China Is Starting to Grasp the Cost of Climate Change
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-01-02
As the Earth warms humans will reach for the air conditioning, meaning more electricity demand and higher household bills in China's cities. | The post China Is Starting to Grasp the Cost of Climate Change appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/china-is-starting-to-understand-the-cost-of-climate-change/
Greta "Joan of Arc" Thunberg Shames Leaders at COP24
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-02
In 1429 Joan of Arc (17) led French troops to victory over English forces at the Siege of Orleans after she had a vision. Today, eco warrior Greta Thunberg (15) is leading the battle against the ravages of climate change. Greta has vision. She's taken the leadership mantle from Joan of Arc whether she knows…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/02/greta-joan-of-arc-thunberg-shames-leaders-at-cop24/
China's first e-commerce law offers consumers more protection
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-02
China's new e-commerce laws will be effective in wiping out counterfeit goods from the online marketplace.
aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/chinas-e-commerce-law-offers-consumers-protection-190102104535190.html
Bolsonaro Gives Agriculture Ministry Power Over Indigenous Land
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-02
Brazil's newly-inaugurated president issued an executive order Wednesday making the Ministry of Agriculture responsible for deciding on lands inhabited by Indigenous peoples. The move will allow vested interests to exploit the Indigenous population and bring environmental disaster to its Amazon region. | ANALYSIS: | Grim Neoliberalism, Militarism Await Brazil and Region as Bolsonaro Takes Office | During his presidential campaign, then-far-right candidate Jair B…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Gives-Agriculture-Ministry-Power-Over-Indigenous-Land-20190102-0007.html
The New Congress and the Rolling Catastrophe of the US Body Politic
Roger Harris | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-02
Bathed in the soothing waters of the Blue Wave, such that it was, a new US Congress will be baptized on January 3rd. But what portends when "Mad Dog" Mattis, arch racist Jeff Sessions, and deep state spooks are canonized by self-identified liberals and leftists as bulwarks against fascism? When all mainstream "opposition" politics can be reduced to a single issue: Trump. And when the midterm elections ignored deepening impoverishment at home, endless wars abroad, and climate calamity — let alone the tax cut for the super-rich — and instead focused on the "threat" posed by (take your pick) immigrants o…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/02/the-new-congress-and-the-rolling-catastrophe-of-the-us-body-politic/
The Gathering Climate Storm and the Media Cover-up
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-02
"Earth is now substantially out of energy balance. The amount of solar energy that Earth absorbs exceeds the energy radiated back to space. The principal manifestations of this energy imbalance are continued global warming on decadal time scales and continued … | The post The Gathering Climate Storm and the Media Cover-up appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-gathering-climate-storm-and-the-media-cover-up/5664539
Proposed Florida law would stop local governments from removing racist Confederate monuments
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-01-02
Jacksonville, FL – Pensacola State Representative Mike Hill has introduced a bill in the state legislature, House Bill 97, titled the Soldiers' and Heroes' Monuments and Memorials Protection Act, that would stop local authorities from removing racist confederate monuments. Hill is an African American Republican. Hill acknowledges his lack of support in the Black community. | Todd Wells, an African American member of Take Em Down Jax, a group devoted to removing these monuments to the cause of white supremacy, stated, "The struggle for the removal of Confederate statues has been ongoing since they were e…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/1/2/proposed-florida-law-would-stop-local-governments-removing-racist-confederate-monuments
US Border Patrol Hits Women, Children, and Journalists in Mexico With Tear Gas
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2019-01-02
(CD) — In what human rights groups condemned as a "cruel and inhumane" act that must be independently investigated, agents with President Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday reportedly hit women, children, and journalists near the U.S.-Mexico border with tear gas, smoke, and pepper spray. According to an Associated Press photographer present at the scene, CBP agents fired …
US Border Patrol Hits Women, Children, and Journalists in Mexico With Tear Gas
Central Coast Amah Mutsun Tribal Relearning Program
SCGSC | indybay.org | 2019-01-02
Live oak Grange 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz…
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US Border Patrol Unleashes Tear Gas Against Children in Mexico
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2019-01-02
In what human rights groups condemned as a " cruel and inhumane" act that must be independently investigated, agents with President Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday reportedly hit women, children, and journalists near the U.S.-Mexico border with tear gas, smoke, and pepper spray. | According to an Associated Press photographer presen…
truthout.org/articles/us-border-patrol-unleashes-tear-gas-against-children-in-mexico/
Applause as Warren Shows Support for Green New Deal—the Plan 'Every Serious Presidential Contender Should Embrace'
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-02
After garnering some criticism from progressives for leaving her plans to combat the climate crisis out of her announcement regarding a potential 2020 presidential run, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) indicated Wednesday that she broadly supports the Green New Deal. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/warren_2_0.jpg…
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'Cruel and Inhumane': Trump Border Patrol Hits Women, Children, and Journalists in Mexico With Tear Gas
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-02
In what human rights groups denounced as a "cruel and inhumane" act that must be fully and independently investigated, agents with President Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday reportedly hit women, children, and journalists on the Mexican side of the border with tear gas, smoke, and pepper spray. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/teargas1.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/02/cruel-and-inhumane-trump-border-patrol-hits-women-children-and-journalists-mexico?cd-origin=rss
A Bold, Progressive Agenda for a Happier and Healthier New Year
Bernie Sanders | commondreams.org | 2019-01-01
A bird lands on then Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders podium as he spoke on March 25, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. Sanders spoke to a crowd of more than eleven thousand about a wide range of issues, including getting big money out of politics, his plan to make public colleges and universities tuition-free, combating climate change and ensuring universal health care. (Photo: Natalie Behring/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/birdie_sanders_2020.jpg…
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Thanks to Green New Deal Push, Progressives Have Forced Corporate Media to Put Focus on Climate Crisis
Alexa Beyer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-01
Michael Bloomberg and moderator Chuck Todd appear in a pre-taped interview on Meet the Press in Washington on 20 December. (Photo: NBC NewsWire/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/meet_the_press_climate.jpg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/01/01/thanks-green-new-deal-push-progressives-have-forced-corporate-media-put-focus?cd-origin=rss
From Me to We. My New Year's Resolution
David Korten | commondreams.org | 2019-01-01
More than 200,000 people demonstrated together in Washington, DC in 2017 for the People's Climate March. (Photo: Eman Mohammed/Survival Media Agency) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/peoples-climate_0.png…
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US And Israel Quit UNESCO, Citing 'Anti-Israel' Bias
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-01
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova expressed her disappointment in a statement to Reuters, saying "At the time when conflicts continue to tear apart societies across the world, it is deeply regrettable for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations agency promoting education for peace and protecting culture under attack." | RELATED: | Israel Rattled By UNESCO's Palestinian Protection Pledges | Israel followed its political ally in quitting the heritage agency at the stroke…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-And-Israel-Quit-UNESCO-Citing-Anti-Israel-Bias-20190101-0023.html
Noam Chomsky: The Future of Organized Human Life Is At Risk Thanks to GOP's Climate Change Denial
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-31
As the death toll from the climate change-fueled Camp Fire in California continues to rise and hundreds remain missing, we rebroadcast our conversation about climate change with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky from October. He says Republican Party leaders are dedicated to "enriching themselves and their friends" at the cost of the planet, and warns: "We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form."
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/31/noam_chomsky_the_future_of_organized
How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2018-12-30
A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond. | The post How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/30/tigerswan-infiltrator-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock/
Climate Crisis Is "Existential Threat," House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First
Kate Aronoff | theintercept.com | 2018-12-30
Rep. Nancy Pelosi in her statement deemed the climate crisis an "existential threat," but her new committee will not have the power to issue subpoenas. | The post Climate Crisis Is "Existential Threat," House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/30/climate-crisis-green-new-deal-nancy-pelosi/
Canada's Barbaric Policies Toward Native Peoples (2/2)
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-12-30
MP Niki Ashton tells Paul Jay that Canadian government policy in Indigenous communities must be premised on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the principle of respect for free, prior, and informed consent in cases of land development | The post Canada's Barbaric Policies Toward Native Peoples (2/2) appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/canadas-barbaric-policies-toward-native-peoples-2-2
Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2018-12-29
Tens of thousands of U.S. residents were displaced by climate change-fueled disasters in 2018. California saw a string of massive wildfires — from the Mendocino Complex in July, which became the state's largest wildfire on record, to the Camp fire in November, which was the deadliest. Meanwhile, Hurricane Florence, the second rainiest storm in 70 years of U.S. record-keeping, was quickly forgotten as Hurricane Michael slammed into the Gulf Coast, the third strongest ever to make landfall in the U.S. | The survivors of the disasters have resorted to camping in tents in retail parking lots, sleeping on friend…
theintercept.com/2018/12/29/climate-change-refugees/
Without Notifying Anyone, ICE Dumps Hundreds of Migrants at El Paso Bus Station Around Christmas
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-27
U.S. Customs and Border Protection have ordered medical checks on every child in its custody, following the death of two Guatemalan children in recent weeks. On Christmas Eve, an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy named Felipe Gómez Alonzo died in New Mexico while in CBP custody. This follows the death of a 7-year-old indigenous Guatemalan girl, Jakelin Caal Maquín, who died on December 8–also in New Mexico–two days after she and her father presented themselves at the border in a bid for asylum. Meanwhile, authorities in El Paso, Texas, scrambled over the Christmas holiday to assist hundreds of migrant asylum…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/27/without_notifying_anyone_ice_dumps_hundreds
How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History
Hannah Stamler | thenation.com | 2018-12-27
How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History…
thenation.com/article/curating-climate-change-princeton-natures-nation-show-review/
8-Year-Old Guatemalan Boy Dies in Border Patrol Custody Days After High Court Rejects Asylum Ban
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-26
For the second time this month, a Guatemalan child has died in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Eight-year-old Felipe Gómez Alonzo died in New Mexico on Christmas Eve, after being detained since December 18. This follows the death of a 7-year-old indigenous Guatemalan girl, Jakelin Caal Maquín, who died on December 8, two days after she and her father presented themselves at the border in a bid for asylum. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's asylum ban, which attempted to deny asylum to anyone entering the country from outside of a legal port of entry. Supreme Court Chief…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/26/8_year_old_guatemalan_boy_dies
TRNN Doesn't Have Stances, but the Reporters Do — Q&A with Paul Jay
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-12-25
Paul Jay and Dharna Noor respond to viewer comments that ask the Real News to engage with a wider variety of political opinion and question climate science | The post TRNN Doesn't Have Stances, but the Reporters Do — Q&A with Paul Jay appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/trnn-doesnt-have-stances-but-the-reporters-do-qa-with-paul-jay
2018: A Year of Climate Devastation and Resistance
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-12-25
TRNN revisits the the apocalyptic extreme weather, dire reports, and resistance to climate inaction we saw in 2018. Help us make real climate news in 2019 | The post 2018: A Year of Climate Devastation and Resistance appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/2018-a-year-of-climate-devastation-and-resistance
A "Massive Outlaw"
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2018-12-24
Interview on Single Payer, Climate Devastation, Impeachment…
zcomm.org/zvideo/a-massive-outlaw/
Willowbrook, Ill. residents call for closure of polluting Sterigenics plant
Michelle Zacarias | peoplesworld.org | 2018-12-21
CHICAGO–Controversy arose this week in Willowbrook, Ill., after the residents of Chicago's southwest suburb discovered that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has known about the cancer risk from the Willowbrook Sterigenics plant for decades. Community members are demanding accountability and the immediate closure of Sterigenics International. Demonstrators gathered around the medical supply headquarters this week …
peoplesworld.org/article/willowbrook-ill-residents-call-for-closure-of-polluting-sterigenics-plant/
'Domestic Workers Don't Have Protections Against Discrimination and Harassment' – CounterSpin interview with Mariana Viturro on Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2018-12-20
Janine Jackson interviewed Mariana Viturro about the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights for the December 14, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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ANC Deputy Julio Escalona: 'The People are Angry Because They Consider that We Aren't Doing Our Job'
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-12-20
The revolutionary's criticisms came during the passing of 2019's budget, 75% of which is destined for "social protection."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14195
How to Feel Good about the Climate in 2019
Mrill Ingram | progressive.org | 2018-12-18
Despite national schizophrenia on the issue, a growing number of Americans are on board with accepting human-caused climate change–and doing something about it.
progressive.org/dispatches/how-to-feel-good-climate-change-181218/
Maldives: New Government Should Promote Rights
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-18
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih interacts with supporters during a gathering in Malé, Maldives, September 24, 2018. | © 2018 Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo | (New York) — The Maldives' new government should make human rights protections a top priority, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih made public today. Solih, who was elected p…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/18/maldives-new-government-should-promote-rights
Climate movement attracts new generation of activists
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-10
The latter part of 2018 will be remembered for the re-emergence of climate action on the national agenda. | Independent Kerryn Phelps' win in the Wentworth byelection promising "meaningful environmental action" and Labor's subsequent adoption of a 50% renewable energy policy by 2030 has come in the midst of researcher Rebecca Huntley's findings that "climate and environmental concerns" have increasingly become "a test of leadership" for voters. | These centrist platforms, however, have been rightly superseded by the newest base of the climate movement: high school students. | Tired of the "dinosaurs in parliament…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-movement-attracts-new-generation-activists
Reviving the Nuclear Disarmament Movement: A Practical Proposal
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2018-12-08
In late November 2018, Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned public intellectual, remarked that "humanity faces two imminent existential threats: environmental catastrophe and nuclear war." Curiously, although a widespread environmental movement has developed to save the planet from accelerating climate change, no counterpart has emerged to take on the rising danger of nuclear disaster. Indeed, this danger‚Äïexemplified Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/reviving-the-nuclear-disarmament-movement-a-practical-proposal/
The fightback against Adani and Aurizon steps up
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-06
Adani CEO Lucas Dow's November 29 declaration that work on a scaled-down coalmine in Queensland's Galilee Basin would begin before Christmas was met with one of the most powerful nationwide protests against it so far as primary and high school students walking out of class the next day for the Student Strike 4 Climate Action. | A reported 20,000 students, many of them with their parents and grandparents in tow, took to the streets with a powerful message to Adani and policymakers: ignore us at your peril. | This was followed by a sit-in at Parliament House in Canberra on December 5. | Another round of #StopA…
greenleft.org.au/content/fightback-against-adani-and-aurizon-steps
Sorry To Bother You offers rich lessons in seeking radical social change
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-04
Sorry to Bother You | Written & directed by Boots Riley | In cinemas now | This review includes mild spoilers. | As an Australian living abroad, incidents of Australians being racist and/or misogynistisic that attract attention from international media outlets are frequently forwarded to me in anticipation of a seething refrain. | My response is typically motivated by a mix of rage and embarrassment, as well as a deep concern for how racial capitalism has been almost completely normalised. I am deeply concerned by the fact that not only is our social and political climate ill-equipped to address racism, i…
greenleft.org.au/content/sorry-bother-you-offers-rich-lessons-seeking-radical-social-change
NSW law will 'lead to a new stolen generation'
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-03
Another stolen generation appears certain to be created in NSW, after the Coalition government passed a new adoption law making it easier for a child to be adopted by a foster family without parental consent. | The new adoption law, Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Bill, passed on November 22 despite fierce opposition, imposes a two-year limit on fostering a child. The Children's Court now has the power to decide whether a birth parent should be rei…
greenleft.org.au/content/nsw-law-will-lead-new-stolen-generation