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21/10/23
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The Rational National
Rashida Tlaib Gives Impassioned Plea For Peace | Leftist Mafia

Oct. 21, 2023

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib passionately calls for a ceasefire. This is a clip from The Leftist Mafia, which streams live on this channel every Thursday at 8:30pm ET. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/hSjW-rvS...

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxTEJHYbqT4

21/10/23
Author: 
Omar Barghouti
‘Those who have failed to condemn the original and ongoing violence of oppression have no moral right to condemn illegal or immoral acts of violence that the oppressed may commit in resisting oppression.’ Photograph: APAImages/Shutterstock

Oct. 16, 2023

The most profound ethical obligation in this time of carnage is to act to end complicity

t times of carnage, herd-like agitation and tribal polarization, many may dismiss ethical principles as a nuisance or an intellectual luxury. I cannot and shall not. I desire nothing more than seeing an end to all violence in Palestine and everywhere else, and this is precisely why I am committed to struggling against the root causes of violence: oppression and injustice.

21/10/23
Author: 
Raffy Boudjikanian, Darren Major
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Israel has been striking targets throughout Gaza since a bloody, cross-border attack by Hamas militants killed over 1,400 and captured many Israelis on Oct. 7. (Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press)

Oct. 20, 2023

One former minister and several Parliamentary secretaries say Trudeau should advocate for a ceasefire

More than 30 MPs — 23 of them Liberals — have written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling on him to advocate for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

18/10/23
Author: 
Sylvia Hui
Environmental activists demonstrate outside the Intercontinental Hotel during the Oily Money Out protest, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Photo by: The Canadian Press/AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Oct. 17, 2023

LONDON (AP) — Greta Thunberg was detained by British police on Tuesday alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a major oil and gas industry conference.

18/10/23
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Methane map

Oct. 18, 2023

Methane is becoming a serious threat to humanity, and Canada’s oil and gas industry is emitting a huge amount of it.

17/10/23
Author: 
Paul Weinberg
Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Palestine. Credit: nour tayeh / Unsplash

Oct. 12, 2023

There is a hostility towards those who speak of Palestinian rights in Canada

The horrendous killings and taking of hostages of hundreds of Israeli civilians by Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip is generating a lot of sympathy and concern across political spectrum in Canada and that makes sense.

16/10/23
Author: 
Pepe Escobar
Photo Credit: The Cradle - Zelensky and Netanyahu

In the midst of all the ink being used to follow Palestine-Israel developments, this article stands out for putting things in a broader geo-political perspective--or at least attempting to do so.  Of course, I don't know how accurate it is, because I don't normally keep track of all the intricate connections discussed. 

         -- Gene McGuckin

Oct. 12, 2023

14/10/23
Author: 
Kristoffer Tigue
Carbon-based tariffs used to be easy to dismiss out of fear they would upend the delicate balances of trade, but that's changing, say trade and climate policy experts. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

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Oct. 3, 2023

Europe Just Launched the World’s First Carbon Tariff. Will the United States Follow Suit?

In the U.S., where climate policy has been highly politicized, the concept of a carbon tariff has recently emerged with rare bipartisan support.

Companies that want to do business in the European Union will soon have to pay extra if the carbon footprints of their products are too high.

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