Daily Archives: August 31, 2022

2022-08-31: News Headlines

Ulrich Thielemann (2022-08-31). Only a progressive tax revolution can stop climate collapse. indybay.org There is an urgent need for a pluralistic opening of the economic sciences, so that the argumentative dispute about the ethically correct interpretation of market-competitive interaction relations and the status of market logic again becomes a normal part of economic discourse.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Climate-change driven floods ravage Pakistan, killing more than 1,100 and threatening millions with hunger and disease. wsws.org 33 million people, about 15 percent of Pakistan's population of 225 million, are said to have been directly impacted by the floods.

____ (2022-08-31). China to maintain climate change strategy: official. ecns.cn China will maintain its climate change strategy and continue to promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals, said an official at a forum held on Saturday in Beijing.

_____ (2022-08-29). Climate Change Causes Torrential Flooding In Pakistan. popularresistance.org Devastating floods are occurring across Pakistan due to monsoon rains. Since June, more than 1,000 people have been killed by floods, with thousands more being displaced and having to go without food. Capitalism makes these disasters the new normal, with workers, particularly those of the Global South, bearing the brunt. | Just this weekend, tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes in Northern Pakistan due to floods. There are many more that still need to be rescued. More than 33 million people have been affected over the past few weeks, millions of homes have been destroyed, and infrastructure su…

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