Ecocide in Palestine/GAZA, by Carol Masters
Climate crisis is a reality worldwide but the genocide on Gaza is exacerbating the global climate emergency.
Here’s Why U.S. Elites Support Israel No Matter What
Israel has received 30% of all US foreign aid. Since World War II they get about $4 billion every year and have received almost 300 billion since 1945. When you adjust for inflation which is enough money to end world hunger.
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.
Three on Gaza: Minnesota Divest, Communicating with Gaza, Palestinian Bibliography
Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s war crimes!
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.
Chris Hedges Report: How Private Equity Conquered America
From healthcare to education, utilities, and more, massive firms like Blackstone and the Carlyle Group have acquired vast holdings across critical industries essential to the health and well-being of everyday people.
Caitlin Johnstone: When the Imperial Media Report on an Israeli Massacre
The only difference between our propaganda and the propaganda of a ruthless dictatorship is that the people who live under a dictatorship know they are being fed propaganda, whereas westerners are trained to believe they are ingesting impartial factual reporting.
Two Ceasefires Now! Gaza and Ukraine
A CEASEFIRE NOW! is called for in two wars the U.S. government is deeply involved in, shipping weapons and providing financial support. Neither of these wars benefits the American people, whose tax money is supporting death and destruction and taking tax money away from needed help for the hungry, sick, and homeless.
ANTHEM by Leonard Cohen, Sung by Sara Thomsen
I can't run no more With that lawless crowd While the killers in high places Say their prayers out loud But they've summoned, they've summoned up A thundercloud They're going to hear from me
Leave Africa for Africans, by Mary Beaudoin
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, whom we could expect to be a big fan of coups given how instrumental she was in orchestrating one in Ukraine in 2014, flew to the Nigerien capital, Niamey, on August 6. However, this time she was in opposition to the coup...
Chris Hedges: Let Them Eat Dirt
The Nazis in 1942 systematically starved the 500,000 men, women and children in the Warsaw Ghetto. This is a number Israel intends to exceed.
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
CEASEFIRE NOW! AND FOREVER! FREE PALESTINE!
Without adequate food, water, medicine, shelter, or other human needs due to the Israeli-imposed siege, the population is exhausted, traumatized, starved, and dehydrated, and disease is beginning to spread – this on top of being bombed, slaughtered, and maimed.
GAZA: “A Graveyard for Children,” by Liza Burr
The Solution: A Just Peace that offers one democratic, secular state that offers justice and equality for all its citizens...regardless of religion, ethnicity, or any identity marker.
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.”
DN! “Free the Truth”: The Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange & Defending Press Freedom
Is the FREE PRESS the "enemy of the people'? Or is PRESS FREEDOM, how the public is informed and an absolute necessity in a democracy and any form of government that is not authoritarian where all those who live under that government have an equal voice and a say?
Henry Giroux: Killing Children, the Burdens of Conscience, and the Israel-Hamas War: A Criminal Policy of Revenge
In this case, there is a need to get beyond the language of moral condemnation, which overrides what it might mean to both provide security for Israelis and liberation and freedom for Palestinians.
Rise Up Times: Media For Justice And Peace, Looking At Gaza And More…Post Summary
GAZA: Hedges, Pilger, David Swanson, Johnstone, WAMM, more; MEDIA: Alternative, Taibbi, Censorship, Greenwald; ASSANGE: Belmarsh Tribunal, Lies of War; more ...
What Media? Alternatives to Mainstream Corporate Media and where to find them.
Alternative news sources and journalists to the Mainstream Corporate Media (MSM). A long list and where to find them, but not definitive.. Do your own exploring. There's a wealth of opinion and information with research, analysis, and fresh approaches by experienced journalists and commentators.