Leftists Today - 8/17 Early Edition Top Articles & Videos

MORE AFGHANISTAN FALLOUT, U.S. MILITARY IS THE BIGGEST POLLUTER IN THE WORLD,HOLDING CORPORATIONS TO ACCOUNT ON RHETORIC RE: CAMPAIGN DONATIONS, EVEN "LEFT" MEDIA PARROTS CIA & MI6 TALKING POINTS +

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• 🏖️  The Afghanistan War And The Dissenters We Should've Listened To: Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter

  Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola

  The Afghanistan War and the dissenters we should've listened to The Afghanistan War And The Dissenters We Should’ve Listened ToLet’s seek out such voices next time a presidential administration moves the United States toward launching a war.thedissenter.org

  August 17th 2021

  32 Retweets68 Likes

• 🏖️  Calling Out The Greatest Culprit Behind The Climate Crisis - a podcast w/ Abby Martin & Mike Prysner: Clearing the FOG with Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance (1:00:00)

  IndependentLeft.news @IndLeftNews

  Calling Out The Greatest Culprit Behind The Climate Crisis (hint: it's the U.S. Military) popularresistance.org/calling-out-th… with @MFlowers8 @PopResistance @AbbyMartin @MikePrysnerCalling Out The Greatest Culprit Behind The Climate Crisis - PopularResistance.OrgAbby Martin and Mike Prysner of The Empire Files are producing a new feature-length documentary that exposes the US military as “Earth’s Greatest Enemy.” Left out of the conversation about the climate crisis is the fact that even if every person, vehicle and factory stopped emitting carbon, as long …popularresistance.org

  August 17th 2021

• 🏖️  A Climate Stat We Can’t Afford to Overlook: CEO Pay: Sam Pizzigati, CounterPunch

  CounterPunch @NatCounterPunch

  Few media outlets are willing to draw any link between the climate disaster ahead and how much America’s top corporate execs are making. But that link most definitely exists. A Climate Stat We Can’t Afford to Overlook: CEO Pay - CounterPunch.orgAce researchers dropped two blockbuster reports on us lastweek. The first — from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC — hit on Monday with a worldwide thunderclap. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is dubbing this first report’s findings “a code red for humanity” — and for …counterpunch.org

  August 17th 2021

  2 Retweets4 Likes

• 🏖️  Chinese regime reins in billionaire tech tycoons: Peter Symonds, WSWS

  World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates

  Since November, the Chinese regime has taken several steps to restrict the operations of some of the country’s largest private tech companies, such as Alibaba and Tencent, hitting the fortunes of the multi-billionaire magnates that control them. Chinese regime reins in billionaire tech tycoonsPresident Xi is not about to overturn Chinese capitalism, nor is the regime implementing “communist” measures against the super-wealthy oligarchs it helped to create.wsws.org

  August 17th 2021

  1 Retweet3 Likes

• 🏖️  The January 6 corporate accountability index: Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information

  IndependentLeft.news @IndLeftNews

  The January 6 corporate accountability index The January 6 corporate accountability indexAfter a violent mob stormed the Capitol building in January, hundreds of corporations pledged to make changes to their political giving. Some corporations pledged to withhold PAC funding to the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election, setting the stage for the riot. Other corporations sai…popular.info

  August 17th 2021

  1 Like

Top Videos:

• 🏖️  Corporations and Their Secret Colonial Past: Richard Medhurst (4:17)

• 🏖️  Push back against "Left" media parroting CIA, MI6 talking points on Syria: Vanessa Beeley (12:18)

• 🏖️  Iraq War Vet: "The Hubris Of The American Political Machine" Created Afghanistan War w/ Mike Prysner: Katie Halper (8:27)

• 🏖️  Julian Assange Judge Cites HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES In U.S. Prison: Kim Iversen (14:33)

• 🏖️  Unlivable Oasis: A Family’s Housing Struggle on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis: ProPublica (26:45)

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