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Thirty-one members of the FTSE 100 are emitting carbon dioxide at a rate consistent with global temperature increases of 2.7C or more by 2050. A temperature rise of 2.7C is thought to be likely to lead to severe damage to the environment and to human life.
Looking for a pretext?
Netanyahu accused Iran of attacking an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, a mysterious explosion that further spiked security concerns in the region. Without offering any evidence to his claim, Netanyahu told Israeli public broadcaster Kan that “it was indeed an act by Iran, that’s clear.”
Israel’s defense minister and army chief had both indicated they held Iran responsible for what they said was an attack on the vessel.
No doubt expecting the focus to be elsewhere, the Chinese authorities continue its clamp down on pro-democracy activists
Carol Ng, chair of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), was on 28th February charged her and was among 47 arrested in total, for conspiracy to commit subversion.
I was alluding to his accusations against Russia he made in the interview, not that there is not an effective lobby that now tries to camouflage itself.
“Russia has perfected cyber warfare and used it to interfere in other countries and disrupt action on climate change… Today Russia uses cyberware – bot armies and trolls – to get climate activists to fight one another and to seed arguments on social media. Russian trolls have attempted to undermine carbon pricing in Canada and Australia, and Russian fingerprints have been detected in the yellow-vest protests in France… Julian Assange and WikiLeaks helped Donald Trump get elected, and in doing that they did the bidding of Putin. Their fingerprints are also all over the climategate affair 10 years ago. UK investigators have evidence of Russian involvement in that too…”
If Russia’s fingerprints are all over East Anglia’s hacking job, Wiki failed to mention it. But if there is evidence that some nations still dependent upon fossil fuels are discrediting the evidence for climate change, i wouldn’t be too surprised. But when i first read it, i thought of echoes of Russiagate and Trump
Matt, she had a choice to make and she made it.
The article in the current issue of the Standard sums it up
“…Many commentators have excused Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s complicity in the oppression of the Rohingya as a sign that she and her party were never really in charge and that she was obliged to compromise her own democratic ideals in a Faustian pact with the army. If true, the lesson is very clear for all to see now – that those who sup with the devil should have a very long spoon…”
A reminder that the answer is not a return to the status quo
https://countercurrents.org/2021/02/coup-leaders-aung-san-suu-kyi-betrayed-democracy-in-burma/
“…we must equally demand that Burma embraces true democracy for all of its citizens, regardless of race, ethnicity or religion. A good start would be to disassociate Aung San Suu Kyi from any inclusive democratic movement in this country. The Lady of Burma had her opportunity but, sadly, failed.”
The Farmers Strike debate continues
Freezing to death to protest
David Miller, a professor of political sociology at Bristol University, has been the subject of a smear campaign, alleging he has made anti-Semitic comments. Individuals and groups such as the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD), the Community Security Trust (CST) and the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) demand his sacking.
With one side of their mouth the defend academic free speech but with the other side, but only for those who agree with us.
Perhaps it hopes to become something like its neighbour, where the world’s diplomats have little problem with the military being in charge, as long as the generals appear in public wearing suits and not uniforms, and then ignoring the protests against it to the inside pages and little interest in it by the majority of the population.
But ominously there are more draconian reaction to protests in Myanmar.
Not behind the paywall
18 people have been killed, according to the UN, after security forces in Myanmar used lethal violence against anti-coup protesters.
An application for the party he founded to be called “All for Unity” (A4U)was rejected by an elections body due to incomplete paperwork.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/george-galloways-application-new-party-23390859
A serial political party builder, is our GG
Nor should we forget that he campaigned alongside Nigel Farage for Brexit.
But as i mentioned in another topic thread, during 2014 Referendum he campaigned for No. So he has stuck to his unionist beliefs on Scottish independence. But why not tell his supporters to vote Labour Party? They still opposing separatism, don’t they?
Military increase the violence against demonstrators
Our latest blog post
https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2021/02/militancy-v-military-in-myanmar.html
In the streets the military are using more force. In the factories the workers are resisting with strikes.
https://labornotes.org/2021/02/myanmar-workers-and-unions-front-lines-fight-against-coup
Surprisingly Cuba has never ever had animal welfare laws. But it is soon to change.
Alan, thousands of articles about these topics are on the internet. What in particular do you think is special about the two you posted?
Merely because — as i said — they appeared moreorless while we were engaged in exchanges. I posted as info.
For many, this topic is an information gathering process as i don’t think most members have taken any fixed position upon it that can be interpreted as a Party view, other than all wage slavery should be condemned and all discrimination opposed.
I am surprised by the comment that some members are reluctant to express their views because they expect “vitriol”.
Jordan’s experience is very different from my own, in both encounters with trans and the sex industry and the outcome is that we hold differing attitudes.
I happened to live for some time in a city which has been described as the biggest brothel in the world and also the home of many hundreds of trans. Selling sex is seen as a route out of poverty, with the pimp being the global tourist industry.
So far, we have not mentioned the topic of the violence of Incel (involuntary celibates) and there i have to admit my own ignorance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel
The discussion about sex has certainly got difficult for socialists since the days when it was simply about if women should be granted the vote.
Another useful article
we are hardwired to react to events right in front of us…people can’t get too worked up about polar bears…two degrees of global warming and the loss of polar bears can sound “distant” in a way that doesn’t evoke the justified response./em>“People just aren’t getting the full story, which is that the food system is going to collapse. civilisation is going to collapse,” she says. “Billions of people are going to die, you could very well die, your family could die, the stakes could not be higher. But we just don’t hear that.”
“We are dealing with a variety of audiences who are receiving information about climate change,” she says. “For some, there are simply other issues that require urgent action, like ‘Where is my child’s next meal going to come from?’ or ‘Will we make rent this month?’”
“Humans evaluate risk socially, not rationally,”… If your friends and family are taking it seriously, you’ll probably take it seriously. If they aren’t, you probably won’t.”
