Common Dreams:
"'People & Planet Won!': Swiss Vote to Tax Corporations, Reach Net-Zero by 2050. By wide margins, Swiss voters on Sunday approved a global minimum corporate tax and a law mandating carbon neutrality in the alpine nation by midcentury.
SwissInfoReports 1.8 million voters in Switzerland—78.5% of the electorate—approved a constitutional amendment raising taxes on multinational corporations with more than $750 million in annual profits to the 15% minimum agreed upon in 2021 by around 140 nations, led by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) bloc. Switzerland will become the first country to implement the tax. ...
Meanwhile, the Climate and Innovation Act was adopted as 59.1% of the electorate, or nearly 1.4 million people, voted to commit the country to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To accomplish this, the government will rely more upon incentives than bans, offering financial assistance for people transitioning to climate-friendly energy sources."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/swiss-referendum
-->Why did the NYT decline to cover this amazing transition to taxing large corporations and saving the environment? Perhaps because these victories would put pressure on corporations that pay no taxes in the US, and on the environmentally damaging policies of Big Oil. Our newspaper of record is always on the corporate side, so it doesn't want Americans to know how easy such dramatic changes might be to achieve.
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+972 Magazine:
"Queer Israeli youth taking a stand against pinkwashing. At Pride marches across the country, activists are drawing the ire of police and fellow protesters for decrying the hypocrisy of the government and military.
Amid the sea of revelers, rainbow flags, and commercial floats that made up last week’s Pride march in Tel Aviv, one sight stood out: a group of activists who had brought a model tank, with its turret swapped out for a 1.5-meter-long phallus painted military green. Although police did not allow the 'tank' to enter the official parade, many of the marchers eagerly rushed to have their picture taken with it on the sidelines.
In addition to symbolizing the domineering and near-lustful violence of the Israeli military, the tank was intended to levy a second, more biting critique: the LGBTQ community’s 'desire to integrate into the violent body of the military,' according to Einat Gerlitz, an activist who spent 87 days in jail for draft refusal, and who took part in the tank protest. 'The most painful thing is to see LGBTQ people, who have personally experienced exclusion and discrimination, then inflict the same violence on others. It’s sad that the state has succeeded in making many think that integrating into the Zionist enterprise is the way to integrate into society.' ”
https://www.972mag.com/queer-israeli-youth-pinkwashing-palestinians/
-->There was no coverage of this interesting story in our mainstream media. The NYT decided that the story was not fit to print. We have to go to this Israeli publication to even find out what pinkwashing means.
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Common Dreams:
"UN Chief Warns Fossil Fuels 'Incompatible With Human Survival. ... Countries are far off track in meeting climate promises and commitments. I see a lack of ambition. A lack of trust. A lack of support. A lack of cooperation. And an abundance of problems around clarity and credibility,' he said.
'The climate agenda is being undermined. At a time when we should be accelerating action, there is backtracking. At a time when we should be filling gaps, those gaps are growing. ... Meanwhile, the human rights of climate activists are being trampled. The most vulnerable are suffering the most,' Guterres continued, noting that current policies put the world on track for a 2.8°C temperature rise by the end of the century, nearly double the 2015 Paris climate agreement's more ambitious 1.5°C goal. Hitting the higher number, he said, 'spells catastrophe.'
'Yet the collective response remains pitiful. We are hurtling towards disaster, eyes wide open—with far too many willing [to bet it] all on wishful thinking, unproven technologies, and silver bullet solutions,' he declared. 'It's time to wake up and step up. It's time to rebuild trust based on climate justice. It's time to accelerate the just transition to a green economy.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/taking-aim-at-industry-un-chief-warns-fossil-fuels-incompatible-with-human-survival
-->The pitiful NYT didn't cover these words of warning from the UN Chief. Our corporate controlled media is a big part of our problem. Few other news outlets in the US did much better. Must it come down to profits over human survival?
"'People & Planet Won!': Swiss Vote to Tax Corporations, Reach Net-Zero by 2050. By wide margins, Swiss voters on Sunday approved a global minimum corporate tax and a law mandating carbon neutrality in the alpine nation by midcentury.
SwissInfoReports 1.8 million voters in Switzerland—78.5% of the electorate—approved a constitutional amendment raising taxes on multinational corporations with more than $750 million in annual profits to the 15% minimum agreed upon in 2021 by around 140 nations, led by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) bloc. Switzerland will become the first country to implement the tax. ...
Meanwhile, the Climate and Innovation Act was adopted as 59.1% of the electorate, or nearly 1.4 million people, voted to commit the country to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To accomplish this, the government will rely more upon incentives than bans, offering financial assistance for people transitioning to climate-friendly energy sources."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/swiss-referendum
-->Why did the NYT decline to cover this amazing transition to taxing large corporations and saving the environment? Perhaps because these victories would put pressure on corporations that pay no taxes in the US, and on the environmentally damaging policies of Big Oil. Our newspaper of record is always on the corporate side, so it doesn't want Americans to know how easy such dramatic changes might be to achieve.
=====
+972 Magazine:
"Queer Israeli youth taking a stand against pinkwashing. At Pride marches across the country, activists are drawing the ire of police and fellow protesters for decrying the hypocrisy of the government and military.
Amid the sea of revelers, rainbow flags, and commercial floats that made up last week’s Pride march in Tel Aviv, one sight stood out: a group of activists who had brought a model tank, with its turret swapped out for a 1.5-meter-long phallus painted military green. Although police did not allow the 'tank' to enter the official parade, many of the marchers eagerly rushed to have their picture taken with it on the sidelines.
In addition to symbolizing the domineering and near-lustful violence of the Israeli military, the tank was intended to levy a second, more biting critique: the LGBTQ community’s 'desire to integrate into the violent body of the military,' according to Einat Gerlitz, an activist who spent 87 days in jail for draft refusal, and who took part in the tank protest. 'The most painful thing is to see LGBTQ people, who have personally experienced exclusion and discrimination, then inflict the same violence on others. It’s sad that the state has succeeded in making many think that integrating into the Zionist enterprise is the way to integrate into society.' ”
https://www.972mag.com/queer-israeli-youth-pinkwashing-palestinians/
-->There was no coverage of this interesting story in our mainstream media. The NYT decided that the story was not fit to print. We have to go to this Israeli publication to even find out what pinkwashing means.
=====
Common Dreams:
"UN Chief Warns Fossil Fuels 'Incompatible With Human Survival. ... Countries are far off track in meeting climate promises and commitments. I see a lack of ambition. A lack of trust. A lack of support. A lack of cooperation. And an abundance of problems around clarity and credibility,' he said.
'The climate agenda is being undermined. At a time when we should be accelerating action, there is backtracking. At a time when we should be filling gaps, those gaps are growing. ... Meanwhile, the human rights of climate activists are being trampled. The most vulnerable are suffering the most,' Guterres continued, noting that current policies put the world on track for a 2.8°C temperature rise by the end of the century, nearly double the 2015 Paris climate agreement's more ambitious 1.5°C goal. Hitting the higher number, he said, 'spells catastrophe.'
'Yet the collective response remains pitiful. We are hurtling towards disaster, eyes wide open—with far too many willing [to bet it] all on wishful thinking, unproven technologies, and silver bullet solutions,' he declared. 'It's time to wake up and step up. It's time to rebuild trust based on climate justice. It's time to accelerate the just transition to a green economy.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/taking-aim-at-industry-un-chief-warns-fossil-fuels-incompatible-with-human-survival
-->The pitiful NYT didn't cover these words of warning from the UN Chief. Our corporate controlled media is a big part of our problem. Few other news outlets in the US did much better. Must it come down to profits over human survival?
