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The Emergence of Climate Politics
Tracing the Roots of Modern Environmental PolicyThe Climate Historian
> An excess of billionaires is destabilising politics – just as academics predicted. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#sociology #history #HumanCondition #EatTheRich
An excess of billionaires is destabilising politics – just as academics predicted
Politicians have always courted the wealthy, but Elon Musk and co represent a new kind of donor, and an unprecedented danger to democracy, writes Guardian columnist Zoe WilliamsZoe Williams (The Guardian)
An old, old, really old photo from an album of one of my grandparent, none of them are present and I have no idea who these people are.
My best guess it's from the #Finnish #CivilWar but if you can tell me please let me know 😁
@photography @geography @history
#History #Finland #Suomi #Photography #Old #Stuff #OldPhotos
Mother Damnable – the Wicked Witch of Camden Town Tube Station - David Castleton Blog - The Serpent's Pen
Mother Damnable was a notorious witch whose cottage stood where Camden Town Station is now located. The Devil was seen entering her house ...David Castleton (David Castleton Blog - The Serpent's Pen)
UNEP: New climate pledges need ‘quantum leap’ in ambition to deliver Paris goals - Carbon Brief
There is a “massive gap between rhetoric and reality” that must be closed by new climate pledges being drafted under the Paris AgreementZeke Hausfather (Carbon Brief)
Will Rogers – ”The Cowboy Philosopher” – urged Americans to avoid politicizing every issue. When it came to politics, he urged people to maintain skepticism, perspective and civility.
He was wildly popular in his time. A century later, his insights might still prove useful for navigating tumultuous election years.
theconversation.com/view-polit…
#history #histodons @histodons #USPolitics #politics #election
View politics critically but charitably and with good old common sense: cowboy commentator Will Rogers’ wisdom for 2024
Humorist Will Rogers spent decades gleefully skewering what he called the ‘bunk’ of American politics − hypocrisy, inflated egos, shady deal-making. Both parties stood guilty of peddling bunk.The Conversation
#OnThisDay, 28 Oct 1908, Muriel Matters, Violet Tillard and Helen Fox unfurl a banner and then chain themselves to the grille in the Ladies Gallery in the House of Commons, London, demanding votes for women.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons
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Hear That Mr. Speaker?’ #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump Vows to
#Invoke the 1798 #AlienEnemiesAct for #MassDeportations, Tells #MikeJohnson ‘#GetReady’ At #NYC #Hatefest
Trump vowed to implement the “largest #deportation #program in #American #history” on his first day in office, and to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to do it.
mediaite.com/trump/hear-that-m…
Trump Tells House Speaker to Get Ready For Mass Deportations
Former President Donald Trump told Speaker Mike Johnson to "get ready" to use an 18th century law to enable mass deportations "on day one."Phillip Nieto (Mediaite)
#Volkswagen #NS #History
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...symbol of the economic miracle [the "people's car, #Volkswagen,] was to begin [much] later."
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...for the #German war of extermination, as well as fighter planes, mines, and aerial bombs. 👈
In return, the #VW plant was allowed to call itself a "#War Model Factory" and was also awarded the honorary title of "National Socialist Model Factory".
👉By the end of the war, only 630 civilian vehicles had left the plant--for leading #NSDAP functionaries [only.]👈
The real triumph of the "#Beetle" as a...
#BreakingNews #DE #Economy #Volkswagen #History
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...car factory was first used for armaments*
Status: 10/28/2024 11:30 a.m.
'A #Volkswagen for everyone,' that's what the #Nazis promised the #Germans. On May 26 👉1938, they laid the foundation stone for the #VW plant - and produced armaments there [instead..."👈 2)
"👉More than 60,000 units [of the military, so called "#Kübelwagen" 3)] were supplied by #VW to the #Wehrmacht and #SS...
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Gründung des Volkswagenwerks: Autofabrik diente erst der Rüstung
Einen Volkswagen für jeden: Das versprachen die Nazis den Deutschen. Am 26. Mai 1938 legten sie den Grundstein für das VW-Werk - und produzierten dort Rüstungsgüter.Malte Krebs (NDR)
An important #history fact:
The American Revolution wasn’t just fought by white Protestants. Jewish patriots, Muslims, Catholics and other religious minorities played key roles in the fight for independence.
And they were not fighting to establish a Christian nation.
theconversation.com/during-the…
#history #histodons @histodons
During the American Revolution, Brits weren’t just facing off against white Protestant Christians − US patriots are diverse and have been since Day 1
The soldiers and patriots who made the American Revolution a success included people whose faiths faced discrimination, including Jews and Catholics.The Conversation
#OnThisDay, 27 Oct 1967, the Abortion Act gains royal assent. It allows women in the UK – except for Northern Ireland - to legally have an abortion on a range of medical grounds but stops short of making abortion legal.
It came into effect in April 1968 everywhere except Northern Ireland: NI passed their own act in 2020.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons
What if we told you the first ghost photos were an accident?
In the mid-1800s, early cameras took 30 seconds to take a picture – so anyone who wandered in the frame of a picture showed up as a transparent spooky figure. And of course, Victorian photographers took the chance to have fun and be creative:
theconversation.com/victorian-…
#history #photography @histodons #Histodons
Victorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills
In the mid-19th century, photographs with ghostlike figures became collectible amusements thanks to the invention of the stereoscope – a device that created three-dimensional optical illusions.The Conversation
Let’s clear up some misconceptions.
Degrowth does NOT mean condemning millions of people in the Global South to starvation.
Degrowth is about social justice and climate justice. This means allowing the Global South to achieve something close to parity with a Global North that is sharply reducing consumption and energy use.
On the other hand, a continuation of endless economic growth, i.e. Business As Usual, DOES mean condemning hundreds of millions in the Global South to eco-climate disasters, drought, and starvation.
LEARN MORE -- greeneuropeanjournal.eu/degrow…
#Politics #History #Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Degrowth
Degrowth Is About Global Justice
Jason Hickel explains how degrowth can help fix the worsening ecological crisis and what it means for relations between the Global North and South.Green European Journal
Behind #Christian Nationalism’s Influence on the 2024 #Election
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The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American #politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
#News #USPolitics #History #ChristianNationalism #Rightwing #Abortion #Trump #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Jan6
The Genesis of Christian Nationalism
The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.ProPublica
After #Biden apologizes for Native boarding schools, #Oklahoma tribal leaders urge action
Source: eu.usatoday.com/story/news/202…
More than 417 schools were funded by the U.S. to assimilate Native American #children, according to a federal report under Biden and his Interior secretary, Deb Haaland. More schools — 87 — were located in Oklahoma than in any other state.
#usa #politics #history #torture #humanrights #crime #natives #apologize #government #news #education #school
After Biden apologizes for Native boarding schools, Oklahoma tribal leaders urge action
Native American leaders in Oklahoma applauded President Joe Biden's apology for Indigenous boarding schools, calling it an important step toward healing., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
It may already be too late.
No, that's wrong – it *is* already too late to prevent catastrophic damage to our planet’s climate, environment, and biodiversity. We have waited far too long.
Ecological collapse is unavoidable. In fact, it's already begun — with ocean acidification up by 30% and getting worse, with insect populations crashing, with extinctions happening many times faster than the background rate, and so on.
But that doesn't mean we should stop trying!
Because EVERY bit of natural habitat preserved is essential. EVERY species saved from extinction matters. And EVERY tenth of a degree of warming makes a big difference.
Collapse can't be prevented, I’m afraid, but the level and severity of that collapse could be lessened IF decisive action is taken immediately. But that will never happen under our current regime of capitalist domination.
We need system change, and we need it now.
#Science #History #Environment #BioDiversity #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #Degrowth
#OnThisDay, 24 Oct 1901, American Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first *person* to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
The cat did *not* do the stunt with her.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
