2023-03-26: News Headlines

Allan Todd (2023-03-26). Britain: Unions, environment, healthcare groups to join XR in major protest next month. greenleft.org.au Allan Todd discusses the urgent need to address climate change, as highlighted in the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, and the upcoming Extinction Rebellion protest in London, calling for system change to tackle climate, social and economic crises.

Kenny Stancil (2023-03-26). Senior Climate Activists Stop Dirty Banks. indybay.org "We will not go to our graves quietly knowing that the financial institutions in our own communities continue to fund the climate crisis," said longtime environmentalist Bill McKibben.

PASCCS (2023-03-26). Friday 4/21: Palo Alto: Earth Day March & Rally for Climate Justice and Family Fair. indybay.org King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall | 250 Hamilton Ave. | Palo Alto, CA 94301…

Sixty Plus (2023-03-26). Are You in Your "Third Act"? These Older Folks Demonstrated to Save the Climate. indybay.org Despite some of the stormiest weather San Francisco has seen in a long time, these brave elders showed up and cut up to stop climate change.

Weekly Trust (2023-03-26). California will respond to the Pan African Congress call for better seed movement. indybay.org Our California Pan African World Food and Ag Pavilion will offer proposed opportunities towards solutions that offer greater access to global seed research and development. 'We need to hear from farmers how we can continuously and sustainably bridge the gap between seed companies and the farming community, now more pronounced mainly by the negative impact of climate change. On our side, we will endeavor to work with the farmers to help increase the resilience and profitability of African farming in the face of climate change and other challenges,'

Xiaolu Sun (2023-03-25). Biden visits Canada to discuss trade, migration challenges. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Biden addressed the Canadian Parliament on Friday as part of a two-day trip to Ottawa. He met Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau to talk about issues including defense, climate change and immigration.




Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Ecowatch. (2023-03-25). English Lawyers Refuse To Prosecute Climate Protestors. popularresistance.org A group of lawyers in England have signed a "Declaration of Conscience" saying they will refuse to participate in the prosecution of peaceful climate protesters like Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain. | The group of about 120 lawyers, who go by the name "Lawyers are Responsible," will also refuse to represent those participating in new fossil fuel projects. | "Like big tobacco, the fossil fuel industry has known for decades what its activities mean. They mean the loss of human life and property — which the civil law should prevent but does not," Director of the Good Law Project Jolyon…

JANET (2023-03-25). Cyclone Freddy underscores inequalities: Reparations for Africa! iacenter.org March 20, 2023 The United States has 5% of the world's population but is responsible for 28% of annual carbon emissions in the world — about 15 tons per capita per year. For the wealthiest 10%, it is closer to 55 tons per capita! In contrast, the second-largest and second-most populous continent — Africa — produces just 4% of the world's greenhouse gasses. But Africa suffers disproportionately from climate-driven disasters. With a death toll over 500 and rising, Cyclone Freddy has devastated Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique. Lasting over a month, it is believed by the World Meteorological Assoc…

Jeff Bryant, LA Progressive. (2023-03-25). LA's Teachers Make Good On Promise To Support Community Schools. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – "We should have been miserable," said Emily Grijalva, recalling the first days of the 2019 strike by Los Angeles teachers. Grijalva, who is currently the community school and restorative justice coordinator at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School, joined her colleagues on the picket line in 2019 despite the biting cold and an unusual, prolonged rainstorm that flooded city streets and sidewalks and drenched picketers. Many of them did not wear, much less own, suitable rain gear for their normally sunny, mild Southern California climate. | "But even through the rain and cold, we felt t…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-25). The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton. indybay.org PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworkers play in our economy.

Ben Norton (2023-03-25). China & Russia pledge 'changes not seen in 100 years': Xi & Putin take aim at US dollar hegemony. geopoliticaleconomy.com China's President Xi Jinping traveled to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin, pledging "changes the likes of which we haven't seen for 100 years", agreeing to deepen economic integration and challenge the hegemony of the US dollar using yuan and other currencies in international trade.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Ecowatch. (2023-03-25). English Lawyers Refuse To Prosecute Climate Protestors. popularresistance.org A group of lawyers in England have signed a "Declaration of Conscience" saying they will refuse to participate in the prosecution of peaceful climate protesters like Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain. | The group of about 120 lawyers, who go by the name "Lawyers are Responsible," will also refuse to represent those participating in new fossil fuel projects. | "Like big tobacco, the fossil fuel industry has known for decades what its activities mean. They mean the loss of human life and property — which the civil law should prevent but does not," Director of the Good Law Project Jolyon…

JANET (2023-03-25). Cyclone Freddy underscores inequalities: Reparations for Africa! iacenter.org March 20, 2023 The United States has 5% of the world's population but is responsible for 28% of annual carbon emissions in the world — about 15 tons per capita per year. For the wealthiest 10%, it is closer to 55 tons per capita! In contrast, the second-largest and second-most populous continent — Africa — produces just 4% of the world's greenhouse gasses. But Africa suffers disproportionately from climate-driven disasters. With a death toll over 500 and rising, Cyclone Freddy has devastated Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique. Lasting over a month, it is believed by the World Meteorological Assoc…

Jeff Bryant, LA Progressive. (2023-03-25). LA's Teachers Make Good On Promise To Support Community Schools. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – "We should have been miserable," said Emily Grijalva, recalling the first days of the 2019 strike by Los Angeles teachers. Grijalva, who is currently the community school and restorative justice coordinator at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School, joined her colleagues on the picket line in 2019 despite the biting cold and an unusual, prolonged rainstorm that flooded city streets and sidewalks and drenched picketers. Many of them did not wear, much less own, suitable rain gear for their normally sunny, mild Southern California climate. | "But even through the rain and cold, we felt t…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-25). The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton. indybay.org PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworkers play in our economy.

Ben Norton (2023-03-25). China & Russia pledge 'changes not seen in 100 years': Xi & Putin take aim at US dollar hegemony. geopoliticaleconomy.com China's President Xi Jinping traveled to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin, pledging "changes the likes of which we haven't seen for 100 years", agreeing to deepen economic integration and challenge the hegemony of the US dollar using yuan and other currencies in international trade.

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