Environmentalism Was Once a Social Justice Movement

Jedediah Purdy The Atlantic
The Trump Administration is likely to see the greatest revival of environmentalism as a confrontational, grassroots, and perhaps radical movement since the 1970s, as ever more people who believe the fate of the environment has become a life-or-death issue are going to start acting like it. But to be successful this movement will have to embrace environmental justice and incorporate the struggles for economic and racial equality and for the rights of indigenous peoples.

Friday Nite Videos -- December 9, 2016

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Fake News, Real Consequences. Get Up Stand Up | Playing For Change. False Claims and Foreign Policy: A Closer Look. Dinosaur's Feathered Tail Found Remarkably Preserved in Amber. Water Protectors React to Standing Rock Victory.

Get Up Stand Up | Playing For Change

A unique rendition of Bob Marley's Get Up, Stand Up, featuring Keith Richards and Keb' Mo' in collaboration with musicians from around the world. 

Dinosaur's Feathered Tail Found Remarkably Preserved in Amber

An extraordinarily well-preserved dinosaur tail, with a fluffy covering of feathers, has been trapped in a piece of amber for 99 million years. Researchers from China and Canada identify it as a juvenile of some type of coelurosaur, a birdlike dinosaur that walked on two legs. 

The Next Frontier: Trump and Space Weapons

Karl Grossan CounterPunch
For decades there’s been interest by some U.S. administrations—the Reagan administration with its “Star Wars” plan a leading example—in placing weapons in space. The Obama administration has mainly been opposed. With the Trump administration, a drive to weaponize space appears in the offing.

Fidel Castro Left Cuba a Green Legacy

Stephen Zunes National Catholic Reporter
Castro's biggest test was in the 1990s, when the sudden end of subsidized trade with the Eastern Bloc, combined with sanctions from the United States, led to a severe economic crisis. His response - which history may judge as his greatest legacy - was to launch an ambitious program in organic agriculture, environmental planning, renewable energy and other sustainable development practices.