‘The alarming decline of monarchs is driven in large part’ by Roundup Ready crops, Center for Food Safety finds’ Monsanto Crops Pushing Monarch Butterfly to ‘Verge of Extinction’ Deirdre Fulton – CommonDreams – 5 Feb.15 Herbicide-resistant genetically modified crops have brought the iconic monarch butterfly to the brink of extinction, according to a new report more »
Our Shitty Situation subMedia.tv – feb.15 Our shitty situation from subMedia.tv on Vimeo. In this sedition we look at the economic clusterfuck enveloping the globe, the mega drop in oil prices and the Greek political party that has the left screaming like Justin Beaver fans, plus some uplifting hip hop to help you pull through more »
Freedom Rider: ISIS – A US-Saudi Chicken Come Home to Roost Black Agenda Rport -Margaret Kimberley – 4 Feb.15 “The Saudis are natural allies because they don’t want democracy in their own country or anywhere else in the region.” Saudi Arabia is clearly of great importance to the government of the United States. President Obama more »
Young Navajos Stage 200-Mile Journey for Existence 31 Jan.15 – By Lyla Johnston -Truthout At dawn on January 6, 2015, a group of young Diné (Navajo) women and their supporters gathered at sunrise near the fire department at the base of Dził Na’oodiłii (Huerfano Mountain). From there the group embarked on a 200-mile trek through more »
Bahrain is an apartheid regime: Rajab 23 Jan.15 – PressTV Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab says the Manama regime has created an apartheid system in the Persian Gulf country, Press TV reports. Rajab told Press TV in an interview on Thursday that the Bahraini government has built an apartheid system by separating Shias more »
Bahrain: security forces shoot boy to the face AlWefaq – 1 Feb.14 Bahrain’s claims of investigations into police human rights abuses are yet again smashed as a picture of a boy’s face, which was covered in blood, emerged last Friday. Just days after the Interior Ministry’s announcement to open an investigation into a police shooting more »
Bahrain security forces shoot directly at protester’s face Hussain Radhi – BCHR – 21 Jan.15 A video has emerged showing Bahrain security forces appearing to shoot a protester in the face at close range, using birdshots. According to activists, the video was filmed Tuesday in the capital Manama’s suburb of Bilad al-Qadeem, which has seen more »
Cold War Waste Disposal Stalled Around U.S. as WIPP Reopening Delayed by Months ICTMN Staff – 19 Jan.15 As the Department of Energy challenges the fines levied against it by New Mexico, new revelations are coming to light on safety lapses and a delay in reopening the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), closed since a more »
Former Idaho governors blast Otter’s nuclear waste deal Karen Zatkulak – KTVB – 15 Jan.15 BOISE — Two former Idaho governors are furious and say their work keeping nuclear waste out of Idaho could be erased by a recent deal backed by Gov. Butch Otter. Cecil Andrus and Phil Batt were so upset over the more »
WIPP ventilation system is unsafe, needs improvements By Sarah Matott – 7 Jan.15 – Carlsbad Argus CARLSBAD>> Two reports about inadequate safety conditions at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant criticized the facilities contractor for insufficient information in the plans it created to control the decisions that are made during an emergency. Both reports were conducted more »