The richest one percent of the world’s population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the 3.1 billion people who made … Carbon emissions of richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanityRead more
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Posted inAmazon / News / NSA
Snowden criticises Amazon for hiring former NSA boss
A former National Security Agency (NSA) chief who was in the post when the Edward Snowden scandal broke has joined Amazon’s board as a director. … Snowden criticises Amazon for hiring former NSA bossRead more
Posted inDeath / India / News / Pesticide
Three Maharashtra Farmers Sue Syngenta in Switzerland
On September 17, three farmers from Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district filed a lawsuit in a civil court in Basel, Switzerland, seeking monetary compensation from agrochemical giant … Three Maharashtra Farmers Sue Syngenta in SwitzerlandRead more
Posted inBiodiversity / News / Oil / Spill
Mauritians take to the street over oil spill and dolphin and whale deaths
People gathered in the thousands in Mauritius’s capital, Port Louis, to protest the government’s response to a recent oil spill. The Japanese-owned freighter M.V. Wakashio … Mauritians take to the street over oil spill and dolphin and whale deathsRead more
Posted inIndia / News / Politics / Protest / Worker
Lathis, FIRs Fail to Deter Farmers’ Agitation
There is seemingly no end to the agitation led by farmers’ bodies in Haryana. The farmers were met with a brutal lathi-charge on Thursday, September … Lathis, FIRs Fail to Deter Farmers’ AgitationRead more
Posted inDeath / India / Migration / News / Worker
Govt Admits, 97 Migrants Died On Board Shramik Special Trainss
The government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Special trains, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers … Govt Admits, 97 Migrants Died On Board Shramik Special TrainssRead more
Posted inAssassination / Chile / Dictatorship / News / USA Empire
Salvadoran Ex-Colonel Convicted for 1989 Murder of Jesuit Priests
In Spain, a former Salvadoran Army colonel was convicted Friday for the 1989 murder of five Jesuit priests. Inocente Orlando Montano served as El Salvador’s … Salvadoran Ex-Colonel Convicted for 1989 Murder of Jesuit PriestsRead more
Posted inIsrael Nazi / News / USA Empire
Up to 1 in 4 US Jews sees Zionism as racist, colonialist apartheid movement
One quarter of American Jews express intensely critical ideas about Israel and Zionism, including that Israel is racist, colonial and apartheid. More than that, 31 … Up to 1 in 4 US Jews sees Zionism as racist, colonialist apartheid movementRead more
Posted inHindutva / India / News / Protest / Worker
Sanitation Workers Continue Protests, One Dies by Suicide in Noida
The indefinite state-wide stir by contractual sanitation workers seeking fulfilment of their demands entered its 18th day on Thursday. Over six hundred sanitation workers gathered … Sanitation Workers Continue Protests, One Dies by Suicide in NoidaRead more
Posted inEconomics / News / USA Empire
Only 158 Families Have Provided Nearly Half of 2016 Election Funding
Just 158 families have provided nearly half of the funding so far in the 2016 presidential election. The New York Times found, “Not since before … Only 158 Families Have Provided Nearly Half of 2016 Election FundingRead more