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Gaza War Fuels Climate Crisis: “Massive” Carbon Emissions from Israeli Bombing
“The planet-warming emissions generated during the first two months of the war in Gaza were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations.”
Chris Hedges Report: Israel’s Long War on Gaza with Norman Finkelstein
Israel's 17-year blockade of Gaza and its crucial significance to understanding the events of the past two weeks discussed.
Chris Hedges: Requiem for Our Species
Princeton, N.J. — As I write this, the sun is a hazy reddish orange orb. The sky is an inky yellowish gray. The air has an acrid stench and leaves a faint metallic taste in my mouth. After 20 minutes outside, my head starts to ache, my nose burns, my eyes itch and my breathing becomes more labored. Streets are deserted. Chris Hedges: Requiem for Our Species By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost / June 11, 2023 Lonesome Farewell – by Mr. Fish The ubiquitous lawn service companies with their machine mowers and whining gas-powered leaf blowers have disappeared, along More
Militarization and Uvalde: The Context Media Coverage Omits
There’s a long tradition in the West wherein foreign policy is the preserve of an elite not answerable to any electorate. This has been the case in the U.S. since it first had a foreign policy to speak of, in the late 19th century.
Hedges: Society of Spectacle, January 6 Hearings
There was no acknowledgement by committee members that the “will of the people” has been subverted by the three branches of government to serve the dictates of the billionaire class. No one brought up the armies of lobbyists who are daily permitted to storm the Capitol to fund the legalized bribery of our elections and write the pro-corporate legislation that it passes. No one spoke about the loss of constitutional rights, including the right to privacy, because of wholesale government surveillance.
Athens Declaration Calls for End to Ukraine War and Creation of ‘Lasting Peace,’ by Andrea Germanos
Put forth by international progressive leaders "calling the world to sanity," the document envisions a global security framework committed to de-escalating tensions in the world.
Glenn Greenwald: The Neoliberal War on Dissent in the West
"That tyranny exists only in Western adversaries but never in the West itself is treated as a permanent axiom of international affairs, as if Western democracies are divinely shielded from the temptations of genuine repression."
NEWSVIEW | Culture/Education
Chris Hedges Report: Israel’s Long War on Gaza with Norman Finkelstein
Israel's 17-year blockade of Gaza and its crucial significance to understanding the events of the past two weeks discussed.
NEWSVIEW | International News
Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them
The collective retribution against innocents is a familiar tactic employed by colonial rulers....Death for death. Atrocity for atrocity. But it is always the occupier who initiates this macabre dance and trades piles of corpses for higher piles of corpses.
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Massie, the Squad JOIN FORCES To DEMAND Biden Drop Charges Against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
“We clearly have deep concerns about Mr Assange's case,” said the congressman. "People should understand that the charges against him are part of an alarming Global Trend, a sharp increase in attacks against the freedom of the press that is happening in countries around the world including our own."