Week in Review: The Outrageous Story About the Postal Service Too Many Know Nothing About

 

Help inform our work in 2022. We're conducting our annual reader survey. Whether you’re a new Common Dreams reader or a long-timer, we want to hear from you. START SURVEY The Week in Review Russian Official Denounces 'Peak Hysteria' Following Putin-Biden Call Over Ukraine "We don't understand why false information about our intentions is being passed to the media," said Yury Ukshakov, a top foreign policy advisor to the Russian president. by Jon Queally Afghan Central Bank Calls US Theft of $7 Billion 'Injustice to People of Afghanistan' "The real owners of these reserves are people of Afghanistan," the bank declared in response to the seizure of over $7 billion by the U.S. government. by Jon Queally 'Nothing More Grotesque Than a Media Pushing for War,' Says Edward Snowden The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill similarly notes that "the talking heads on cable news are almost drooling over the prospect of a ratings-boosting war." by Jessica Corbett Why Does Lauren Boebert Want to Annihilate the Sage-Grouse? Follow the Money The GOP lawmaker called the threatened species a "mediocre bird," but one watchdog group says her husband's ties to a major oil and gas firm better explain it. by Kenny Stancil MORE NEWS Opinion The Outrageous Story About the Postal Service Too Many Know Nothing About Following a 16-year bet Republicans laid down in 2006 to block Postal EVs, DeJoy just told Biden to go screw himself: he’s going to buy fossil-fuel vehicles for 90% of the fleet instead of electric. by Thom Hartmann The Republican Embrace of Trumpian Fascism Is Complete—and Now Must Be Defeated The question is no longer whether Trump and the MAGA movement are fascist, but where they are taking the country. by Bill Blum MORE OPINION Support our independent journalism. Without our readers, we simply wouldn't exist. PLEASE DONATE TODAY www.commondreams.org Common Dreams PO Box 443 Portland, ME 04112 United States

CC Newsletter 12 Feb - Ocean Heat Killing Spree

 

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The oceans of the world are undergoing a dangerous and damaging upheaval that manifests throughout scientific studies of late. Whether it’s the world’s fisheries of the Bering Strait or coral reefs of the Mediterranean Sea or emaciated Gray Whales along the Pacific coastline, study after study after study describes sudden, sharp downturns in all categories of marine life. What is going on?

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Ocean Heat Killing Spree

by Robert Hunziker

https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/ocean-heat-killing-spree/

The oceans of the world are undergoing a dangerous and damaging upheaval that manifests

throughout scientific studies of late. Whether it’s the world’s fisheries of the Bering Strait or coral reefs of the Mediterranean Sea or emaciated Gray Whales along the Pacific coastline, study after study after study describes sudden, sharp downturns in all categories of marine life. What is going on?

Fossil Fuel Companies and Their Mouthpieces Offer Net-Zero Logic on Climate Change

by Sonali Kolhatkar

https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/fossil-fuel-companies-and-their-mouthpieces-offer-net-zero-logic-on-climate-change/

Oil and gas CEOs were too chicken to show up to a recent congressional hearing—perhaps fearing that their climate pledges will be revealed as nothing more than slick PR.

The Terrible Fate Facing the Afghan People

by Vijay Prashad

https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/the-terrible-fate-facing-the-afghan-people/

On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets. One of the tweets, which included

a photograph of a child lying in a hospital bed with her mother seated beside her, said: “Having recently recovered from acute watery diarrhea, two years old Soria is back in hospital, this time suffering from edema and wasting. Her mother has been by her bedside for the past two weeks anxiously waiting for Soria to recover.” The series of tweets by UNICEF Afghanistan show that Soria is not alone in her suffering. “One in three adolescent girls suffers from anemia” in Afghanistan, with the country struggling with “one of the world’s highest rates of stunting in children under five: 41 percent,” according to UNICEF.

Justice for Lakhimpur Kheri Massacre

by Navsharan Singh

https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/justice-for-lakhimpur-kheri-massacre/

The crushing of farmers in Tikunia, Lakhimpur Kheri, under the wheels of a speeding convoy of cars associated with Ajay Mishra Teni, state minister for Home and a member of the Lok Sabha from the Kheri constituency, is a most

disturbing face of this violence.  The details of the massacre are brought out in a comprehensive fact-finding report Tekunia Lakhimpur Kheri Massacre, by an all-India team of democratic rights activists.

Interpreting Karnataka’s Hijab Row

by Yanis Iqbal

https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/interpreting-karnatakas-hijab-row/

In Karnataka, there have been incidents of Muslim girls being banned from attending college for wearing hijab; when they insisted on exercising their right to do so, Hindu students donned saffron scarves to intimidate them, raising slogans of “Jai Shri Ram (praise Lord Ram)” while going to college. In response to these events, the state’s Education Department said, “In some education institutions, the boys and girls have started behaving according to their religion, which hurts equality and unity…clothes which disturb equality, integrity and public law and order should not be worn”.

Begampura conference of Dalit agriculture labourers demands

land for the landless

by Harsh Thakor

https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/bhawanigarh-conference-of-dalit-agriculture-labourers-demands-land-for-the-landless/

The message was most effectively transmitted to the participants how inspite of inducting welfare laws and making promises to concerned rights lakhs of acres of land remain with higher caste absentee landlords or politicians.

The missing ‘worker’ in Budget 2022 and its implications

by J John

https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/the-missing-worker-in-budget-2022-and-its-implications/

Two popular words — ‘worker’ and ‘labourer’ were absent in the finance minister’s speech. This signifies a paternalistic approach to workers where workers are not holders of any legitimate rights over re-distributed wealth.

Top News: The 'Unconscionable' Plan to Seize Afghan Assets

 

Help inform our work in 2022. We're conducting our annual reader survey. Whether you’re a new Common Dreams reader or a long-timer, we want to hear from you. START SURVEY February 11, 2022 Top News As Chile Rewrites Constitution, Will Rights of Nature Be Enshrined? "The current legal system fails to represent the intrinsic value of nature, with laws and decision-makers typically only considering economic or human interests," said one advocate. by Kenny Stancil Ilhan Omar Blasts 'Unconscionable' Biden Plan to Seize Afghan Assets "President Biden has the opportunity to make amends right now! He can unfreeze the funds belonging to the Afghan people," said one 9/11 widow. by Brett Wilkins Amid Ukraine Tension, US Deploys Nuclear-Ready B-52 Bombers to UK "The West is trying to make a tragedy out of this," said Russia's foreign minister. by Julia Conley 'Death Sentence for Untold Numbers of Civilians': Biden to Permanently Seize Afghan Assets "I can't think of a worse betrayal of the people of Afghanistan than to freeze their assets and give it to 9/11 families," said one person whose brother was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. by Jon Queally MORE NEWS Opinion Biden Should Nominate a Justice Beholden to People, Not Corporate Power: That's Ketanji Brown Jackson At a time when our Supreme Court increasingly hears the voices only of the rich and the powerful, she is is the kind of justice we need. by Julie Fernandes What We Must Do for Afghanistan The U.S. should unfreeze Afghan government assets and lift sanctions hindering the recovery of the Afghan economy and humanitarian relief efforts. We must end the U.S. economic war on Afghanistan. by Jean Athey MORE OPINION Common Dreams PO Box 443 Portland, ME 04112 United States