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Currently in Portland — November 6th, 2023: A dark and stormy Monday
Plus, calls grow for Gaza ceasefire in the name of climate justice.
Stella Harris & Eric Holthaus
November 05, 2023
The weather, currently.
It’s a dark and stormy Monday!
We got more sunbreaks over the weekend than I expected, which was convenient for sneaking in a little garden work. As usual, I’m still finishing up garden chores I’d expected to complete in October. But Monday will bring the kind of stormy day I’ve been expecting more of. Not only will we be getting rain, but there’s a wind advisory in effect all day—winds up to 25mph and gusts up to 45mph! I know I’ve warned y’all to secure outdoor items already, but this time you really will lose things all the way down the street if they’re not secure. High temps on Monday will reach the mid-50s, which is pretty standard for this time of year and overnight lows will only dip to the high 40s.
What you need to know, currently.
On Saturday, one of the largest global anti-war rallies of the 21st century took place in dozens of cities around the world, with some 300,000 people estimated at the march in Washington, DC.
More than 10,000 civilians have died so far in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Climate justice campaigners marched in solidarity calling for a ceasefire, and drew clear parallels with what’s happening in Gaza to what’s happening all over the world where marginalized people are being forced to bear the brunt of climate chaos.
As environmental justice communities hailing from sacrifice zones across the United States, we are answering the call to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people on the frontlines of genocidal warfare. #CJAOurPower
— Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) 🌻 (@CJAOurPower)
6:08 PM • Nov 4, 2023
Climate change is a struggle for freedom and dignity of all living things, on a global scale.
The roots of the climate emergency are a systematic, racist devaluation of Black and Brown lives to justify first-world greed and white supremacy. There can be no climate justice without Palestinian liberation and without the liberation of oppressed peoples around the world.
“Access to safe, affordable and reliable drinking water and sanitation services are basic human rights and are essential to the realisation of all human rights.” - United Nations Human Rights.
— Prof. Farhana Sultana (also farhana.bsky.social) (@Prof_FSultana)
3:01 PM • Nov 4, 2023
What you can do, currently.
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