Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today's Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2020-03-16
There is an exact analogy between Trump's treatment of Covid-19 and his treatment of the climate emergency.
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"Something Is Wrong in America": Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Michael Eric Dyson Debate Sanders v Biden
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-16
Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off in their first one-on-one debate Sunday night in the midst of an unprecedented national crisis, with 3,600 reported COVID-19 cases, 61 deaths so far, 33 states closing schools and mass shutdowns in major cities. The rivals clashed on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, Medicare for All, the climate crisis, Joe Biden's record and whether or not the U.S. needs a revolution. We play highlights from the debate and get responses from scholars Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Michael Eric Dyson. Taylor is assistant professor of African-America…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/16/keeanga_yamahtta_taylor_michael_eric_dyson
"Something Is Wrong in America": Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Michael Eric Dyson Debate Sanders v Biden
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-16
Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off in their first one-on-one debate Sunday night in the midst of an unprecedented national crisis, with 3,600 reported COVID-19 cases, 61 deaths so far, 33 states closing schools and mass shutdowns in major cities. The rivals clashed on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, Medicare for All, the climate crisis, Joe Biden's record and whether or not the U.S. needs a revolution. We play highlights from the debate and get responses from scholars Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Michael Eric Dyson. Taylor is assistant professor of African-America…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/16/keeanga_yamahtta_taylor_michael_eric_dyson
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Michael Eric Dyson Debate Sanders vs. Biden
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off in their first one-on-one debate Sunday night in the midst of an unprecedented national crisis, with 3,600 reported COVID-19 cases, 61 deaths so far, 33 states closing schools and mass shutdowns in major cities. The rivals clashed on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, Medicare for All, the climate crisis, Joe Biden's record and whether or not the U.S. needs a revolution. We play highlights from the debate and get respon…
truthout.org/video/keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-and-michael-eric-dyson-debate-sanders-vs-biden/
ILWU10 & 34 Victory Halting Grand Princess Waste Removal Contaminating Workers/Community
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-03-16
ILWU Local 10 & 34 joined with community & labor groups. to. demand a halt to the unloading contaminated COVID-19 waste from the Grand Princess onto the port. Their action stopped the company.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/15/18831561.php
Dependency, Distress and No Durable Agronomic Benefits: The Story of Bt Cotton in India
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
In the early 2000s, genetically modified (GM) Bt insecticidal cotton was being heavily promoted in India on the basis that it would cut pesticide use dramatically, boost yields and contribute to the financial well-being of farmers. Private sector Bt cotton hybrids now cover over 90% of the area under cotton. Supporters of Bt cotton have wasted…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/16/dependency-distress-and-no-durable-agronomic-benefits-the-story-of-bt-cotton-in-india/
The Coronavirus Pandemic Proves That We Can Overcome the Climate Crisis–If We Want To
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-15
The response to the coronavirus pandemic reveals that it's possible to significantly reduce emissions that cause air pollution and climate change.
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I Committed Civil Disobedience by Blocking Oil Trains in Portland, Oregon — and Won
Jan Zuckerman | commondreams.org | 2020-03-15
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The Coronavirus Pandemic Proves That We Can Overcome the Climate Crisis–If We Want To
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-15
The response to the coronavirus pandemic reveals that it's possible to significantly reduce emissions that cause air pollution and climate change.
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Trump Minimizing and Sugarcoating Coronavirus Perils; Bernie Must Continue Campaign
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-03-14
Sanders Says Coronavirus A Red Flag for Current Dysfunctional and Wasteful Healthcare System: 'We are only as safe as the least insured person in America.' The Hotel Vermont, March 11, 2020 in Burlington, Vermont. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_sanders_coronavirus.jpg …
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Dependency, Distress and No Durable Agronomic Benefits: The Story of Bt Cotton in India
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-13
In the early 2000s, genetically modified (GM) Bt insecticidal cotton was being heavily promoted in India on the basis that it would cut pesticide use dramatically, boost yields and contribute to the financial well-being of farmers. Private sector Bt cotton hybrids now cover over 90% of the area under cotton. Supporters of Bt cotton have wasted …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/dependency-distress-and-no-durable-agronomic-benefits-the-story-of-bt-cotton-in-india/
People's World can't exist without you
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-13
Dear People's World readers, We live in uncertain and frightening times. In addition to the global peril posed by the climate crisis, humanity faces an immediate coronavirus pandemic and what looks like a global economic crisis. As a People's World reader, you value the truth and a radical, working-class perspective to get you through the …
peoplesworld.org/article/peoples-world-cant-exist-without-you/
Bernie Sanders: We Are Winning "Ideological" & "Generational" Debate, Now Need to Win "Electability"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-12
After a disappointing showing in Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primaries, Senator Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he will stay in the race. In his address from Burlington, Vermont, Sanders challenged his rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, to address key issues like economic inequality, healthcare access and the climate crisis. Sanders is set to debate Biden this Sunday in Arizona. "It is not just the ideological debate that our progressive movement is winning. We are winning the generational debate," Sanders said. "While Joe Biden continues to do very well with older Americans, especially those peopl…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/12/bernie_sanders
Climate change: educating students to fight the crisis
news.un.org | 2020-03-11
With the latest UN climate report containing worrying evidence that climate change is having a major effect on all aspects of the environment, how can teachers help children and adults to sort through the growing mass of information, avoid being overwhelmed, and come to an understanding of the challenges, and potential solutions, to what the UN Secretary-General has called "an existential crisis"?>…
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Rebels continue disruptions
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-05
Climate crisis Zebedee ParkesIssue 1256 Australia Extinction Rebellion climate emergencyMarch 5, 2020Extinction Rebellion activists are continuing to cause disruption around Australia.
greenleft.org.au/content/rebels-continue-disruptions
The case for ecosocialism
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-05
Socialism Peter Boyle Pip HinmanIssue 1256 Australia ecosocialism climate crisisMarch 5, 2020If there is one thing the recent unprec…
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Could the climate crisis be "The Good News of Damnation"?
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-03-02
There really is no other solution to the onrushing climate catastrophe than for people and nations to forget their tribal animosities and start behaving as part of a world society…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/could-the-climate-crisis-be-the-good-news-of-damnation/
Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-02-21
There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causing present and future harms, make them more often part of the problem than the solution.
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