US: Court Puts Restrictive Louisiana Abortion Law On Hold
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-02
The State of Louisiana's "Unsafe Abortion Protection Act" (UAPA) will be put on hold, until at least Feb.7, due to a U.S. Supreme Court order issued by Justice Samuel Alito. | RELATED: | Irish Senate Approves Bill Legalizing Abortion, Women Celebrate Victory | The Republican-backed UAPA, which imposes strict regulations on abortion clinics, requires a doctor to have "admitting privileges" at a hospital within 30 miles of the facility where the abortion is to be performed. | The Cente…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Court-Puts-Restrictive-Louisiana-Abortion-Law-On-Hold-20190202-0004.html
Teachers Are Rising Up to Resist Neoliberal Attacks on Education
Henry Giroux | truthdig.com | 2019-02-02
Editor's note: This article was initially published on Truthout. | "People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster." –James Baldwin | Hannah Arendt once argued that, "Thinking itself is dangerous to all creeds, convictions, and opinions." In the current political climate, the institutions that nurture critical thinking are similarly seen as dangerous…
truthdig.com/articles/teachers-are-rising-up-to-resist-neoliberal-attacks-on-education/
Follow The Money: SF Hunters Point Shipyard Contamination & Safety Whistleblowers
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-02-02
On MLK day commemoration in San Francisco, community members from Hunters Point Shipyard/Bayview, attorneys representing community members and Tetra Tech radiation safety whistleblowers and advocates for the community talk about the cover-up of the $1 billion dollar Eco-fruad and the systemic cover-up and corruption of San Francisco political representatives.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/02/01/18820920.php
Stop Fossil Fuels! Protect the Climate! with German anti-coal group Ende Gelande
Diablo Rising Tide | indybay.org | 2019-02-02
On Friday March 8th at 630pm, join Diablo Rising Tide as we host climate | organizers with the German anti-coal direct action group Ende Gelande to | discuss their epic campaign to stop the coal mines of the Rhineland | region and protect the Hambach Forest.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/29/18820898.php
South Africa's Largest Union Protests Electricity Price Hike
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-01
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the largest single trade union in the country, has demanded the Power Purchase Agreements (PPA's) be set aside on the grounds that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) authorized the agreements without proper public consultation. | RELATED: | South Africa's SRWP Fights ANC's Privatization Agenda | NUMSA's latest statement comes after the proposals for nuclear energy were challenged by Earthlife and the South A…
telesurenglish.net/news/South-Africas-Largest-Union-NUMSA-Mobilizes-Against-Electricity-Price-Hike-20190201-0009.html
6.6 Earthquake Hits Mexico, No Reports of Injuries or Damage
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-01
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 shook southern Mexico and some Central American countries Friday but, given its great depth, no damage or casualties were reported. | The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had its epicenter 14 kilometers east-northeast of Puerto Madero, in the state of Chiapas, very close to the border with Guatemala and had a depth of 67.9 kilometers. | Witnesses from Reuters said the quake felt "prolonged, but not very intense" in some areas of Guatemala and El Salvador. | The movement was also felt in Mexico City and led some to leave their homes and places of work. Howev…
telesurenglish.net/news/6.6-Earthquake-Hits-Mexico-No-Reports-of-Injuries-or-Damage-20190201-0013.html
Pakistan and the Cultural Appropriation of Pashtun Rights Movement
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-01
Historically, from the massacres in Bangladesh in 1971 to the training and arming of Afghan jihadists during the Soviet-Afghan war throughout the 1980s and '90s, and then mounting ill-conceived military operations in Pakistan's tribal areas under American pressure, leading to … | The post Pakistan and the Cultural Appropriation of Pashtun Rights Movement appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/cultural-appropriation-pashtun-rights-movement/5667034
Climate Jobs for All
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2019-02-01
Building Block for the Green New Deal…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/climate-jobs-for-all/
BP to Support Investor Resolution on Climate, but Will Announcement Be Followed With 'Concrete, Bold Action'?
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-02-01
______________________________…
commondreams.org/newswire/2019/02/01/bp-support-investor-resolution-climate-will-announcement-be-followed-concrete?cd-origin=rss
CO2 on Track for Largest Rise in 62 Years
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-01
Around the world, atypical climate change grows increasingly threatening to all life on the planet, principally because of excessive CO2 emissions. Paradoxically, this is happening on the heels of the Paris 2015 climate accord among nations of the world. But, didn't almost all of the countries of the world pledge to cut back greenhouse gas…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/01/co2-on-track-for-largest-rise-in-62-years/
The Vanishing Wealth of Black America
Bob Lord | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-01
Want an impossible task? Try identifying the most disturbing trend in America today. Consider the choices: Climate change denial, extreme political polarization, gun violence, etc. Those are just the ones on the national radar. Here's one that isn't, but needs to be: the systematic destruction of black wealth. The reality is horrific, according to the…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/01/the-vanishing-wealth-of-black-america/
Senators Demand Federal Limits for Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water Amid Reports of 'Unconscionable' Inaction by Trump's EPA
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-02-01
In response to reports this week that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doesn't plan to impose drinking water limits on two toxic chemicals linked to various forms of cancer and other health issues, 20 senators on Friday sent a letter to acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler imploring him to craft nationwide restrictions. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/drinking_water.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/02/01/senators-demand-federal-limits-toxic-chemicals-drinking-water-amid-reports?cd-origin=rss
Senegal: Make Talibé Children a Campaign Focus
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-02-01
Talibés begging in downtown Dakar, Senegal, May 11, 2017. | © 2017 Lauren Seibert/Human Rights Watch | (Dakar) — Political parties and candidates for Senegal's February 24, 2019 presidential election should commit to ending the abuse and exploitation of talibé children, Human Rights Watch and the Platform for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (PPDH), a coalition of Senegalese rights groups, said today. | Hundreds of thousands of talibé children in Se…
hrw.org/news/2019/02/01/senegal-make-talibe-children-campaign-focus
The Polar Vortex Is Climate Disruption in Action
Shared by candice | truthout.org | 2019-02-01
At least 20 people have died and vast swaths of the US Midwest and Northeast have come to a standstill because of a frigid blast of sub-zero temperatures. Another Arctic vortex has struck. | A polar vortex is a large expanse of swirling, cold air that is usually located in the polar regions. However, during winter, and now more frequently due to human-caused climate disruption, the vortex expands and moves southward, bringing the Arctic tempe…
truthout.org/articles/the-polar-vortex-is-climate-disruption-in-action/
Cherokee Nation Welcomes Warren's Apology for 'Confusion' and 'Harm' Caused by DNA Test Rollout
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-02-01
"We are encouraged by her action and hope that the slurs and mockery of tribal citizens and Indian history and heritage will now come to an end," says Cherokee Nation spokesperson | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/warren_9.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/02/01/cherokee-nation-welcomes-warrens-apology-confusion-and-harm-caused-dna-test-rollout?cd-origin=rss
European Colonizers' Genocide of 56 Million Native Americans So Devastating "It Literally Cooled the Planet"
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-02-01
Centuries before humans began releasing tens of billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere with the growth of manufacturing, big agriculture, and fossil fuel extraction that came out of the Industrial Revolution, European colonizers had an earlier effect on the Earth's climate as they swept through the Americas, killing 90 percent of the indigenous population in the region. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-02-01_at_10.53.48_am.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/02/01/european-colonizers-genocide-56-million-native-americans-so-devastating-it-literally?cd-origin=rss
With 'Nothing Less Than Fate of the Internet' at Stake, Federal Court Told Why FCC's Attack on Net Neutrality So Dangerous
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-02-01
Advocates of net neutrality had their eyes on a federal court on Friday, where the showdown over the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) repeal of the Obama-era open internet protections continued. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/feb-1-appeals-court-net-neutrality.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/02/01/nothing-less-fate-internet-stake-federal-court-told-why-fccs-attack-net-neutrality?cd-origin=rss
"Frosty the Slowman": Climate Scientists Reveling in This Daily Show Segment Ripping Trump's Stupidity
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-02-01
Climate scientists gave a round of applause Thursday night to a segment on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" that quickly—and with an appropriate level of frustration—showed the ignorance of President Donald Trump's continued confusion over the difference between climate and weather. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/frosty-slowman.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/02/01/frosty-slowman-climate-scientists-reveling-daily-show-segment-ripping-trumps?cd-origin=rss
Five new books for ecosocialists
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2019-02-01
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus takes a look at five new books for an ecosocialists' bookshelf. Inclusion does not necessarily imply endorsement or agreement with a book's contents. | *** | Dust Bowls Of Empire: Imperialism, Environmental Politics, & the Injustice of 'Green' Capitalism | By Hannah Holleman | Yale University Press, 2018 | A clear and insightful analysis of the role of capitalism and colonialism in causing the US Dust Bowl of the 1930s and destroying farmland ar…
greenleft.org.au/content/five-new-books-ecosocialists-1
Brazil's Indigenous People March Against Bolsonaro's Policies
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-31
Several Indigenous organizations from across Brazil protested Thursday against the environmental policies promoted by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that are threatening their territories and lifestyles. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro To Sell Brazil's Image to Investors at Davos 2019 | Demonstrators in towns, cities and remote villages rejected Bolsonaro's strategy to strip the National Foundation of the Indigenous (FUNAI) of its traditional responsibility to demarcate indigenous terri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazils-Indigenous-People-March-Against-Bolsonaros-Policies-20190131-0030.html
What Breastfeeding Has to Do With Economic Security
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-31
A recent study from the Center for WorkLife Law reveals the heavy toll of breastfeeding discrimination and the pressing need for more protections. | The discrimination began almost immediately after Barbara, an emergency room nurse, returned from maternity leave. Like most breastfeeding parents, Barbara needed to pump regularly to keep up her milk supply and prevent infection. But while her co-workers got smoke breaks, Barbara wasn't allowed to take time to pump, leaving her in pain: "I'd feel like my breasts [were] bursting," she said. | When she did get breaks, Barbara found herself expressing breast milk for h…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/pregnancy-and-parenting-discrimination/what-breastfeeding-has-do-economic
Catholic Bishop in Kentucky: Trump agenda is anti-life and immoral
Henry Millstein | peoplesworld.org | 2019-01-31
In the midst of controversy over videos showing young men from a Catholic high school in Kentucky harassing a Native American in Washington, D.C., the Catholic Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, John Stowe, issued a remarkable op-ed in the Lexington Herald-Leader condemning President Trump's racist and anti-immigrant agenda as a violation of Catholic moral principles. The …
peoplesworld.org/article/catholic-bishop-in-kentucky-trump-agenda-is-anti-life-and-immoral/
Scrap Australia Day, acknowledge the past and fight for the future
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-01-31
Celebrating January 26 is a state-sanctioned exercise that rubs salt into the wounds of Indigenous Australia. It proclaims, "You lost, we won. Know your place." | But the desire for an honest conversation about modern Australia's origins in the violent and ongoing dispossession of Indigenous people is not going away. | Across the country Invasion Day marches were both bigger than ever, and took place in many more places. More local governments have dropped their January 26 activities and finally the ABC allowed Triple J to shift its Hottest 100. | The mood for change is gathering momentum — and it'..
greenleft.org.au/content/scrap-australia-day-acknowledge-past-and-fight-future
Americans' Concern About Climate Change Surging to Record Levels
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-01-31
Dr. John Kotcher of George Mason University discusses a new poll about climate change and says improvements in media coverage have helped spur the public's concern about the issue | The post Americans' Concern About Climate Change Surging to Record Levels appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/americans-concern-about-climate-change-surging-to-record-levels
Allan Nairn: Trump's Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams Is a War Criminal Who Has Abetted Genocide
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-30
In an ongoing effort to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Vice President Mike Pence met with members of the Venezuelan opposition at the White House Tuesday alongside Trump's new special envoy to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams. Elliott Abrams is a right-wing hawk who was convicted in 1991 for lying to Congress during the Iran-Contra scandal, but he was later pardoned by President George H.W. Bush. Abrams defended Guatemalan dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt as he oversaw a campaign of mass murder and torture of indigenous people in Guatemala in the 1980s. Ríos Montt was later convicted of genocide. Abrams w…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/30/allan_nairn_trump_s_venezuela_envoy
'I have faith in our generation'
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-01-30
The last few Thursdays, Brussels' streets have been flooded with students who skip school to march for climate justice. The third march, held 24 January, attracted 32,000 people. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/01/30/i-have-faith-in-our-generation/
How Police, Private Security, and Energy Companies Are Preparing for a New Pipeline Standoff
Will Parrish | theintercept.com | 2019-01-30
Law enforcement has been monitoring opposition to Enbridge Line 3 and seeking guidance from officials who led the militarized response at Standing Rock. | The post How Police, Private Security, and Energy Companies Are Preparing for a New Pipeline Standoff appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2019/01/30/enbridge-line-3-pipeline-minnesota/
Another County Just Banned New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-01-30
Climate justice advocate Anthony Rogers-Wright explains why a growing number of jurisdictions are saying no more fossil fuel extractions | The post Another County Just Banned New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/another-county-just-banned-new-fossil-fuel-infrastructure