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Northwest Oregon had never seen anything like it. Over the course of three days in June 2021, Multnomah County — the Emerald State’s most populous county, which rests in the swayback along Oregon’s northern border — recorded highs of 108, 112, and 116 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures were so hot that the metal on cable cars melted and the…
In a rare court action, an Oregon county seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for extreme temperatures
“As you can see, everything is in ruins. There are many dead still under the rubble of the demolished buildings, and they have not been recovered yet due to the limited means of the civil defence .”
from thefreeonline on July 13th ’24 By Alastair McCready at Al Jazeera ( on Telegram: t.me/thefreeonline )
A Palestinian injured child cries as she is brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on July 12, 2024. Photojournalist:Ashraf Amra
Residents who returned home said that the industrial area which has been “completely destroyed” is considered the area of the UN agency.
They said Israeli forces attacked at 4am, forcing them seek refuge in the Daraj neighbourhood.
When they returned to gather some of their belongings, they found everything had been stolen including their money and clothes.
Breaking ..Israeli snipers accused of attacking fleeing civilians in GazaPalestinians who fled Gaza City after Israeli evacuation order say snipers shot dead civilians near Yarmouk stadium.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/11/israeli-snipers-accused-of-attacking-fleeing-civilians-in-gaza
Israeli forces are accused of deliberately targeting displaced Palestinians in Gaza City where dozens of bodies have been recovered after attacks in the city’s Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood.
Director-General of the Gaza Government Media Office Ismail al-Thawabta has accused Israeli forces of carrying out a “planned massacre” in Gaza City.
Speaking from Tal al-Hawa in Gaza City, a Palestinian has told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces shot at children in the industrial area and their families have been killed.
“The focus is on children and women, rather than targeting the resistance,” they said.
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video. Israel and Egypt are discussing an electronic surveillance system along the Gaza-Egypt border. Reuters reported citing sources that a potential Israeli withdrawal is part of the truce talks. Israeli presence along Egyptian border on Gaza side has become a key obstacle in ceasefire negotiations.
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Palestinian residents return to Gaza City’s Shujaiya neighbourhood, flattened by a two-week Israeli offensive – Omar AL-QATTAA
Continue reading “MASSACRE: Over 60 corpses found as Israeli terrorists pull back partly in Gaza City + video: Israel’s First Major Surrender soon??”
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Navy Times reports that the US aid pier at Gaza will be permanently decommissioned. The $270 million pier could not be reattached this week because of heavy seas. President Joe Biden announced the pier in his State of the Union address, pledging that “massive amounts” […]
Biden’s Gaza Aid Pier Fails
Soon after Russia entered Ukraine, the Pentagon corrected Antony Blinken for saying Kiev would get NATO fighter jets. Blinken was applauded at the NATO summit yesterday for saying F-16s would soon arrive in Ukraine. What changed? asks Joe Lauria.
NATO Summit: Collectively Losing Their Mind
From thefreeonline on 12 July 2024 info via off-guardian. via stuartbramhall (on Telegram: https://t.me/thefreeonline)
A law was passed in 2012 that prohibits farmers’ rights to save, share, exchange or sell unregistered seeds. Farmers could face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million Kenyan shillings (equivalent to nearly four years’ wages for a farmer).
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However, in 2022, Kenyan smallholder farmers launched a legal case against the government calling for reform of the 2012 seed law to stop criminalising them for sharing seeds. There is a hearing scheduled for 24 July 2024.
Agroecologist and environmentalist Claire Nasike Akello says that, in legal terms, the sharing and selling of indigenous seeds is a criminal offence in Kenya. In effect, Kenya’s Seed and Plant Varieties Act demolishes self-sufficiency among smallholder farmers who use indigenous seeds to grow food.
It is, in effect:
“A move designed to impoverish smallholder farmers and lock them out of farming.”
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) initiative, funded by the Gates and Rockefeller Foundations, has been intervening directly in the formulation of African governments’ agricultural policies on issues like seeds and land, opening up African markets to US agribusiness.
Around 80% of Africa’s seed supply comes from millions of small-scale farmers recycling and exchanging seed from year to year. But AGRA is supporting the introduction of commercial (chemical-dependent) seed systems, enabling a few large companies to control seed research and development, production and distribution.
Continue reading “Seed Revolution- STOP the World Bank Sowing Seed-Colonialism in Africa”¿Quién eres tú, muchacha sugestiva como el misterio y salvaje como el instinto? —-Soy la anarquía
via thefreeonline por Cristian Esteban Martín. Antipoemas. Ed. Crecida, 2013 via Alfonso Molino en Cultura y Anarquismo
“Ama el trabajo” Te dicen quienes nunca trabajan
“Respeta tu entorno” Te dicen quienes hacen las guerras
“Cuida tu imagen” Te dicen quienes son horrorosos
“Sé sincero” Te dicen quienes mienten
“Has de vestir con glamur y a la moda” Te dicen los vendedores de ropa
“Respeta la justicia” Te dicen quienes hacen las leyes
“Obra con honestidad” Te dicen los corruptos
“Sé casto y puro” Te dicen los pederastas
“No seas perezoso” Te dicen los que no hacen nada
“Manda a tus hijos a la guerra” Te dicen quienes tienen a los suyos en la universidad
“Arrodíllate” Te dicen los que están de píe
“Siéntete culpable” Te dicen los que culpan
“Arrástrate frente a una bandera” Te dice el que guarda su patrimonio fuera del país
“Consume a diario” Te dicen quienes fabrican a diario
“Tome esta medicina” Te dice quien inventa enfermedades
“Pon la otra mejilla” Te dice el que golpea
“No hables” Te dice el que no se calla
“No pises la hierba” Te dice el genocida
“No abortes” Te dice el que trafica con niños
“Sé libre” Te dice el carcelero
“Obstrucción a la autoridad” Te dice un tipo que golpea gente indefensa
“Sed austeros” Te dice un banquero
“Paga por tus crímenes” Te dice el aforado
“No vivas de los sueños” Te dice quién se aprovecha de la realidad
“Ábrete de piernas” Te dice quién tiene clausurado el cerebro
“Crúzate de brazos” Te dice el que se mueve
“Muévete” Te dice el que se cruza de brazos
“No pienses por ti mismo” Te dice el que piensa por los demás
“No te rebeles” Te dice el que tiene la sartén por el mango
“Cree en dios” Te dice quién humilla al hombre
“Sed súbditos” Te dice quién no responde ante nada
“Obedece a los mercados” Te dice quién cobrará de los mercaderes
“Ser feo es angustioso” Te dicen los vendedores de maquillaje
“Sé libre y espiritual” Te dicen los vendedores de coches
“Hay que hacer un sacrificio más” Te dice quién no renuncia a un privilegio de menos
“Sé un patriota” Te dice un mercenario
“En esta vida hay que apostar” Te dice el dueño de un casino
“Me llena de orgullo y satisfacción” Te dice un señor que es un orgulloso satisfecho
“La Herencia Recibida” Te dice un partido que siembra miseria
“Finiquito en diferido” Te dice una abogada que dirige un país
“Sé constante y serio” Te dice un empresario que evade impuestos y deslocaliza
“Sé un idiota profundo” Te dice un subnormal a tumba abierta
Cristian Esteban Martín. Antipoemas. Ed. Crecida, 2013… Emile Armand
Publicado por Alfonso Molino en Cultura y Anarquismo
From thefreeonline on 11 July 2024 by off-guardian. by Colin Toddhunter In Kenya, via stuartbramhall (on Telegram: https://t.me/thefreeonline)
A law was passed in 2012 that prohibits farmers’ rights to save, share, exchange or sell unregistered seeds. Farmers could face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million Kenyan shillings (equivalent to nearly four years’ wages for a farmer).
However, in 2022, Kenyan smallholder farmers launched a legal case against the government calling for reform of the 2012 seed law to stop criminalising them for sharing seeds. There is a hearing scheduled for 24 July 2024.
Agroecologist and environmentalist Claire Nasike Akello says that, in legal terms, the sharing and selling of indigenous seeds is a criminal offence in Kenya. In effect, Kenya’s Seed and Plant Varieties Act demolishes self-sufficiency among smallholder farmers who use indigenous seeds to grow food.
It is, in effect:
“A move designed to impoverish smallholder farmers and lock them out of farming.”
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) initiative, funded by the Gates and Rockefeller Foundations, has been intervening directly in the formulation of African governments’ agricultural policies on issues like seeds and land, opening up African markets to US agribusiness.
Around 80% of Africa’s seed supply comes from millions of small-scale farmers recycling and exchanging seed from year to year. But AGRA is supporting the introduction of commercial (chemical-dependent) seed systems, enabling a few large companies to control seed research and development, production and distribution.
Continue reading “War on Farmers: World Bank Sowing Seed-Colonialism in Africa”
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