Month: Jun 2011

Danny Chivers on climate change denial

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Danny Chivers is the author of The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change: The Science, The Solutions, The Way Forward, recently published by New Internationalist. He is also the author of a guide to debunking the myths of climate change deniers, the keynote article in our May issue, the main feature of which covers this issue. Here, he discusses climate change’s connection to other problems, what a zero carbon future would look like, and more.

Chivers on climate change denial — New Internationalist.

Help us protect the Arctic | Greenpeace International

Help us protect the Arctic | Greenpeace International.

Help us protect the Arctic

Stand off between the drill ship Leiv Eiriksson and the Greenpeace ship Esperanza

Drilling in the Arctic is reckless, dangerous – and unnecessary at a time when an energy revolution has been proved possible. The British foreign office believes any oil spill in Arctic waters would be impossible to deal with.

Yet Cairn Energy is going to drill off the coast of Greenland – without making its oil spill response plan public. Experience has shown that we cannot trust oil companies on their word when they say they have it all covered. Cairn is saying that they managed to create a plan that most experts in the world say is impossible to pull off.

Cairn is gambling with the pristine wilderness of the Arctic. We demand that they show their hand.

Write to Cairn Energy’s CEO today to demand to see their Greenland oil spill response plan.

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take the streets.Athens. General Strike

#611 | Athens sees its biggest gathering in years, more than 150,000 at Syntagma square as the build-up for the General Strike of June 15th begins

A crowd whose size is difficult to even estimate gathered in central Athens to protest against the crisis and the Memorandum tonight. The call to a pan-european call of action saw more than 100,000 (some estimates give much higher numbers) flooding Syntagma square and many central nearby avenues. In contrast to previous gatherings, police presence was much higher, with fencing erected around the parliament building and double, or triple rows of riot police around it.

The city is now building up for the General Strike of June 15th, which is also the next date of action announced at Syntagma square.

Both mobilisations are aimed against the new agreement between the government and the troika (IMF/EU/ECB) which is planned to be voted at parliament on the morning of the 15th.

The general assembly of Syntagma square has already called for a blocking of the parliament from the night of the 14th. In addition to the fencing installed around the parliament (see below), a police water canon has also appeared nearby.

Similar demonstrations took place in Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Larisa, Volos and many other Greek cities. In the Cretan city of Chania, fascists bearing arms appeared in the gathering, in a failed attempt to provoke the gathered crowd.

http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/423422/index.php

See also:
http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/

Brazil: LAST STAND FOR THE XINGU

Amazon Watch has organized a “Cause” at Facebook:

“This has been a time of tragedy in the Amazon. This week the Brazilian government green-lighted construction on the monstrous Belo Monte Dam despite searing local, national and international opposition.

Yet despite the initiation of this criminal operation, I can assure you that the battle to defend the Xingu River and its people is far from over. “I have just returned from the Brazilian Amazon, where Chief Raoni gathered with hundreds of Kayapo warriors, indigenous leaders from 18 ethnicities, and leaders from the Xingu Alive Forever Movement (MXVPS).

“This is the last chance we have to paralyze Belo Monte’s construction,” Renata Pinheiro told the indigenous assembly. “The future of the Xingu is in your hands, indigenous peoples and social movements. You succeeded in stopping Belo Monte for 30 years – now more than ever we need to strengthen our resolve, joining forces to stop the beginning of construction.”

“It’s now more important than ever that we take this campaign to the next level. “Take a stand, stop this monstrous project by joining the Cause on Facebook “Stop the Monster Dam: Protect the Xingu River and its People”.

Your donation today will support the travel of indigenous leaders to Brasilia and Altamira to make their voices heard.” Xingu Alive Forever! Xingu Vivo Para Sempre! Please join the cause. Also, please note that the avaaz.org petition is still active. If you have not signed it you can do it now here. Posted by Lou Gold at 4:22 PM

Peru: Exit polls suggest Humala victory!

Humala supporters celebrate in Lima (5 June 2011)

Exit polls in Peru’s presidential election indicate leftist Ollanta Humala has a narrow lead over right-winger Keiko Fujimori in the run-off.

The polls suggested a lead of about 5% for Mr Humala, a one-time ally of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez.

Ms Fujimori is the daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori.

The two candidates are at opposite ends of the political spectrum – a fact that worried some Peruvians who said they would not vote for either of

Bitcoin 2014: US federal government on brink of collapse.

A Bitcoin World

Published on June 4, 2011 at 5:48 pm

By Patrick McEwen

Bitcoin

It’s the spring of 2014 and the US federal government stands on the brink of fiscal collapse.

The combination of out-of-control spending and an inability to collect revenue due to the rise of untraceable, anonymous virtual currencies has led to spiralling hyperinflation with no end in sight. With entitlement and welfare programs now consuming 20% of GDP alone while tax revenue is a scant 9% of GDP, and huge numbers of transactions completed using untraceable virtual currencies, the size of the underground black market economy is nearing 50% of the total economy.

While this kind of a fiscal nightmare has been decades in the making, its collapse was accelerated ahead of anyone’s imagination by the Bitcoin project….

read long interesting prediction here

http://www.capitalfreepress.com/3138-bitcoin-world/

Toma la Calle/Take The streets. 15 June Paramos el Parlamento

This is the poster of the Barcelona camp, roughly translated from Catalan

No to the CUTS…No to beatings./ Ni cortes ni hostias..

#acampadabcn..

they thought we’d do nothing outside the Plazas..They were wrong!!

Pensaban que quedríamos en las Plazas..Se equivocaron!

#14 June...Acampamos/ Camp in the Ciutadella Park

June ..Paramos el parlamento/We  CLOSE DOWN THE PARLIAMENT..

We don’t let them approve the Cuts.

#19 June Saltamos de las Plazas al Mundo/We leap from the Plazas into the WORLD.

Manifestación/International Demonstration…

Not with all their police will they stop the Rebellion/Ni con todos sus policias pueden parar la Rebelión.