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50th Anniversary of Earth Day

This week, on Wednesday, is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. While we may not be able to come together in the streets this year, that doesn’t mean we can’t take powerful, collective action online. From April 22 to 24,…

The Covid-19 Pandemic Evidences the Need to Cooperate Despite Political Differences

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba The impact of COVID19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, the unquestionable damages to…

Bolsonaro sacks Health Minister amid the pandemic

Relationship between the two soured during the coronavirus crisis; another physician is set to take over Brasil de Fato Brazilian Health Minister, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, was fired by president Jair Bolsonaro this Thursday (16th) afternoon. The removal was confirmed by…

“Peace is Everybody’s Business”: U.S. Peace Council

An Open Letter to the United States Government and The United Nations The U.S. Peace Council https://uspeacecouncil.org/ is a multi-racial, pro-working class, anti-imperialist organization committed to peace, economic and social justice and to international solidarity with the peoples of the…

Climate voters are the future of the Democratic Party. Don’t shortchange them.

By Jean Willoughby Against the odds, a youth-led mobilization succeeded in placing the climate crisis at the forefront of the 2020 election season. We didn’t get a full-fledged climate debate, but we did get the Climate Crisis Town Hall, helpfully…

Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse

By Robert Hunziker A new study in Nature (April 2020) casts a disturbing light on the prospects of abrupt ecosystem collapse. The report analyzes the probabilities of collapsing ecosystems en masse, and not simply the loss of individual species. (Source:…

The Others, the Invisible Victims of the Coronavirus.

By Gustavo Espinoza “Hispanics, who make up 29% of New York’s population, account for 34% of deaths from COVID-19; likewise the black community accounts for 28% of deaths despite representing 22% of the population. This is a clear sign of…

Grieving, Aggrieved Generations of St. John Parishioners Gather in an Emergency Protest Contra Their Own Genocide

Chloroprene + COVID-19 = too much death and suffering for one Death Alley community to bear It was a protest unlike any of the others Concerned Citizens of St. John has held over the five years they’ve been advocating for…

Love in a Dangerous Time

By Mike Ferner – counterpunch A profusion of anonymous axioms and memes floods social media these days but one remains my very favorite: “It’s like we’ve all been sent to our room to think about what we did.” My friends,…

Is racism and bigotry in our DNA?

The Conversation Tom Oliver Is bigotry in our DNA, a remnant of our fear of “the other” way back when that was necessary? If so, why do some battle with their instincts while others embrace them? Peter, 71, Darlington I,…

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