Categories Archives: The Problem: Civilization

Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction

Kenya: UN Says Lake Turkana is Endangered

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Featured image: Lake Turkana and the River Omo, a lifeline to many tribal peoples, are drying up due to mega dam. © Nicola Bailey/ Survival International, 2015      by Survival International UNESCO added Kenya’s Lake Turkana to its World Heritage Site Endangered List in June, a sign it believes the iconic lake’s survival is at … Continue reading Kenya: UN Says Lake Turkana is Endangered →
Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction

52 Percent of World’s Birds of Prey Populations in Decline

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Featured image: Griffon vulture. Pierre Dalous/ Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0       by Lorraine Chow / Ecowatch Grim news for the world’s raptors—an iconic group of birds consisting of hawks, falcons, kites, eagles, vultures and owls. After analyzing the status of all 557 raptor species, biologists discovered that 18 percent of these birds are threatened … Continue reading 52 Percent of World’s Birds of Prey Populations in Decline →
Repression at Home

Environmental Activists Face FBI Harassment

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On Friday, September 7th, Deep Green Resistance member Max Wilbert was contacted by the FBI in regards to his political organizing. The agent, who identified himself as “Special Agent Michael” from the Seattle Field Office of the FBI, said he was calling “about something [Wilbert] wrote online” in response to “tips submitted to a public … Continue reading Environmental Activists Face FBI Harassment →
Repression at Home

Corporate Agent PicRights Sends “Cease-and-Desist” Letter to Creators of Nissan Leaf Electric Car Greenwashing Exposé

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     by Deep Green Resistance Eugene In March 2014, a volunteer for Deep Green Resistance created a photo collage titled “Greenwashing & False Solutions.” The image showed an array of solar panels, a landscape dotted with wind turbines, and a Nissan Leaf electric car on a showroom floor, and was made using photographs found … Continue reading Corporate Agent PicRights Sends “Cease-and-Desist” Letter to Creators of Nissan Leaf Electric Car Greenwashing Exposé →
Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction

What Happened to Bill McKibben?

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     by Suzanna Jones / Counterpunch Walden, Vermont–In his 2008 book Deep Economy, Bill McKibben concludes that economic growth is the source of the ecological crises we face today.  He explains that when the economy grows larger than necessary to meet our basic needs – when it grows for the sake of growth, automatically striving for … Continue reading What Happened to Bill McKibben? →
Alienation & Mental Health

New CDC Estimates: A Record 72,000 US Drug Overdose Deaths in 2017

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     by Kate Randall /  World Socialist Web Site Drug overdose deaths in the US topped 72,000 in 2017, according to new provisional estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This staggering figure translates into about 200 drug overdose deaths every day, or about one every eight minutes. The new CDC … Continue reading New CDC Estimates: A Record 72,000 US Drug Overdose Deaths in 2017 →
Worker Exploitation

Supreme Court: Repping Capitalists Always

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     by One Struggle At its best, the Supreme Court is meant to make the Constitution adaptable to the changing needs of society. In reality, it is the top tier of a capitalist, bureaucratic ladder that turns human need into semantic arguments for the sake of parceling out freedoms just enough to pacify the … Continue reading Supreme Court: Repping Capitalists Always →
Repression at Home

Fighting US Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) in Cyber Warfare and Winning

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THE CIA, NSA, FBI AND DOD ARE YOUR “FRIENDS” ON FACEBOOK      by Lauren Smith / Wrong Kind of Green Social media and Google serve three strategic purposes for the United States government. First, they allow Washington to conduct espionage; second, they facilitate the spread of disinformation campaigns, and third, they serve as conduits … Continue reading Fighting US Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) in Cyber Warfare and Winning →
Colonialism & Conquest

Indigenous Environmental Defender Killed, Logging Mafia Targets Tribe

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Featured image: The Guardians of the Amazon recently destroyed a logging truck they discovered in their territory. © Guardians of the Amazon      by Survival International Warning: some people may find the details and image below disturbing A leader of an Amazon tribe acclaimed for its environmental defenders has been killed, the latest in … Continue reading Indigenous Environmental Defender Killed, Logging Mafia Targets Tribe →
Male Violence

Sessions’ Ruling Might Disproportionately Affect Indigenous Women

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Featured image: Long Border Fence by Hillebrand Steve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service      by Josamine Bronnvik / Cultural Survival On June 11, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled that domestic violence is not a valid reason to seek asylum in the United States. His decision overturned a previous ruling made in 2016 by the Justice Department’s Board … Continue reading Sessions’ Ruling Might Disproportionately Affect Indigenous Women →