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Upcoming workshops for activists in/near Vancouver - May 6th. Details linktr.ee/revolution.freesko…
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Only a demand for system change, directly confronting the power driving us to planetary destruction, has the potential to match the scale of the problem and to inspire and mobilise the millions of people required to generate effective action.
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Yesterday, I attended a conference at which an influential financier shared this unpublished map. Look at it. The estimated death toll is 2-3 *billion*; the timeframe is 20-30 years (previously: 50). Segments of the elite have simply 'written off' large parts of the Global South.
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As the value of land increased, as industries grew, and the nobility acquired, under the State organization, a power which it never had under the feudal system, it took possession of the best parts of communal lands, and did its best to destroy communal institutions. -Kropotkin
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how many states of emergency do we need to declare every year before our political leaders stop handing billions to the fossil fuel industry? asking for a planet. nitter.gq/TorontoStar/status/146…
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Launch your project into the stratosphere! Retweet this for the chance to win a dream Thelio Major desktop worth up to $10,000! One entry per person, contest ends Sept 30th. Learn more about System76's out-of-this-world desktop computers here! s76.co/LIL-Thelio #System76
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Holy shit! I don’t think that I’ve ever heard this level of truth on @CNN before. Thank you @briebriejoy.
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scrub to ~17:50 to jump right to Robin's work
Entered BBC Radio3 competition to remix Beethoven 5. Use @sonic_pi with their suppled samples and it was broadcast yesterday (track 4 17:50 mins from start).bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000qb…
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This is not a series I ever hoped to complete but the following are before & after images of giant ancient cedars cut in the #Caycuse watershed in Ditidaht territory on southern Vancouver Island. @bcndp @jjhorgan this is happening with your approval! More: ancientforestalliance.org/ca…
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"Herd immunity" & shielding is a bad idea: ❌ It doesn't get rid of the virus - we get cycling epidemics instead ❌ Unclear who is vulnerable ❌ It's unethical to shut the elderly away ❌ Reinfection ❌ #LongCovid I can't agree enough with @devisridhar.
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Democracy is when an unelected 87 year old dies and now all the laws might change for some reason.
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I'm going on a virtual book tour! Launch events planned for BC, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta. Join me, local climate activists & music guests. Registration is now open for all these events. Details here: bit.ly/32rltZ4 or sethklein.ca/
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Big Tech’s use of surveillance for profit is an existential risk to our species— but we're thinking about this problem all wrong. In a new book, up today on @ozm, @doctorow explains how to beat this system, first by correctly identifying what's going on. read.medium.com/S4El6jP