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Blocking Roads Isn’t Crazy – It’s Our Last Hope That Sanity Will Prevail

The CNCL Team — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:38:55 +0000

A lack of public concern in the West at dealing with the impending climate catastrophe isn’t accidental. It’s been engineered.

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Revolution needs to create an Evolution

Brad Dixon — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:00:18 +0000

If the gap between those who have and those who do not grows to a breaking point, then revolt and revolution will take place. History has shown us that. Let’s all work together to evolve in a more peaceful manner.

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Making Sense of the Downward Spiral: Daniel Schmachtenberger

The CNCL Team — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:56:36 +0000

America's cities are ablaze with rioting after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This comes in the heightened tensions of the coronavirus crisis. How can we make sense of this spiral of polarisation, and are bad actors taking advantage of the situation? This is a conversation with evolutionary philosopher Daniel Schmachtenberger hosted by Rebel Wisdoom.

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16 Essential Books About Environmental Justice, Racism and Activism [The Revelator]

The CNCL Team — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 06:20:17 +0000

These books provide insight into the problems that plague people and the planet, while also offering solutions for a more just future.

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Politics as Usual Isn’t Working: It’s Time for a Revolution

The CNCL Team — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:09:03 +0000

Falling life expectancy. Rising economic inequality. Power concentrated in hands unelected elites. An environment poisoned by profits. For some, the crises present day America faces are existential. As such, the political response needs to be commensurate to the moment and nothing short of a root and branch political revolution. For others, this revolutionary impulse on the Right and Left spells disaster.

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January’s New Environmental Books (The Revelator)

The CNCL Team — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 08:08:35 +0000

The Revelator's list of new environmental books for January 2020.

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Hope Lies in the Streets

The CNCL Team — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:08:04 +0000

Hope lies in the streets. Millions of people in Hong Kong, India, Chile, France, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon understand. It is time to join them.

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The Murders of Indigenous Activists in the Amazon Continue to Rise

The CNCL Team — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:04:33 +0000

Ten indigenous people have been murdered so far in Brazil in 2019, including seven tribal leaders — the highest number of indigenous leaders killed in two decades.

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Welcome to the Global Rebellion Against Neoliberalism

The CNCL Team — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 02:46:50 +0000

As distinct as the protests seem, the uprisings rocking Bolivia, Lebanon, and scores of other countries all share a common theme.

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Neoliberalism Backfires

Robert Hunziker — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:00:51 +0000

Massive, continuous demonstrations in the streets around the world bespeak a universal threat that neoliberalism’s self-immolation will grow worse and worse if it continues its horribly stale rotted emphasis on globalization and austerity of social programs as the answers for progress. It’s backfiring.

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Bolivia – A Color Revolution – or a New Surge for Latin American Independence?

The CNCL Team — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:18:50 +0000

It’s become a classic. It’s being called a Color Revolution, and it’s been taking place on all Continents. US interference in the affairs of other countries for the continued enrichment of their elites is endless, merciless, reckless, without scruples and deadly. Bolivia is just the latest victim.

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From a Young Climate Movement Leader, a Determined Call for Action

The CNCL Team — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:57:46 +0000

Xiye Bastida Patrick, a New York high school student, has become a key leader in the growing youth climate movement. In an e360 interview, she talks about why students are taking to the streets to demand action and how this is changing the climate conversation globally.

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