Climate during wartime (Democracy Now!)

Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly; Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan, Juan Gonzalez, Aaron Mate (democracynow.org, 9-17-14); Naomi Klein; thinkprogress.org

Setting sun sets clouds aglow as they pass over the LA skyline (Brian van der Brug/LAT).

The Earth (Bhumi) as one part of "Human Plane" (manusya loka in Buddhist cosmology)

Money vs. the climate, what will corporations decide? (thinkprogress.org/shutterstock)

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The Climate Marches On “Unjust laws exist.” So wrote Henry David Thoreau in his 1849 essay, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience.” He asked, “Shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?” His answer: “I say, break the law.” More

This Changes Everything

Capitalism vs. Climate (naomiklein.org)

Tune in this Sunday, Sept. 21: Democracy Now! will broadcast live from the People’s Climate March in New York City, part of a global mobilization in advance of a U.N. special session on climate change (at DemocracyNow.org).

Watch the livestream from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm ET. Watch the show Thursday when DN! kicks-off coverage with Naomi Klein, who will join the show for the hour to discuss her new book published this week, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate."

 

Join the discussion about the climate convergence on our Facebook and Google+ pages and on Twitter. See all climate coverage here, such as these highlights:

The SoCal post-summer heatwave

• In December Democracy Now! will broadcast from the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

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  No means no, Rush, and yes means yes

  Democracy Now! has been on the ground to cover every United Nations Climate Change Summit since 2009 in Copenhagen, including the 2010 Summit in Cancún, the 2011 Summit in Durban, and the 2012 Summit in Doha, as well as related meetings like the 2010 World Peoples’ Summit on Climate Change in Bolivia, and the 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit. Most recently, we were in Warsaw, Poland to cover COP 19.

As Earth ACTIVISTS gear up for People’s Climate March, Rep. Jim McDermott pushes carbon tax [so corporations can profit]

U.S. ground troops back in Iraq? General hints broader military-industrial complex effort may be "needed" to fight scary ISIS

Debate: Should Scotland vote for independence? Musician Billy Bragg vs. historian Sam Wetherell 

• Utah: Autopsy shows police lying about their murder of black youth Darrien Hunt, who was shot in the back by murderous police
• Jane Austin fans set new world record

• Dempsey: U.S. ground troops may be needed in Iraq
• CodePink peace activists interrupt Senate ISIS hearing
• Syrian gov’t airstrikes kill 48; ISIS downs Syrian plane
• Chelsea Manning: Bombs cannot defeat Islamic State