Friday Night Photos - Doing Some Refurbishment
Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 10/16/2020 - 6:17pmLikely dark times ahead, so taking some time to do things I can control:
Snowed today. Didn't stick, but it's coming.
Have a great evening. 
Censorship & Thought Crimes® Rising ★★★
Submitted by wendy davis on Fri, 10/16/2020 - 5:21pm‘How rock star Roger Waters was hung out to dry by Amnesty and Bellingcat for his views on Syrian ‘chemical attack’, 14 Oct, 2020, RT.com
“A leaked phone call reveals that outside pressure caused Amnesty to pull its promotion of a webinar featuring Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters – a vocal skeptic of the Douma ‘chemical attack’ that prompted Western powers to bomb Syria.
In August this year, environmental pressure group Amazon Watch broadcast an online panel discussion in support of Steven Donziger, a crusading attorney who dared try to hold US energy giant Chevron to account for widespread environmental destruction in the Amazon, and was left fighting for his life, livelihood and liberty as a result.
The Evening Blues - 10-16-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 10/16/2020 - 2:01pm
Friday Open Thread: "What are you reading?" edition. ~ 19 Women for the 19th Amendment
Submitted by phillybluesfan on Fri, 10/16/2020 - 5:00am
19 Women for the 19th Amendment
by ORION STAFF
To honor the 100th anniversary of the U.S ratification of the 19th Amendment — which guaranteed women the right to vote — we’ve curated 19 of our favorite Orion articles written by women.
The Land Has Memory by Priscilla Solis Ybarra and Cherríe Moraga (Winter 2019)
A discussion on Latinx identity and intersectional environmentalism.
Eighteen more below the fold ....
We are the generation that is likely to witness the destruction of our Earth.
Submitted by WoodsDweller on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 8:51pmSecond Great Depression numbers start to roll in
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 5:30pmBetween six and eight million Americans fell into poverty just since Covid, and that's the good news.
MAS Supporters are Being Massacred by Golpistas in Bolivia
Submitted by wendy davis on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 5:19pm
Jeanine Áñez speaks at the anniversary of the Bolivian Air Force, October 12, 2020
First: ‘Civil war elections in Bolivia’, Tomas Castanheira, 13 October 2020, wsws.org (w/ permission)
“Next Sunday, the first general elections will be held in Bolivia since elected president Evo Morales was overthrown in a US-backed military coup, placing in power Jeanine Áñez’s self-proclaimed government.
The Evening Blues - 10-15-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 12:48pm
The Great Drama of the Nice Liberals With Big Egos
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 12:15pmAmerica, you see, really needs to think that it has a "Left" playing a part in its political drama, and so everyone is being asked to imagine that there is some great heroism to be accomplished in defeating the "fascist" Trump by electing Joe Biden w
Another big year for legalization
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 11:23amFive more states will be voting in a couple weeks on legalizing marijuana.
