Daily News Digest July 10, 2024
Images of the Day:
NOAA: U.S. Climate Outlook for July 2024
Since World War I, ‘the war to end all wars’, there have been perpetual wars for perpetual peace, this Laura Gray’s cartoon from the front page of The Militant August 18, 1945, Under the Banner Headline: “There Is No Peace”
Capitalism’s Gluttony is Demonstrated by It’s Quest for More and More Profits at the Expense of Humanity! The Rise of Capitalism was Under the Banner of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity! Now There is Less Liberty, More Inequality, and Less Fraternity of Humanity! Every Day, From Global Warming to Global War There is a New Example of Capitalism in Imperialist Decay! Capitalism as a Failed System: World Capitalism Has Been Aware of the Comming Catastrophe of Global Warming Over 6 Decades Ago and Did Nothing!: Under Capitalism — Human Lives Don’t Matter Capitalism Does Not, and Never Has, Worked for the Masses! In Its Death Agony, Capitalism Is Traveling About The World Like The Five Horsemen of the the Apocalypse, Spreading Racism, War, Famine, Pestilence, Death, and Misinformation! The very future of Humanity Is Now At stake!
During This Economic Crisis, Capitalism’s Three-Point Political Program: Austerity, Scapegoat Blacks, Minorities, and ‘Illegal’ Immigrants for Unemployment, and The Iron Heel! For Decades, Blacks Have Been Subjected to The Iron Heel! Currently, the US Capitalist Class is Divided Over When — Not If, to Apply It to Everyone! Globaly, With the Current Gaza War, The Right of Assembly is Under Attack! Due to Years of Austerity, Cuts to Public Health Care, And An Anti-Science and Profiteering President, The United States Still Leads the World In Coronavirus Cases and Deaths in the World!
The Majority of the World, Despite the Media Monopoly’s Lies, are Opposed to the Palestinian Genocide and Global Warming — The 1% Minority Funds Them! At, this Time in History, Capitalism is Exposing the Fact That it is Opposed to Majority Rule/Democracy!
Always Remember: That President Obama, With a Majority Democrat Legislature Supported the Wall Street Bailout and Remember, That he Established, in writing, the United States Capitalist Austerity Program. — The Race to the Bottom/Pauperization of the 99%!
Democracy?: As the Capitalist Robber Barons Steal from the 99%, Only the 1% Voted For Austerity! The 99% Should Decide On Austerity — Not Just The 1%, Who Profit From Austerity!! Under Austerity, All of the World Will Eventually Be Pauperized, Humbled, and Desecrated Like Greece and Puerto Rico.! Socialism Means True Democracy, that the 99% Will Rule, Not the Few!
Quotes of the Day:
It is impossible for capitalism to survive, primarily because the system of capitalism needs some blood to suck. Capitalism used to be like an eagle, but now it’s more like a vulture. It used to be strong enough to go and suck anybody’s blood whether they were strong or not. But now it has become more cowardly, like the vulture, and it can only suck the blood of the helpless. As the nations of the world free themselves, capitalism has less victims, less to suck, and it becomes weaker and weaker. It’s only a matter of time in my opinion before it will collapse completely. — Malcolm X
The Financial Times summed it up: “Beneath the surface of this historic Labour victory, the signs are ominous. The share of Britons who think Starmer’s party understands the problems facing the UK is at a record low, as is the share who say Labour keeps its promises; both figures are much lower than they were for Boris Johnson’s government when it took the reins.” This disdainful mood has been compounded by the callous attitude of the Tory and Labour leaders towards the genocide in Gaza. And this found its reflection in the large number of protest votes registered yesterday for a swathe of pro-Palestine independent candidates. Notably, former left-wing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who ran as an independent after being purged by Starmer, won the seat of Islington North by a huge margin. — Britain: Starmer’s Victory – A New Stage in the Unending Crisis
Vide0s of the Day:
Project 2025’s ‘Unhinged’ Wish List: Criminalize Porn, Ban Birth Control
United States:
The United States is not a Democracy (A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly)! Only the 1%, through their ownership of the Republicrats and who profit from war and the war budget, vote for War and the war budget — A policy, which Gore Vidal called a Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace. — The 99% Should Decide On War — Not Just The 1% Who Profit From War! Under a Democracy, The 99% would have the right to vote on the policy of Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace! The United States takes from the poor and gives to the Rich. Tax the Rich! — They Can Afford ford To Pay! Both Parties Support U.S. Capitalism’s Wars! (The Only War the Democrats Opposed was the Civil War!)
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both. — Louis D. Brandeis Quotes/
The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I cannot be Silent. ― Martin Luther King Jr.
To this day, we have a government and state apparatus that is designed to “protect the minority of the opulent against the majority” Democracy for white and wealthy men only! — Roland Sheppard, My Forefathers and The 1%’s Forefathers
United States’s/NATO’s Endgame Appears to Be Nuclear War ,,, The world is at its most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Back then, however, the fear of total destruction consumed the public; today, few people seem even to be aware of this possibility. It is easily imaginable that nuclear war could break out between Russia (and perhaps China) and the West, yet politicians continue to escalate tensions, place hundreds of thousands of troops at “high readiness,” and attack military targets inside Russia, even while ordinary citizens blithely go on with their lives.
IRS Whistleblower Should be Lauded, Not Jailed Charles Littlejohn is a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor who saw tax crimes of the privileged and decided to do something about it. He exposed information on thousands of über-wealthy like Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos. Attempts to avoid paying the measly pittance owed by the mega-rich were brought under scrutiny. For this so-called crime, of informing the U.S. public of corruption at the highest levels, Littlejohn has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. He should have been given a medal. The U.S. tax system is profoundly unfair. The well-off can hire lawyers and accountants to find loopholes. A CEO can wind up paying a lower tax rate than a teacher. And many pay no income taxes at all. Others willingly break the law in attempts to avoid any payment.
Hundreds of Scientists Urge Biden to Cancel $100 Billion Nuclear Weapons Boondoggle “There is no sound technical or strategic rationale for spending tens of billions of dollars building new nuclear weapons,” an expert said. More than 700 scientists on Monday called for an end to the United States’ land-based nuclear weapons program that’s set to be replaced, following a Pentagon decision to approve the program despite soaring costs. In an open letter to President Joe Biden and Congress, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) argued that the new intercontinental-range ballistic missile system, known as Sentinel, was “expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary.” The Department of Defense on Monday certified the continuation of the project, releasing the results of a review that was legally required when the cost estimate ballooned to “at least” $131 billion earlier this year, which drew the scrutiny of some Democrats in Congress, according toThe Hill.
U.S. Funded Palestinian Genocide:
Settler Colonial Genocide: Native People’s Lives Don’t Matter!: IDF Soldier Confesses That in Gaza, ‘It’s Permissible to Shoot Everyone’ Detailed accounts by former Israeli soldiers describe how they fired their weapons out of “boredom,” designated any Palestinians in sight as a threat, and routinely burned homes down. Disputing the repeated claims of Israeli officials and their vehement supporters in the Biden administration, who have scoffed at concerns that the Israel Defense Forces are targeting civilians in Gaza, in-depth reporting on Monday based on the testimony of six former IDF soldiers described how they were encouraged to fire their weapons to relieve “boredom” and felt “authorized to open fire on Palestinians virtually at will, including civilians.”
Do-it-Yourself Divestment: Bringing Anti-Gaza War Activism Home Yes, schools and other institutions should divest from companies involved in war crimes or fueling the climate crisis. But individuals can also divest. Here’s how. On Sunday, May 26—as graduating students at my school, Wesleyan University, tossed their caps into the air—bombs rained down on a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, killing 45 people, including a number of women and children. The weapons that killed them, GBU-39 (Depleted Urainium — R.S.) bombs, were made by Boeing and supplied by the U.S.
Report: IDF Uses US-Made Bulldozers to Hide Bodies of Dead Palestinians in Gaza Israeli soldiers said they use the Caterpillar equipment to hide bodies from view of aid convoys. As Israeli forces indiscriminately massacre Palestinians across Gaza, they are using U.S.-made heavy equipment to maul people and hide bodies in an apparent effort to obstruct the death toll and prevent photos of decaying bodies from circulating online, a new report finds. An Israeli soldier told +972 Magazine and Local Call that Israeli forces clear out Palestinians’ bodies using D-9 bulldozers, provided to Israeli forces through the U.S. government and manufactured by Texas-based company Caterpillar.
Environment:
Fund Climate! — Not Genocide! One of Many Ways to Begin to End Global Warming: Expose ‘Greenwashing’ — Tax the Polluters 100%! After World War II Rosa Luxenburg Coined the Slogan: ‘S0cialism or Barbaism’! Now the Slogan Should Be: ‘Ecosocialism or Ecocide’!
We Must Hold These Monsters to Account!
This Time — Fire and Floods!: Temperatures 1.5C Above Pre-Industrial Era Average for 12 Months, Data Shows Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate The world has baked for 12 consecutive months in temperatures 1.5C (2.7F) greater than their average before the fossil fuel era, new data shows. Temperatures between July 2023 and June 2024 were the highest on record, scientists found, creating a year-long stretch in which the Earth was 1.64C hotter than in preindustrial times.
13 Months of Record-Smashing Heat Called ‘Another Red Alert’ for Humanity “This alarming record underlines the need to urgently phase out fossil fuels, and to hugely increase climate finance,” said one campaigner. Scientists on Monday underscored the urgent need to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy following the publication of data from the European Union’s climate change monitor showing that last month was the hottest June ever recorded and that 2024 is likely to be the planet’s hottest year on record. Each month since June 2023 has been the hottest since records have been kept, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said last week in its latest monthly bulletin.
Record-Breaking Heatwave Grips Many US States: ‘Avoid Time Outside of AC’ Heat warnings or advisories in effect for states in the south and on the east coast and west coast, including evacuations at Neverland ranch. A fierce heatwave that shattered records this weekend will again grip much of the US on Monday, with more than 36 million Americans under excessive heat warnings.
Live Updates: Beryl Leaves 2 Dead in Houston, 2 Million Without Power The pounding wind and rain moved north of Houston, prompting tornado warnings, after leaving streets flooded and trees down throughout the metro area. Beryl is 55 miles north of Houston, weakening as it moves deeper inland but still unleashing gusty winds and flooding rainfall. The threat of tornadoes has increased this afternoon in eastern Texas and western Louisiana, with more than half a dozen active warnings across the region. Both of Houston’s major airports, as well as smaller airports in Harris County and Galveston, remain closed because of tropical storm-force winds. The Federal Aviation Administration said the airports will reopen over the next few hours as Beryl’s winds diminish.
The Beginning of the End?!: Florida: Tree Cactus Becomes First Local Species Killed Off by Sea-Level Rise Key Largo tree cactus no longer growing naturally in US thanks to salt water inundation and soil depletion Scientists in Florida have recorded what they say is the first local extinction of a species caused by sea-level rise. The climate emergency has killed off the Key Largo tree cactus growing naturally in the US through salt water inundation and soil depletion from hurricanes, according to researchers from the Florida Museum of Natural History, and Miami’s Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Environmental Groups Save Ashley National Forest Roadless Areas from Bulldozers and Chainsaws The great news is the Ashley National Forest has been saved from a “landscape scale” deforestation plan in which the Forest Service planned to bulldoze in skid trails to log and burn up to 147,000 acres (230 square miles!) of Inventoried Roadless Areas. But when faced with the lawsuit brought by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Yellowstone to Uintas Connection, Center for Biological and Native Ecosystems Council, the Forest Service decided to pull the project rather than lose in federal court. The Ashley N.F., located about 70 miles east of Salt Lake City, contains both the High Uintas Wilderness Area and King’s Peak, Utah’s tallest mountain. Although facetiously called a “restoration project,” the Forest Service proposal blatantly violatedthe Federal Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which prohibits the cutting, sale or removal of trees inside Inventoried Roadless Areas except in very limited circumstances.
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World:
Sudan is Now Confronting Its Most Severe Food Security Crisis on Record After 14 months of escalating internal conflict, Sudan is now confronting its most severe food security crisis on record. The latest situation report, released on 27 June, reveals a grim picture: more than half the population of 47.2 million is facing acute food insecurity. This signifies severe lack of food, high malnutrition and starvation leading to death.
Robber Baron Politicians are a Reflection of Capitalist Plunder!: Alleged Bolsonaro-Linked Crime Ring Sold Official Luxury Gifts Worth $1.2m, Brazil Police Claim Report into ‘Jewellerygate’ scandal alleges former president involved in embezzlement of high-value gifts received from foreign leaders
Education, Health, and Welfare:
The government of the United States can pass laws in a few days to spend tens of trillions of dollars for war and the bailout of Wall Street and the bankers. Yet, those who, pass universal healthcare for themselves, but cannot spend even one trillion dollars for universal health for those who are ‘governed’! This is what is considered, by the powers to be, a democracy and part of the democratic way. — Roland Sheppard, Let the People Vote on Healthcare
Public Libraries Are Essential Resources — and They’re More Threatened Than Ever Our libraries are already combating inequality, we need to make sure they have the funds to keep doing it. If you’ve been anywhere near New York City these past couple weeks, you know it’s been miserable outside, with temperatures in the nineties and a heat advisory warning residents to stay inside. But that’s not always an option, particularly for unhoused or low-income individuals who don’t have access to reliably air-conditioned spaces. These individuals are often forced to bear the consequences of extreme weather, facing dehydration, heat stroke, and more. For these people, access to cooling centers can be a matter of life and death. But if you turned to your local New York Public Library this past Sunday, one of this summer’s hottest days yet, you were out of luck. Last year, the New York Public Library received a $23.6 million cut in funding, which resulted in its decision to close on Sundays.
Inside the Right Wing Network Trying to Dismantle Higher Education A new paper lays out the coalition of far right billionaires and think tanks behind the national assault on education. Arecent white paper by Isaac Kamola, director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, details the ongoing culture-war backlash against higher education in America, largely in response to the grassroots activism of Black Lives Matter in 2020 and increasing LGBTQ+ visibility. More than 150 bills seeking to undermine academic freedom and intervene in university governance were introduced in state legislatures across the country during 2021-2023. While these bills are typically interpreted as an “organic” consequence of increasing polarization among Americans, the current wave of legislation targeting higher education is a coordinated effort between wealthy elites, a network of right-wing and libertarian think tanks, and Republican politicians at the state level.