2023-06-28: News Headlines

Editor (2023-06-28). Climate collapse threatens slide to fascism and war. mronline.org More and more, desperate people seeking refuge in Europe are not just fleeing from economic disaster and war. Many are also refugees from climate collapse.

Ingar Solty (2023-06-28). Car Plants Are Making Medical Equipment – And Things Should Stay That Way. indybay.org The time has come for progressive nationalization and socialization. This includes the financial sector, because only if we gain control over the financing of socially necessary areas of production will it be possible to ensure that we as a society can plan our future and the future of our finite planet democratically and thus avert the impending climate catastrophe.

Andy Kroll (2023-06-27). We're Having a Violent Meltdown. tomdispatch.com Several times in recent weeks I've heard people suggest that Mother Nature has been speaking to us through that smoke endlessly drifting south from the still-raging Canadian wildfires. She's saying that she wants the coal, oil, and gas left in the ground, but I fear her message will have little more influence on climate policy than her previous ones did. After all, we essentially hit the "snooze" button on the wakeup call from Hurricane Katrina 18 years ago; ditto the disastrous Hurricane Sandy seven years later, as well as the East Coast heat waves and West Coast wildfires of more recent years; or the startling…

Atilio Borón (2023-06-27). Habermas and the war in Ukraine. mronline.org The prevailing rarefied ideological climate that Germany and most European countries are suffering from today makes a very cautious call for prudence and negotiation a criminal offense that deserves to be punished with ostracism.

Alice Jennings (2023-06-27). Let's Carry on Grace Lee Boggs's Revolutionary Legacy by Continuing Her Struggle. truthout.org To celebrate Grace Lee Boggs — born on this day in 1915 — we should reflect on her concept of "living for change." While she built and strengthened a wide array of intersectional movements throughout her 100 years of life, the challenges facing radical visionaries have only grown more immense since Grace joined the ancestors. War, colonialism, exploitation and pandemics are bound up with climate… |


Anonymous103 (2023-06-27). John Kerry Skewered By French TV Host After Condemning Putin Invasion: "Why Isn't Bush Judged In The Same Way?" southfront.org Originally published by ZeroHedge John Kerry, who is Biden's special presidential envoy for climate, came up against rare pushback when he…

Johanna Kichton (2023-06-27). People's Action Hosts Actions Against Citigroup Chairman John Dugan to Demand the Bank Stop Funding Fossil Fuels. peoplesaction.org Citigroup Funds Climate Chaos as the World's Second Biggest Funder of Fossil Fuels WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today hosted a two-part protest action against Citigroup Board Chairman John Dugan to demand Citigroup stop funding fossil fuel projects. Citigroup is the world's second biggest funder of fossil fuels and the biggest funder of coal in the United …

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-27). The Modern Form Of Colonialism: Climate Change. popularresistance.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-28). New Evidence from Nord Stream Underwater Expedition Refutes Official Claims. libya360.wordpress.com Wyatt Reed and Max Blumenthal Observers have drawn a number of conclusions based on a recent series of visits to the site of the Nord Stream pipeline rupture via drone. There's just one problem: all of them seemed to have missed the location of the explosions. After a recent underwater expedition, The Grayzone can now…

ecns.cn (2023-06-28). Downward pressure on yuan seen temporary. ecns.cn The current downward pressure on the Chinese yuan in foreign exchange markets will be short-lived, as the country's on-track economic recovery and more economic stimulus packages in the pipeline will help support the currency's valuation.


Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-27). An Independent Audit of US Funding for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Heather Kaiser, Anya Parampil, Max Blumenthal In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of seemingly wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain. During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist…

_____ (2023-06-27). All Aboard the Gravy Train: An Independent Audit of U.S. Funding for Ukraine. strategic-culture.org In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain | By Heather KAISER, Anya PARAMPIL, Max BLUMENTHAL | During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, touted her organization's push to guarantee transparency for US taxpayer funds sent to Ukraine. | "We are involved in funding efforts…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-27). An Independent Audit of US Funding for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Heather Kaiser, Anya Parampil, Max Blumenthal In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of seemingly wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain. During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist…

_____ (2023-06-27). All Aboard the Gravy Train: An Independent Audit of U.S. Funding for Ukraine. strategic-culture.org In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain | By Heather KAISER, Anya PARAMPIL, Max BLUMENTHAL | During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, touted her organization's push to guarantee transparency for US taxpayer funds sent to Ukraine. | "We are involved in funding efforts…

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