Glasgow climate summit is an elite farce

3 November 2021 — Indian Punchline

by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

Protestors at venue of Glasgow summit on climate change

The Glasgow summit on climate change has been a media extravaganza. The ruling elites from all continents cooped up in their national capitals due to the raging pandemic, finally got a break to throw away their masks and take to their private jets to fly off to “Global Britain” to display their leadership qualities.
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Nicaragua News Links 5 October – 3 November 2021

3 November 2021 — The New Dark Age

Meet The Nicaraguans Facebook Falsely Branded Bots And Censored Days Before Elections
https://popularresistance.org/meet-the-nicaraguans-facebook-falsely-branded-bots-and-censored-days-before-elections/

Meta Deletes Over 1,000 Nicaraguan Accounts Days Before Election
https://popularresistance.org/meta-deletes-over-1000-nicaraguan-accounts-it-claims-were-fsln-troll-farm-days-before-election/

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Book Review: Reducing Production for a Livable Future

2 November 2021 —  Climate & Capitalism

Stan Cox says there will not be a livable future unless we slash obscene levels of corporate production

Stan Cox
THE PATH TO A LIVABLE FUTURE
A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic

City Lights Books, 2021

reviewed by Don Fitz

As climate change leads humanity’s march to Armageddon, data surfacing during late 2021 suggests that the march could be much briefer than previously thought. “Nature is starting to emit greenhouse gases in competition with cars, planes, trains, and factories,” asserts Robert Hunziker. The Amazon has switched from soaking up CO2 to emitting it. Likewise, the Arctic has flipped from being a carbon sink to becoming an emission source. Permafrost is giving off the three main greenhouse gases (GHGs): CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide. So much Siberian permafrost is melting that buildings are collapsing as methane bombs explode, resulting in craters 100 feet deep.

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