Leading expert on the climate denier playbook, Naomi Oreskes, discusses her groundbreaking new study and larger story of disinformation and doubt about climate change that has been promoted in U.S. for almost three decades
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The Intercept uncovers vast Cointelpro-style operation against Dakota protesters by shadowy private security contractors
By Alleen Brown, Will Parrish, Alice Speri THE INTERCEPT Included among the documents obtained via public records requests were “daily intelligence updates” developed by TigerSwan that were shared with law enforcement officers, thus contributing to a broad public-private intelligence dragnet. In the internal situation reports, TigerSwan operativesREAD ON
He Who Says Speciesism Says Fascism (Abridged/Updated Version)
THIS IS A REPOST he debate on speciesism is historically new but the term seeks to define perhaps the oldest form of tyranny exercised by humans on any category of sentient living creatures. In fact, many aspects of speciesism, if not its totality, resembleREAD ON
US, China ban ivory trade to protect Africa’s elephants
ABOVE IMAGE: ADULT ELEPHANT HELPS JUVENILE UP THE HILL statement made available in New York on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of State, noted that U.S. and China are the two world’s largest markets for ivory. The U.S. Government and its Chinese counterpart are collaborating toREAD ON
EDITORIALS: Lethal Legacy of Shame
—EDITORIALS— Why is nature itself, the sustainer of all life, accorded no civilizational respect or legal consideration? Ed Duvin, Editor-at-Large n social justice and other realms of discourse, the lexicon is often freely bandied about absent a firm foundation. The word “rights” servesREAD ON
“Blood and Soil”: Lierre Keith, Michael Pollan, and the Trouble with Locavore Politics
John Sanbonmatsu First iteration: August 16, 2011 The speciesism still rampant in too many people supposedly “on the left” is all too clear in a new crop of scholars denouncing animal rights as a dangerous creed. The Vegetarian Myth, by Lierre Keith, is a recentREAD ON
John Sanbonmatsu: The Drone Invasion
By John Sanbonmatsu Writer, Philosopher, and Magician Updated Feb 04, 2016 Talk about catering to our worst instincts. The proposed drones are the latest in a swarm of socially destructive new artifacts, from robots and nanotechnology to genetically engineered organisms, being unleashed on theREAD ON
Green Party Moves Towards Declaring itself Eco-socialist
FRONTLINE NEWS— Reports, News Flashes, and Commentary from Various Conflict Zones Around the Globe HUMANITY IN TORMENT =By= By Jonathan Nack n a major development, the Green Party took a key step towards declaring itself Eco-socialist. The party’s National Committee voted Sunday nightREAD ON