Mar Meredith

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

“Our existing economic system, capitalism, is incapable of addressing the social and ecological crises we face in the 21st century.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Have you heard? Today is the last day to buy an NDP membership to vote in the leadership race.

Now go tell your friends. And your friends' friends. And your co-worker's roommate's pickleball club. And everyone in between!

Join by midnight tonight. Let's get this done: https://avilewis.link/join

Lawyer alleges Durham Region police violently assaulted her, dragged her to cells in Oshawa courthouse | CBC News A lawyer says she was left bloody and swollen after multiple Durham regional police officers allegedly slammed her head on a desk without provocation, ripped off her head scarf and dragged her to the ...

A Black and Muslim lawyer says that Durham police ripped off her hijab and slammed her head into a desk. She was finishing up legal work in an interview room when it happened “without provocation.”

‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Beaten and Attacked, Says Yuval Abraham: ‘No Sign of Him Since’ Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," is reportedly missing, according to co-director Yuval Abraham.

“a group of settlers just lynched hamdan ballal, co-director of our film ‘no other land,'” abraham posted… “no sign of him since.”

Bezos explicitly directs the Washington Post to publish pro-corporate propaganda so readers never hear criticism of "free markets."

This is the American conservative philosophy: free markets until the market produces a result we don’t like, and free speech until it’s leftist speech.

complaining about "the far left" is such loser energy. oh no, not the people who want everyone to have human rights!!!!

know that it’s better to speak out against fascism & learn openly than to remain silent & avoid “saying the wrong thing.” your silence is the wrong thing.

Joy is a crime, in occupied Palestine.

www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

Jimmy Carter 2007:

"The word 'apartheid' is exactly accurate…they are absolutely & totally separated much worse than they were in South Africa…the Israelis completely dominate the life of the Palestinian people."

"There are powerful political forces in America that prevent any objective analysis…"

What do you use instead ? I keep wanting to leave but I love all my playlists so much and it is where my band has found the most listenership. I hate the model/economics/ethics of it though.

This past week saw multiple additional international humanitarian and human rights groups call what is happening in Gaza a genocide being committed by Israel including @msf.ca, @hrw.org, and @amnesty.org. They all have a high threshold for this conclusion. It feels too little, too late.

Pierre Poilievre is cozying up to Canada’s far-right broligarchs ⋆ The Breach Just like their Silicon Valley counterparts, some Canadian tech billionaires are trying to push Canada to the right

Pierre Poilievre is cozying up to Canada’s far-right broligarchs

EXCELLENT piece from @parismarx.com!!

A must read: breachmedia.ca/canada-far-r...

Again, @haaretzcom.bsky.social reporting what western MSM is too cowardly to.

Gaza death toll surpasses 45,000

More than 45,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's health authorities. More than half are women and children.

That's the official death toll, but the true figure is believed to be much higher.

christmas comes early

Feels so parallel to the lack of Palestinian voices featured in MSM too! Bigotry, not integrity 💯

Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis? Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system

I always love Sally Rooney, but this biting essay on climate and capitalism is especially hard hitting! Important connection here between the ownership class and the climate crisis. Sitting here feeding my newborn, grateful for this kind of courageous writing:

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Awesome - I’ll check it out! Thanks for sharing

Could you elaborate ?

I will dm you so I can send it to you ! Sorry for the slow reply lol - I had a baby this week

Heavily cited this @lizpelly.bsky.social piece in my 2020 paper on the erosion of music as a public commons. It’s a great illustration of how neoliberal capitalism is wrecking one of our most vital forms of community, connection and collective visioning: the arts! A great read, highly recommend.

BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide “We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.

NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.

A Zeteo response

zeteo.com/p/washington...

Don't stop talking about Palestine!

‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

There are many industries that just should not exist. The bottled water industry is one of those.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A/79/363: Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories SummaryThe present report contains information regarding the efforts of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of t...

A new UN report finds that the policies and practices of Israel are "consistent with the characteristics of genocide".

There is no excuse for saying you did not know.

This is genocide in plain sight.

www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

YouTube video by The Breach UN expert slams Canada’s complicity in Gaza assault

As Israel ethnically cleanses Gaza, Francesca Albanese replies, “I told you.”

In an interview with Desmond Cole, the UN expert says “under fog of war, Israel uses the opportunity to forcibly displace Palestinians in order to take the land.”

Full interview: youtu.be/tR9_cWkt-HA