(2020-09-06). How the Middle Half Lives. dissidentvoice.org 
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! — William Wordsworth, "The World Is Too Much With Us", 1807 To Hell with the Middle Class! Oh, wait. They're …
(2020-09-06). Police arrest more than 600 as protesters make clear climate change isn't going away. thecanary.co 
More than 600 people have been arrested during five days of climate change protests in central London, police have said.Back on the agenda: Environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion (XR) reignited its efforts to highlight the dangers of climate change this month after they were largely placed on hold by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
(2020-09-06). Ministers looking into clampdown on XR and beefed-up police powers after press blockade protest. thecanary.co 
Ministers are mulling new protections for "tenets of democracy" such as courts and the press after an environmental protest prevented UK newspapers from reaching the stands. | Some newsagents' shelves were left empty on the morning of Saturday 5 September after Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, blocking the day's papers from leaving the depots. | Dear Newsagents, we are sorry for disruption caused to your business this morning. Dear Mr. Murdoch, we are absolutely not sorry for continuing to disrupt your agenda this…
(2020-09-06). Stories From The Rebellion. zcomm.org The right wing media is a barrier to the truth, failing to reflect the scale and urgency of the crisis and hold governments to account…
(2020-09-06). Can U.S. Democracy Be Fixed? indybay.org To distract and divert, scapegoating becomes a core tactic of these moves away from democratic cohesion. In a world of inequalities and global warming, there has arisen a frightening receptivity to blaming the stranger or the other for the unfairness being experienced in the forms of inequality, economic displacement, and erosions of national identity.
(2020-09-06). While XR disrupts the 'free press', the Tories are attacking independent media. thecanary.co As Extinction Rebellion (XR) shut down the print versions of major UK newspapers, an actual attack on the free press was taking place. It's one which shows that the Tory government's creeping authoritarianism is still alive and kicking — and growing more concerning by the day. | XR: shutting down the corporate press: | The Canary
(2020-09-06). Trump Admin's Small Business Bailout Has Been Plagued by Waste, Fraud and Abuse. truthout.org This article was produced by In several cases that have received heavy press attention, small business owners who said they needed money from the government to stay afloat during the economic downturn ha…
(2020-09-06). California's Giant Smoke Plumes and Record Heatwaves Signal Climate Emergency. truthout.org Smoke plumes rising tens of thousands of feet into the air over California could be seen from outer-space overnight and into Sunday as massive wildfires that touched off this weekend amid a statewide heatwave triggered dramatic rescue efforts for hundreds of people trapped in a U.S. national forest and fresh warnings of a "climate emergency" unfolding in real time. | The fast-moving "Creek Fire" in the Sierra National Forest — which has burned at least 36,000 acres and reported as 0% co…
(2020-09-06). 50,000-Foot Smoke Plumes and Record-Shattering Heatwave as Climate Emergency Grips California. commondreams.org Timelapse footage from space showing Saturday's explosion of California wildfires led one meteorologist to declare: "It cannot be overstated how terrifying this satellite image is." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/smoke_plumes.jpg …
(2020-09-05). The Heat: Global food security. america.cgtn.com 
President Xi tells the Chinese people to clean their plates in an effort to reduce food waste. Plus, we take a look at how India and countries in Africa are dealing with threats to food security.
(2020-09-05). Activists protest against press's 'failure to report on the climate & ecological emergency'. thecanary.co 
More than 100 Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters used vehicles and bamboo lock-ons to block roads outside the Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool on Friday 4 September.By Saturday morning, police said some 30 people had been arrested.Failings: Under a banner reading "Free the truth", XR tweeted that it was using the disruption to expose the newspapers' "failure to report on the climate & ecological emergency, and their consistent manipulation of truth to suit their own agendas". The group said: Coverage in many of the newspapers printed here is polluting…
(2020-09-05). Springfield Says "No" To Biomass Power Plant. popularresistance.org Springfield, MA – More than 75 people gathered on the steps of City Hall on Thursday calling for an end to a long-proposed biomass project in East Springfield, saying it is a threat to public health and an environmental hazard. | Some of those speaking used he phrase "we can't breathe" in expressing their strong opposition to the wood-to-energy plant proposed by Palmer Renewable Energy LLC at 1000 Page Blvd. | Verne McArthur, of the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition, led the activists and residents in chants against the biomass project, including, "We will, we will, block you, block you."
(2020-09-05). Non-Violent Direct Action — Method or Madness? zcomm.org Non-Violent Direct Action has worked at points throughout history but does that mean it can work for Extinction Rebellion now?>
(2020-09-05). 'We Need a Free Press But Do Not Have It': UK Climate Campaigners Defend Blockade of Murdoch's Destructive Media Empire. commondreams.org The real story, according to Extinction Rebellion UK, is that humanity is facing "an emergency of unprecedented scale and the papers we have targeted are not reflecting the scale and urgency of what is happening to our planet." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/5_crooks_control_our_news.jpg …
(2020-09-04). Fracking Company Has Made It Rain Toxic Water Upon New Mexico Without Penalty. zcomm.org New Mexico is faced with this fundamental issue: Does it fill its coffers with blood money, sacrificing the health of its people in order to reap funding from the oil and gas industry? Or does it hold accountable an entire industry that is poisoning its people and the Land of Enchantment?>
(2020-09-04). By a thousand cuts, Trump trying to exterminate unions. peoplesworld.org 
The author is president of the United Steelworkers. When Dan Hoskins tried to organize colleagues at an Oregon plant last year, vindictive managers marched him past as many workers as possible en route to a disciplinary meeting in the human resources office. The company wanted to create a climate of fear, Hoskins recalled, not only …
(2020-09-04). Fresh drone VIDEO shows Beirut resembling Moon's surface one month after huge blast left 1,000s dead and injured. rt.com 
New drone footage captured by RT's video agency Ruptly reveals the devastation at ground zero in Beirut's port in detail, one month after the massive explosion which shook the Lebanese capital. | The video shows the port, where the now-infamous warehouse full of improperly stored explosives used to sit. The whole area was essentially flattened by the blast. No building was left standing, apart from massive grain silos that managed to withstand the explosion and even shielded part of the city. | Ground zero looks like a barren wasteland marked with the shells of buildings, buried under fragments of former wa…
(2020-09-04). Environmental Justice for All. dissidentvoice.org Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, and Part X. We are all victims of a deteriorating environment and rapid climate change that spares no one from its effects. Already, tens of millions of people have been turned into climate refugees while hundreds …
(2020-09-04). Fracking Company Made It Rain Toxic Water Upon New Mexico. popularresistance.org Penny Aucoin, her husband Carl Dee George, their son Gideon and their daughter Skyler have had their lives devastated by the fracking industry. | There was no oil and gas infrastructure where they lived when they moved to Carlsbad, New Mexico. But six years ago, during a massive expansion of drilling across the Permian Basin that spans West Texas and southeastern New Mexico — one of the most prolific oil and gas basins in the United States — the drilling began. | It was so loud they had to provide hearing protection for Skyler. Then when the flaring commenced, dead birds began literally falling out of…
(2020-09-04). Global Warming Could Make Viruses More Lethal, Study. telesurenglish.net Switzerland's Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology on Friday said that global warming could make viruses more lethal and harder to control. The American Chemical Society's Environmental Science and Technology journal published the study. | RELATED: | "This implies that microbial water quality may be worse in warm regions, and the health risks posed by viruses will be greater," said environmental chemistry prof…
(2020-09-04). A False Flag Is Biden's Only Chance to Win. strategic-culture.org The Black Revolution is in full swing in the U.S. Over the next sixty days we will be treated to the greatest political show on Earth as the Democrats and their handlers in The Davos Crowd pursue the biggest lie since Climate Change. | The events of 2020 are lining up for a climax to this story that ends with only one outcome, a contested election which fuels a coup attempt after the election results come in on November 3rd. | And because of this now obvious plan, setting up a false flag around the election is the most likely means to produce election results close enough to support this course of action. | I'm n…
(2020-09-03). Ministers under pressure to drop plans to hand ex-Australian PM Abbott trade job. thecanary.co 
Ministers are under mounting pressure to drop plans to hand a senior trade role to former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott amid allegations of homophobia and misogyny. Downing Street insists no decision has been made but Abbott is in talks to become joint president of the relaunched Board of Trade. | "Threatened": | Critics have raised numerous concerns, including over his climate change scepticism and belief that coronavirus restrictions should be lifted. | He has previously said that he feels "a bit threatened" by homosexuality, opposed same-sex marriage, and was accused of misogyny by fellow forme…
(2020-09-03). Connecting Beyond The Height Of Emergency. popularresistance.org Three months ago, protests in Minneapolis gave way to a national uprising. Ushering in a new focus on racial justice, the uprisings have challenged the way people relate to one another and how some talk about community safety. Coupled with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, the uprisings have forced people to rethink how to protect their communities through strengthening their bonds with one another. | Mutual aid groups and block-level community defense are two ways people shifted beyond traditional American individualism. A climate organizer with TakeAction Minnesota, Magdalena Kaluza said that in the midst of…
(2020-09-03). Make COVID recovery 'a true turning point' for people and planet, Guterres urges, calling for concerted action by G20. news.un.org UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on governments to incorporate "meaningful" climate action in all aspects of recovery from the global pandemic.
(2020-09-03). Boats, Bills and and Boris the Bank Engine. zcomm.org As I get older, I fall more and more in love with all the facets of being alive here on Earth. I grieve for the hollowness of what we are told is a happy existence as human beings…
(2020-09-03). What 2020 Politicians and Pundits Get Wrong About Fracking. commondreams.org "The reality is that neither candidate nor their respective parties support a ban on fracking, even though that position happens to be supported by rank and file Democrats," writes Jones. (Photo: Food & Water Watch/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ban_fracking-2.jpg …
(2020-09-03). A Message to Senate Democrats: Tribal Lands Are Not Carbon Dumping Grounds. commondreams.org Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca Councilwoman, Ponca Nation of Oklahoma, speaking outside the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit in California. (Photo: Christopher D. Cook) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/carbon_0.jpeg …
(2020-09-03). Portuguese Youth File 'Unprecedented' Climate Lawsuit Against 33 European Countries. commondreams.org "I am very afraid for my future," said one plaintiff, "with so little time to stop this situation, we have to do everything in our power to compel governments to protect us." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/fire_5.jpg …
(2020-09-02). Green New Deal Champion Ed Markey Defeats Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts. truthout.org Bolstered by an energized climate movement, small-dollar donors, and support from prominent progressive lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Green New Deal champion Sen. Ed Markey on Tuesday fended off a Democratic primary challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy III, whose name recognition and late
(2020-09-02). The Sitting President Has No Climate Plan. Why Isn't That Headline News? commondreams.org A view of the damage around the site aftermath of the Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States on August 30, 2020. (Photo: Dave Creaney/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/hurricanelaura.jpg …
