We face a double crisis as the twenty-first century unfolds. On the one hand, it is an ecological crisis: climate change and several other Earth System pressures are exceeding planetary boundaries to a dangerous extent. On the other hand, it is also a social crisis: several billion people are deprived of access to basic goods and services. More than 40 percent of the human population cannot afford nutritious food; 50 percent do not have safely managed sanitation facilities; 70 percent do not have necessary health care.
EU politics
Colm Tóibín: ‘Catalonia is a region in the process of reimagining itself’
From The Guardian The Germans made it clear after the election of Syriza in Greece: In the EU democracy is secondary. Primary are contracts and laws. Thus two former fascist nations can now “legally” stymie […]
Geopolitics
Yuval Abraham: ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal. Read […]
Geopolitics
Jack Hunter: Criticizing Israel? This definition of antisemitism will take care of that
Speech codes are popping up all over the US, chilling the right to question what another government is doing thousands of miles away Read Article HERE Photo: Wikipedia
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