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Israel Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Provoke Iran Missile Attack, Escalating Regional War

Interview with John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, conducted by Scott Harris

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As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Interview with Gregory Daly, a participant in a NYC protest against Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept. 26, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War

Interview with Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, conducted by Scott Harris

This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Oct. 2, 2024

Compiled by Bob Nixon

  • Growth-based climate framework is fundamentally broken
  • Populist Democratic campaigning emerges in deep red states
  • Somalia-Ethiopia tensions mounting

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Neil Meyer, contributing writer to Jacobin Magazine, discusses his recent article, "The Left Needs a Real Strategy for a Harris Presidency," spelling out a strategy for progressives to steer a Harris-Walz administration to the left should they win on Nov. 5.

Neil also co-edits The Left Notes Newsletter on Substack at www.left-notes.com.

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Helene's horrific damage across Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennesee and Virginia will cost over $110 billion, and perhaps hundreds of lives were lost as numerous small towns were swept away. Many of those who survived have lost everything and are now homeless. We are now seeing a new generation of climate refugees.

Over 600 in North Carolina were missing -- feared dead or inaccessible due to the communications, road and bridge, and electrical grid infrastructure damage. Even water supply plants have been destroyed. Rebuilding after this "apocalypse" will take years to restore life as it was in its pre-Helene state, if at all.

Climate change is here, and because we have already breached some or are nearing several of the earth's tipping points, the stable climate that has sustained the growth of human civilization for the last 10,000 years is now destabilizing and climate scientists are warning it will be IRREVERSIBLE -- fossil fuel emissions are to blame!

The words Climate Crisis has barely been spoken throughout much of this Helene reporting...and even far less in this year's election campaign.

Please watch the Netflix documentary "Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet" in order to get a full grasp of what is truly upon us now and why it is happening.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81336476

#election2024 #2024election #helene #ClimateAction #climatecrisis #climatechangeisreal
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Just one of many terrible stories of evacuation and survival in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina. So devastating. But why is there SO LITTLE mention about the climate crises now upon us? As climate scientist Johan Rockstrom discussed in the Netflix documentary "Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet" are saying, once tipping points in the earth's equilibrium are breached, "The changes are irreversible."

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COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) John Feffer, Director of Foreign Policy In Focus and Global Just Transition at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses his recent article, "A Ceasefire Is Not Enough in Gaza," focusing on Netanyahu's successive actions that appear designed to provoke a wider Middle East war, and the Biden administration's failure to use its powerful leverage to pressure Israel to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza. With Israel's war now expanding into Lebanon, and the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Feffer believes it's critical that Biden use his remaining months in the White House to initiate serious regional negotiations to address the Palestinian people's right to self determination, and deescalate tensions with both Iran and Hezbollah.

2) Julie Houk, Managing Counsel for Election Protection at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law talks about her group's work in Georgia, including the filing of a lawsuit "to bar enforcement of provisions in a new Georgia law that would permit baseless mass challenges to large swaths of eligible voters," and concern about new rules issued by Georgia's election board requiring a hand-count of election day ballots that could cause a consequential delay in certifying the state's presidential election winner, endangering the democratic process.

3) Dulce Guzmán, Executive Director of Alianza Americas, discusses how the issue of immigration is being debated by the candidates and covered by the news media in the 2024 presidential election, with a focus on Donald Trump's demonization of immigrants stoking hate and fear, and an assessment of Vice President Kamala Harris' stated policies on immigration, with a review of her recent trip to the U.S. Mexico border on September 27th.

4) Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News talks about his recent article, "The Madness of Antony Blinken," focusing on Sec. of State Blinken's advocacy for allowing Ukraine to launch conventional British long-range missiles against Russia, and western news reports that the Kremlin responded by saying it would consider any assault on its territory supported by a nuclear power to be a joint NATO attack, and threatened the use of nuclear weapons.

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