(2020-03-19). The DNC Declaration of Dependence: Death, Shackles, and Misery. counterpunch.org We are in trouble in this year of 2020, when global warming is causing ethnic strife and the break-up of states into warring chiefdoms; when there is an intensified nuclear arms race between the United States, China, and Russia; and when India, Pakistan, and North Korea may now also be stockpiling nukes. The expert on
(2020-03-19). We Need The Community & Longshore Workers ILWU10 Trent Willlis. indybay.org Trent Willis, ILWU Local 10 president reported from the docks next to the Grand Princess about the attempted dangerous removal of contaminated waste from the Grand Princess on the docks and through Oakland and the East Bay Community…
(2020-03-19). The Dictionary Hasn't Caught Up With the Climate Crisis. thenation.com The Dictionary Hasn't Caught Up With the Climate Crisis…
(2020-03-18). Can coronavirus teach us the value of a democratic economy? peoplesworld.org 
Wise people always remind us to never let a good crisis go to waste. Wise people with evil inclinations have, of course, taken this sage advice to heart, often exploiting crises, sometimes even arguably manufacturing them, in order to achieve nefarious ends. Naomi Klein, for example, in her 2007 book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise …
(2020-03-18). The IPCC's Worst Case Scenario. counterpunch.org A recent landmark study of massive ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland fulfills the "worst case" prognosis, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It's a nightmare come true, as the impact of global warming on the planet's most significant/biggest masses of ice multiplied six-fold in only 30 years. It wasn't supposed
(2020-03-18). We Are Facing Economic Collapse on Top of a Pandemic. What We Do Now Matters. truthout.org As the COVID-19 virus spreads, the U.S. economy has begun to crumble like a house of cards. | The sudden collapse of the economy is revealing how the "great economy" that Donald Trump has been boasting about on Twitter for the past three years was in fact a mirage caused by wild Wall Street rallies, and boosted by Trump's massive tax cuts and deregulatory efforts, which rolled back all kinds of environmental standards with total disregard for the impact on public health and the climate crisis.
(2020-03-18). Global Green New Deal Supporters Urge World Leaders to Learn From Coronavirus to Tackle Climate Crisis. commondreams.org A burgeoning chorus of climate campaigners and experts is urging political leaders to learn from how governments handle the coronavirus outbreak and, as the pandemic subsides, to seize the opportunity to both revive the world's economy and battle the climate emergency by implementing a global Green New Deal. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/ca_gnd_0.jpg …
(2020-03-17). "A Seller's Market for Bankruptcy Talent:" The Beginning of the End of Methane-Producing Fracking? truthdig.com Many energy firms involved with fracking are deeply in debt. Is the end of the industry in sight?
(2020-03-17). Drilling for Oil: A Global Problem on Our Doorstep. dissidentvoice.org These days, local is global. Dorset is a small rural county on England's south coast. That doesn't mean that its inhabitants aren't worried about climate change. They are. Very. Unfortunately, Dorset Councillors are more concerned about following government policies, policies that back using public money to invest in climate-damaging projects. 'Global' doesn't do 'local'. Global …
(2020-03-16). "Something Is Wrong in America": Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Michael Eric Dyson Debate Sanders v Biden. democracynow.org 
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…
(2020-03-12). Bernie Sanders: We Are Winning "Ideological" & "Generational" Debate, Now Need to Win "Electability" democracynow.org 
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…
(2020-03-02). Could the climate crisis be "The Good News of Damnation"? zcomm.org 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…
(2020-02-21). Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity. fair.org 
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.
(2019-11-07). Take Action — Some actual, SANE legislation. peaceaction.org Trump has plans to spend nearly $2 TRILLION over the next 30 years on unneeded and unnecessary nuclear weapons and delivery systems. This makes no sense. This is insane. That's nearly $100 million wasted every day for thirty years on weapons we are supposed to be getting rid of. To put that amount in perspective, …