Gladwyn d’SouzaPlainly visible items on or from public lands should be within the public view shed whose recording shouldn’t be criminalized.
https://thedissenter.org/us-prosecutors-secure-guilty-plea-espionage-act-drone-photography/
The #SettlerColonialSCOTUSIsAntiLaborAndCorrupt’s “justification comes down, in the end, to this: Courts must have more say over regulation—over the provision of health care, the protection of the environment, the safety of consumer products, the efficacy of transportation systems, and so on. A longstanding precedent at the crux of administrative governance thus falls victim to a bald assertion of judicial authority”- Justice Kagan.
But here’s what’s not in the report: The injuries to Native people were not just an unforeseen byproduct of federal dam building. They were, in fact, taken into account at the time. And federal leaders considered that damage a good thing.
#BuffaloExterminationPresagedDeclineOfNativeNations
#DamNationAcceleratedTheKeelingCurveToStarveNativeCommons
#TragedyOfEnclosure
#SprawlReplacesSubsistenceFishermanShepardWoodcutterWithSafewayAndBullshitJobs
https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-report-columbia-river-dams-northwest-tribes
The Federal Government Just Acknowledged the Harm Its Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here’s What It Left Out.
The Biden administration said officials historically gave “little, if any, consideration” to impacts on tribal fishing. But some sought deliberately to upend the harvest, according to documents obtained by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting.
#TragedyOfEnclosure: This included new land use regulations that had “consequent effects on seasonal grazing patterns” and “dismantled” their ways of life, said Andrew Simon Msami, programs director for the Tanzanian human rights organization PINGO’s Forum.
#FossilFuelsDegradeSubsistence
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/unesco-accused-of-supporting-human-rights-abuses-in-african-parks/
UNESCO accused of supporting human rights abuses in African parks
For centuries, Maasai peoples living in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) have always moved freely over vast savanna rangelands in search of water and available grassland, without any restrictions. But in 1979, when UNESCO came into the picture, a lot of things changed. This included new land use regulations that had “consequent effects on seasonal […]
The report also assessed countries on their willingness to cooperate globally through U.N. institutions. The United States was ranked in last place.
"A large majority of countries are supportive of collaborating… but there are a number of great powers that do not play by the rules of the game," said Lafortune.
#TragedyOfEnclosure #InstitutionalizedPoverty
#TragedyOfEnclosure enjoy massive federal subsidies and enormous tax breaks despite the "eye-popping" profits they post year after year.
#TragedyOfEnclosure recalls Bourdain on Kissinger: Illegal trawling in protected waters, has devastated fish stocks, trashed marine ecosystems and left coastal communities in dire poverty
while bulldozers and trucks terraform mangroves for tourism via coast privatization for politically connected wealthy investors closing off access to the sea.
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/fishers-left-with-no-land-no-fish-in-fire-sale-of-cambodian-coast/
Fishers left with no land, no fish, in fire sale of Cambodian coast
KOH KONG & PREAH SIHANOUK, Cambodia — By 11 a.m., the sun was already beating down on Daem Thkov. The chatter of tourists on the nearby beach floated on the gentle sea breeze through the fishing village on the Cambodian island of Koh Rong. But behind the tranquil scenes of turquoise waters, white sands and […]
#DisplacedAndStarvingPeopleAroundTheRedSeaProtectCarbonBombShippingLanes: The Ministry of Fisheries in Sana’a, which recorded dozens of violations against fishermen, including kidnapping and arrests carried out by the U.S. Navy, said in a previous statement that the U.S. Navy’s activity near the Yemeni coast and territorial waters threatens Yemeni fishermen, puts their lives in danger and causes them to lose their only source of income.
New Alliances and Military Strength Surge Amid Yemen’s Unwavering Support for Gaza
Ahmed Abdulkhareem In his traditional Tuhamian clothing, Ali, a Yemeni fisherman from the coastal city of Hodeidah, stands in a gathering of thousands of Yemenis and chants, “With you, with you, O …
#MonopoliesCorruptPoliticiansToPreventDistributedPower: Electric utilities have taken responsibility for wildfires around the U.S., including fallen power lines that started a blaze in Maui last year. Transmission lines also sparked a massive California wildfire in 2019. “These fires are becoming a regular occurrence. Lives are being lost. Livelihoods are being lost. It’s a sad story that repeats itself again and again, because public utility companies and oil companies responsible for these power lines aren’t keeping them maintained.”
https://www.time.com/6898471/xcel-energy-igniting-texas-wildfire-involvement/
#RefugeesAreCreatedByForeverWarsEthnicCleansingAndClimateChange
#PreserveIndigenousBiodiversity: “You know, the Amazonian, they live in Pará. In Pará, the difference between Lula and Bolsonaro was only 400,000 votes. And we have there more than 4 million voters.
we know deep in the heart of Amazon, Bolsonaro is so strong. And we see it every day. And I'm sure Angélica sees even more because she lives there. She lives in Acre, that it's another state in Amazon.
And so that's a huge problem, I tell you, Andy. And also we have in the Congress, in the National Congress, the congressmen, the majority, they are Bolsonaro supporters. They are the guys you said, #BibleBeefAndBullet.”
#TragedyOfEnclosure #ChicoMendes
From Sustain What?: Amazon Career Track? Confessed Assassin, 1990, Rising Local Right-Wing Leader 2024, Mar 9, 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sustain-what/id1652181675?i=1000648604287
