Doctors Without Borders is fighting to save refugees in the Mediterranean, but Italian authorities are blocking their efforts. How can we stand by as lives hang in the balance?
> Doctors Without Borders is fighting to save refugees in the Mediterranean, but Italian authorities are blocking their efforts. How can we stand by as lives hang in the balance?
Campaign group’s newest report underlines the scope of the ad and PR sector’s ongoing relationships with fossil fuel companies.
> Campaign group’s newest report underlines the scope of the ad and PR sector’s ongoing relationships with fossil fuel companies.
American non-profits are engaging in pro-Israel political activity while enjoying tax-exempt status.
> American non-profits are engaging in pro-Israel political activity while enjoying tax-exempt status.
Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of hundreds of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and strikes in Gaza including on a refugee camp, UN humanitarians said.
> Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of hundreds of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and strikes in Gaza including on a refugee camp, UN humanitarians said.
Addressing a committee last week, Major General Giora Eiland claimed that the plan, which is not backed by the United States, would "change the reality".
Israeli warnings and air strikes on Lebanon raise fears of regional escalation into full-scale war.
“Let’s be clear. A vote for this bill would further support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” said Rashida Tlaib.
> “Let’s be clear. A vote for this bill would further support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” said Rashida Tlaib.
> Joint press release: 15 aid organisations demand international pressure for an immediate ceasefire, arms embargo, and end to Israel’s systematic aid obstruction
> - 83% of required food aid does not make it into Gaza, up from 34% in 2023.This reduction means people in Gaza have gone from having an average of two meals a day to just one meal every other day. An estimated 50,000 children aged between 6-59 months urgently require treatment for malnutrition by the end of the year. (...)
We must face the hard truth in Gaza: Israel has lost its moral authority - The Hill - 07/18/24
I reviewed thousands of incident reports and tens of thousands of individual data points from several dozen credible organizations, as well as the Israeli military itself, as a part of a nonpartisan task force analyzing Israel’s campaign in Gaza.
Our report, submitted to the Biden administration and briefed to Congress, establishes compelling and credible evidence of Israeli violations of international humanitarian law and U.S. military best practices, utilizing U.S.-provided munitions. It shows how the Israeli military has demonstrated a “systematic disregard for fundamental principles of international law, including recurrent attacks launched despite foreseeably disproportionate harm to civilians.”
“CCS is a technologically unsound and economically unviable scheme, perpetuated by the fossil fuel industry…”
> “CCS is a technologically unsound and economically unviable scheme, perpetuated by the fossil fuel industry…”
It's the Zionists who are killing children, and what you say is totally antisemitic.
Palestinian history and geography were scrubbed from Israeli schoolbooks a decade ago, scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan says.
> Palestinian history and geography were scrubbed from Israeli schoolbooks a decade ago, scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan says.
The latest death toll stands at 41,821 Palestinians and 1,139 people killed in Israel since October 7.
> The latest death toll stands at 41,821 Palestinians and 1,139 people killed in Israel since October 7.
The current death toll in Gaza is close to 42,000, but experts believe that figure is likely a gross undercount.
> The current death toll in Gaza is close to 42,000, but experts believe that figure is likely a gross undercount.
Deaths have been reported in Romania, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic
> Deaths have been reported in Romania, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic
It seems to me you are missing the point.
This is a political suicide. I cannot say that I am for this approach but what I see is a form of protest (and maybe what I think about it is another topic). What is striking to me is that this US-backed Genocide is taking place for almost a year, and due to despair americans are even killing themselves as a form of protest.
And of course there are other forms of protesting. People try to influence politicians in so many ways so the US stops providing guns and arguments attempting to justify it.
Last night I dreamedten thousand grandmothersfrom the twelve hundred corners of the earthwalked out into the gapone breath deepbetween the ...
The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023.
> The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023.
Nearly 40% of the Amazon's vital climate regions are unprotected, raising concerns about deforestation and the urgent need for preservation.
> Nearly 40% of the Amazon's vital climate regions are unprotected, raising concerns about deforestation and the urgent need for preservation.
Military claims the sanitation worker had been throwing explosive devices at its troops from the roof of his home in the el Far’a camp
>Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad, a sanitation worker with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, was the first Unrwa employee killed in the West Bank in more than a decade.
“We are all culpable,” Matt Nelson said before lighting himself on fire. This is the third such incident in a year.
> “We are all culpable,” Matt Nelson said before lighting himself on fire. This is the third such incident in a year.
Looks like the article was removed. I suppose this is a great reminder why it's important to archive a link before posting it, and share the archived link as well.
This one is lovely:
bell hooks: Moving from Pain to Power | The New School | 1h 30min
Israel, Hezbollah and other Lebanese groups have exchanged more than 9,613 attacks between October 7 and September 6.
> Israel, Hezbollah and other Lebanese groups have exchanged more than 9,613 attacks between October 7 and September 6.
Just finished the first episode and I find it very interesting. Crossposting it to Podcasts.
So you choose to ignore that Israel for almost a year has been committing Genocide towards Palestinians. That this Genocide takes place in OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territories), occupied by Zionists that is, for over 75 years. You choose to ignore that a huge part of this Zionist society is totally supporting the Genocide, and many of them even make fun of it on podcasts and social media while plenty of Israeli support this material.
Instead, you want to shift the topic from Genocide and the support it gets, to Hamas.
Please, don't overestimate the power of Hasbara / Zionist propaganda.
This article does use more specific language than "southern hemisphere", so not too sure what you mean. It also includes several links for further reading in relation to this topic.
Thank you for pointing that out, this part really does not make any sense. Not to sure what I had in mind, so I thought of making an edit with a strikethrough so that the sentence does make sense.
To be honest, I don't know who's in the right here, ...
The way I see things, it's pretty clear. In the global south are the countries that suffer the most from the economic activities (to say the least) that come from the global north. Giving these badges to the global south NGOs is important as an effort to balance out how underrepresented these part of the world typically are, even tho they are most affected by actions of others ,namely the countries that got upset, or companies that come from there.
Admittedly, I don't expect too much out of this specific climate conference due to the intense lobbying that takes place there. I'd love to be wrong on this one and be pleasantly surprised, for sure.
...but the article definitely feels like it’s taking a side, and the editorialized title makes that bias worse.
I believe it is important to accept that all media is biased, even if they try to portray themselves as neutral or objective (an easy example would be fox's fair and balanced sloggan). So I don't think that bias is a problem by itself, but performing impartiality totally is, and mainstream media do that for several reasons.
Still, I think a journalist or an outlet can be trustworthy, and this relies on their processes. They need to be honest and meticulous in their research (and perhaps something else that I didn't think of right now).
Edit: The strikethrough
I see what you mean, so I need to make the following clarification.
My statement that you quoted is specific to the context of the anthroposcene topic. Not a general one, for all topics.
Ok, tbh the understanding I got from rule 3 is that it was more flexible, in the sense that it says "may be removed", not "will be removed", but thank you for taking the time to clarify this.
I understand what you say about the difference of posts and comments.
Reported as a copy/paste of a Mondoweiss article
Not too sure I understand to which rule this report would be based on anyway. And btw Mondoweiss is mentioned at the very top of the article. It's the same author, different outlets. Not a secret.
I have to admit (even tho I understand the intentions behind it) I really don't like the term anthroposcene for many reasons. I don't think it reflects the issue. The issue is not humans in general. The issue is a tiny part of humans that are on top of the social hierarchies within a system we call capitalism. As a term, it also seems to me that it feeds this wrong linear narrative of human evolution that has been widely adopted in the west (cultures that have been traditionally colonizing), unfortunately by almost everyone, even the left.
I think I see what you mean. Still, I believe the priority is for this Genocide to be stopped and Israeli people have the duty I would say, to act towards this direction. General strikes that last long can be a great tool for political pressure.
It looks like it's a one-day strike.
I hope many people participate, so that it goes on until a permanent ceasefire is achieved.
Relevant article:
Israeli Assault on Northern West Bank Marks New Phase of Genocide
As Israel escalates attacks, Palestinians are wondering whether the war on Gaza has now expanded to the West Bank.
And another relevant article:
Google DeepMind employees ask the company to stop providing AI tech to the military
Edit: And a podcast No Tech for Apartheid w/ Mohammad Khatami & Gabi Schubiner
As I briefly explained above, I don't see a point to this hypothetical question and I was not convinced by your arguments, so I will not engage to answering it.
I left Reddit much too late. I guess some habits can be hard to break. Then I spent some time on kbin/mbin/fedia, and I'll be staying here.
Btw I'm a non-binary trans person [they/she/he].