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2021-11-25: News Headlines

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021-11-25). Climate Change 2021, 40 pp. indybay.org It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. A.1.1 Since 2011 (measurements reported in AR5), concentrations have continued to increase in the atmosphere, reaching annual averages of 410 parts per million (ppm) for carbon dioxide (CO2)…

_____ (2021-11-25). Grandmother Arrested At Drone Base While Distributing Leaflets With Photos Of Children Killed In Attack. popularresistance.org Marysville, CA – A small group of anti-drone activists, with Codepink, Ban Killer Drones and Veterans For Peace held demonstrations at 2 gates Monday at Beale Air Force Base, a drone base in Marysville, during am and pm commute. Flyers and banners were used to educate military personnel about two critical issues: 1) The August 29th U.S. drone attack that killed 10 members of the Afghan Ahmadi family, all civilians, at their Kabul home, and 2) The U.S. Military's critical role in the global climate crisis, that leaves a gigantic carbon footprint annually, due to the 800+ foreign bases worldwide, and the ongoing st…

WSWS (2021-11-25). A "parade of storms" threatens more flooding in British Columbia. wsws.org Meteorologists and climate scientists have expressed urgent concern that the already waterlogged region, which saw devastating mudslides in addition to the flooding of low-lying agricultural land last week, is ill prepared to handle another downpour.

Tomasz Konicz (2021-11-25). System Transformation or Barbarism. indybay.org Overcoming capital is thus a necessity for survival. Consequently, the climate question is not a question of burden sharing, it is not a question of social security. The global exploitation process of capital, in which resources and energy are burned to make more money out of money, must be overcome.

editor (2021-11-25). Grandmother Arrested at Drone Base While Distributing Leaflets. indybay.org Handcuffed and detained for 2+ hours, dressed in a "bunny suit," to highlight U.S. military's role in climate crisis, global mass extinction…

WSWS (2021-11-25). Germany's "traffic light" coalition government reaches agreement: Welfare cuts, state armament and militarism. wsws.org Wrapped in flowery phrases about modernization, transformation, climate protection and cohesion, the coalition program is a declaration of war on the working population and a commitment to militarism.

Suzanne James (2021-11-25). International security and the climate crisis. greenleft.org.au Suzanne James reviews a new book on the security implications of climate change and the sociopolitical, cultural and scientific factors that influence the black-ops diplomacy of foreign policy.

_____ (2021-11-25). Slew Of Journalists And Land Defenders Released After Three Days In Custody. popularresistance.org Ten people remain in custody in Prince George after a bail hearing for those arrested on Wet'suwet'en territory last week went overtime Monday. Most of those released agreed to a condition that they not return to the Morice West Forest Service Road, the area where Coastal GasLink's 670-kilometre gas pipeline is under construction from northeast B.C. to Kitimat.Photojournalist Amber Bracken and filmmaker Michael Toledano's conditions allow them to return to the territory, where they have been covering the ongoing dispute over the pipeline since the first police action occurred on the Morice forestry road in Januar…

Kelly Hayes (2021-11-25). Enough Colonial Pageantry. Let's Rally Behind Criminalized Water Protectors. truthout.org Right-wing myths about stolen elections and vaccine conspiracies will no doubt complicate many dinners today, as families gather to celebrate a holiday grounded in its own harmful mythology: Thanksgiving. Among liberals and leftists, there will be countless posts debunking the lies children are taught about the holiday in school. But on this day it is equally important to amplify the stories of Native people living today who, much like their ancestors, are battling world-crushing forces. | In the p…

_____ (2021-11-24). Let's Find Alternatives To Striking. popularresistance.org While the LO, TCO and Saco top officials suffer from consensus fundamentalism, opposition among the grassroots often suffers from a fixation on strikes. Among the grassroots labor movement in Sweden, a call for big strikes or even a general strike is often heard. Strikes were called in response to the current attack on the Swedish Employment Protection Act, low wages, and attacks on the right to strike. In 2019, an attempt was made to stage a symbolic strike to highlight the climate crisis. As far as we are aware, no workplace was shut down. It should be acknowledged that sometimes we SAC members also have gotten…

Brittani Banks (2021-11-24). The Big Industry That COP26 Failed to Tackle. independentmediainstitute.org Click here for photos that you may use to accompany the article (captions and credits can be found in each image's description field). The impact of agriculture on climate change is significant. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agriculture sector is responsible for 10 percent of the total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, after …

imperial.ac.uk (2021-11-24). Future tech investment 'must support transition to green economy' – Alice Gast. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's President Alice Gast says investment in future technologies must not be overlooked as countries strive to meet climate goals.

Anis Chowdhury (2021-11-24). Climate injustice at Glasgow COP-out. mronline.org Former Irish President Mary Robinson observed, "People will see this as a historically shameful dereliction of duty,… nowhere near enough to avoid climate disaster."

Medea Benjamin (2021-11-24). The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. zcomm.org Risking a nuclear holocaust to appease the military-industrial complex is as insane as destroying the climate and the natural world to appease the fossil fuel industry…

Staff (2021-11-24). Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders & Journalists. democracynow.org We feature dramatic video footage just released that shows a violent raid Friday by Canadian federal police on one of the camps set up to keep Coastal GasLink out of sovereign Indigenous territory. Fifteen people in total were arrested, including two journalists. Wet'suwet'en land defender Sleydo', also known as Molly Wickham, has now been released. The new footage was filmed by documentary filmmaker Michael Toledano, who was also just released. The raid ended a 56-day blockade of the drilling site. The 400-mile pipeline within Wet'suwet'en land violates both Indigenous and Canadian laws.

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2021-11-24: News Headlines

Anis Chowdhury (2021-11-24). Climate injustice at Glasgow COP-out. mronline.org Former Irish President Mary Robinson observed, "People will see this as a historically shameful dereliction of duty,… nowhere near enough to avoid climate disaster."

imperial.ac.uk (2021-11-24). Future tech investment 'must support transition to green economy' – Alice Gast. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's President Alice Gast says investment in future technologies must not be overlooked as countries strive to meet climate goals.

Medea Benjamin (2021-11-24). The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. zcomm.org Risking a nuclear holocaust to appease the military-industrial complex is as insane as destroying the climate and the natural world to appease the fossil fuel industry…

Staff (2021-11-24). Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders & Journalists. democracynow.org We feature dramatic video footage just released that shows a violent raid Friday by Canadian federal police on one of the camps set up to keep Coastal GasLink out of sovereign Indigenous territory. Fifteen people in total were arrested, including two journalists. Wet'suwet'en land defender Sleydo', also known as Molly Wickham, has now been released. The new footage was filmed by documentary filmmaker Michael Toledano, who was also just released. The raid ended a 56-day blockade of the drilling site. The 400-mile pipeline within Wet'suwet'en land violates both Indigenous and Canadian laws.

Olivia Rosane (2021-11-23). Build Back Better Act passes House with most ambitious climate provisions in U.S. history. nationofchange.org The legislation still needs to pass the Senate to make a difference.

_____ (2021-11-23). The Imperial Legacy Of Climate Change. popularresistance.org The student movement is no stranger to protests and direct action. From marching against South African apartheid to fighting for justice for workers, students have a long history of daring to reimagine the world we want to live in and uncompromisingly working towards it. Perhaps it is unsurprising then that students and young people are once more at the forefront of a campaign—one fighting for climate justice and our very ability to exist. | For several decades we have been told that our individual actions alone can reverse the climate crisis. The truth is paper straws and bags for life cannot compensate fo…

_____ (2021-11-23). Why Our Climate Isn't Jumping For Joy After COP26. popularresistance.org The focus of the discussions and negotiations by world leaders during COP26 seemed to be on the change of a word in the Glasgow Climate Pact, the final document that will be adopted by nearly 200 countries. Initially, the countries had begun to agree to the "phase-out" of coal; the final version of the document, however, merely said that the countries would "phase down" coal. During the last hours of the COP26 summit on November 13, Swiss Environment Minister Simonetta Sommaruga took the microphone and expressed her "profound disappointment" with the change. "The language we had agreed on coal and fossil fuel sub…

Climate Nexus (2021-11-23). Boston mayor Michelle Wu divests city funds from fossil fuels. peoplesworld.org In her first major policy action, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an ordinance on Monday to divest public funds from fossil fuels. The measure prohibits public investment in any financial instrument deriving more than 15% of its revenue from fossil fuels, as well as from tobacco products or jail or prison facilities. "Boston, as a finance hub, is …

Reynard Loki (2021-11-23). The Big Industry That COP26 Failed to Tackle. independentmediainstitute.org Our broken and inhumane food system is a huge source of emissions, so why isn't it a major part of the climate solution? By Reynard Loki, Independent Media Institute 7 min read The impact of agriculture on climate change is significant. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agriculture sector is responsible for 10 …

VINS (2021-11-23). Schools' Infrastructure in Crisis as Climate Changes. projectcensored.org In June 2021, the Hechinger Report's Victoria Petersen reported that most US school facilities are in dire need of repair and will not be able to sustain the damages caused…

Ajamu Baraka (2021-11-23). COP26: Greenwashing and Plutocratic Misadventures. orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka -Nov 17, 2021 | For all the policy failures of COP26 it may actually be an inflection point in history — a point where social and political conditions force a transformation of consciousness and politics that can usher in epochal change. | COP 26 reaffirmed what has been obvious from the beginning: the Northern colonial and capitalist states most responsible for creating the climate crisis are unwilling to place people before profits in order to address the planet's looming ecological collapse and humanitarian catastrophe. | We need justice. But that word — Justice! — despite all…

Editor (2021-11-23). What role does the military play in climate change? mronline.org A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-23). 'Rich countries are pretending they're responding to climate crisis while blocking real solutions'. peoplesdispatch.org Vijay Prashad from Globetrotter speaks to Asad Rehman, Director of War on Want, about why even after 26 climate conferences, little progress has been made in taking concrete climate action…

_____ (2021-11-23). Activist Interview: The Life Force, And The 'Pipe Filled With Poison'. popularresistance.org Shay Lynn Sampson is determined she won't be telling her children what salmon used to taste like or what it was like to live close to their land. She is one of the Indigenous people preventing Coastal GasLink (CGL) from running a pipeline under Wedzin Kwa (Morice River), the pristine water source for the Wet'suwet'en and their close downstream allies, the Gitxsan. | Twenty-two-year-old Sampson spoke to me on November 8 from behind a blockade inside a "Tiny House," purposely built with many other structures to shelter the people putting their bodies on the line to stop the project. Sampson is also the youth engage…

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