2022-02-14: News Headlines

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-14). Attacks on Democracy in the United States. transcend.org 11 Feb 2022 – The worst crime of the Republican Party is obstruction of action to prevent catastrophic climate change, which Donald Trump called "a hoax" pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement. Trump's party continues to echo his denialism and his obstruction of climate action.

350.org, Stop the Money Pipeline Coalition (2022-02-14). Thursday 2/24: Building a Fossil Free Federal Reserve: The Movement to Stop Funding the Climate Crisis. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Janet Parker (2022-02-14). Socialists announce WA candidates. greenleft.org.au Climate activists Petrina Harley and Alex Salmon will run for the Socialist Alliance in the WA Senate while Sam Wainwright will run in the House of Representatives seat of Fremantle. Janet Parker reports.

Staff (2022-02-14). Climate & Punishment: How Incarcerated People Face Increasing Threat of Fires, Floods & Extreme Heat. democracynow.org A damning new investigation by The Intercept details the climate risks facing incarcerated people in more than 6,500 detention facilities across the country, including wildfires, floods and extreme heat. We feature a 10-minute video report that includes the stories of people behind bars and their families who are fighting for justice, and speak with reporter Alleen Brown, who says the climate crisis, coupled with the deterioration of detention facilities, places the U.S. mass incarceration system at a "crossroads" between being reinvested in or defunded. The report also includes a new database, which…

_____ (2022-02-13). 'Politics As Usual' Will Never Be A Solution To The Current Climate Threat. popularresistance.org There is an ever-growing consensus that the climate crisis represents humanity's greatest problem. Indeed, global warming is more than an environmental crisis — there are social, political, ethical and economic dimensions to it. Even the role of science should be exposed to critical inquiry when discussing the dimensions of the climate crisis, considering that technology bears such responsibility for bringing us to the brink of global disaster. This is the theme of my interview with renowned scholar Richard Falk. | For decades, Richard Falk has made immense contributions in the areas of international affair…

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