Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon
Global Witness | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Preserving tropical rainforests is critical to help stop climate breakdown and to safeguard the rights of the local communities and indigenous peoples who depend on and defend them. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief the importance of …
globalresearch.ca/beef-banks-brazilian-amazon/5731672

Wednesday 12/9: National Digital Rally to #StopLine3 w/ Indigenous Frontline Water Protectors & More
Stop the Money Pipeline & partners | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online rally against pipelines & dirty fossil fuels…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838842.php

Elections And The Path To Socialism In Venezuela
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-09
On December 6, Venezuelans elected a new National Assembly with a left political majority. This election, which was well-run and legitimate despite what the imperialist media and countries say, reconstitutes the Venezuelan parliamentary body with participation from both the ruling and opposition parties. It marks the end of an era during which the National Assembly was a tool of the right wing agenda and US regime change efforts. To facilitate understanding of the current election and political climate in Venezuela, Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Paul Dobson of Venezulanalysis…
popularresistance.org/elections-and-the-path-to-socialism-in-venezuela/

John Kerry's Think Tank Calls for War With Russia Over Climate Change
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-09
Recently-appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has announced his intention of dealing with the pressing issue of global warming as a national security concern. "America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is," the 76-year-old former Secretary of State wrote. "I am proud to partner with the President-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to take on this crisis." | The announcement drew praise from many prof…
mintpressnews.com/john-kerry-think-tank-calls-for-war-with-russia-over-climate-change/273480/

"I Told You So. You Damned Fools": 75 Years of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
Leafing — or in this case scrolling through — the commemorative issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists after 75 years of publication is a tingling exercise of existence. The subject matter pushes you to the edge. You threaten to fall off. Death is promised; extinction contemplated. Nuclear holocaust. Your sanity is called into …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/i-told-you-so-you-damned-fools-75-years-of-the-bulletin-of-the-atomic-scientists/

Record breaking heat in November: What can we do about the climate crisis?
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-09
"By demonstrating to others that there is hope for our survival, humanity has a future to fight for."
liberationnews.org/record-breaking-heat-in-november-what-can-we-do-about-the-climate-crisis/

Venezuela: New Parliament Needs To Solve a Way Out To Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-09
Over 6 million 200 thousand voters headed to the polls in Venezuela's parliamentary elections that took place under a climate of normality and total transparency as reported by international observers on December 6. | RELATED: | Venezuela: Constituent Assembly Will Cease Functions This Month | With 98.63 percent of the electoral records transmitted by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Monday, the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) coalition secured a majority in the new Parliame…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-New-Parliament-Needs-To-Solve-a-Way-Out-To-Sanctions-20201209-0002.html

Wednesday 12/9: The Climate Convergence: Uniting For Victory in 2021 Symposium (Day 1)
ClimateCrisisPolicy | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online symposium (free or donation)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838835.php

'Green recovery' from COVID-19 can slow climate change: UN environment report
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
Despite a brief dip in global carbon dioxide emissions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the planet is still heading for a global temperature rise in excess of 3 degrees Celsius this century, a new United Nations report has revealed.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079602

Thursday 12/10: The Climate Convergence: Uniting For Victory in 2021 Symposium (Day 2)
ClimateCrisisPolicy | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online symposium (free or donation)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838837.php

Want to fight climate change? Start by protecting these endangered species
Rock Kistner | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-09
Giant forest elephants and blue whales play an enormous role in climate sequestration. Can putting a financial value on that role help conserve them–and us?>…
nationofchange.org/2020/12/09/want-to-fight-climate-change-start-by-protecting-these-endangered-species/

Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-08
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/stuck-in-a-lift-with-john-pilger-news-and-how-to-use-it-by-alan-rusbridger/

Action for Change Starts in Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-08