2019-01-03: Social Media Postees

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How cow vigilantism is undermining the rule of law in India
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-03
Allowing 'cow protection gangs' to attack innocent people is eroding basic principles of the Indian constitution.
aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/cow-vigilantism-undermining-rule-law-india-190102143126368.html

Russiagate vs. Climate Genocide: How Democrats Cover Up Trump's Worst Crime
Patrick Walker | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-03
Russiagate's Beauty for Dems: Dissing Trump without Discussing Issues The more important an issue is to humanity, the likelier it is Democrats don't want to discuss it. Thus, it's hardly surprising that Noam Chomsky felt obliged to point out the "moral depravity" of both major parties for discussing neither climate change nor the increasing risk…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/03/russiagate-vs-climate-genocide-how-democrats-cover-up-trumps-worst-crime/

China Creates History, Lands Probe on The Dark Side of The Moon
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-03
China's Chang'e-4 probe successfully completed the first landing on the side of the moon which faces away from the Earth. State television transmitted the first-ever "close range" image of this historic event, Thursday. | RELATED: | Chinese Probe Chang'e-4 Manages to Enter Moon's Orbit | The lunar landing took place in the Aitken Basin, at the south pole of the Moon's sat…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Creates-History-Lands-Probe-on-The-Dark-Side-of-The-Moon-20190103-0001.html

Fed Gov Shutdown &SF Hunters Point Treasure Island Whistleblowers Face Cover-up/Corruption
KPFA WorkWeek Radio | indybay.org | 2019-01-03
KPFA WorkWeek radio covers the government shutdown and threats to our public services and health and safety in the air transportation system. Next it looks at the growing scandal and cover-up of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Treasure Island cleanup. Over $1 billion has been spent to supposedly remediate the sites but there continue to be dangerous radioactive contamination and Tetra Tech and Test American fired OSHA and health and safety whistleblowers. The program looks at the failure of the San Francisco Department of Public Health and California State Department of Public Health that will now be run by…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/02/18820075.php

Central Coast Amah Mutsun Tribal Relearning Program
SCGSC | indybay.org | 2019-01-03
Live oak Grange 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/01/18820052.php

'They Failed Us Once Again': House Democrats Denounced for Dashing Hopes of Green New Deal
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-03
"This committee is weaker than the first Climate Select Committee from a decade ago, and it does not get us meaningfully closer to solving the climate crisis or fixing our broken economy." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/green_new_deal.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/03/they-failed-us-once-again-house-democrats-denounced-dashing-hopes-green-new-deal?cd-origin=rss

Greta "Joan of Arc" Thunberg Shames Leaders at COP24
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-02
In 1429 Joan of Arc (17) led French troops to victory over English forces at the Siege of Orleans after she had a vision. Today, eco warrior Greta Thunberg (15) is leading the battle against the ravages of climate change. Greta has vision. She's taken the leadership mantle from Joan of Arc whether she knows…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/02/greta-joan-of-arc-thunberg-shames-leaders-at-cop24/

10 Worst-Case Climate Predictions If We Don't Keep Global Temperatures Under 1.5 Degrees Celsius
Lorraine Chow | commondreams.org | 2019-01-02
A major IPCC special report released in October warns that even just a half-degree more of warming could be disastrous. (Photo: via Earth Island Journal) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climtee.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/01/02/10-worst-case-climate-predictions-if-we-dont-keep-global-temperatures-under-15?cd-origin=rss

As the 115th Congress Ends, Here Are the Important Civil Rights Battles We've Won
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-02
During the last two years of Trump, ACLU activists have won fights ranging from advancing criminal justice reforms to stopping border wall funding. | The past two years have been challenging times, as we have witnessed attacks on our shared values and civil rights from the Trump White House and a Republican-dominated Congress. It can sometimes feel difficult to make change happen, but even in this hostile climate, ACLU activists helped drive key legislative victories to advance civil liberties during the 115th Congress, which ends tomorrow. As the new Congress is sworn in on Thursday, these victories should remin…
aclu.org/blog/mobilization/115th-congress-ends-here-are-important-civil-rights-battles-weve-won

Proposed Florida law would stop local governments from removing racist Confederate monuments
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-01-02
Jacksonville, FL – Pensacola State Representative Mike Hill has introduced a bill in the state legislature, House Bill 97, titled the Soldiers' and Heroes' Monuments and Memorials Protection Act, that would stop local authorities from removing racist confederate monuments. Hill is an African American Republican. Hill acknowledges his lack of support in the Black community. | Todd Wells, an African American member of Take Em Down Jax, a group devoted to removing these monuments to the cause of white supremacy, stated, "The struggle for the removal of Confederate statues has been ongoing since they were e…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/1/2/proposed-florida-law-would-stop-local-governments-removing-racist-confederate-monuments

The New Congress and the Rolling Catastrophe of the US Body Politic
Roger Harris | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-02
Bathed in the soothing waters of the Blue Wave, such that it was, a new US Congress will be baptized on January 3rd. But what portends when "Mad Dog" Mattis, arch racist Jeff Sessions, and deep state spooks are canonized by self-identified liberals and leftists as bulwarks against fascism? When all mainstream "opposition" politics can be reduced to a single issue: Trump. And when the midterm elections ignored deepening impoverishment at home, endless wars abroad, and climate calamity — let alone the tax cut for the super-rich — and instead focused on the "threat" posed by (take your pick) immigrants o…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/02/the-new-congress-and-the-rolling-catastrophe-of-the-us-body-politic/

US Border Patrol Unleashes Tear Gas Against Children in Mexico
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2019-01-02
In what human rights groups condemned as a " cruel and inhumane" act that must be independently investigated, agents with President Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday reportedly hit women, children, and journalists near the U.S.-Mexico border with tear gas, smoke, and pepper spray. | According to an Associated Press photographer presen…
truthout.org/articles/us-border-patrol-unleashes-tear-gas-against-children-in-mexico/

From 'Depleted' Food Stores to Understaffed Health Clinics, Native Americans 'Among Hardest Hit' by Trump Shutdown
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-02
Adding to the long and ever-growing list of harmful consequences stemming from President Donald Trump's government shutdown—from hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers to gutted food stamps offices to trashed public parks—the New York Times published a report late Tuesday highlighting the damage Trump's prolonged border wall temper tantrum has done to Native American communities. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/28861558694_1c8e0e0f7d_h1.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/02/depleted-food-stores-understaffed-health-clinics-native-americans-among-hardest-hit?cd-origin=rss

Applause as Warren Shows Support for Green New Deal—the Plan 'Every Serious Presidential Contender Should Embrace'
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-02
After garnering some criticism from progressives for leaving her plans to combat the climate crisis out of her announcement regarding a potential 2020 presidential run, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) indicated Wednesday that she broadly supports the Green New Deal. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/warren_2_0.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/02/applause-warren-shows-support-green-new-deal-plan-every-serious-presidential?cd-origin=rss

Noam Chomsky: The Future of Organized Human Life Is At Risk Thanks to GOP's Climate Change Denial
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-31
As the death toll from the climate change-fueled Camp Fire in California continues to rise and hundreds remain missing, we rebroadcast our conversation about climate change with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky from October. He says Republican Party leaders are dedicated to "enriching themselves and their friends" at the cost of the planet, and warns: "We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form."
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/31/noam_chomsky_the_future_of_organized

Canada's Barbaric Policies Toward Native Peoples (2/2)
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-12-30
MP Niki Ashton tells Paul Jay that Canadian government policy in Indigenous communities must be premised on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the principle of respect for free, prior, and informed consent in cases of land development | The post Canada's Barbaric Policies Toward Native Peoples (2/2) appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/canadas-barbaric-policies-toward-native-peoples-2-2

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2018-12-30
A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond. | The post How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/30/tigerswan-infiltrator-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock/

Climate Crisis Is "Existential Threat," House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First
Kate Aronoff | theintercept.com | 2018-12-30
Rep. Nancy Pelosi in her statement deemed the climate crisis an "existential threat," but her new committee will not have the power to issue subpoenas. | The post Climate Crisis Is "Existential Threat," House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/30/climate-crisis-green-new-deal-nancy-pelosi/

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2018-12-29
Tens of thousands of U.S. residents were displaced by climate change-fueled disasters in 2018. California saw a string of massive wildfires — from the Mendocino Complex in July, which became the state's largest wildfire on record, to the Camp fire in November, which was the deadliest. Meanwhile, Hurricane Florence, the second rainiest storm in 70 years of U.S. record-keeping, was quickly forgotten as Hurricane Michael slammed into the Gulf Coast, the third strongest ever to make landfall in the U.S. | The survivors of the disasters have resorted to camping in tents in retail parking lots, sleeping on friend…
theintercept.com/2018/12/29/climate-change-refugees/

Without Notifying Anyone, ICE Dumps Hundreds of Migrants at El Paso Bus Station Around Christmas
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-27
U.S. Customs and Border Protection have ordered medical checks on every child in its custody, following the death of two Guatemalan children in recent weeks. On Christmas Eve, an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy named Felipe Gómez Alonzo died in New Mexico while in CBP custody. This follows the death of a 7-year-old indigenous Guatemalan girl, Jakelin Caal Maquín, who died on December 8–also in New Mexico–two days after she and her father presented themselves at the border in a bid for asylum. Meanwhile, authorities in El Paso, Texas, scrambled over the Christmas holiday to assist hundreds of migrant asylum…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/27/without_notifying_anyone_ice_dumps_hundreds

How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History
Hannah Stamler | thenation.com | 2018-12-27
How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History…
thenation.com/article/curating-climate-change-princeton-natures-nation-show-review/

8-Year-Old Guatemalan Boy Dies in Border Patrol Custody Days After High Court Rejects Asylum Ban
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-26
For the second time this month, a Guatemalan child has died in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Eight-year-old Felipe Gómez Alonzo died in New Mexico on Christmas Eve, after being detained since December 18. This follows the death of a 7-year-old indigenous Guatemalan girl, Jakelin Caal Maquín, who died on December 8, two days after she and her father presented themselves at the border in a bid for asylum. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's asylum ban, which attempted to deny asylum to anyone entering the country from outside of a legal port of entry. Supreme Court Chief…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/26/8_year_old_guatemalan_boy_dies

A "Massive Outlaw"
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2018-12-24
Interview on Single Payer, Climate Devastation, Impeachment…
zcomm.org/zvideo/a-massive-outlaw/

ANC Deputy Julio Escalona: 'The People are Angry Because They Consider that We Aren't Doing Our Job'
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-12-20
The revolutionary's criticisms came during the passing of 2019's budget, 75% of which is destined for "social protection."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14195

'Domestic Workers Don't Have Protections Against Discrimination and Harassment' – CounterSpin interview with Mariana Viturro on Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2018-12-20
Janine Jackson interviewed Mariana Viturro about the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights for the December 14, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/domestic-workers-dont-have-protections-against-discrimination-and-harassment/

How to Feel Good about the Climate in 2019
Mrill Ingram | progressive.org | 2018-12-18
Despite national schizophrenia on the issue, a growing number of Americans are on board with accepting human-caused climate change–and doing something about it.
progressive.org/dispatches/how-to-feel-good-climate-change-181218/

Climate movement attracts new generation of activists
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-10
The latter part of 2018 will be remembered for the re-emergence of climate action on the national agenda. | Independent Kerryn Phelps' win in the Wentworth byelection promising "meaningful environmental action" and Labor's subsequent adoption of a 50% renewable energy policy by 2030 has come in the midst of researcher Rebecca Huntley's findings that "climate and environmental concerns" have increasingly become "a test of leadership" for voters. | These centrist platforms, however, have been rightly superseded by the newest base of the climate movement: high school students. | Tired of the "dinosaurs in parliament…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-movement-attracts-new-generation-activists

Reviving the Nuclear Disarmament Movement: A Practical Proposal
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2018-12-08
In late November 2018, Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned public intellectual, remarked that "humanity faces two imminent existential threats: environmental catastrophe and nuclear war." Curiously, although a widespread environmental movement has developed to save the planet from accelerating climate change, no counterpart has emerged to take on the rising danger of nuclear disaster. Indeed, this danger‚Äïexemplified Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/reviving-the-nuclear-disarmament-movement-a-practical-proposal/

The fightback against Adani and Aurizon steps up
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-06
Adani CEO Lucas Dow's November 29 declaration that work on a scaled-down coalmine in Queensland's Galilee Basin would begin before Christmas was met with one of the most powerful nationwide protests against it so far as primary and high school students walking out of class the next day for the Student Strike 4 Climate Action. | A reported 20,000 students, many of them with their parents and grandparents in tow, took to the streets with a powerful message to Adani and policymakers: ignore us at your peril. | This was followed by a sit-in at Parliament House in Canberra on December 5. | Another round of #StopA…
greenleft.org.au/content/fightback-against-adani-and-aurizon-steps

Sorry To Bother You offers rich lessons in seeking radical social change
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-04
Sorry to Bother You | Written & directed by Boots Riley | In cinemas now | This review includes mild spoilers. | As an Australian living abroad, incidents of Australians being racist and/or misogynistisic that attract attention from international media outlets are frequently forwarded to me in anticipation of a seething refrain. | My response is typically motivated by a mix of rage and embarrassment, as well as a deep concern for how racial capitalism has been almost completely normalised. I am deeply concerned by the fact that not only is our social and political climate ill-equipped to address racism, i…
greenleft.org.au/content/sorry-bother-you-offers-rich-lessons-seeking-radical-social-change

NSW law will 'lead to a new stolen generation'
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-03
Another stolen generation appears certain to be created in NSW, after the Coalition government passed a new adoption law making it easier for a child to be adopted by a foster family without parental consent. | The new adoption law, Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Bill, passed on November 22 despite fierce opposition, imposes a two-year limit on fostering a child. The Children's Court now has the power to decide whether a birth parent should be rei…
greenleft.org.au/content/nsw-law-will-lead-new-stolen-generation

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