Ted Cruz is a particularly odious politician
Who left the country in a lurch
While his people froze in their homes
In Texas
He was on a plane to sunny Cancun
To say anyone in Texas would do the same
Misses the point by a mile
To say all politicians are the same
Also makes me smile
Ted Cruz takes the cake
Now he can eat it too.
The controversial vaccine, which Bill Gates has heavily invested in, is being rejected by some countries over widespread concerns about side effects and efficacy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday approved two versions of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine for emergency use despite growing safety concerns in other countries and earlier questions about the drugmaker’s clinical trials.
Countries like the U.S., UK, Israel, Saudi Arabia and others have their own regulatory process for granting emergency use approval for vaccines and other drugs, but those countries that lack the necessary regulatory framework rely on WHO to vet vaccines.
WHO’s approval of the vaccines produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India paves the way for 300 million doses of AstraZeneca to reach 145 countries in the first half of 2021, through Bill Gates’ COVAX program.
But while WHO is moving forward, other…
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via Anarchist News from CrimethInc. shared with thanks
Anarchists and punks in Belo Horizonte in the 1990s: “Love doesn’t follow rules—Viva sexual liberty!—Punks against homophobia.”
In the following interview, two longtime anarcho-punks recount the reemergence of anarchism in Brazil after the end of the military dictatorship, trace the fortunes of social movements through the rise and fall of the left Workers Party government, and describe the situation for Indigenous peoples and Indigenous solidarity efforts under the far-right Bolsonaro regime today.
Andreza and Josimas have been involved in anarchism and activism for several decades—playing in bands, organizing events, and releasing records and zines and books. Josimas was one of the people who founded Germinal (2000) and Andreza participated in founding Espaço Impróprio (2003), two important autonomous anarchist collectives in São Paulo.
Josimas has played in the bands Execradores, Metropolixo, Clangor, Diskontroll, and Amor, protesto e ódio. Andreza has played in Skirt, One Day Kills, Out of Season, and Retórica. In addition, they have played together in Você Tem que Desistir and TuNa.
Their current projects include Semente Negra (“Black Seed”), an ecological project in the Atlantic rainforest and the location of Cultive Resistência (“Cultivate Resistance”), a collective promoting do-it-yourself culture, permaculture, anarchism, punk, feminism, anti-racism, veganism, LGBTQIA+ issues, and Indigenous rights;
Continue reading “From Punk to Indigenous Solidarity: Four Decades of Anarchism in Brazil”
By UNDP https://www.modernghana.com/news/1061278/empowering-women-in-climate-action-with-alternativ.html shared with thanks
Like many people in rural communities in Ghana, Mali Yakubu and her family in Tampion in the Northern Region are not able to farm during the dry season. This situation is deteriorating as agriculture is a climate-sensitive sector and the Northern zone of Ghana is more impacted by climate change.
Subsistence female farmers like Mali often bear much of the brunt of climate change impacts—drought, desertification, erosion and flooding, because they are mostly at the frontline, striving to feed their families. Due to limited access and control of resources such as irrigation facilities, land and technology, and limited income opportunities, women like Mali are struggling to adapt.
Continue reading “Empowering women in climate action with alternative livelihood options”
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Amsterdam. Netherlands. February 17. Today, we replaced bus stop posters to shed light on the deadly practices of Thales, the company that has developed the OV-chip card system. Thales is currently replacing all the check-in gates for public transport in Amsterdam.
Thales exports arms all over the world. Last year, Thales Netherlands exported arms to repressive regimes in Egypt, Pakistan and Indonesia. The order for radar systems for the Egyptian Navy of €114 million was highly profitable for Thales. Egypt has a military dictatorship, thousands of political prisoners, and politically supports the Saudi led coalition in the Yemen war.
At the same time, Thales profits from militarising and boosting the borders of Fortress Europe. The company sells border security systems, mobile thermal units, and radar equipment for patrol boats to the EU and countries surrounding Europe.
Continue reading “Fortress Europe: Amsterdam Actions against Thales military and migrant exploiters”
Red and Black Newspapers Madrid Editorial of the issue N ° 353, February 2021.
We women want a social revolution, a social transformation with an anti-dogmatic, anti-patriarchal, anti-capitalist, anti-sectarian and libertarian direction, and these are values of social inclusion, the values of integral humanism as our Free Women (Mujeres Libres) of the last century rightly said.
We women fight for a new society in which all people fit, with the enormous, rich and varied diversity that we recognize ourselves and should recognize ourselves. A society of social justice, antiracial, anticolonial, without any type of discrimination based on sex, gender or personal identity.
#LibertadPabloHaselTranslated from Spanish by Granada, Madrid, Barcelona … Today we see again a violent police response against protesters. Many new demos are planned for the following days. The government is split with some supporting the protests.
Our solidarity with the woman who has lost an eye in what is already a long list of excessive actions. We demand that action be taken on the matter #LibertadPabloHasel
A new day of mobilizations in support of Pablo Hasel has ended with 45 detainees and authentic police terrorism
Police charges in Madrid
Dozens of callouts have been repeated throughout the Spanish State in response to the unjust imprisonment of Pablo Hasel. Yesterday we could see extreme police violence, there were 45 new detainees, in addition to the news that the protester injured on Tuesday in Barcelona by a foam bullet has lost her eye.
8,000 people gathered at Puerta del Sol in Madrid in a mobilization that ended in the police violence we are used to these days.
The Free 