How the son of a CIA deputy director set out to backpack around the world and to save the planet — but ended up in the Russian army and died in the war in Ukraine
“He Was Forging His Own Hero’s Journey When He Was Tragically Killed in Eastern Europe” (archived)
Tag: Environmentalism
Nothing is sacred to the Kochtopus
Stand Together Music, part of rightwing billionaire Charles Koch’s advocacy network, collaborates with Pitbull, Machine Gun Kelly and others
Revealed: how top pop stars are used to ‘launder the reputation’ of Koch family
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[2004] Go Figure: Ani DeFranco in Myanmar (Tom Morello)
China Forges Ahead Amid Challenges and Shifting Global Dynamics
This article presents a critical analysis of navigating headwinds and seizing opportunities in China’s economic crossroads, based on Yaroslav Lissovolik’s blog.
China Forges Ahead Amid Challenges and Shifting Global Dynamics
US Military Projection in Latin America and the Caribbean Intensifies

Upon assuming the US presidency, Joe Biden asserted in his first major foreign policy address, “America is back!” For Latin America and the Caribbean, this has meant an “aggressive expansion” of the US military in the region.
US Military Projection in Latin America and the Caribbean Intensifies
Germany passes impossible “green” heating legislation that will cost economy $1 TRILLION
The left-wing government of Germany has passed a controversial new “green” heating law that will force at least 65 percent of all new installed heating systems to be “renewable” energy.
Germany passes impossible “green” heating legislation that will cost economy $1 TRILLION
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Germany Heating Law: How the Building Energy Act Became So Controversial
“If we really want to tackle climate change, the state has to interfere more in what had been private issues because we have to change our behavior,” Römmele said.
Germany mandates switch to heating via renewables with Building Energy Act amendment
The focus of the amendment is on new heating systems, as these are used for an average of 20 to 30 years and the government wants to ensure they are low carbon from the outset. Existing heating systems, however, can continue to be operated as before. This is a compromise reached in the legislative process to mitigate the economic hardships otherwise caused by the amendment.
Gabon Opposition Leader Alleges the Ousted President’s Family Arranged the Coup to Retain Power
Gabon’s opposition leader is accusing the family of the recently ousted president of engineering his removal from power as a way of retaining their control in the oil-rich Central African nation
Gabon Opposition Leader Alleges the Ousted President’s Family Arranged the Coup to Retain Power
Video via The New Tourist
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Disputed election sparks beginning of the end of 56 years of Bongo family rule
Ali Bongo’s presidency has also been marked by a distancing from France. When he first came to power in 2009, Bongo recalled Gabon’s ambassador to Paris after France’s prime minister appeared to question the legitimacy of his election.
“Ali Bongo has never stopped distancing himself from Paris,” said Glaser. “His favourite capital is London and he has very good relations with the Americans, with China and also with Muslim countries, including Morocco. In the post-colonial period, if there’s one [African] country that has truly gone global, it’s Gabon.”
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Is this Movie a PsyOp? | Dangerous Misinformation in “How to Bl*w Up a Pipeline” (2022)
Is this Movie a PsyOp? | Dangerous Misinformation in “How to Bl*w Up a Pipeline” (2022) via Marxism Today
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Beyond these praises from mainstream sources, the director of the movie (the aforementioned Daniel Goldhaber) said on video that someone within the U.S. armed forces provided assistance with the film. “There is a technical advisor, credited as anonymous, who’s somebody who’s very high up in counterterrorism in the United States military.”
Twofer: RFK Jr on Jailing Climate Deniers, the Second Amendment, and JFK Assassination
RFK Jr. wanted to prosecute ‘climate deniers.’ Has he changed?
Kennedy Jr. talks about JFK assassination and Second Amendment rights
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[2014] Robert Kennedy Jr.: We need laws to ‘punish global warming skeptics’
Elizabeth Gilbert Delayed Her Novel After Protests. Some Worry It Sets a Dangerous Precedent
On Monday morning, author Elizabeth Gilbert posted a video to her social media accounts announcing that she was pulling her newest book, The Snow Forest, from the publishing calendar. The historical novel, which centers around a family in the 1930s that finds refuge from the Soviet government in the woods of Siberia, received backlash online from Ukrainian readers who criticized her for publishing a book set in Russia amid the Russian war in Ukraine.
Elizabeth Gilbert Delayed Her Novel After Protests. Some Worry It Sets a Dangerous Precedent
Should’ve just put a trigger warning, on it, for the Snowflakes! 🙄
Carbon footprint: The devious fossil fuel propaganda we all use
A ‘successful, deceptive’ PR campaign.
The devious fossil fuel propaganda we all use
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