POLARISLINESOn this day in 2020, Beirut was devastated by a massive explosion, caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored recklessly at the port. Over 200 lives were lost, thousands injured, and many left homeless. A tragic reminder of the negligence and corruption that led to this disaster. #BeirutExplosion #Lebanon #NeverForget #JusticeForBeirut 💔🇱🇧
Ivorian authorities decide ship carrying ammonium nitrate is safe http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/THDJyz #AmmoniumNitrate #PublicSafety #IvorianAuthorities #BeirutExplosion #ChemicalSafety
Solarpunk Presents PodcastS2.3 now on YouTube!
The situation in Lebanon today is bleak. Carved out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire and subjected to years of colonialism-lite administration by France, its economy and infrastructure have been devastated by a long civil war, overlapping occupations by Syria and Israel, and corruption on a massive scale. Since 2019, Lebanon has been in the midst of a severe financial crisis, with widespread unemployment and hyperinflation. Now 80% of the population is poor and Lebanon is on the brink of becoming a failed state.
And yet, JD Harlock, Poetry Editor at Solarpunk Magazine, who lives in Beirut, believes in solarpunk. Join us for this episode to find out how that can be and what day to day life is like in Beirut right now.
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Beirut: Finding Your Future in a Nearly Failed State, With JD Harlock
red.Palestinians took to the streets across the occupied West Bank to protest the assassination of Saleh Al-Arouri in Beirut, the founding commander of Gaza’s ruling group’s military wing. The Israeli assassination marks their first strike on Beirut since 2006 and a significant cross-border escalation with Lebanon’s resistance forces.
EU Civil Protection & HumanitaToday marks 3 years since the tragic #BeirutExplosion.
In the aftermath of the blasts, we helped deploy more than 300 search and rescue, chemical and medical experts, and sent tonnes of aid supplies.
Standing in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, then and now. 🇱🇧🤝🇪🇺
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EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺: Did you know that the EU has supported the emergency response to the tragic blast in Beirut? 🇱🇧🇪🇺
• 54 tonnes of supplies via 3 EU humanitarian air bridge flights
• €64 million in emergency funding
• +1,000 tonnes of in-kind aid by member states sent via EU Civil Protection
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1687380812402999296
EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 (@eu_echo)
Today marks 3 years since the tragic #BeirutExplosion. In the aftermath of the blasts, we helped deploy more than 300 search and rescue, chemical and medical experts, and sent tonnes of aid supplies. Standing in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, then and now. 🇱🇧🤝🇪🇺
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Auswärtiges AmtWir gedenken heute der vielen Opfer der #BeirutExplosion von 2020. Eine verheerende Katastrophe, die hunderte Menschenleben gekostet hat, und nicht aufgeklärt wurde. Wir fordern die libanesischen Behörden auf, Ermittlungen nicht länger zu verhindern und zu verzögern.
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The Public Source[The (Dis)order Report] The Fire Next Time...
Three years after the #BeirutExplosion, The Public Source asks: how ready is #Lebanon to face another disaster if one were to strike again?
https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-disaster-risk-preparedness
General Strike NowIsraeli doctors walk out, unions threaten general strike after passage of judicial reform law. Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in latest ...
Lebanon on Friday marks three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut. Yet nobody has been held to account as political and legal pressures suspend the investigation.
Lebanon marks three years since massive blast rocked Beirut
Jon BrunbergTre år sen den massiva explosionen i Beriruts hamn. "After the explosion, I began putting together survivors’ stories, particularly from women. Many of them lost everything that day: the most precious people in their lives, their physical and mental health, their homes and livelihoods, their ability to be happy and to feel in any way secure." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/port-of-beirut-explosion-aftermath-scars-on-already-broken-lebanon #Beirut #BeirutExplosion
The aftermath: how the Beirut explosion has left scars on an already broken Lebanon
The long read: Three years ago, a huge explosion ripped the city apart – and with it people’s hopes for rebuilding. The most vulnerable, many of them women, are bearing the brunt of Lebanon’s endless disasters