Forwarded from CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
Getting There: The Road to the Zapatista Encuentro
https://crimethinc.com/Encuentroad
The Zapatistas burst onto the world stage on New Year's Day 1994 with an uprising that established an autonomous zone in Chiapas. Thirty years later, at the opening of 2024, they hosted a gathering to commemorate those events and look to the future. In this report, our correspondent describes a series of adventures the road to this gathering, and what they found when they arrived.
https://crimethinc.com/Encuentroad
The Zapatistas burst onto the world stage on New Year's Day 1994 with an uprising that established an autonomous zone in Chiapas. Thirty years later, at the opening of 2024, they hosted a gathering to commemorate those events and look to the future. In this report, our correspondent describes a series of adventures the road to this gathering, and what they found when they arrived.
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Forwarded from 🎓 TIL - Today I Learned but no 🐝
TIL Roughly 1 in 8 people (12.3%) in the USA live in the NYC, Chicago or LA urban areas. These urban areas account for only 0.2% of America's land [source, comments]
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Forwarded from 🎓 TIL - Today I Learned but no 🐝
Forwarded from 🎓 TIL - Today I Learned but no 🐝
Forwarded from 🎓 TIL - Today I Learned but no 🐝
Today I Learned that millennial dads are spending 3 times as much times with their kids than their fathers spent with them. Back in 1982 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today that number is down to about 3%. [source, comments]
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Menschenrechte statt rechte Menschen!
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Atomwaffen schützen Atommächte nicht vor Angriffen:
Pakistan attackiert Ziele in Iran – mindestens neun Menschen sterben https://www.watson.ch/!458534846
Pakistan attackiert Ziele in Iran – mindestens neun Menschen sterben https://www.watson.ch/!458534846
watson.ch
Nach Angriffen greift Pakistan nun Ziele im Iran an
Pakistan hat nach einem iranischen Raketenangriff seinerseits Ziele in Iran mit Raketen angegriffen. Ebenfalls feuerte Iran Raketen auf Syrien ab.
Die AfD ist schon lange keine rechtspopulistische Partei, sondern eine rechtsextreme. Wenn wir Rechtspopulismus in unserem Wortschatz nutzen, so lange verharmlosen wir das Wesen dieser Partei. Rechtsextremismus ist das richtige Wort. Worte gestalten die Wahrnehmung und die Entscheidungen der Menschen. Mit Rechtsextremismus verbinden wir Menschenfeindlichkeit. Rechtspopulismus klingt dagegen zu niedlich und das Wort macht eine Wahl der AfD wahrscheinlicher.
Forwarded from Ministry of good ideas
Good Idea: Educate people about inequality!
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/inequality-inc-how-corporate-power-divides-our-world-and-the-need-for-a-new-era-621583/
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/inequality-inc-how-corporate-power-divides-our-world-and-the-need-for-a-new-era-621583/
Oxfam Policy & Practice
Inequality Inc. How corporate power divides our world and the need for a new era of public action - Oxfam Policy & Practice
Since 2020, the richest five men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion people globally have become poorer. Hardship and hunger are a daily reality for many people worldwide. At current rates, it will take 230…
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