New memo demonstrates how FDIC membership is pointless for public banks backed by the full faith and credit of the state, as is the Bank of North DakotaA new memo by Earl Staelin, attorney and Chair of the Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute, argues that FDIC membership and the holding of 100%… Continue reading
Los Angeles consultants release the first paper of a report series outlining viable approaches for establishing and administering a Los Angeles public bankOn April 20, Jain Family Institute (JFI) and Berggruen Institute released an introductory working paper, the first in a joint report series that is aimed at providing the city with a template for the… Continue reading
Migratory birds sit on ice floating in the Baffin Bay in the Arctic Ocean near Pituffik, Greenland on July 15, 2022. (Photo: Kerem Yücel/AFP via Getty Images) “This is one of those ‘sit up and read very carefully’ moments,” said one science journalist. JULIA CONLEY Apr 25, 2023 (CommonDreams.org) Scientists… Continue reading
A pedestrian walks across a flooded street in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 7, 2021, the morning after a powerful winter tropical storm known as a Kona Low hit the Hawaii islands with heavy rain and high winds causing widespread flooding and power outages across the state. (Photo: Eugene Tanner/AFP via… Continue reading
Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks on July 24, 2021 in Emigrant, Montana. (Photo: William Campbell/Getty Images) David Gianforte said this week that his father, Gov. Greg Gianforte, is “concerned about his career” and is “aware that being able to stay in the position of governor is dependent on him… Continue reading
For more information go to OccupySonomaCounty.org The May Meat Challenge is an educational campaign about the greenhouse gas (GHG) impact of animal agriculture and conventional food production. To reduce our GHG footprint a shift to plant-based foods is essential to preventing a climate catastrophe. But for many, plant-based eating seems intimidating…. Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong From perspective of ABC News – on Shooting on Thursday, April 27th by a security guard at Walgreens: ‘He reached my heart’: Friends remember victim killed in SF Walgreens shooting – April 29, 2023 ‘He reached my heart’: Friends remember victim killed in San Francisco Walgreens shooting – ABC7… Continue reading
Extinction Rebellio • Streamed live on Apr 23, 2023 • Westminster streets are filled with thousands of people using their collective power to demand an end to the fossil fuel era and that the UK Government create emergency citizens’ assemblies! We will be bringing you full live coverage for the… Continue reading
Sam Whiting April 27, 2023 Updated: April 28, 2023 9:38 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) Even the Trips Festival — the three-night be-in at Longshoremen’s Hall credited with launching the San Francisco underground of the 1960s — needed above-ground publicity, and that was the job of Jerry Mander, the radical adman of North Beach. Operating out of… Continue reading
FRI, 4/21/2023 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) Just in the last week, there have been four shootings of ordinary, unarmed, regular people going about their lives simply for encountering the wrong armed person. While one incident might be abnormal, and two coincidental, the fact that four occurred within just a week… Continue reading
