_____(2022-04-25). To Save The Planet, We Must End Instruments Of Corporate Power.popularresistance.orgOn April 10, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted in what is believed to be a US-backed soft coup. One of the likely reasons for the coup is that Khan was taking action to end excessive corporate power bestowed by bilateral trade agreements. Clearing the FOG speaks with Manuel Perez Rocha of the Institute for Policy Studies about Khan and how trade agreements function to force countries into allowing corporations to exploit their workers and devastate their environment. Perez Rocha explains why ending corporate abuse is essential to addressing the climate crisis and how trade could be structured to uph…
_____(2022-04-25). Wynn Alan Bruce: Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself On Fire.popularresistance.orgA climate activist has died 24 hours after setting himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. | Colorado photojournalist Wynn Alan Bruce, 50, suffered critical injuries in the incident at 6.30pm Friday on a plaza in front of the court. He was airlifted to hospital, where he died Saturday. | Capitol Police, Supreme Court police, and DC police all responded to the incident. | "A medical helicopter just landed near the Capitol for a medical emergency. This is not a public safety issue," Capitol Police tweeted. | Mr Bruce ran a portrait photo studio in Boulder, and his social media account was fi…
Antonio C.S. Rosa(2022-04-25). The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods: False Solutions That Endanger Our Health and Damage the Planet.transcend.orgMar 2022 – How can we heal our relationship with food in the age of artificial food? Its advocates are reiterating the old and failed rhetoric that industrial agriculture is essential to feed the world. Real, nutrient-rich food is gradually disappearing, while the dominant industrial agricultural model is causing an increase in chronic diseases and exacerbating climate change.
Antonio C.S. Rosa(2022-04-25). The US Military Is Driving Environmental Collapse across the Planet.transcend.org24 Apr 2022 – The U.S. military emits more carbon than 140 countries combined, fueling climate change and environmental degradation. Below we examine five ways in which the Pentagon is destroying the environment.
Mark Gruenberg(2022-04-25). Climate activists to Biden: Stop stalling, attack climate change.peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Unionists and climate activists are sending a blunt message to Democratic President Joe Biden and the Democratic-run Congress: Stop stalling and attack climate change, now. One typical and succinct hand-crafted sign at the march in front of the White House: The warning "There is no Planet B," with the "o" replaced by a globe. And, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-25). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ask the Mayo Mom / Climate change and global childhood health.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgFrom allergies and asthma to infectious diseases and even malnutrition, the indirect effects of climate change are taking a toll on our most valuable resource, kids! On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Ask the Mayo Mom host Dr. Angela Mattke, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician, is joined by Dr. Molly Herr, a pediatric anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic Children's Center to discuss climate change and its effects on children's health. In addition to her clinical care for children, Dr. Herr…
Center for Biological Diversity(2022-04-25). Biden Launches Process for Protecting Mature, Old-Growth Forests on Federal Lands.indybay.orgSEATTLE, April 22, 2022 — President Joe Biden will issue an executive order today that directs federal agencies to conduct an inventory of mature and old-growth forests on America's federal lands so that policies can be adopted to protect them. The administration framed the move as a key strategy to store carbon and address climate change.
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). NATO chieftain to attend 20/40-nation meeting on Ukraine in Germany.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNATOApril 25, 2022 The NATO Secretary General attends US-hosted meeting on Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend a meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 26 April 2022. The meeting is hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and will focus on the …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Constitution's pledge of NATO membership won't change: Ukrainian parliament chief.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comUkrainian News AgencyApril 25, 2022 Stefanchuk Assures Constitution Will Not Be Amended Regarding Ukraine's NATO Membership Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk is confident that parliament will not amend the Constitution regarding the course towards full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). *** According to Stefanchuk, the relevant security guarantees of Ukraine should fundamentally …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Pentagon: U.S. to provide more Stingers, Javelins, other arms to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comInterfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 USA preparing to send Stinger, Javelin, other equipment to Ukraine — US Department of Defense The United States is preparing to send Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to Ukraine in April, the U.S. Department of Defense has said. "Our US Air Force Airmen prepare supply crates containing …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). No stranger to NATO wars: CV on new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comOn Brink's work in Georgia a decade ago see this. Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White House Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White HouseU.S. President Joseph Biden intends to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. *** Bridget A. …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). U.S. governors ready National Guard armored vehicles for Ukraine war.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comThe HillApril 24, 2022 State National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine Multiple governors announced this week that their state National Guards would be sending armored vehicles to Ukraine in response to a request from the Pentagon. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced this week that their …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Ukraine: We had no intention of offending the friendly people of Japan.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKyodo NewsApril 25, 2022 Ukraine apologizes for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video The Ukrainian government has apologized over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism. "We had no intention to offend the …
Antonio C.S. Rosa(2022-04-25). The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods: False Solutions That Endanger Our Health and Damage the Planet.transcend.orgMar 2022 – How can we heal our relationship with food in the age of artificial food? Its advocates are reiterating the old and failed rhetoric that industrial agriculture is essential to feed the world. Real, nutrient-rich food is gradually disappearing, while the dominant industrial agricultural model is causing an increase in chronic diseases and exacerbating climate change.
Center for Biological Diversity(2022-04-25). Biden Launches Process for Protecting Mature, Old-Growth Forests on Federal Lands.indybay.orgSEATTLE, April 22, 2022 — President Joe Biden will issue an executive order today that directs federal agencies to conduct an inventory of mature and old-growth forests on America's federal lands so that policies can be adopted to protect them. The administration framed the move as a key strategy to store carbon and address climate change.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-25). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ask the Mayo Mom / Climate change and global childhood health.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgFrom allergies and asthma to infectious diseases and even malnutrition, the indirect effects of climate change are taking a toll on our most valuable resource, kids! On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Ask the Mayo Mom host Dr. Angela Mattke, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician, is joined by Dr. Molly Herr, a pediatric anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic Children's Center to discuss climate change and its effects on children's health. In addition to her clinical care for children, Dr. Herr…
Antonio C.S. Rosa(2022-04-25). The US Military Is Driving Environmental Collapse across the Planet.transcend.org24 Apr 2022 – The U.S. military emits more carbon than 140 countries combined, fueling climate change and environmental degradation. Below we examine five ways in which the Pentagon is destroying the environment.
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Turkey conducts simultaneous anti-Kurdish attacks in Syria, Iraq.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comAhval NewsApril 24, 2022 Turkey escalates attacks on Syria's Kurds amid Iraq operation Turkey's military has launched a new series of air strikes on Kurdish-run parts of northeast Syria over the past week amid an ongoing ground and air campaign in northern Iraq, targeting the armed rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Hasakah-based …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). WSJ: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comWall Street JournalApril 24, 2022 Expand NATO to HawaiiBy Arshan Barzani* Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obligated to come to its aid. But if Pearl Harbor were attacked again, this rule wouldn't compel U.S. …
_____(2022-04-24). Liberated Donbass Cities Coming Back To Life.popularresistance.orgSonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, returned to Donbass last week to chronicle the situation on the ground. She has been to Volnovakha, Mariupol and other cities and villages of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. | "My assessment of Volnovakha is that the city has come to life again, I was there two weeks ago and everywhere in the city, I saw the results of heavy fighting, ammunition and rubble on the streets, even mines, no people on the streets, a ghost town. The hospital was hit severely," Sonja van den Ende says. "The second time I came, last week, I was really…
rqorinoco(2022-04-24). US Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero.orinocotribune.com Sonja Van den Ende — | Where shall I begin? | Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? | Probably not. | Mariupol has been wiped out, buildings have collapsed mostly due to rocket attacks and, of course, there have been bombings as well. | Devastation in Mariupol. [Source: rferl.org] | The Western media, of course, blame the Russians for these bombings, but Ukraine also has planes that drop bombs, so how on earth can you say a few thousand kilometers away that it is the Russians?
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). CNN: Austin, Blinken en route to Ukraine, Biden may follow.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comCNNApril 24, 2022 Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. "I don't think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State …
_____(2022-04-24). The Climate Justice Movement Must Be Anti-War.popularresistance.orgNo matter your specific organizational or ideological affiliation, anyone who cares about climate change today ought to understand the critical connections between war, imperialism, and the climate crisis. In the 21st century, where conflicts between the world's rich and powerful are often waged via the lives of the poor, we have to look at the human and environmental impacts of war and refuse any claims that war is ever a necessary evil. | We've seen again in recent months how the United States and other powerful nations use military power to gain control over resources, particularly oil, and capital. While issu…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Turkey uses murderous assault in Iraq to inaugurate new combat drone.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 24, 2022 Anti-PKK op in Iraq marks first engagement for Turkish combat Akƒ±ncƒ± drone The landmark combat drone Akƒ±ncƒ± has joined its first major operation ever as Turkey launched a military offensive against [Kurdish] targets in northern Iraq, the company said. Named "Operation Claw-Lock," the counterterrorism operation was launched last week from ground …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Former foreign minister: Finnish media fueling war psychosis.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comYle NewsApril 24, 2022 Veteran MP: "Finnish media in war psychosis" Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja's (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview. The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a "huge degree of emotions involved" in the public's …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Japan plans largest-ever drill with U.S. Marines, aimed at Russia, China.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNikkei NewsApril 24, 2022 Japan weighs hosting largest-ever joint drills with U.S. MarinesBilateral military exercise in fall planned with eye on Russia and China Japan and the U.S. will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 personnel, Nikkei has learned. The Resolute Dragon exercises …
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WASHINGTON—Unionists and climate activists are sending a blunt message to Democratic President Joe Biden and the Democratic-run Congress: Stop stalling and attack climate change, now. One typical and succinct hand-crafted sign at the march in front of the White House: The warning "There is no Planet B," with the "o" replaced by a globe. And, …