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Across the globe, people are turning to the courts to combat the worsening climate emergency. Since 2015, cases around the world have doubled to over 2,000, according to a recent United Nations report.
They are also on the rise in the United States.
Adjunto reseña y foto de la conferencia titulada ”La Edición Crítica de las Obras Completas de José Martí: el caso de las Escenas Norteamericanas”, impartida por la Doctora en Ciencias Literarias Marlene Vázquez Pérez, Directora del Centro de Estudios Martianos, en la sede de la Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de La Habana (SEAP) el pasado viernes … Läs mer “25/9 – ACERCA DE LA EDICIÓN CRÍTICA DE LAS OBRAS DE JOSÉ MARTÍ”
COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us.
As scientists continue to research the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, one fact has become clear:
Deforestation is linked to emerging diseases. … Läs mer “21/9 – Why Healthy Forests Mean Fewer Pandemics”
Adjunto Nota del Consejo Científico de la Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País (SEAP) con un Resumen de Ias Ideas expuestas en el Taller titulado “LA ESTRUCTURA DEL SISTEMA DEL ESTADO CUBANO PARA UN SOCIALISMO PRÓSPERO Y SOSTENIBLE”, realizado el viernes 8 de septiembre 2023 en la sede de la SEAP. Agradezco su difusión y recibir comentarios. En … Läs mer “20/9 – Cuba: Nota del Consejo Científico de la SEAP”
El Consejo Científico de la Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País (SEAP) organizó el Panel titulado “La estructura del sistema del Estado cubano para un socialismo próspero y sostenible” que tuvo lugar el 8 de septiembre de 2023 en la sede de la nstitución, dirigido por el Dr. Luis A. Montero Cabrera, presidente del Consejo. Cuatro panelistas presentaron … Läs mer “16/9 – La estructura del sistema del Estado cubano para un socialismo próspero y sostenible”
With nearly 10,000 people expected to take to the streets of New York City on September 17 for the March to End Fossil Fuels, the climate justice movement seems more organized than ever. But, there’s a … Läs mer “12/9 – The Pentagon is the Elephant In the Climate Activist Room”
Krigen i Ukraina kunne ha vært over for lenge siden, men USA har flere ganger satt foten ned for en forhandlingsløsning. Konsekvensen er hundretusenvis av drepte og millioner av fordrevne.
Det er 18 måneder siden Russlands invasjon i Ukraina. Mye er blitt sagt og skrevet … Läs mer “7/9 – Terje Alnes: Cynismens triumf i Ukraina”
Cataclysmic wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency due to climate change.
In early August 2023, a succession of wildfires ignited within the state of Hawaii, primarily affecting the island of Maui. It is considered “one of the … Läs mer “31/8 – Wildfires Aren’t Just a Threat to People—They’re Killing Off Earth’s Biodiversity”
When promoting greenwashing, corporations and their marketing departments (selling things) as well as their public relations departments (selling the ideology that capitalism is great and what you buy is good) essentially convey false messages. These posts pretend that a corporation or their products are greener, … Läs mer “29/8 – The Global Greenwashing Heist”
The events of this summer suggest we are already all too close to the edge of the kind of systemic failure experienced so many centuries ago by the Mayans, the ancient Puebloans, and the Viking Greenlanders.
In his 2005 bestseller … Läs mer “26/8 – Is Industrial Society on the Verge of Collapse?”
No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system.
The facts are clear and they are shocking: Factory farming is unhealthy for consumers, dangerous for workers, and devastating for the environment, and … Läs mer “22/8 – How to Fix Our Food System”
On July 26, 2023, Niger’s presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d’état. A brief contest among the various armed forces in the country ended with all the branches agreeing to the removal … Läs mer “19/8 – What’s Happening in Niger Is Far From a Typical Coup”
The impact of agriculture on climate change is significant. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agriculture sector is responsible for 10 … Läs mer “17/8 – Our Food System Is the Bullseye for Solving the World’s Climate Challenges”
By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.
George Orwell wrote in 1984… Läs mer “15/8 – The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace”
In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level.
Thus, in June, the surface temperature in the North Atlantic reached the maximum increase of … Läs mer “22/7 – The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun”
At his speech during the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden called the U.S. and Europe “anchors for global security” when in reality there are no anchors during this increasingly dangerous and polarized … Läs mer “18/7 – NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability”
It was one of the fabled rivers of history and the Marines needed to cross it.
In early April 2003, as American forces sought to wrap up their conquest of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and take strongholds to its north, … Läs mer “17/7 – America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl”
We know that plastic is choking the planet. But it could be killing us, too.
In 2019, the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks published a statement that identified 14 emerging health and environmental issues. Right … Läs mer “14/7 – The Impact of Plastic on Human Health”
When certain lines are crossed, the nature of other things becomes clearer. Providing cluster bombs to the Ukrainian military is such a rubicon. The pretense that the NATO sponsored forces have some kind of moral high ground in their conflict with … Läs mer “13/7 – Let’s Be Clear, Cluster Bombs are an Escalation”
Plastic is in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. How does it get there—and what does it mean for human health?
The air is plasticized, and we are no better protected from it outdoors than indoors. Minuscule … Läs mer “7/7 – Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies”
Oceans of the world are in a dangerous red zone that exceeds safe limits for marine and terrestrial life because of excessive heat. Several statements by climate scientists show heightened concerns about how this plays out, as 2023 could be a major inflection point with … Läs mer “3/7 – The Ocean Red Zone”
By Nnimmo Bassey, 29 june 2023
The struggle for environmental justice in Africa is complex and broad. It is the continuation of the fight for the liberation of the continent and for socio-ecological transformation. It is a fact that the environment is our life: The … Läs mer “30/6 – The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Africa”
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LUNES, 26 DE JUNIO DE 2023
Repensando el socialismo
Por Fidel Vascós González
La palabra “socialismo” encierra diversas interpretaciones. Entre ellas, la de ser una doctrina económica y socio-política en el terreno teórico; un modo de producción y distribución de productos; la sociedad que sustituirá al capitalismo; la sociedad antesala del comunismo. También se complementa con … Läs mer “28/6 – De Fidel Vascós: REPENSANDO EL SOCIALISMO”
Important progress has been made in ending violence in Yemen for the first time since 2015 when the Saudi Arabia-led coalition invaded the country. However, the eight years of war have created the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis” in the country. Yemen has 4.5 million internally displaced people and more than 80 percent of its total population of more … Läs mer “23/6 – Climate Change Is Intensifying Humanitarian Crisis in War-Affected Yemen”
The evidence is starting to build that all bets are off on predictions that humanity has a decade, or more, of clear sailing before global warming turns vicious enough to run roughshod over climate change deniers and the mean-spirited anti-climate-change Republican Party. … Läs mer “22/6 – Planetary Heat is Happening Fast, and Faster”
According to the latest report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), “one in five children under [the age of] five in Pakistan suffer from wasting.” The rate of severe acute malnutrition stands at 8 percent and moderate acute malnutrition is 9.7 percent among children under five, states the report.
Approximately 10.5 million people … Läs mer “22/6 – One in Five Children in Pakistan Are Suffering From Wasting, Says UN Report”
Kåre Strindberg, medlem i Gröndal-Liljeholmen S-föening, har tillsänt eFOLKET en artikel som handlar kriget i Ukraina, NATO och den US-amerikanske förhandlingsförespråkaren Jeffrey Sachs. Anledningen var att eFOLKET den 30 maj länkat till en artikel författad av Sachs.
Jeffrey Sachs påstås av Strindberg “rycka ut för Kreml” och dessutom vara en förespråkare för den kinesiska regeringen.
Nationalekonomen Jeffrey Sachs … Läs mer “19/6 – McCarthyism och militarism breder ut sig Sverige”
All wars do end, usually thanks to a negotiated peace agreement. Consider that a fundamental historical fact, even if it seems to have been forgotten in Brussels, Moscow, and above all, Washington D.C.
In recent months, among Russian President Vladimir Putin’s … Läs mer “16/6 – Peace for Ukraine Courtesy of China?”
Nordkorea som Fiendestat har precis alla element för en saga som krävs i våra media för att mobilisera befolkningen i propagandahysteri: hela landet reduceras till en enda fruktad man, vars djävulska och nyckfulla vilja inte kan tämjas eller förutspås ens av västerländska underrättelsemyndigheter. Han följer inte heller rationalitetens lagar, och verkar finna glädje i att … Läs mer “11/6 – Nordkorea och diplomati: propagandasystemet triumferar ånyo”
Seven super-hypocrites took a walk in a park recently and called it paying respects. If this sounds like the opening to a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, it may as well be. Because nothing tangible or real … Läs mer “4/6 – The Appalling Failure of the G7 to Act on Nuclear Disarmament”