Notices by Charles Muller (acmuller@mastodon.social), page 6

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Imran Khan’s Arrest Brings #Pakistan’s Crisis Closer To Its End Game
By Andrew Korybko, Orinoco Tribune

The post-modern coup that removed former Pakistani Prime Minister #ImranKhan (IK) from office last April as punishment for his multipolar foreign policy catalyzed cascading crises across the economic, judicial, political, and security spheres that have shaken this South Asian state to its core.

https://popularresistance.org/imran-khans-arrest-brings-pakistans-crisis-closer-to-its-end-game/

Chris Hedges: Harriet Tubman And The Battle For America’s Symbols
By #chrishedges The Real News

The debate over America’s symbols and monuments has sharpened with the growing mass movement for #racialjustice in the past decade. The lionization of slave-owners and genocidaires has been pointed out by many as in contradiction to the ideals of democracy and racial justice so often touted as national core values.
https://popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-harriet-tubman-and-the-battle-for-americas-symbols/

Biden Won’t Stop #ClimateChange
By M. Carlstad, Left Voice.

President #Biden laced his 2020 presidential campaign with rhetoric and promises about addressing climate change, drawing some to wonder if he could be America’s first “climate president.” More than two years in, the reality of his term is a letdown for those who hung their hopes on this label...

https://popularresistance.org/biden-wont-stop-climate-change/

Australian MPS Meet US Envoy Caroline Kennedy On #Assange
By Joe Lauria, Consortium News.

A cross party delegation of Australian legislators met on Tuesday morning in Canberra with Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador, to discuss the continued U.S. prosecution of imprisoned #WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. U.S. President Joe #Biden is due in Australia in two weeks as the pressure continues to mount on him from presidents, parliaments, the public and human rig...

https://popularresistance.org/australian-mps-meet-us-envoy-caroline-kennedy-on-assange/

This Season’s Hottest Trend: #AntiConsumption
By Editors, In These Times.

How did “#deinfluencing” get started? Apparently in January on “beauty TikTok,” that corner of the popular video app where users promote tips, tricks and products in the world of skin care and cosmetics, and the trend has spread into everything from fashion to electronics to kitchen gadgets. “No,” deinfluencers are saying, “maybe you don’t need Dior lipstick or $500 AirPods.”

https://popularresistance.org/this-seasons-hottest-trend-anti-consumption/

#environment

People In The US Were Once Promised Affordable Education For All
By #ChrisHedges, The Real News.

The 1960s were a decade of intellectual and political ferment on college campuses. #Anti-war, #feminist, and racial justice movements all found a foothold in higher #education, with student activists often playing a pivotal role in social movements that extended far beyond the university. https://popularresistance.org/people-in-the-us-were-once-promised-affordable-education-for-all/

Albanese ‘Frustrated’ With US Over Assange
By Joe Lauria, Consortium News.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony #Albanese said he has unequivocally stated his position to the United States that a diplomatic resolution of the case of Julian #Assange must be made. In his clearest statement yet about the fate of the imprisoned #WikiLeaks publisher, Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview in London that he has told the U.S. Justice Department... https://popularresistance.org/albanese-frustrated-with-us-over-assange/

Julian #Assange And World Press Freedom Day By #chrishedges Scheer Post.

The detention and persecution of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British, Swedish and U.S. governments are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses, corruption, lies and crimes, especially war crimes, carried out by corporate states and the global ruling elite, will..

https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=aea5c04345&e=3221f6fc8c

Biden Slams Arrest Of US Journalist In Russia But Pursues #Assange
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout.

May 3, 2023, will mark the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, which the United Nations established to remind governments about the need to respect their commitment to #freedomofthepress . But as the Biden administration proclaims the centrality of press freedom globally, its hypocrisy in pursuing journalist and publisher Julian Assange is stunning.
https://popularresistance.org/biden-hypocritically-slams-arrest-of-us-journalist-in-russia-but-pursues-assange/

#Denmark is one of the most cultivated countries in the world, with the worst conditions for #nature and #biodiversity. Still, our Minister for Environment, Magnus Heunicke, is working against the EU proposal for nature restoration of 20% of the EU land and sea area. (2/7) #dkpol #dknatur

Climate Campaigners Blockade White House Correspondents Dinner
By Julia Conley, Common Dreams.

Members of the corporate media were greeted by hundreds of climate action organizers Saturday night as they arrived at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. Youth-led direct action group Climate Defiance staged a blockade of the event to demand that President Joe Biden fulfill his campaign promise to end fossil fue... https://popularresistance.org/climate-campaigners-blockade-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

#ClimateJustice On The Ballot In El Paso
By Crystal Moran, Eddie Wong, and Mike Siegel, Convergence.

On May 6, voters in El Paso, TX will decide on Prop K, the Climate Charter amendment that would pave the way for a #GreenNewDeal in this metropolitan area of 985,000 residents, 81% of whom are Latinx. The Prop K campaign has placed environmental racism and local control over powerful corporate interests squarely before the public.

https://popularresistance.org/climate-justice-on-the-ballot-in-el-paso/

Chris Hedges: The Enemy From Within
By #chrishedges Scheer Post.

America is a stratocracy, a form of government dominated by the military. It is axiomatic among the two ruling parties that there must be a constant preparation for war. The war machine’s massive budgets are sacrosanct. Its billions of dollars in waste and fraud are ignored. Its military fiascos in Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East have disappeared into the vast cavern of ...

https://popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-the-enemy-from-within/ #militarism

BlackRock Security, NYPD 'Brutalize' Climate Protesters
By Olivia Rosane, Commondreams.

#BlackRock security guards and #NYPD officers "brutalized" #climate campaigners this morning, according to organizers, after activists succeeded in shuttering the entrance to the headquarters of the world's largest #fossilfuel investor for three hours.
https://popularresistance.org/blackrock-security-nypd-brutalize-climate-protesters/

RESOURCE> DDB/CJKV-E dictionaries update, April 2023

Dear Colleagues,
I've uploaded the list of new DDB and CJKV-E entries for April 2023. We have 19 new entries for the DDB (Total: 76,920) and 191 for the CJKV-E (Total: 67,396)

https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/discussions/12768713/resource-ddbcjkv-e-dictionaries-update-april-2023

What Would It Take To Defeat Big Oil?
By C. J. Polychroniou, Truthout.

At a time when the world is close to irreversible climate breakdown, fossil fuel energy is growing, with oil being the biggest contributor to primary energy supply. Globally, approximately 33 percent of our energy comes from oil, followed by coal, gas and hydroelectric power. Indeed, oil companies are bringing in staggering profits, and oil production may even continue to increase through 2050.

https://popularresistance.org/what-would-it-take-to-defeat-big-oil-a-progressive-economist-weighs-in/

The United States Of Paralysis
By Chris Hedges, Scheer Post.

Political paralysis is snuffing out what is left of our anemic #democracy. It is the paralysis of doing nothing while the ruling #oligarchs who have increased their #wealth by nearly a third since the pandemic began and by close to 90 percent over the past decade, orchestrate virtual tax boycotts as millions of Americans go into bankruptcy to pay medical bills, mortgages, credit card debt, student debt...

https://popularresistance.org/the-united-states-of-paralysis/

A current worry: The only people with existing deep expertise in things like how the atmosphere/ocean/geosphere work are academics, who are ace at giving impartial evidence-based advice. But as lots of climate “solutions” companies spring up, these academics are consulting with them & in some cases leaving academia to work for them (often much better pay & working conditions) & are then limited in what they can tell the rest of us. So the public source of open unbiased expertise is at risk.