(2023-04-22). Ocasio-Cortez Rebukes Alito 'Tantrum' and 'Highly Politicized' Supreme Court. commondreams.org
(2023-04-22). 'Festival of Climate Resistance': Tens of Thousands Celebrate 'The Big One' in UK on Earth Day. commondreams.org
Tens of thousands demonstrated with a defiant yet jubilant spirit in London on Saturday to mark the second day of 'The Big One' climate protests aimed at getting the U.K. government to finally take bold action on the planetary emergency of greenhouse gas emissions.A nonviolent die-in action was held outside Parliament, but the day of demonstration was billed as a "family-friendly" day of action meant to foster inclusion and participation as opposed to disruption or civil disobedience. | \u201cThousands of beautiful people marching for biodiversity and climate action today at @XRebellionUK\u2019s #TheBigO…
(2023-04-22). Make Saving the Planet Simple This Earth Day. commondreams.org
| Growing up on a small farm in New England, my family was tied to the rhythms of the seasons and the land. We guided our calendar and lives by when to plant tomatoes, harvest corn, and seed the winter rye. The connection to the natural world felt timeless, and the land, ever enduring. | Each summer, Red would show up on our doorstep and stay a few weeks. Red was a giant in my child's eyes, certainly more than six feet tall—and he had a wagon like Professor Marvel in the opening scene of | The Wizard of Oz. Red may have been one of the last of the itinerant "rag men" that would go from farm to far…
(2023-04-22). Moms Should Nurture Engagement and Protest, Not Perfection. commondreams.org
| When my son was born last spring, I found myself in a strange world, one in which parents—particularly moms—are expected to be perfect and completely in control of every detail of a child's life. Whether it's buying the most non-toxic diapers or deciding on the best baby-feeding philosophies, each with their own line of products, there is an obsessive culture of consumerist perfection about raising a child. Somehow, amidst an increasingly unstable social context, mothers are expected to ensure a child's every moment is crafted with the expertise of a veteran Montessori preschool teacher, a…
(2023-04-22). 12 Ways to Make Earth Day Count. commondreams.org
It's both wonderful and odd that we have a thing called "Earth Day," celebrated on April 22. This earth is what makes our very existence possible—do we really need a reminder to take care of it? Actually, we do, and we need an extra reminder that how we get our food supply is central to caring for the planet. Despite our ever-intensifying climate crisis, along with widening habitat loss and species extinction, we see our industrial food system literally adding fuel to these preventable fires through its ongoing reliance on fuel-based pesticides, massively polluting factory farms, and a destructiv…
(2023-04-22). Educators Are Standing Up for Healthy Green Schools and a Livable Climate This Earth Week. commondreams.org
| The Earth is burning, and our schools are crumbling. Investments in healthy, sustainable, green schools can help solve both problems. | As a result of human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, generated primarily by the combustion of fossil fuels, the global climate is now about 1 ∞C (nearly 2 ∞F) warmer than the historical climate in which modern civilization emerged. Every amount of GHG emitted into the atmosphere worsens the global climate crisis, leading to real and increasingly measurable risks to human and ecosystem health, to the economy, and to global security. Predominantly Bla…
(2023-04-21). Fox's Settlement With Dominion Shows That 'Lies Have Consequences'. commondreams.org
| When was the last time you forked over nearly $800 million? | Really think. There must have been some moment, some dispute where you decided to reach deep within your checking account to find the better part of a billion dollars—a dispute where you weren't wrong, but you wanted to end things the easy way. | Well, Fox News knows the feeling. While the United States braced to watch a sure-to-be-fascinating defamation trial between Rupert Murdoch's prized cable news channel and Dominion Voting Systems—which alleged that Fox had repeatedly aired false claims that it fixed the 2020 presidential…
(2023-04-21). Kaepernick to Fund Independent Autopsy for Atlanta Inmate Found Dead in Insect-Infested Cell. commondreams.org
| Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump on Thursday said that former NFL quarterback and racial justice activist Colin Kaepernick will pay for an independent autopsy for Lashawn Thompson, a mentally ill man who died last September in a filthy, insect-infested cell in an overcrowded Atlanta jail. | Crump spoke at a "We want to thank Colin Kaepernick for helping thi…
(2023-04-21). Netanyahu Picks Self-Described 'Racist' May Golan as Top Israeli Diplomat in NY. commondreams.org
(2023-04-21). Taliban recognition not a focus of Afghanistan meeting, says UN. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Commentary: Are US-Vietnam relations ready for a strategic partnership upgrade? channelnewsasia.com While signs are afoot that Hanoi is drawing a little closer to Washington, Vietnam will likely stick to familiar ground when managing its relations with the two largest powers, says ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute's Nguyen Khac Giang.
(2023-04-21). Biden, Macron talk to ease tensions after French leader's China trip. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Kyiv says it terminates land lease deal with Russian Embassy. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Russia regional governor quits after son dodges extradition to US. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Russia ¥s Lavrov in Havana on Latam drive to shore up support. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-21). Giving Away the Game, Gaetz Says McCarthy 'Picked Up' Far-Right's Debt Ceiling Plan. commondreams.org
(2023-04-21). Day One of 'The Big One': Tens of Thousands Gear Up for Mass Climate Rallies in UK. commondreams.org
| Thousands of climate advocates descended on London Friday for the first day of "The Big One," a multi-day mass mobilization aimed at pressuring the United Kingdom's government to stop approving new fossil fuel projects and accelerate the transition to renewable energy as key environmental indicators signal | The mass demonstrations, set to run through Monday, were organized by a broad alliance of climate, labor, peace, and social justice organizations including Extinction Rebelli…
(2023-04-21). Chilean President Unveils Plan to Slowly Nationalize Lithium Industry. commondreams.org
(2023-04-21). 'Not Out of the Woods Yet': Supreme Court Maintains Abortion Pill Access—For Now. commondreams.org
In its first major abortion decision since "This is very welcome news, but it's frightening to think that Americans came within hours of losing access to a medication that is used in most abortions in this country and has been used for decades by millions of…
(2023-04-21). Climate Group Vows to Make Sure Biden Environmental Justice Office Isn't 'Just Performative'. commondreams.org
(2023-04-21). Montana's Sole Transgender Lawmaker Silenced for Saying GOP Has 'Blood on Its Hands'. commondreams.org
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr said ahead of a scheduled legislative session in the state House on Friday that she is "ready to speak" on behalf her constituents, but Republican leaders have given no indication that they'll allow her to do so after silencing her this week in retaliation for comments she made about transgender rights.State House Speaker Matt Regier (R-4) has
(2023-04-21). The Right Embraces Shareholder Activism in War on So-Called "Woke" Capitalism. commondreams.org
| After years of criticizing progressives for shareholder activism focused on social justice and environmental concerns, right-wing groups and ideologues are embracing the same strategy themselves. | At publicly held companies, right-wing shareholder proposals that target environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks are up 60% compared to this time last year, according to the 2023 | Proxy Preview Of the hundreds of shareholder resolu…
(2023-04-21). With Climate Indicators 'Off the Charts,' UN Chief Calls Policies of Rich Nations a 'Death Sentence'. commondreams.org
| The World Meteorological Organization warned Friday that climate change indicators are "off the charts," one day after United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told officials from wealthy countries that their refusal to halt fossil fuel expansion amounts to a civilizational "death sentence" and pleaded with them to urgently decarbonize the global economy. | The WMO's | State of the Global Climate 2022
(2023-04-21). Tapping Into Warehouse Roof Solar Potential Could Power Entire US Cities. commondreams.org
| Installing solar panels on the roofs of warehouses and distribution centers around the United States could generate enough clean electricity to power every household in every state's most populous city, according to a "What the world needs now is rooftop solar, which produces inexpensive clean energy, averts harmful pollution, and preserves open space," Susan Rakov, chair of Environment America Research & Policy Center's clea…
(2023-04-21). Climate, Indigenous Rights Shareholder Resolutions at Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo AGM's. commondreams.org
(2023-04-21). Climate Justice Leaders Applaud President Biden's Executive Order Expanding Focus on Environmental Justice in Federal Agency Planning. commondreams.org Moments ago, President Biden signed Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, an executive order strengthening and expanding interagency coordination around environmental justice. In reaction to the announcement, Ozawa Bineshi Albert, Co-Executive Director at the Climate Justice Alliance, a national nonprofit representing 89 rural and urban community-based environmental justice organizations and supporting networks, issued the following statement: "Today's executive order is the result of nearly two decades of organizing by the environmental justice movement. From the original Envi…
(2023-04-21). New Jobs Analysis: The Green New Deal for Cities Act Would Create or Preserve 1.9 Million Jobs. commondreams.org New Data for Progress
(2023-04-21). Rescinding Trump's Shields For Non-Bank Financial Firms Is A Crucial First Step. commondreams.org In response to the Financial Stability Oversight Council voting to publish a new analytic framework for designating non-bank financial firms as systemically important, Revolving Door Project Research Director Max Moran issued the following statement: "This is a crucial first step from FSOC, but it cannot be the last step. Rolling back Trump's framework just means that FSOC is allowing itself to see the financial system through a realistic lens. In Washington, allowing oneself to view the world realistically is a major achievement. But the point is to actually act on what one sees.""FSOC cannot be content just t…
(2023-04-21). Sierra Club Applauds Biden Administration Environmental Justice Announcement. commondreams.org Today, the Biden Administration
(2023-04-21). Can You Fight for Climate Justice Without Being Antiwar? commondreams.org
| Can organizations sincerely say they are leading the climate justice fight without also being unapologetically antiwar? Short answer—no. Here's why. | We cannot end climate change without ending war. The United States military is the planet's largest single emitter of greenhouse gasses and consumer of oil. The U.S. military and its weapons, consistently deployed to secure economic dominance for the few while ensuring suffering for the many, have no place on a just and livable planet. The corporate interests and fascist, militarist tendencies that lead humanity into conflict are the very same tha…
(2023-04-21). Continúan protestas contra la reforma judicial en Israel. telesurtv.net La ley pretende otorgar la facultad al Gobierno de seleccionar los jueces que integrarán la Corte Suprema.
(2023-04-21). The Republican Party of Death Content to Let Poverty Kill at Will. commondreams.org
| Kevin McCarthy has a keen new idea about what he thinks he can get out of Democrats in Congress in exchange for Republicans authorizing the government to pay the trillions in debt that Donald Trump racked up in his four years in office. | In exchange for lifting the so-called debt ceiling, McCarthy He c…
(2023-04-21). In Germany, Left Party youth group calls for donations to the Ukrainian army. wsws.org Linksjugend (Left Youth) counts among the organisations belonging to the Left Party that aggressively support NATO's proxy war against Russia.