There can be no gradualist answer...

There can be no gradualist, ecomodernist answer to the dire ecological problems we face, because when looking at the human effect on the planet there is nothing gradual about it.

Left Voice

No Borders, No Countries, Only Humanity

Russiagate hysteria is ramping up, all over again...

Given that the Russiagate hysteria is ramping up, all over again... let's refresh our recollections, shall we?

Cuba: Russian ally. Has been forever. Obama administration: attempts to ease sanctions. Immediately reversed when that Putin-controlled orange clown takes office - because that's exactly what Putin really wants, you guys.

Syria: Russian ally. Trump ratchets up our undeclared war in Syria making literally everything worse for absolutely everyone, including Russia, who risk getting pulled into another ground war they don't want in the Middle East. Because Vladimir Putin is the super-secret puppetmaster pulling the strings.

Venezuela: Russian ally. So, of course, Putin instructs his cheeto-dusted operative in the White House to foment a coup in the interests of American oil companies. Because that's how this secret puppetmaster shit works.

Iran: Russian ally. So, by all means, that must mean Vlad wanted the Iranian nuclear deal scrapped - because, again, what Russia really wants is a highly motivated Islamic theocracy starting a nuclear war.

If your theory is that Vladimir Putin is secretly running Donald Trump as a Russian state asset, at some point you're going to have to admit he's doing a terrible fucking job of it.

Remember: when the US government admits to tampering with elections: Freedom! 'Merica! Nobody can actually provide any actual evidence that Russian trolls did anything other than buy some Facebook ads and post some anti-Hillary tweets? OUR ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN HAX0RED!!1!

CIA admits role in 1953 Iranian coup

Declassified documents describe in detail how US – with British help – engineered coup against Mohammad Mosaddeq

The Guardian

Undocumented, vulnerable, scared: the women who pick your food for $3 an hour

Undocumented, vulnerable, scared: the women who pick your food for $3 an hour. In the fields of south Texas Mexican women work long hours in dangerous conditions under the ever-present threat of deportation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/10/undocumented-women-farm-workers-texas-mexican

Every Single Form of Oppression

The US has used, and continues to use, every single form of oppression of its own people that we claim to oppose elsewhere around the world.

'Protesters as terrorists': growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime

Conservative lawmakers have put forward laws criminalizing protests in at least 18 states since 2017 that civil liberties advocates say are unconstitutional

The Guardian

SG Lewis - Easy Loving You (Live)

I can not stop playing this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-re58AWtVc

In an effort to spotlight the corporate greed...

In an effort to "spotlight the corporate greed that has taken over the American healthcare system" and driven up the costs of life-saving drugs, Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Thursday that he plans to travel to Canada later this month with a caravan of diabetics looking to purchase affordable insulin.

"Insulin costs over $300 [per vial] in the U.S.," tweeted Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. "In Canada, the same exact drug costs about $30. We can't wait for drug companies to lower prices. Americans need relief now!"

Common Dreams

If They Get Their Ethnostate

Always remember: if they get their ethnostate, nazis are going to fall out of love with "free speech" in a hurry. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that they are doing anything other than using the values of liberal democracy to undermine liberal democracy.

Detainees "Consented" to Rape and Sexual Abuse

All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government impose criminal liability on correctional facility staff who have sexual contact with people in their custody. These laws recognize that any sexual activity between detainees and detention facility staff, with or without the use of force, is unlawful because of the inherent power imbalance when people are in custody. Yet, one immigration detention center is trying to avoid responsibility for sexual violence within its walls by arguing that the detainee “consented” to sexual abuse.

ACLU

Dario Hunter: Stop the Madness

Kamala Harris says the backlash against Kaepernick and taking a knee "was not a thing" until "Russian bots started taking that on."? So now the systemic, ever-present, hundreds of years old racism in this country is a Russian conspiracy? Stop the madness. This is why you can't take seriously any candidate pushing the Russiagate nonsense - it's such an obvious tool of corporate mass-distraction.

https://www.facebook.com/Srully/posts/10101273328168168

Biden's Healthcare Plan is Just Great - As Long as You Don't Need Healthcare

After spending the past week sniping at Medicare for All with insurance industry talking points, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a healthcare plan that one analyst said could cause the deaths of around 125,000 people over the first ten years by leaving millions of Americans uninsured.

"Even if you suppose that Biden's estimate is right and the uninsurance rate does go to three percent, that still implies an enormous amount of unnecessary death caused by a lack of insurance," Bruenig said. "One commonly-used (e.g. by CAP) estimate states that one unnecessary death occurs annually for every 830 uninsured people. This means that during the first 10 years of Bidencare, over 125,000 unnecessary deaths will occur from uninsurance."

Common Dreams

The health of our oceans is closely linked to our own survival

Louisa Casson, an ocean campaigner at Greenpeace, said: “The health of our oceans is closely linked to our own survival. Unless we act now to protect them, deep-sea mining could have devastating consequences for marine life and humankind.”

The Guardian

[caption id="attachment_4895" align="alignnone" width="600"] Greenpeace divers hold a banner calling for "More Marine Reserves Now" near a fish aggregating device (FAD). Greenpeace is seeking a global ban on the use of FADs and is campaigning to protect the world's oceans through the creation of a global network of marine reserves.[/caption]

Guide for New Organizers

This guide has been used by Whole Foods employees throughout the country to successfully protect themselves while speaking with one another, organizing and attempting to unionize. All employees deserve to have this same protection. Your struggle is our struggle, and our struggle is yours.

Google Docs

Peak Liberalism

Peak liberalism is taking the left’s idea from 2008 for $15/hr when minimum wage was $7.25, chewing on it for a decade, and passing a law for $15/hr by 2025 when $15 will be equivalent to $7.25 in 2008.

Then congratulate yourselves for it. Democratic Party in a nutshell.

https://twitter.com/gin_and_tacos/status/1152214237160361984

Get Bambeere

Get Bambeere:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bambeere-—-the-browser-ta/hdiiakgcahadnmkfhhbbjeaiibhocena

It is time for this investigation to end

It is time for this investigation to end and for Manning to be released. She is taking a principled stand against the secret grand jury process of the United States. Grand juries are known as the “prosecutor’s darling” because the grand jury only hears the prosecutor’s version of events. Those who are the target of a grand jury investigation are not allowed to present their side of the story. Those who are witnesses before grand juries are not allowed to have a lawyer with them in the hearing room. Grand jury abuse has become all too common. Manning’s stand should lead to a re-evaluation of the grand jury system as she is putting a spotlight on this abusive prosecutorial tool.

https://howiehawkins.us/release-chelsea-manning-erase-fines-against-her/

Full Spectrum Dominance

Ocean City with Rocky and Jane