blessed britons

In 1948, 500 Palestinian towns and villages were abandoned, evacuated or destroyed. More than 70,000 Palestinian houses were demolished. In the Jaffa area, 96% of the villages were totally destroyed. As Jewish forces proceeded with the ethnic cleansing of territories both within and outside the UN-allotted borders of the Jewish state, a British army of 70,000 refused to intervene, despite being charged under the mandate with the protection of the civilian population.

— Mike Marqusee

mad world

Nobel Laureate Henry Kendall, chairman of the Union of Concerned Scientists said: “Let there be no doubt about the conclusions of the scientific community that the threat of global warming is very real and action is needed immediately. It is a grave error to believe that we can continue to procrastinate.”

Shortly thereafter, ‘Hurricane Mitch’ wrecked Honduras, killing 11,000 people, in 1998. A year later, tens of thousands died in the ‘super cyclone’ that hit Orissa, India. In December 1999, 20,000 people were killed in Venezuela’s biblical floods, and many more in giant cyclones that have since struck Mozambique and Madagascar, with hundreds of thousands made homeless.

— David Edwards

Climate Wars

global warming

global warming made simple

Submitted by antarchi on March 30, 2008 - 02:40.

'When you go home, do please make sure that you have a look in your parents' bathroom cabinets, and tell them that any spray deodorants they have need to be thrown away, because every time they use a spray deodorant, that has consequences for the earth, and for your futures. The deodorants are wearing away the ozone layer, and that layer is getting very thin now. And you know, the other thing that is making the earth heat up is your fridges: when they are turned on, they also damage the ozone layer, because they give out the same chemicals.'