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Let's Make Friday the Biggest Day of Climate Action in Global History Bill McKibben, Truthout On Friday, September 20, masses of people around the world will be walking out of their jobs, businesses and schools to demand action on the climate crisis that's threatening life on earth. Beyond repudiating the denialism coming from the highest places, this worldwide strike -- let's make it the biggest in global history -- will send a clear message to those in power that the zeitgeist has shifted and action is needed now.
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As We Transition Away From Fossil Fuels, We Must Also Tackle Inequality J. Mijin Cha, Truthout The climate crisis requires an urgent transition away from fossil fuel extraction and use. Yet, even with the short timeline the climate crisis demands, we cannot repeat the injustices of the extractive economy. We must not abandon workers and communities. Smart, targeted policy can, and will, provide a just transition.
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Heckler & Koch Markets Assault Rifles to Civilians, But Calls Itself “Ethical” Ben Knight, Truthout For 70 years, German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch has supplied guns to police forces, armies, dictatorships, mafia organizations and terrorist groups across the globe, and more recently, to the U.S. civilian market. Now the company claims it's taking an "ethical" approach to its gun sales. Given how difficult it is to control where guns end up once sold, however "ethically," the strategy sounds suspiciously like greenwashing.
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Naomi Klein: The Struggles Against Climate Change and Racism Are Inseparable Natalie Hanman, The Guardian The solutions for the climate crisis need to be linked with the fight against white supremacy, rising nationalism and the multiple crises we face today, says Naomi Klein, author of the new book, On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal. In this interview with The Guardian, Klein talks about the climate movement, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes and how she finds hope.
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Jim Crow Steals Election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District Greg Palast, Flashpoints Democrat Dan McCready supposedly lost the special election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District to Republican Dan Bishop last Tuesday by less than 4,000 votes. However, racially biased vote suppression schemes -- including Crosscheck, the measurably racist and absurdly wrong Crosscheck list created by the discredited Kris Kobach of Kansas -- easily account for the GOP's supposed margin of victory.
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Common Insecticide Threatens Survival of Migrating Birds Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News Migrating songbirds exposed to small amounts of a neonicotinoid pesticide suffered weight loss and migration delays, both of which could reduce their chances of survival, according to a new study. Neonicotinoids -- widely used on corn, cotton, sorghum, soybeans and on some other fruits and vegetables -- are thought to be at least partially behind bee declines in recent years, and could be partially responsible for the dramatic decline of migrant and farmland bird species worldwide.
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Poor Patients Face Lawsuits From Nonprofit Hospitals That Trap Them in Debt Maya Miller and Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica Spurred by recent investigative reports, several hospitals have announced major changes to their financial assistance policies, including curtailing the number of lawsuits they file against low-income patients unable to pay their medical bills. Across the country, these patients are overcoming the stigma surrounding poverty to speak out about these hospitals that sue them.
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10 Things You Need to Know About the Fires in the Amazon Ana Rivera, Left Voice The world is watching in horror as pictures circulate of huge stretches of the Amazon rainforest in flames, but these are no ordinary wildfires. They were set on purpose to generate immense profit for a few multinational companies and the states that support them. We need to put an end to the capitalist exploitation that is destroying one of the Earth's most important ecological regions.
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The U.S. Has "Disappeared" More Than 42,000 Migrants. Where's the Outrage? David L. Wilson, Truthout Trump's Migrant Protection Protocols program has forced more than 42,000 asylum seekers into Mexican cities where they have no resources or support networks. Given the multipronged assault from this administration, activists understandably are fatigued, but this is no time to let up the pressure as migrants languish without access to legal representation or access to family and friends in the U.S.
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Schools Should Do Away With English-Only Policies and Racist Dress Codes Kim Wilson, Truthout We owe it to Black and Brown students to have the moral courage to speak out against oppressive dress codes and English-only policies. Furthermore, it is not possible to disconnect current issues, such as the anti-immigrant movement, ICE raids and the deportation of thousands of people, from educational language policies that target students from these groups. Underserved, underrepresented and first-generation students are not liabilities to be managed or policed.
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