3. Rebuilding Left Power Toolkit
Ecocide
The NDP must fulfill Justin Trudeau’s broken promise on electoral reform – Canadian Dimension
While Justin Trudeau abandoned his commitment to electoral reform all the way back in 2017, the issue has endured because Canadians understand that our voting system fails to accurately represent the will of voters. But this Trudeau failure is an opportunity for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP to become the outspoken champions of electoral reform.
Rebuilding the NDP
Fox News Host Faults 'The Native Americans' for California Fires | Currents
Fox News host Jesse Watters claims dam removals requested by tribes left firefighters without water to fight Los Angeles blazes that have killed 16 people.
Reconciliation & Owning Settlerism/Appropriation
An Elven Alliance Is Protecting Iceland’s Natural Wonders | Atmos
In the last century, environmental activists have used local belief in Huldufólk to protect the country’s landscapes—and elf culture.
Solutions & Degrowth Campaigns
Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles - The New York Times
After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/tea-bags-releasing-millions-of-microplastics-into-tea-study-shows/ar-BB1re0wa?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=dba91596f104418fb999918889484eb8&ei=95
I cant seem to find the original study from this one, but still.
Microplastics
Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S. - Berkeley News
After the mass death and destruction of World War I, with their economies shredded by inflation and unemployment, Italy and Germany turned from democracy to dictatorships. UC Berkeley scholars see troubling parallels in contemporary American democracy.
Fascism 101 (aka Right Wing Disinformation not Left)Opportunity: Stop using the old "left-right" paradigm to reach people and form a new coalition of anti-authoritarianism
131 votes, 62 comments. EDIT: just pointing out that this is perhaps a bit US-centric. Sorry for not specifying earlier. I suppose I'm a victim of…
Facing FascismWorld's richest mans says Hitler was a communist
1.1K votes, 174 comments. 162K subscribers in the EnoughMuskSpam community.
Anarcho-Socialism
Medscape: Urinary Metals Linked to Increased Dementia Risk
Higher urinary metal levels were associated with poorer cognition and increased risk for dementia in a new study.
Progressives were right about everything!
3.9K votes, 61 comments. 171K subscribers in the Political_Revolution community. This subreddit is part of the Political Revolution as envisioned by…
Inspiring the Canadian LeftLiberals think that deterioration of living standards under capitalism is socialism at work
3.9K votes, 38 comments. 833K subscribers in the LateStageCapitalism community. A One-Stop-Shop for Evidence of our Social, Moral and Ideological Rot.
Pacification: Liberals/Centrists as Fascism Enablers
The Particular Horror of the Los Angeles Wildfires - The Atlantic
Southern California is no stranger to fires. But the dreadful blazes that began yesterday are potentially transformative.
You don’t hate women and feminism. You hate capitalism.
517 votes, 109 comments. 244K subscribers in the MensLib community. The men's issues discussion has been sorely held back by counterproductive…
Feminism & Midwifery etc
Tangle News
Summarizing the best arguments from across the political spectrum. Independent, subscriber supported, and non-partisan.
Anti-Disinformation ResourcesPolitical cowardice
22K votes, 617 comments. 3.1M subscribers in the WhitePeopleTwitter community. People tweeting stuff. Also Bluesky.
Microplastics found in multiple human organ tissues correlated with lesions | Hacker News
In Defense of Doxing Nazis
I bet you can guess what I call people who are anti-antifa...
"With a MAGA-fied FBI, the government simply cannot be counted on to do the heavy lifting. As such, we must support the efforts of Antifa researchers to expose, unmask, name, shame, and ruin these terrorists. About 90 percent of what Antifa activists do, in fact, in various anti-fascist networks, is precisely this: research, monitoring, and exposing racists in the hopes it will stop them from doing harm and deter others from joining forces with such groups in the first place."
Mobilize: Activist Fronts
Medscape: Health Impacts of Micro- and Nanoplastics
In preparation for a proposed international treaty on plastic pollution, leading experts discussed the health dangers involved.
Three-quarters of the land is drying out, 'redefining life on Earth' | Hacker News
The myths of Ayn Rand pose real threats to democracy
Coinbase's plan to go public last April highlights a troubling trend among tech companies: Its founding team will maintain voting control, making it mostly immune to the wishes of outside investors.The best-known U.S. cryptocurrency exchange is doing this by creating two classes of shares. One class...
A Thoroughly Confused Country: An Introduction to Class Politics and a Way Forward
Americans suffer from a lack of class consciousness, which makes them easy prey for manipulation
Like brain cells, kidney cells can form memories
Scientists found memory’s molecular machinery at work in cells outside the nervous system.
Thesis: Evidence of Wholism
Dismantling The ‘Climate Alarm Industry’ Per Project 2025 - ZNetwork
The definition of alarm: “A warning of danger” (Merriam-Webster) according to The State of the Climate Report 2024, 25 of 35 vital signs are at record
Capitalism is Incompatible: Denial & Greenwashing
How Progressive Civil Society Became Professional NGO Culture - ZNetwork
The Democratic Party has failed to earn the support of what was once its working-class base. This ought to be a moment of reckoning for the party. The
Building Community & Alt Economies
CrimethInc.
CrimethInc. is a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action. We strive to reinvent our lives and our world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid.
The cops work for Jeff Bezos
Not for you or me
ACAB, Abolition & Decriminalizationhttps://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/historian-warns-trump-can-still-usher-in-fascism-without-there-being-a-fascist-system/ar-AA1wf79J?ocid=BingHp01
Something Is Fundamentally Wrong With The World, And You Know It
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Envisioning Beyond Capitalism: Alt Economies
How To End Capitalism
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In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I examine how we actually end capitalism through movement building and organizing. Specifically, I look at the case studies of Ende Gälende and the NoDAPL movements to understand how relationship-building and organizational tactics are crucial for the success of the climate left.
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Further Reading and Resources: https://ourchangingclimate.notion.site/Organizing-Resources-1463e9ecd9cb8009b053cc4cd185fc99?pvs=4
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:41 - How Do We Organize a Revolution?
11:51 - Movements Already on the Path
18:07 - Building Tomorrow
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Check out other Climate YouTubers:
Queer Brown Vegan: https://www.youtube.com/@queerbrownvegan
zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro
Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTRM8LE1g6UXrVZKwgw5oEA
Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
Sarah Karver: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
Climate Town: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA
Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap
Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
All About Climate: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0uXl-w0672ni8pS3UDXsQ
Aime Maggie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIcLW8YOY1kL_6J0TzDBGA
Just Have a Think: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ
Ankur Shah: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnkurShah
Planet Proof: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtF58iBRQ2C3QPeKKzxwiA
Future Proof: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureProofTV
Climate in Colour: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Wp9EmfpV7EUSrSJAonxzw
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