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Climate talks doomed by ‘Infinite Growth’ capitalism

climate talks are condemned to failure… like all the others

by Steffen Böhm.. Even if the world celebrates a Paris climate deal on December 11, the process will still have to be regarded as failure. Let me explain why.

The basic reason is that the unequal distribution of carbon emissions is not even on its agenda. The historical responsibility of the West is not on the table, nor is a method of national carbon accounting that looks at how the emissions a country consumes rather than produces. Instead, what is on the table are expanded and new mechanisms that will allow the rich, Western countries to outsource their emission cuts so they can paint themselves green.

When the figures are in, 2015 is likely to be the warmest year on recordand we’ve just reached 1℃ temperature rise since the industrial revolution, halfway to the 2℃ widely agreed to be the upper safe limit of global warming. It’s the fastest surface temperature increase in the world’s known geological history. We are now entering “uncharted territory”.

The dangers of global warming have been known – even to oil company executives – since at least the early 1980s. Yet, despite 25 years of UN-led climate talks, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever.

This is not simply the fault of big emerging economies such as China, India or Brazil. Instead, what we are dealing with is the fundamental failure of neoliberal capitalism, the world’s dominant economic system, to confront its hunger for exponential growth that is only made possible by the unique energy density of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Continue reading “Climate talks doomed by ‘Infinite Growth’ capitalism”

Yes!.. I’ll be One in a Billion!.. adbusters

Adbusters are calling for a new UPRISING, timed to coincide with a failure of ”our leaders” to stop the Climate Suicide caused by predator Capitalism

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It’s been awhile since Occupy Wall Street came and went. Now the revolutionary spirit is stirring again. We’re building a global people’s power bloc – and it all begins with the #BILLIONPEOPLEMARCH.

On December 19, I’ll be one in a billion! We’ll take to the streets in a global big-bang moment that will, for one beautiful day, make business as usual impossible. In every major city of the world, we will come together in our rage, sorrow, compassion, defiance and determination. A revolutionary carnival against the whole dysfunctional system that keeps us on the brink of climate catastrophe, financial meltdown and World War Three. Continue reading “Yes!.. I’ll be One in a Billion!.. adbusters”

After A Decade In Jail For Raising The Morning Star Flag, Political Prisoner ‘Filep Karma’ Freed

RED POWER MEDIA

Jubilant crowds celebrate the release of prominent Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma.

By Red Power Media, Staff

A high-profile West Papuan dissident leader has been released from prison after more than a decade behind bars for raising a flag.

Political prisoner Filep Karma walked free from jail in Papua, Indonesia last week, after spending 15 years in prison — charged with treason — for raising the banned West Papuan independence flag.

According to a Survival International article, Karma, 56, was arrested in 2004 after leading a peaceful demonstration in West Papua, calling for independence from Indonesia and raising the “Morning Star flag.”

He was named by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience. His detention was condemned as “arbitrary” by the United Nations.

In August this year when the government of Indonesia offered him a pardon in exchange for admission of guilt.

Amnesty International wrote, Karma refused because he felt it would…

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‘Criminales Climáticos como Rajoy o Cameron, serán ajusticiados’.

Por Anya Quis. Indymedia

Ya se ve andando por las calles de Europa los primeros de millones de refugiados de las guerras causados en parte por el Cambio Climático.

El CO2 adicional que se acumula en nuestra atmósfera por el sabotaje del sector de renovables por el gobierno del PP en España será al menos 40.000.000 toneladas hasta 2016, según cálculos aproximados con datos de la Red Eléctrica de España.

Con los avances continuos en la ciencia del Cambio Climático estos números pueden ser traducidos dentro de poco en números de humanos muertos en el futuro y cantidades de pérdidas en ecosistemas vitales. Así que ya podemos empezar a asignar la culpa, no importa si hay una demora de décadas entre el crimen y su desenlace. Por ejemplo si alguien pone una bomba en tu casa para ganar dinero, es igualmente un asesino, aunque se pone con un temporizador de 10 años.

Parece mentira hoy, pero si hay un colapso climático, y parece cada vez más inevitable, los criminales principales serán llevados a la justicia, incluyendo líderes actuales de España como Mariano Rajoy. Puede pasar algo similar en el Reino Unido, donde el gobierno liderado por David Cameron está parando la industria renovable, además que Narendra Modi de la India, y Recep Erdogan en Turquía. Continue reading “‘Criminales Climáticos como Rajoy o Cameron, serán ajusticiados’. “