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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 4d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 5d

Full solidarity with the flotilla, which represents the very best of humanity.

And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 5d

You are not seeing this slaughter live-streamed to your devices because Israel has murdered most of Gaza’s most prominent journalists in targeted assassinations.

Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera @aje.io.web.brid.gy · 7d

LIVE: A least 61 killed as Global Sumud Flotilla nears Gaza

At least 61 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza as a flotilla of more than 50 ships carrying aid approach.

www.aljazeera.com

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 5d

Malaysian national oil company Petronas just dumped 20% of its portfolio of Canadian gas assets - including a slice of its stake in LNG Canada - to MidOcean Energy… which is part owned by Saudi Aramco. Canada’s sole LNG export terminal is owned by four foreign NOCs. Nation-building projects anyone?

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 5d

Per these @cnbc.com charts and further to the earlier post:
Gold is trading above $3,900, poised to set yet another record high; and
Bitcoin is within 1% of its all time high.
#economy #markets #gold #crypto #bitcoin #investing #investors

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 7d

Global Sumud Flotilla is live as Israel threatens to stop them from breaking the starvation siege of Gaza.

A reminder that they are not entering Israeli waters, but Palestinian waters.

Israel intends to violate international law once again.

www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Bronwen Tucker @bronwentucker.bsky.social · 8d

It's impossible to imagine multilateralism solving climate or *anything* while genocide continues.

So these #COP30 demands are the bare minimum. Leaders from @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social to @mark-carney.bsky.social must adopt energy & arms embargos NOW 🍉

palenergyembargo.com/resources/pa...

Palestinian Coalition COP30 Demands - ‘No Climate Justice without Palestinian Liberation’ - Global Energy Embargo For Palestine

palenergyembargo.com

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · 15d

Funny smell in the air

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · 16d

What a wonderful chat. Hoping that we can uncover the pattern of necropolitics with each conversation....

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · 16d

I'm on it!

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · 16d

Every year we get a clearer picture of the opportunity cost of our current path of austerity and war.

Canada must step up to pay its fair share to the Global South, not as an act of charity, but as an act of unlocking climate action for all of us.

Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 16d

🚨New research🚨Rich countries can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action by ending fossil fuels handouts, making polluters pay, defunding wars, taxing the super rich. There’s no shortage of $$ for action. It’s just in the wrong hands.
#FixtheFinance

➡️ Read more: oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/

We Can Pay For It - Oil Change International

We Can Pay for It factsheet shows rich counties can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action

oilchange.org

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · Jun 24

On this new podcast ep. from @climateunit.bsky.social I chatted with my colleague @helloitisdoug.bsky.social about mutilateralism under threat, the recent G7 summit, & why Canada must do its fair share.

Check out our recently launched Fair Shares campaign & sign the petition! (350.org/fairshare)

Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · Jun 23

NEW! The G7 and Canada’s climate fair share

With the uninspired wrap-up of the recent G7 Leaders Summit in Alberta, we wonder: what are these summits meant for & how can we use their spotlight on international cooperation to advocate for real systems change?

www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · May 12

New podcast episode!

In our latest episode of Break In Case of Emergency, we're unpacking Canada's 2025 election results with @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social, @sethdklein.bsky.social and Bushra Asghar.

Listen now: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · Apr 5

Got to host a conversation alongside my wonderful colleague @erinblondeau.bsky.social where we chat with @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @sethdklein.bsky.social about all things election, shock doctrine, and who teases who at the dinner table. Check it out, along with other episodes of our new podcast!

Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · Apr 4

NEW: Making sense of the Trump assaults and unpacking Canada’s ‘Shock Election’

Listen to this special election podcast episode with siblings @sethdklein.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social as we unpack the upcoming federal election.

www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · Apr 3

I always say that one of the best gifts that @sethdklein.bsky.social has given us is his economic imagination.

This is a very important piece on the real economic vision (drawn from wartime lessons) needed in this chaotic moment: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/02/o...

#WWII #climateaction

Crises are no time for timidity

Canada's response to Donald Trump's economic attacks will require imagination and audacity. Canada can and should mobilize its own public institutions and Crown corporations to do the heavy lifting.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · Mar 26

PP is no friend to the working class. Great analysis from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social mapping the Con's connections to fossil fuels, corporate giants and far-right elements.

www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...

Poilievre Mapped: His Inner Circle of Lobbyists and Right-wing Activists

Koch Industries, Elon Musk’s X Corp., Loblaws, Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, the Canadian Gas Association, Rumble Canada, Rebel News, Canada Proud, and Facebook. These are just a handful of the corpora...

www.desmog.com

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Feb 25

Forget pipelines — the U.S. trade war is our chance to decarbonize.

Great advice here from @taylornoakes.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/o...

Forget pipelines — the U.S. trade war is our chance to decarbonize

Energy sovereignty is economic sovereignty, and there’s no faster route to energy sovereignty than by harnessing the fully renewable energy resources that are already abundant within Canada and whose ...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Jan 11

The past year has delivered three important lessons that every government in the global South should take seriously. 🧵

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · Jan 11

They knew this would happen, denied the science, delayed the transition & are increasing fossil fuel production to continue making record profits while thousands suffer the consequences. LA is on fire & Big Oil are the Arsonists. My piece in the Guardian today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists | Tzeporah Berman

Every barrel of oil, every cubic meter of gas, and every ton of coal burned brings us closer to environmental catastrophe

www.theguardian.com

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Dec 6

Our @climateunit.bsky.social colleague @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social offers her take-away from COP and Canada's role in today's @nationalobserver.com:

Canada has become a world-leading climate villain www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/05/o...

Canada has become a world-leading climate villain

Delegates applaud at COP29 in Azerbaijan,Nov 24, 2024. For all its constructive and helpful rhetoric on climate, we cannot ignore the fact that the Canadian government has shirked its responsibilities...

www.nationalobserver.com

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · Dec 6

COP29 was shameful.

"For all its constructive and helpful rhetoric on climate, we cannot ignore the fact that the Canadian government has shirked its responsibilities and undermined global climate action," – @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social

www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/05/o...

Canada has become a world-leading climate villain

Delegates applaud at COP29 in Azerbaijan,Nov 24, 2024. For all its constructive and helpful rhetoric on climate, we cannot ignore the fact that the Canadian government has shirked its responsibilities...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Sep 30

Extremely important graphic. Israeli forces have killed more people in Lebanon (purple) than Hezbollah has killed in Israel (yellow) over the past year, by orders of magnitude.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Nov 21

BREAKING: The ICC has just issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Deif.

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · Nov 22

On the current draft negotiating text that are informing the final hours of #COP29:

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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · Nov 22

The way that Canada and other developed country governments have shown up at #COP29 has been nothing short of shameful. 9/9

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