Month: Oct 2019

Costa Rica Doubles Forests/Going Carbon Neutral/ But has a million in poverty..

*leer en castellano abajo

Costa Rica is one of the few States that can boast of being nearly ‘Carbon Neutral’, conserving 25% and doubling its forest. But it’s still a capitalist top-down State, dominated by US capital and being rapidly bought up cheap for nearly tax free US holiday homes. Over 20% of people survive in severe poverty while millions of tourists arrive by plane and Cruise Liners, spewing uncounted CO2. You can even take a Tourist Tour of the slums to photograph the ‘happy smiling beggars’.(7 Shocking Facts About Costa Rica’s Poverty Rate).

Of course we must follow Costa Rica’s amazing ecological gains, but without forgetting it’s a small exceptional place (4.5m people) and to solve Climate and ecological breakdown the whole system of Infinite Growth must change.

Costa Rica has renewable electricity and has doubled its forests in a few decades… let’s compare with Spain

by Pepe Galindo   edited with inserts by thefreeonline ”Costa Rica, is an Central American country that conserves its forests very well and that promotes renewable energy Years of uncontrolled logging razed two thirds of Costa Rica’s trees. When they stopped cutting, the forests grew.

But that was not something that simply happened, but was organized by the leaders of the country. They recognized that forests generate many benefits that do not appear in economic account.

Costa Rica began to give tax benefits to those who conserved their lands without degrading them.

They understood that protecting their “natural resources” is beneficial in the long term. The so-called Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are serving to recognize that healthy ecosystems generate benefits and that they must pay for them (carbon sequestration, water filtration, maintenance of quality aquifers and air, provision of food and medicines, etc. .).

 

When these environmental processes are free, people have no incentives to conserve them. Free is not valued. In rural areas, PES have also served to reduce poverty.

”Costa Rica Property Rights, Buying and Owning Property …Costa Rica granted generous incentives to foreign nationals wishing to become residents. The lure of its beautiful coasts and the warmth of the people, together

 

with numerous scams, has led many North Americans to buy property where there is no Capital Gains Tax …. Meanwhile 20% of the population live in extreme poverty and the number is rising. Continue reading “Costa Rica Doubles Forests/Going Carbon Neutral/ But has a million in poverty..”

Coming Demos: #RiseupforRojava

see also..UPDATE 9 Oct: Urgent Calls for Resistance against Turkish Invasion of Rojava

International Call: Rise Up, Defend Rojava!.. .ANF NEWS DESK

💥On 12th & 19th October will be worldwide action days. If democratic movements decide to put the issue on the agenda, then we can develop a worldwide front against #Turkey’s war.

We call upon everybody: Organize the Resistance! #riseup4rojava!https://t.co/w55cIDq1WB pic.twitter.com/bbPA9o9l4b

Upcoming North American Events in Solidarity:

Saturday, October 12th:

Sunday, October 13th:

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Rojava Invasion : War Rages with Heroic Popular Resistance: Live Updates 11 Oct

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see also..UPDATE 9 Oct: Urgent Calls for Resistance against Turkish Invasion of Rojava

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The SDF coalition of militias, of Rojava/Autonomous Administration(AA) though 70,000 strong, are facing a giant 639,551.[8] strong modern NATO army , led by an openly fascist…

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Rojava Invasion : War Rages with Heroic Popular Resistance: Live Updates 11 Oct

see also..UPDATE 9 Oct: Urgent Calls for Resistance against Turkish Invasion of Rojava

International Call: Rise Up, Defend Rojava!.. .ANF NEWS DESK

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The SDF coalition of militias, of Rojava/Autonomous Administration(AA) though 70,000 strong, are facing a giant 639,551.[8] strong modern NATO army , led by an openly fascist, racist, misogynist and mass murdering expansionist regime, as being illustrated daily  in Afrin,  which in principle should destroy them in days.

The SDF has very few armoured vehicles, tanks or heavy artillery and of course no air force at all, while Turkey is the second biggest NATO force with tens of thousands, now poised to take over Rojava and northern Syria.

21:41 10 Oct 19:Fighting resumes between Manbij Military Council fighters and the occupation forces in Ceblê, Hemra, Til Torîn and Boxaz villages of Manbij that were attacked with heavy weapons. Manbij Military Council fighters are retaliating in kind.

Most of Turkey’s weapons are US, and there are no restrictions, so in replacements the US, and personally Donald Trump, stand to gain a bonanza from a genocidal massacre they permitted, and could have prevented with just 1000 of their million strong military.

The SDF should therefore probably go for a guerilla resistance from the beginning, as any set battles in the open countryside could be suicidal. However this is do or die for them, and for their amazing human revolution. Everything else has been tried. There is no other choice but total resistance.

Another tactic then may be to extend the battlefield, on all levels.. all the long border, in Afrin, in Iraq, in Iran and across Europe and the world, with all, including me and hopefully you, resisting at their own level.

Rise Up For Rojava !

  • @RojavaNetwork+++Turkish occupation army has captured the village “Bir ‘Ashiq”, east of the city Girê Sipî.

    10 Oct ’19 A Civilian victim in Qamislo of Erdogan’s terrorist invasion of Nth Syria
  • @RojavaNetwork    SDF Military source: “SDF stunned Turkish forces and confused them by extending the front line to 650 km while Ankara planned to 80 km, so the SDF opened more than eight battle fronts while the Turkish army planned one.”
  • @RojavaNetwork       Afrin Liberation forces: “A convoy belonging to the Turkish occupation army were targeted in Afrin, casualties unknown, at the same time our forces has eliminated four and wounded two Turkish-backed militants”
  •  @RojavaNetwork  +++People protection units (YPG) has infiltrated in the city Cizre (Cizîr) in Turkey. YPG has raided and surrounded a police station, clashes continue. #Twitterkurds #TSK

International reactions have been almost unanimous but not concrete. Only Qatar and  Spain have supported Erdogan with their aggression. The USA has remained erratic. Trump has assured that he will not accept Erdogan’s inhuman action and threatened with “more than just sanctions.” Continue reading “Rojava Invasion : War Rages with Heroic Popular Resistance: Live Updates 11 Oct”

Ecuadorian Trump-IMF puppet president runs away

petrel41's avatarDear Kitty. Some blog

This 8 October 2019 video says about itself:

Ecuador: Indigenous activists block roads to protest Moreno’s economic package

Indigenous activists blocked several streets in Quito on Monday, demonstrating their rejection of the economic package announced by Lenin Moreno’s government.

Footage shows the activists from indigenous communities in the Guangopolo area east of Quito blocking roads with rocks, stones, tree trunks and barricades.

“Our comrades are coming from the south, from the north, from the centre; from the east and, [with them] comes the seizure of Quito. Comrades and [I give you] a suggestion, get water and food supplies,” said indigenous leader Sebastián Correa, adding, “we are willing to give our life.”

Streets surrounding the civic centre of the locality also remain without commercial activity, blocked off by fences and barbed wire. …

Ecuador is experiencing a wave of protests triggered by the announcement of the so-called ‘paquetazo’, a series…

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Urgent Calls for Resistance against Turkish Invasion of Rojava: Live Updates

    • Bombing and shelling let loose along the whole border.
    • To bomb Rojava Erdogan certainly has Airspace Use permission from the US, making Trump a direct War Criminal.
    • Turkey has also let loose its paid jihadi mercenaries who are attacking  the Kobani area, hoping to murder, loot and rape.
    • 22:00 Turkish aggression on Gire Spi killed a couple in the village of Mikalta.
    • 21:52  Turkish jets strike the vicinity of al-Chirkin prison in Qamishlo where ISIS prisoners are held. Mustefa Bali, head of SDF Press Office, said the place is where the most dangerous jihadists are held.
    • Rumours say that Turkey will use the same tactic as in the Afrin invasion. That is to prolong a massive bombardment to make the surviving people flee, never to be let return,  before setting up military bases. Ethnic cleansing has already begun.
    • 18:27   While the attacks continued around the city of Sêrikaniyê with mortars, Sêrikaniyê Military Assembly forces responded. There are thousands of civilians in the city, children, old people, this is pure fascist terror  .. 21:28  .. Al-Nusra gangs and the Turkish army are heavily bombing Serekaniye from three sides. The occupation forces attempt to enter the area amid intense artillery fire.
    • FROM ANF LIVE BLOG 
    • 21:08Clashes with heavy weapons continue at Qamishlo border. The Turkish army continues with mortar attacks against the city center, leaving some civilians wounded.
    • 21:00Agression on Bisheriya neighborhood of Qamishlo left 25-year-old Syriac woman Juliet Nikola and 37-year-old Fadi Hapsono heavily wounded. The ongoing bombardment has caused fire in some houses.20:45SDF: Three of our fighters and five civilians have been martyred.20:44Turkish army and allies are heavily shelling the Qamishlo and Gire Spi city centers.20:38

      SDF fighters have destroyed a tank of the Turkish army at Derik border.

      20:15

      The invading Turkish army is shelling the village of Sülük in Kobanê with howitzers. SDF forces are responding.

      20:13

      Violent clashes reported between the occupying Turkish state and SDF fighters in Eyn Dîwarê, a district of Derik.

      20:07

      Upon hearing that the Turkish state launched attacks on Rojava, the Kurds and their friends living in the Swedish capital Stockholm stood up for the defense of Rojava.

      19:55

      Warplanes belonging to the invading Turkish army are bombing around Girê Spî. Movement of warplanes continues in the region.

      19:46

      A civilian was killed and 1 injured in the attack of the Turkish army against the Syrian and Assyrian neighborhood of Bêşiriye in Qamishlo.

18:32

In Dêrik, the people protested the Turkish state’s invasion of northern and eastern Syria. People marched chanting slogans on the streets of the city.

18:27

While the attacks continued around the city of Sêrikaniyê with mortars, Sêrikaniyê Military Assembly forces responded. There are thousands of civilians in the city.

18:23

A 6-year-old boy in the village of Sê Girka in Qamishlo was wounded during the attack of the occupying Turkish state. In the same area, the Turkish army shot a vehicle belonging to civilians.

18:21

Responding to the Turkish state’s occupation attack, HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli said in a statement, “Let us give voice to Rojava. Let’s speak out against this war against the Kurdish people”.

above from > LIVE BLOG  (ANF)
  • Turkey’s jihadi mercenaries vow to massacre Kurds. “Strike them with an iron fist, make them taste the hell of your fires,” a statement from the so-called National Army, the main Turkey-backed rebel force told its fighters.. Al Jazeera.

Ready for Resistance-Call to Day X: No war on Northern Syria

  • Erdogan has gone too far with his dictatorship, purges, economic wrecking and corruption. His own AKP Party is rapidly losing members. But he has gained huge personal dictatorial powers.  The biggest demonstrations against the Invasion are taking place now in Turkey itself. We should also support  them in every way we can and call for a general uprising in Turkey now.

Thousands stand as human shields at Serekaniye border .

The local councils of various towns and areas have held huge protests and promised to resist Turkish fascism to their last breath.

  • What was the Erdogan/Trump deal?  We don’t know if anonymous money will change hands. It was a Sunday night phone call. It’s possible Trump was drunk or drugged because he later made much of a promise by ‘Erdy’ to save the US the expensive of ISIS detainees, not realizing that the detainees aren’t in US custody anyway. Seems like Trump the dirty dealer didn’t even sell a patriot missile in exchange for gifting his allies country to an insane fascist dictator.

  • Bombing/Shelling Begins:

    A witness told the Reuters news agency that thousands of people had fled Ras al-Ain deeper into SDF-controlled territory towards Hasaka province.  09 Oct 2019, Wed – 16:35  Turkish occupation aircraft bombs Serekaniye … 09 Oct 2019, Wed – 16:43     Turkish occupation army shells Ain Issa and Girê Spi , 09 Oct 2019, Wed – 17:19   Occupation army shells western Qamishlo’s Sikarka village  … etc …

Continue reading “Urgent Calls for Resistance against Turkish Invasion of Rojava: Live Updates”

Trump betrays Rojava: allows Erdogan to Bomb, Invade and Genocide anti ISIS defenders

Donald Trump has betrayed the heroic fighters who fought and died to save us from ISIS.

To do this he will have personally signed a paper allowing Turkish jets and helicopters to invade the airspace and murder countless innocent people. Donald Tump is now a war criminal and mass murderer.

Protesters, predominantly from the Kurdish town of Ras al-Ayn, marched several miles to reach a base placed on the border with Turkey. Protesters presented a petition calling on coalition forces to halt the rumoured Turkish operation.
[BREAKING] US allows Turkey to attack Rojava! The White House just announced that US “will no longer be in the immediate area” of Northern Syria, allow Turkey to launch an invasion in the region  #riseup4rojava
@RISEUP4R0JAVA
A  new illegal and genocidal Turkish invasion also helps ISIS fighters to escape. It serves terror and is a real opportunity for Daesh to reorganize itself and thus take control of large areas of Syria. The declaration of war on #Rojava is a threat to the whole world. #riseup4rojava

Trump has done his ‘Evil Deal’ with Erdogan,  selling out and betraying his SDF and Kurdish allies who conquered ISIS. We can be sure that both mafia style presidents will receive untraceable kickbacks  in anonymous offshore accounts.

The US has given Erdogan free rein to flood Rojava with his fast growing mercenary army of jihadi Syrian militias, including many ISIS and Al Qaeda and militias now holed up in Idlib. Erdogan is paying the terrorists 500 Turkish dollars a month and offering loot, land and power destroying Rojava. Especially evil is the promise to destroy the unique womens’ liberation movement, returning women to semi slavery under medieval jihadi rule and implicitly offering the terrorist mercenaries  the right to kidnap, rape and torture the heroic YPJ womens defense militia, as is already happening in Afrin.

All they asked for was peace and democracy: This is what Erdogan did to Kurdish cities just over the border in Turkey in 2015.

Erdogan has already taken over Afrin, Al Bab, Azaz, Jarablus  and much of Idlib and has openly boasted he will conquer all lands once held by the Ottoman Empire …At home he has  gained total dictatorial control, /destroyed Kurdish areas killing thousands and ordered the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of people on suspicion.

What can we do, reading this in some safer and stabler part of the world?

by ..  If the Turkish government and its henchmen expect their extermination fantasies to become reality, they have not taken into account the resistance of the women’s and people’s defense units (YPJ/YPG) and especially the resistance of the people in Northern and Eastern Syria.

Those who have defeated the Islamic state through the sacrifice of thousands of martyrs and the courageous resistance of the population will defend the self-governing areas against a Turkish invasion.

We must all do our part and fulfill our responsibility of defending this revolution!

The military, economic and diplomatic cooperation between Turkey, the USA, NATO and European countries must be exposed and politically attacked. No support for Erdogan, his regime and his war!

No arms supply and no financial or political aid to the Turkish extermination policy!

If democratic movements decide to put the issue on the agenda: in the media, on the streets, in the factories, businesses and classrooms of their countries, then we can develop a common force against Turkey’s war plans.

We must build a permanent political resistance capable of preventing cooperation with Turkish fascism in our countries.

Should it come to Day X, the beginning of a Turkish invasion: take to the streets, take actions, occupy, disrupt and block! Show those responsible in the government offices and company headquarters what you think of their war!

Together we can stop the war of aggression of Turkey! No war against Northern Syria!

The revolution in Northeast Syria will win, fascism will be smashed! ”

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”In the event of a Turkish invasion, you can use every means in your power to discredit and impede the Turkish state, Erdogan, Trump, Putin and the others who paved the way for that outcome.

Even if you are not able to stop them—even if you can’t save our lives—you will be part of building the kind of social movements and collective capacity that will be necessary to save others’ lives in the future.

In addition, you can look for ways to get resources to people in this part of the world, who have suffered so much and will continue to suffer as the next act of this tragedy plays out.

Barcelona demo 17.00  7th Oct

see also: ‘Erdogan’s terrorists ”Assassinating, Beheading, Stabbing and Planting Explosives’ in ‘Safe Zone’  

RiseUp4Rojava ..Erdogan uses Refugee Blackmail on EU to boost ”Safe Zone” invasion