John Clarke
@johncke.bsky.social
Former organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).
'It’s a government system that promotes production and profit over the lives of #migrantworkers.' thenarwhal.ca/migrant-work...
‘Working past exhaustion’: migrant workers rally over Ontario’s extreme heat | The Narwhal
About 50 migrant workers and allies gathered in Toronto, calling on the Doug Ford government to better protect labourers as the climate changes
thenarwhal.ca
Trump won't have heard of Sun Tzu but he wrote in the Art of War that 'if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.' This post shows #Trump doesn't know himself and the mess in Iran proves he's clueless when it comes to the enemy.
Amnesty found that the Indian government has forged "a close and profitable partnership" with #Israel's defence sector and become a significant contributor to supply chains supporting the Israeli military.' www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/i...
India profited by supplying arms to Israel despite risk of use in Gaza, Amnesty says
Report says India's export control system contains ‘critical structural failures’, including the absence of an explicit requirement for human rights due diligence before approving military exports
independent.co.uk
It's amazing how much clearer everything becomes when you understand what a lie the term 'national interest' really is. #Carney #Pipelines
..settlers..keep the conflict with #Palestinian towns and villages ongoing. This way, an Israeli military crackdown on Palestinians becomes perpetually necessary..' mondoweiss.net/2026/07/the-...
The new settler-led security doctrine driving Israel’s onslaught on the West Bank
A new Israeli security doctrine recasts settler violence, long regarded by the establishment as destabilizing, as a guarantor of Israel’s security. Settler leaders are now seeking to solidify this new...
mondoweiss.net
'The data suggests the eight #oilcompanies – Aramco, BP, Shell, Equinor, TotalEnergies, Eni, Chevron and ExxonMobil – made more than $700,000 of profit every minute over the spring quarter.' #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
To grasp the full enormity of this situation, don't just look at what has happened. Consider where that red line is going. #GlobalHeating
"It’s as if we launched a war against nature, and that has turned place after place into something that resembles a war zone," writes @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. "The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties."
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding
The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding
All over the United States, ordinary people are risking their freedom to take a stand against data centers in their communities.
futurism.com
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” From the archives:
She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...
propublica.org
Jeezus f**king Christ... In essence that ruling says that any time your side doesn't win an election, just ransack the capitol, and everything will be okay...
US judge grants DOJ request to dismiss January 6 cases against Oath Keepers
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday granted the U.S.
yahoo.com
States begin banning ‘surveillance pricing’ that uses personal data to charge more arkansasadvocate.com/2026/08/04/r...
States begin banning ‘surveillance pricing’ that uses personal data to charge more | Arkansas Advocate
Three states this year became the first ones to enact laws restricting companies from using personal data such as browsing history or shopping habits to set individualized prices on goods and services...
arkansasadvocate.com
Once in a 1000 year events happening increasingly regularly all over the world say it's time to #StopAllDrilling #ReduceFossilFuelUseToZero "1000-Year Rain Event In New York The rain falling in the #Hudson Valley has peaked near the 1-in-1000 year recurrence interval." via WFLA Jeff Berardelli
. Ghana: Singing as climate action We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! Read on: www.preventionweb.net/news/... .
preventionweb.net
'Alberta’s new private-pay-per-scan risks redirecting scarce machines, technologists, and radiologists toward more lucrative preventive exams, leaving patients with genuine medical need waiting longer in the public-pay system.' edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Alberta's preventive health testing isn't like Japan or Europe: It's a risky experiment
Alberta is introducing a fundamentally different approach from the systems it invokes.
edmontonjournal.com
'Ituri, the outbreak’s epicentre, remains one of the country’s most severe hunger hotspots, with 1.9 million people facing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse.' #Ebola news.un.org/en/story/202...
Hunger hampers Ebola response as cases top 3,200 in DR Congo
The UN emergency food agency appealed for immediate funding on Wednesday, warning that deepening hunger is undermining the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) t...
news.un.org
In the last couple of days, I've had some people accuse me of being intolerant because I won't have discussions with #Zionists. There are issues debate and questions that are decided in struggle. Racism and genocide aren't issues you chat about but evils that you fight against.
The second part of this examination of theories of #inflation in modern capitalist societies. thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/t...
Theories of inflation part two – heterodox and Marxist
This is the second part of my discussion of the causes of inflation in modern capitalist economies, based on an unpublished paper by Guglielmo Carchedi and me. There are various heterodox views on …
thenextrecession.wordpress.com
'Impoverished by neocolonialism and local oligarchies, these people are not an invading army: they are part of the global proletariat and, from a class perspective, deserve our solidarity and humanity.' #Ceuta links.org.au/anticapitali...
Anticapitalistas (Spanish State): On the Ceuta tragedy
Those who reduce the recent events at Ceuta to a conspiracy seek to whitewash the Spanish State’s and EU’s responsibility in the whole tragedy, argue Anticapitalistas.
links.org.au
There has never been a crime against humanity so blatant, so well-documented and so utterly irrefutable as the #GazaGenocide and yet the perpetrators continue on their murderous course with impunity.
'AI as a broad technology is not our problem any more or less than are computers, the internet, or email. Rather, the problem is with the class interests shaping its development.' #AI socialistproject.ca/2026/08/arti...
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) covers a broad range of technologies. But there is only one that dominates the news and financial markets – the multimodal generative AI systems produced by leading tech c...
socialistproject.ca
At the height of the disaster this week, more than 300,000 people had been displaced across France and Spain.' #WIldfires grist.org/wildfires/st...
Here's what supercharged the monster wildfires in Spain and France
Last summer brought Europe's most destructive wildfire season on record. This season is on track to break it.
grist.org
During a contentious interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several claims about COVID-19, vaccines and measles. Here are some of the statements that were factually inaccurate.
A Doctor Fact-Checks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CNN Interview
A public health expert fact checks RFK Jr.'s recent contentious interview on CNN with facts on vaccines, COVID-19 and measles.
forbes.com
Fuck yes! They booed him and told him he belongs in prison hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-i...
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.
hellgatenyc.com
