(2022-10-12). Youth join global strike for climate justice. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin September 26, 2022 Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, one of 450 global locations, were among hundreds of thousands demanding "climate reparations and justice" Sept. 23. Young people in Asia, Africa and Europe joined a coordinated Global Climate Strike that called for wealthy countries to pay reparations to poorer countries that have been the hardest hit by the disasters caused by global warming. Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, Sept. 23. Demonstrators emphasized the more frequent, ferocious and deadly heat waves; floods; wildfires; and droughts wreaking havoc worldwide, causing devastatio…
(2022-10-12). Bangladesh: The struggle for liberation after colonial rule. greenleft.org.au The expansion of capitalism, through globalisation and imperialism, has caused social exclusion, poverty and environmental degradation in Bangladesh, writes Sabrina Syed.
(2022-10-11). Half of World's Poorest Need Urgent Debt Relief: UNDP. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said that 54 developing economies, which account for over half of the world's poorest people, need urgent debt relief as a result of "cascading global crises." | RELATED: | It warned of the risks of inaction in a new paper, noting that if these countries do not get access to effective debt restructuring, poverty will rise and desperately needed investments…
(2022-10-11). Upset About High Gas Prices? Ro Khanna Says 'Blame Big Oil'. commondreams.org In a pair of videos, the progressive congressman from California says U.S. leaders must "end fossil fuel subsidies and put an excess profits tax on the wealthiest oil and gas corporations."