79 Followers
127 Following
935 Posts
Am not so new here now having come from birdland. A Brit living in Europe. Interested in art, music, current affairs. Kindness and humanity are welcome. Hate, racism, or one extreme or another not welcome. Love humour and thought provoking comments. Just trying to live a good life.

The billionaires know that fossil fuels and power-intensive AI are rendering the earth uninhabitable. That's what their bunkers are for.

But even more than bunkers, they're investing in surveillance and repression.

They're not afraid of the end of the world.

They're afraid we'll try to save it.

https://crimethinc.com/Climate2024

Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let's Talk about Real Solutions

Why the strategies that mainstream environmental movements are employing to halt climate change are failing—and what we could be doing instead.

CrimethInc.

25 years ago today, on April 16, 2000, tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, DC to take action against the meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Building on the mobilization that shut down the summit of the World Trade Organization in Seattle the previous November, they sought to demonstrate the virtues of global solidarity as an alternative to neoliberal capitalist globalization.

This oral history captures the events and the spirit of the times in vivid detail.

http://crimethinc.com/A16

"The black bloc came at that moment when blood was streaming down people’s faces and essentially pushed the police out of our intersection. They were just this wall of bodies that pushed them out and saved our intersection from any further police abuse. I’ve forever been grateful to that black bloc for hearing on the walkie talkies that we needed help and coming so powerfully to our aid."

"As participants in the black bloc, the thinking was: we’re not going to get voluntarily arrested; we’re not going to sit in the street while they put pepper spray in our eyes. We are going to fight back against police abuse."

More World, Less Bank

On April 16, 2000, tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, DC to mobilize against the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. This was one of a series o...

CrimethInc.

Why putin Can’t End the War: 5 Traps He Built for Himself

While the world debates how to stop the war, one truth becomes increasingly clear: putin himself can’t end it. Here are five reasons why.

By Andrew Novitskyi

https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/50735

Shakira’s hips don’t lie. Her identical twin sister’s hips don’t tell the truth. You may ask one question.

@Free_Press

A russian inteiigence agent in the Kremlin would never dare to condemn, much less punish putin for aiming ballistic missiles at a city crowded with civilians. A russian agent sitting in the White House oval office would also be afraid to condemn and sanction further attacks like this russian war crime. The sound of silence today from the oval office is the sound of trump's betrayal of America and justice. #Ukraine #Betrayal

Donald Trump authorizes U.S. military to take control of land on southern border

President Donald Trump issued a memorandum Friday giving the U.S. military jurisdiction over federal lands at the southern border.

USA TODAY
Investors are growing concerned about a U.S. asset exodus as Treasurys and the dollar decline

The combined decline of U.S. stocks, bonds and the dollar could be a sign of a broader shift away from investing in America.

CNBC
@mum
Plutocrats & billionaires gotta stick together?
Ramaswamy, Trump's grandfather, Musk, Stephen Miller, Melania Trump, and many more MAGAs are all either actually illegal immigrants, descendants of legal or illegal immigrants, or richer off the labor of immigrants, want to demonize or stop immigrants.
THIS