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Interesting and troubling development for sure, but it's curious (and troubling) that the Johnstone makes no attempt to offer--or direct readers toward--an alternative analysis of the crimes of Stalinism, which I do not consider crimes of socialism/communism.

-- Gene McGuckin

Sept. 27, 2022

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War/military

Cars Are Vanishing from Paris (Sort of)

28/09/22

Author:

Peter Yeung

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Popular Resistance

Note the article's discussion of how people's class status intersects with auto ownerships and use.

- Gene McGuckin

Sept. 26, 2022

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Rallies Across Africa Demand Global Action, Climate Justice Ahead of UN Summit

26/09/22

Author:

Brett Wilkins

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Common Dreams

Ugandan climate activists demonstrate in Kampala on September 23, 2022. (Photo: Hilda F. Nakabuye/Twitter)

Sept. 23, 2022

"The urgency of the climate crisis cannot be understated, particularly here in Africa, which is the region most vulnerable to climate impacts," said one campaigner.

Thousands of African activists and members of communities on the frontlines of the worsening climate emergency turned out Friday to call on world leaders—who will gather in Egypt in November for the United Nations Climate Summit—to urgently address a crisis that disproportionately impacts their lives.

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Climate Change

Global

Social

Reversing the Freight Train - The Case for Degrowth

20/09/22

Author:

Geoff Mann

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London Review of Books

Website Editor: Some very interesting points on degrowth issues and more.

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At current rates, 5 key climate tipping points are already possible, new study warns

12/09/22

Author:

Inayat Singh

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CBC News

Jennifer Baltzer of Wilfrid Laurier University conducts field research in Canada's boreal forest to study how the permafrost is changing and the consequences for the larger climate system. (Angela Gzowski/Wilfrid Laurier University)

"The study effectively warns that the planet already left a safe climate state when it passed 1 C of global warming." . . ." But current policies are actually set to result in about 2.6 C of warming. "

Sept. 11, 2022

2 of the tipping points at highest risk are in Canada

Current rates of global warming have already moved the world perilously close to several tipping points that could send key global weather systems into irreversible collapse, a significant study from Europe has found.

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Wall Street Giants Set to Smash Profit Records Off Global Hunger, Energy Crisis

10/09/22

Author:

Jake Johnson

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Common Dreams

Farmers in Egypt harvest wheat to increase local production in order to relieve the shortage on May 14, 2022. (Photo: Mohamed Abdel Hamid/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Sept. 9, 2022

"People's misery makes capitalists' superprofit," said one critic as commodity traders make a killing off worldwide food and energy chaos.

Russia's war on Ukraine has wreaked havoc on global commodity markets, driving up energy and food prices and exacerbating hunger emergencies around the world.

"We're in a market where speculators are driving prices up."

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Credibility of UN climate conference ‘hangs by a thread’ as delegates head to Cairo

07/09/22

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

A child in Tuvalu walks through damage from Cyclone Pam. Photo by Silke von Brockhausen / UNDP (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Sept/ 7. 2022

With only two months to go before the United Nations climate conference kicks off in Egypt, delegates are descending on Cairo this weekend to discuss priorities, and advocates are fighting to make sure climate reparations stay on the agenda.

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Global

"The urgency of the climate crisis cannot be understated, particularly here in Africa, which is the region most vulnerable to climate impacts," said one campaigner.

2 of the tipping points at highest risk are in Canada

"People's misery makes capitalists' superprofit," said one critic as commodity traders make a killing off worldwide food and energy chaos.

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