Who's Burning the Amazon?<\/strong> Sept. 20-27: Santa Cruz to Demonstrate in Global Climate Strike<\/strong> Greenpeace Activists Taken into Custody After 12-Hour Houston Bridge Protest<\/strong> Extinction Rebellion protesters block London Fashion Week doors<\/strong> 'Loser' v 'warmongering chickenhawk': 2 Republican lawmakers in epic Twitter beef<\/strong> Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires<\/strong> The New American Oil Empire Built on Sand. The "Fracking Revolution"<\/strong> Have You Noticed How Social Media Purges Always Align With the US Empire?<\/strong> Have You Noticed How Social Media Purges Always Align With the US Empire?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nKelsey Hawkins-Johnson — Negin Owliaei | counterpunch.org<\/a> | 2019-09-13
\nWhile the world watches in horror as fires rage in the Amazon, activists are naming culprits. "Put out the flames, we name your names — politicians, corporate vultures, you're the ones we blame," demonstrators chanted as they marched from the White House to the Brazilian Consulate on September 5. The fires are no accident. Most…
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\nMichelle Merrill | indybay.org<\/a> | 2019-09-13
\nSanta Cruz activists join the Global Climate Strike, Sept. 20-27, to demand transformative changes to address the Climate Emergency; a week of events culminates in Santa Cruz school\/work Strike\/walkout, march and rally Sept. 27.
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\ncommondreams.org<\/a> | 2019-09-13
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\nThe Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-13
\nExtinction Rebellion protesters covered in fake blood have glued themselves to an entrance to London Fashion Week.Pictures posted by the group on Friday morning show activists blocking doors to the trade show venue in The Strand, while others poured buckets of fake blood around the entrance to create a "bleeding red carpet".The environmental campaign movement said it was staging the "die-in" to urge the fashion industry to "tell the truth about its contribution to the climate and ecological crisis".The Extinction Rebellion protesters wore white clothes with fake blood stains (Gareth Morris\/PA)The protesters, wear…
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\nrt.com<\/a> | 2019-09-12
\nA disagreement on 9\/11 over John Bolton and US withdrawal from Afghanistan descended into a full-on Twitter war between Rep. Liz Cheney and Senator Rand Paul, in a sequel to the beef between their fathers over invading Iraq. | It all started when Paul (R-Kentucky) backed two state legislators who blasted Cheney (R-Wyoming) for demanding a more aggressive foreign policy. "Why do some neocons continue to advocate for endless wars?" he quipped. "Let's focus on America First, not Afghanistan!" | Cheney snapped back that she stands with Trump and US troops in not surrendering to terrorists, "unlike [Paul], who seem…
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\nNegin Owliaei | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
\nWhile the world watches in horror as fires rage on in the Amazon, activists are shining a light on the big businesses destroying what's popularly known as the "lungs of the Earth." On September 5, people around the globe stood …
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\nF. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
\nOver the course of the past decade the United States, following decades of relative stagnation in oil production, has surprised many to become the largest oil producer in the world, exceeding Russia as well as Saudi Arabia. | Latest daily production …
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\nCaitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com<\/a> | 2019-09-12
\nThere have been no comparable mass social media purges of groups that are aligned with the US-centralized empire.<\/p>\n