Chris Hedges: “Fire Weather”: Big Oil’s Climate Conflagration

The destruction of vast forests sold to timber companies and the scraping away of the topsoil have left behind poisoned wastelands. This industrial operation, perhaps the largest such project in the world, is rapidly accelerating the release of the carbon emissions that will, if left unchecked, soon render the planet uninhabitable for humans and most other species.   

They Are Not Numbers in Gaza and Photo Essay, Twin Cities Protests

As always, we as U.S. citizens, must ask first what is the role of the U.S.? The answer is that, along with political support, the U.S. has been providing the bombs, bullets, and fighter jets to Israel. The abhorrent killing of these youth – and all the other people in Gaza – are why we need to do what we can to force our government to end hostilities and free Palestine.

Glenn Greenwald: Neocon Queen Victoria Nuland Ends Her Reign: Exposing a Catastrophic Career

Nuland’s status as both a singular force for war and destruction—and her status as one of the most vivid symbols of how bipartisan and insulated from elections is this warmongering ideology—makes her particularly worthy of examination, especially upon her glorious resignation, the final end to her bloodthirsty reign. Understanding her trajectory is vital to understanding how Washington really functions.

Divest from Militarism, Invest in Life! a conversation about war and climate change

Climate collapse in Gaza is a manufactured crisis and includes 281,000 metric tons of carbon in less than 100 days from the bombing as well as the destruction of 800,000 olive trees destroying not only the economy of Gaza but were old growth trees that remove CO2 from the air. Do not depend on the DOD to lead energy transition: we have all we need in the civilian sector, -Neta Crawford

David Swanson: There Is No Right Side in War

When the United States faced the need to end Jim Crow, it was not a need to surrender to its enemies, but to integrate them, to become a nation that included more people on equal terms all as fellow people, neighbors, friends, companions. This was unthinkable to those who insisted on a white nation. In Israel it is unthinkable to those who insist on a Jewish nation.

10 Biggest Oil Companies, by Nathan Reiff

Rising public concern about climate change and measures to reduce the use of carbon-based fuels have yet to fully impact the industry. Two of these oil and gas giants—Exxon and Shell—also fall into the category of being some of the most profitable companies in the world.

Chris Hedges: Exterminate All the Brutes

It is an attempt by Israel to erase not only a people, but the idea of Palestine. It is a carbon copy of the massive campaigns of racialized slaughter by other settler colonial projects who believed that indiscriminate and wholesale violence could make the aspirations of an oppressed people, whose land they stole, go away. And like other perpetrators of genocide, Israel intends to keep it hidden.

Chris Hedges: Fascism Comes to America

Eighty million eligible voters did not vote in the last presidential election, no doubt because they did not expect much to change in their lives whoever was in office. And they were probably right.

How Different Our Work Would Be in a Democracy

VFP members, like so many others in the struggle for peace and justice, are always on the defensive because corporations wield governing power and we are always reacting to them — fighting another specific weapons system, another invasion, another human rights violation. How Different Our Work Would Be in a Democracy Presenters: Mike Ferner, More

Jimmy Dore and Aaron Mate: Telling the Naked Truth

NY Times and WashPo Editors CONFRONTED for lies about war and more... https://youtu.be/-Upux1XBCbg   Rise Up Times Editor's Comment: I don't always care for Jimmy's raunchiness but his analysis is direct and on the mark. Here he is with Aaron Mate and other voices. Editor's Comment: Since this has been published, there have been More

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