We won’t back down in defending Women’s rights here at DWR. If commenting on Sasha White’s thread is enough to get one in hotwater, so be it. There is too much at stake to sit down and shut up over this issue.
Women (adult human females) are currently being unfairly ostracized, doxxed, and harassed for defending their rights, boundaries, and safety in society. We will not bend the knee to TRA demands here. Not ever.
“An assistant literary agent made international headlines this week when she was fired from her job at Tobias Literary Agency in New York. Sasha White, a feminist who had started her career at Tobias as an intern, announced that she had been fired from the agency on Monday for expressing her “feminist stance” on Twitter.
White maintained two Twitter accounts—one professional, and one personal. Her professional account, @SashaSemyonovna, stated her role at Tobias while her personal account, @iamGrushenka, was largely anonymous until recently and states no connection to her former employer.
In a statement to reporter Jesse Singal, President of Tobias Literary Agency, Lane Heymont, claimed that White was fired because she “did not specify her views were her own in her Twitter bio, thus suggesting and it was perceived she was speaking on behalf of the agency and those views are not in line with our beliefs. Therefore we had to part ways.”
When asked by Singal specifically what tweet violated their policies, Heymont pointed to a retweet White had made on her personal account of a post explaining the difference between how women and trans-women experience male violence.
We are not women because we are vulnerable to male violence. We are vulnerable to male violence because we are women. So TW, being vulnerable to male violence does not make you women. It makes you a sub-group of males who are vulnerable to male violence because you are GNC.
US liquefied natural gas giant Cheniere Energy has evacuated and temporarily suspended operations at its Sabine Pass LNG project in Louisiana as Hurricane Laura approaches the US Gulf Coast.
The facility, where five enormous ‘production trains’ are operational and a sixth is under construction, is located in Louisiana’s Cameron Parish, in the weaker side of the storm.
Sabine Pass, which was in the path of Laura, was built on the cheap by converting an Import LNG plant to Export. But the giant tanks immediately sprung dangerous leaks, from 14 points around the base of a second LNG storage tank (Energywire, Feb. 12 2018) and was finally ordered by PHMSA to close two of the enormous tanks.
Cherniere claimed there was ”no danger to the public”, ie. that only the 500 workers would get blown to pieces if the liquid cryogenic gas got to the sea at the right dilution. Now with 5 times the production a failed tank of LNG gas (compressed 500 times) could explode all, potentially with the force of up to 30 Horoshima nukes, destroying at least the city of Port Arthur across the estuary. see Peligros del Gas Natural Licuado (GNL)/
In 2018 they were lucky. Safety corners are cut and environmental and climate costs ignored in the capitalist/ nationalist race to ‘Make America Great’.
A hurricane caused explosion of Sabine Pass or another new LNG export plant could make the colossal Lebanese port explosion look like a firework. It might even pause the US drive to dominate the energy and plastics industries and force the continued use of fossil fuels.
/continues further down.. + CANCER ALLEY RESISTANCE + THE METHANE BOMB
The world should ban US Frack Gas, Frack Oil and Frack Plastics.. The US frackers are EXEMPT from clean water laws and get all kinds of hidden subsidies with all opposition steamrollered, while permanently poisoning aquifers, releasing mega amounts of methane which isn’t even measured, destroying people’s health causing cancers and deformities with total impunity, killing animals, insects, fish, birds, etc and abandoning wells right, left and center to frack new ones, leaving toxic ponds….. etc etc.
Why should we accept their ecocidal Frack Gas/Oil/Plastic?? We have far too much already, there’s a glut of fossil fuels, and it’s just adding to Climate Chaos.. It is just to give the US bully regime more profits and help them screw the Russians? Why should we help NATO lunatic morons surround and provoke Russia with more and more bases and nuclear missiles..
More irony if Hurricane Laura caused chemical fire in ‘Frack Plastic’ (LPG) industry which promotes Climate enhanced hurricanes.
Residents of an area just west of Lake Charles, Louisiana have been ordered to
shelter in place, close all windows and turn off air conditioning, due to a fire at a chemical plant in the wake of Hurricane Laura. Governor John Bel Edwards himself tweeted at the residents of Westlake, Moss Bluff and Sulphur to“shelter in place, close your windows and doors and TURN OFF YOUR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS.” Also ironic as many people still have no electricity. “There is a chemical fire,” he added. “Stay inside and wait for additional direction from local officials.” Tons of chlorine falling in the lake may kill all remaining life. The Cameron parish issued a mandatory evacuation order starting at 1 pm Monday, according to local reports
https://www.oedigital.com/news/481211-hurricane-laura-biggest-threat-to-gulf-oil-output-since-2005CheniereEnergy Inc, the largest U.S. exporter of liquefied natural gas, evacuated staff and suspendedoperationsatitsSabinePassLNG export terminal on the Texas/Louisiana border. Motiva Enterprises, Total SA and Valero Energy began cutting operationsat their Port Arthur, Texas, refineries, according to people familiar with the matter.
you can’t win
Even shut down, Texas oil refineries in Hurricane Laura’s path will emit nearly 4 million pounds of pollution By Zoya Teirstein Aug 26,
Fire balloons and air raids ratchet up tension as Hamas pushes for the complete removal of Israel’s devastating siege. by Ali Adam26 Aug 2020 06:48 GMT
Israeli soldiers try to extinguish a blaze after balloons loaded with flammable materials were sent from Gaza [Reuters]
Gaza City – The threat of a new Gaza war continues to rise as Palestinians demand an end to the devastating 13-year-long blockade and Israel tightens the screws on Gaza’s economy while targeting Hamas positions.
Israeli warplanes and tanks bombed Hamas military sites early on Tuesday in response to the incendiary balloons launched from Gaza towards Israel’s south, according to an Israeli army statement.
It was the 16th day in a row that Israel launched attacks against Hamas’s infrastructure and agricultural land in the Gaza Strip. Gaza’s military factions did not respond on Wednesday, although they previously launched rockets towards Israel after attacks last week.
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With a cult following as stupid, racist, and reactionary as Donald Trump’s, it’s very dangerous when he encourages division and violence. Donald Trump telegraphs his people to incite violence and other times, he’s not saying it clear.
Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old black man was shot in the back at least seven times by the Kenosha, Wisconsin Police Department. For you Trump cultists out there, it doesn’t matter if he had a criminal history. It doesn’t matter if there was a warrant for his arrest. It doesn’t matter if he resisted arrest. Police do not have the right to use lethal force on unarmed people who aren’t posing a threat. The cops shot him in front of children.
Kyle’s full name and social media accounts were quickly discovered. Kyle is a hardcore supporter of “Blue Lives Matter.”
For the past few days, there have been protests in Kenosha. Yes, there has been violence and destruction. Now, inject white gun-toting militia men posing as vigilantes and you have a recipe for a disaster. What does this have to do with Donald Trump? Everything.
Last night during the Trump hate convention, I only heard Jacob Blake’s name once. Melania mentioned unrest in the streets but all she said about that was an acknowledgement of it.
Also from last night, armed militia men took to the streets in Kenosha, killed two people and injured at least one. There is a video of a white man running down the street with an AR-15 type weapon, who stops, turns, and starts shooting at protesters.
There are reports that when he ran by cops, he put his arms in the air to surrender, and they cops ignored him and let him go. This is why there are riots.
When police apprehended George Floyd for trying to cash a counterfeit $20 bill, they killed him. When they apprehended Eric Garner for selling loose cigarettes, they killed him. They killed Breonna Taylor while she was in bed and they were looking for someone else.
When they captured white shooter Dylann Roof who had just executed nine black people in a church, the cops took him to Burger King. And when they see a white man running down the street right after he had shot into a crowd of black people, they let him keep running.
Alt-Right and neo-Nazi message-boards like 4chan, infamous for spreading racist ideas and popularizing Qanon, are already celebrating and praising Kyle for “killing communists.”
Can you start to appreciate why there are calls to defund the police? Don’t you see there are different systems of treatment and justice for white and black people?
And yes, Donald Trump approves of this. He instigated what happened last night.
Last April, Donald Trump encouraged armed men to storm the state capitol building in Lansing, Michigan. He tweeted to loyal base of racists, “Liberate Michigan.” He also tried to stir up violence in other states with Democratic governors when he tweeted, “Liberate Minnesota” and “Liberate Virginia.”
During this week’s convention, the hate and fear is widespread. Other than Melania, every speaker has promised doom and gloom if Donald Trump loses the election.
They’re lying while warning the nation will erupt in violence in Joe Biden’s America. Why, the cities will burn in Joe Biden’s America…and to argue their case, they use footage from Donald Trump’s America.
The killing in #Kenosha comes only a day after a very wealthy couple in St. Louis who threatened #BlackLivesMatter protesters with guns, who were marching past their home to protest the mayor for doxxing activists, spoke at the RNC convention. pic.twitter.com/y6cDT4a3VU
During the convention, they brought out the gun-toting Missouri couple, Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who took to their lawn with weapons, she with a pistol and him with an AR-15 type weapon, to point them at black people walking on the sidewalk in front of their home.
They claim they were protecting their home from the people walking down the sidewalk. The McCloskeys warned what happened to them could happen to anybody in America…..you know, any white person in America.
Police in armored vehicles thank militia members, including Kyle, for being there; give them water. Happening while police tell other people to leave the area. Clearly militia members are being given free reign. "We appreciate you guys, we really do." https://t.co/KbBeUMXjYA
Cell phone video shows Kenosha Wisconsin police officers in an military vehicle telling armed White militia members they “appreciate them being there” and giving them bottled water; while in the background cops can be heard ordering protestors to disperse.
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The Republicans are making heroes out of this couple, currently being charged for pointing guns at people, for pointing guns at innocent and peaceful protesters. In bringing them out and putting them on TV endorsing Donald Trump, the Republican Party is endorsing armed militias to take to the streets.
In addition, Donald Trump is warning if he loses, black people may move into your white suburb.
The armed goons in Kenosha weren’t protecting anything. You don’t protect property by running down the street shooting at people. Many of the armed goons aren’t protecting their homes and businesses because they’re not from Kenosha.
These goons saw an opportunity to walk around with guns to overcompensate for their tiny penises, to feel good about being asshole Republicans, and maybe if they’re lucky, get to shoot some black people. And ya’ know, the cops in Kenosha just might let them get away with it.
How many black men running down the street with semi-automatic weapons do you think the Kenosha police let go last night?
What’s going on in Kenosha is a result from a message of hate, fear, racism, destruction, and gun violence.
Donald Trump approves that message. What happened last night happened in Donald Trump’s America.
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En Brasil, una pequeña oligarquía todavía posee la mayor parte de la tierra. El Movimiento de los Sin Tierra, MST ocupó una finca abandonada y la convirtió en un paraíso comunal durante 20 años, con 450 familias. Pero ahora el MST está bajo un ataque total de la derecha neofascista de Bolsonaro y una parte ha sido aplastada y quemada. La ocupación continúa y el MST se compromete a reconstruir y triunfar.
Recientemente el régimen brasileño, a través del accionar de sus fuerzas represivas, invadió y destruyó una parte del campamento que el Movimiento de los y las Sin Tierra de Brasil, viene manteniendo desde hace 20 años en Quilombo Grande do Campo, en Mina Gerais.
No es extraño que esto ocurra ya que el MST está en la mira de la burguesía, los terratenientes y por supuesto del genocida gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro, son un ejemplo de otro mundo diferente y con su resistencia iluminan a muchos y muchas en el continente y el mundo. .
Para hablar de lo allí ocurrido, nos comunicamos con Daniel Pereira, dirigente en el área de producción del Movimiento, y uno de los integrantes del campamento atacado.
–Cuéntanos cómo ocurrieron los hechos del campamento Quilombo Campo Grande. Cómo se dio el ataque policíal y qué representaba ese campamento que durante tantos años ha construido el Movimiento Sin Tierra de Brasil
-Quilombo Campo Grande es un campamento popular, localizado en Campo do Meio y que posee 450 familias. Es un campamento que resiste hace más de 20 años, en un área que era dedicada a la plantación de caña de azúcar para la producción de alcohol. En este proceso de lucha existen dos procesos jurídicos de desapropiación de la tierra. Uno de ellos, es el que hace a las sedes de la antigua hacienda. Y el restante, es de las 3900 hectáreas.
A memorial to Sean Monterrosa, George Floyd, and other victims of police violence is seen in Oakland, California, on June 8 ane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.
In 2009, shortly after police officers shot and killed her 16-year-old brother in San Pablo, California, Geoffrea Morris drove to a cemetery to look for a plot of land. On top of everything else, she was stressed about money: Burial and funeral expenses would cost tens of thousands of dollars, and she was strapped for cash after graduating from social work school. A man who worked at the cemetery asked whether her brother had been the victim of a violent crime—a designation that would allow him to give her a discount. She started to cry.
“They’re not seeing him as a victim,” she recalls telling him. A man who worked at the cemetery asked whether her brother had been the victim of a violent crime. She started to cry. “They’re not seeing him as a victim.”
In California and many other states, crime victims and their family members can apply to the government to help pay for funeral costs, counseling, medical fees, or other crime-related expenses. But there’s a significant catch: Across the country, victims of police violence don’t qualify.
A new round of uprisings has kicked off across the so-called United States following the police killings of Trayford Pellerin, “a 31-year-old… Read Full Article
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Police departments won’t issue them reports certifying their victimhood, documentation that’s required by most states’ victim compensation boards. Plus, no state’s board will provide compensation to anyone whom officers suspected of being involved in a crime when they were injured or killed, which is often the case for people harmed by police.
One year, five months, nineteen days since that February 2019, when the Asilo squat in Turin was evicted and six of the comrades were arrested.
The seventh cannot be found.
We remember well the anger and determination that poured into the streets in the days that followed.
After a long time as a fugitive, now that Carla is imprisoned, those moments come back to our minds and warm our hearts.
Every minute that has passed since then, in which the net of the State has failed to encircle her, is a piece of freedom that has been painstakingly and courageously won, as well as real damage to the repressive apparatus.
We know that freedom must be seized, day after day, minute after minute, and all our complicity and solidarity goes to the indomitable hearts that in any case decide to seize it.
![Israeli soldiers try to extinguish a blaze after balloons loaded with flammable materials were sent from Gaza [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/8/25/95bbe6c41bcb4108b44a44b546900408_18.JPG "Hamas: Gaza will not 'remain silent' as Israel escalates siege")
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