In the American Revolution, the men who revolted were among the wealthiest and most comfortable people in the colonies. What kind of revolution was it, anyway? Was it about a desire to establish democracy—or something…
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"Leave fossil fuels in the ground. It's so simple.This is the most important predicament humanity has ever faced and by design as a result of the enormous oppressive power of the fossil fuel industry, we're flunking it." George Monbiot.
No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
Fannie Lou Hamer was born today. She was fired as a sharecropper for registering Black folks to vote. She started coops and political parties. She had a limp & blood clot behind her eye from being beaten by police in a Mississippi jail. Fannie was a freedom fighter.
For nearly 12 months, CPJ has painstakingly documented the ways in which Israel's conduct of the war has exacted an unprecedented toll on Palestinian journalists and the region’s media landscape. One year on, the impact is devastating. Read more: https://cpj.org/2024/10/one-year-and-climbing-israel-responsible-for-record-journalist-death-toll/
Was listening to the episode of @SceneOnRadio about Donella Meadows’ book The Limits to Growth and all this made even more sense
News media retreat to their cowardly safe space when they write passive headlines about bad things happening but they don’t tell you who made them happen.
Right-wing propagandists are spreading hoaxes about Hurricane Helene. Say it.