–Ecocide is atrocity. It must be stopped. But making it an International Crime could be playing into the hands of the Billionaires and Corporations who seek to impose their total control and enslaving system.. The Great Reset. . And Nation States can be even worse! The campaign to ban Ecocide should remain a strong and horizontally democratic citizens movement–
From the Pope to Greta Thunberg, there are growing calls for the crime of “ecocide” to be recognised in international criminal law – but could such a law ever work?I
In December 2019, at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Vanuatu’s ambassador to the European Union made a radical suggestion: make the destruction of the environment a crime.
Vanuatu is a small island state in the South Pacific, a nationseverely threatened by rising sea levels. Climate change is an imminent and existential crisis in the country, yet the actions that have caused rising temperatures – such as burning fossil fuels – have almost entirely taken place elsewhere, to serve other nations, with the blessing of state governments.
Small island states like Vanuatu have long tried to persuade large powerful nations to voluntarily reduce their emissions, but change has been slow – so ambassador John Licht suggested…
Trump Administration Promoting DC Rally Featuring White Nationalists, Proud Boys, and Boogaloo Militias
from It’s Going Down shared with thanks.. some illustrations added
A far-Right and pro-Trump rally being organized and promoted by white nationalists, Proud Boys, and militia groups is also finding support from pundits on Fox News and even within the Trump administration.The “Millions MAGA March,” also known as “Stop the Steal,” is being called for this Saturday in Washington DC.
Speaking on Fox News, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany stated that:
[S]he expects the turnout at Saturday’s “Million MAGA March” in support of President Trump to be “quite large.”
Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller responded to a tweet Thursday in support of the rally, saying, “Love the outpouring of support for @realDonaldTrump!”
This support is coming even as neo-Nazis and white nationalists that took part in the deadly Charlottesville Unite the Right rally are stepping up to play a key role in the “Stop the Steal” rallies happening in the lead up to DC. On November 11th, Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist, Unite the Right attendee, and Holocaust denier rallied with over 100 Trump supporters at the state Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, stating that people would keep protesting until the electors gave their votes up to Donald Trump.
Speaking into a mega-phone, Fuentes declared, “We’re not remaining in our homes – we’re on the streets now!” Patrick Casey, another Groyper leader and the former CEO of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, which then rebranded into American Identity Movement, is also expected to attend the DC rally.
The Stop the Steal march today in Lansing, MI was lead by Groyper leader and white nationalist, Nick Fuentes. He’s in the front with the megaphone. https://t.co/hVAjj7bivl
Other far-Right groups are expected to make an appearance in DC as well. On November 13th, a large group of heavily armed Boogaloo Boys converged in Richmond, Virginia to support a pro-Trump rally organized by InfoWars, who, like Fuentes, are organizing a caravan to DC. Media reports that white nationalist groups such as the American Guard are also expected to attended, along with the neo-fascist pro-Trump street gang the Proud Boys, far-Right militias the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters, as well as a flood of far-Right grifters and conspiracy theorists.
At least three pro-Trump rallies are planned for Freedom Park in DC this Saturday. There’s just one possible hitch: None of them appear to have filed the paperwork for a permit. No groups with the name “Million MAGA March,” “Stop the Steal,” or “March for Trump” have applied to host a rally at Freedom Park this weekend, says NPS spokesperson Mike Litterst.
The only application the Park Service has received is for a “Freedom of speech rally” from an entity called “Cindy Chafian Women for America First.” The organization listed on the application has promoted the “March for Trump” on its Facebook page.
“Stop the Steal” is a reboot of a 2016 project launched by convicted felon Roger Stone to dispute votes in multiracial neighborhoods. “March for Trump,” is a brand for the event which was promoted by FOX News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday. Twitter users retweeted Hannity’s post advertising the event over 11,000 times in less than 24 hours, offering an indication of the potential enthusiasm for the event.
While many have argued that the recent legal challenges to the 2020 election by Trump along with the various rallies in support of him have more to do with gathering donations and creating a supportive narrative in the media and among his base than handing him the election; the DC rally represents a very real threat.
It shows that in the face of Trump losing the Presidency, the various MAGA factions from grifters with real connections to the Trumpian State and massive online platforms, heavily armed far-Right militias, insurgent Boogaloo Boys, street fighting Proud Boys, and ideological white nationalists – are all willing to work together despite their differences.
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In short, the DC rally represents the biggest attempt at unity on the far-Right since the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, which united neo-Nazi, white nationalist, Alt-Right, Proud Boy, KKK, and militia groups. The only difference this time, is that the Trump administration and Fox News is explicitly signaling its support for these groups which for the past two months, have carried out ongoing campaigns of attempted murder, kidnapping, and violence.
If this new coalition of white and pro-Trump nationalists is allowed to mobilize and hold the streets, these mobilizations will continue and grow. Regardless of if Biden is installed by the electoral college, Trump will remain as a key player within GOP and far-Right politics.
If the street forces seeking to support him aren’t stopped in their infancy, they will only grow in power and influence towards their ultimate goal: of becoming the auxiliary shock troops of the State; ready to engage in violence against the Left and communities of color at a moment’s notice.
The last time white liberals told people to stay home, laugh at the fascists, we got Trump.
The stakes are very high right now, if trump mobilizes a pro coup street movement he’ll likely succeed in over turning the election.
As we have seen over the past 5 years – it’s been mass mobilization, and mass mobilization alone which has had the power to push the far-Right off the streets and keep our communities safe from these groups seeking to build a full on fascist movement.
Updated 1:30 AM ET, Wed November 11, 2020The Popa langur, a newly discovered primate species in Myanmar that is critically endangered.
(CNN)Scientists have discovered a new primate species in the jungles of Myanmar — and it’s already at risk of extinction.The Popa langur is a type of monkey with a long tail, rings around its eyes, and a crest of fur on top of its head. There are only an estimated 200 to 260 left, according to a news release by the London Natural History Museum, which collaborated on this study.The research team named the Popa langurs after the sacred extinct volcano Mount Popa and classified them as “critically endangered.””Sadly this is a bittersweet discovery due to the limited number of individuals left in the wild and fragmented populations,” said Roberto Portela Miguez, a senior curator at the Natural History Museum, in the…
by Steve Lalla shared with thanks.. As part of their #ReRightHistory campaign, the Africans Rising organization unfurled an enormous open letter to the Queen on England today on the UK House of Parliament, demanding debt cancellation and reparations for centuries of exploitation through slavery, colonialism and imperialism. A smaller version of the letter was also sent to the queen by mail.
The action announced the launch of Africans Rising’s UK campaign. Activists from the Action for Climate Truth and Reparations (ACTR) group scaled the parliament buildings in the early morning and attached the giant letter — measuring about thirty-five feet in height — to construction scaffolding. They were quickly apprehended by London police.
“It’s time we take action against the devastating effects of a global history of racism. Its time we join the dots between social, racial and climate justice,” stated the Africans Rising organization.
It should be noted that when European or Western nations, and the global institutions they founded and control such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, or the Trilateral Commission, lend money to African nations as supposed “aid,” they are in effect lending them capital accrued from the ruthless exploitation of African labour and natural resources.
The US has a ‘Defense Budget just this year of over 750 BILLION $. It has declared China to be its number one opponent. Every day we see new reports attacking China in every way imaginable. So how many billions is the US spending to smear its number one opponent? 1 Billion ? 10 Billion ? 100 Billion? And how much can we believe of the mounting mountain of probable lies, paid ‘witnesses’, and reports from US ‘allies’ under duress???
main info from via rt.com/aubr shared with thanks, illustrations added.
Tom Fowdyis a British writer and analyst of politics and international relations with a primary focus on East Asia.
Mike Pompeo decided that after 18 years, that the violent East Turkistan Islamic Movement should no longer be considered a terrorist group – a move calculated to bring trouble to China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
Whilst the world was distracted by the ongoing drama of the US presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was at work making a subtle, yet significant move.
He quietly announced to the United States Federal Register that the US had de-designated the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) as a terrorist organization.
ETIM is a Uighur jihadist group which advocates independence for China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region. It was listed as a terrorist organization by the US for 18 years, as well as having been blacklisted by the United Nations Security Council for links to Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS).
A regional court of appeals in Ankara has ruled to uphold the aggravated life sentences of four defendants — journalist Hidayet Karaca, former lawmaker İlhan İşbilen, Fethullah Gülen’s cousin Kazım Avcı and Alaeddin Kaya, former owner of the Zaman newspaper — Turkish media reported on Friday.
In June 2018 the Ankara 4th High Criminal Court handed down aggravated life sentences to Karaca, former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group; İşbilen, a former member of parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP); and Avcı and Kaya on charges of attempting to overturn the constitutional order.
Their aggravated life sentences were upheld by the 20th Criminal Chamber of the Ankara Regional Court of Justice on Friday, as part of a case that was launched against 75 people accused of having links to the faith-based movement inspired by Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen.
«…el alejarnos y tener una visión más amplia del conflicto, nos lleva inevitablemente a repensar y valorar la importancia que tiene el actual contexto político internacional, a intentar visualizar hacia dónde se dirige este retorcido panorama y también a plantearnos que papel deberemos desempeñar de aquí en adelante los movimientos revolucionarios en occidente si queremos recuperarnos de este letargo y ser una fuerza de cambio real.
Esta es la razón, por la cual en el contenido de esta revista, además de seguir abriéndonos a las experiencias de compañeras y compañeros tanto internacionales como del Kurdistán, intentamos reflexionar sobre el panorama internacional, el cual nos repercute directamente, también sobre nuestro propio contexto social y político dentro del estado español, la actual situación del movimiento libertario y la importancia de aspectos como el internacionalismo, la liberación de la mujer o la personalidad revolucionaria. Uno de nuestros objetivos, desde el principio, siempre fue observar, analizar y aprender, pues creemos que es algo necesario para evolucionar y mejorar en nuestras prácticas revolucionarias, tener más precisión y utilizar de una manera más eficaz nuestros esfuerzos en la lucha por la libertad.
Deseamos y esperamos que estos trabajos ayuden en esta tarea y a la vez nos den fuerza e inspiración para seguir luchando y no rendirnos jamas en este duro camino, para crecer como movimiento y mejorar como personas.
Un sincero abrazo a todos los compañeros y compañeras que siguen soportando día a día el peso de la lucha por la libertad. Salud y Fuerza!»
INDICE
CONFEDERALISMO DEMOCRÁTICO ANTE AMENAZAS Y REDES DE APOYO EN CANDIL Y MAKHMUR
ENTREVISTA A COMPAÑERA ANARQUISTA INTERNACIONAL EN ROJAVA
AFRIN: Reflejo de un conflicto global.
LAS MONTAÑAS DE LAS OTRAS LA REVOLUCIÓN DE LAS OTRAS
UNA CONTRIBUCIÓN DESDE ROJAVA A NUESTRA LUCHA REVOLUCIONARIA
JINEOLOJI PARADIGMA DE LA MUJER PARA LA LIBERACIÓN SOCIAL
ENTREVISTA SALIH MUSLIM
LEILA GÜVEN Solidaridad con todas las huelguistas de hambre
LORENZO ORSO
Comunicado de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (SDF) tras la victoria contra el Daesh (Estado Islámico)
The Popa langur, a newly discovered primate species in Myanmar that is critically endangered.
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