Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Millions face starvation as world warms, say scientists

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Millions face starvation as world warms, say scientists

Click here to access article by John Vidal from The Guardian.

I know that Western media love to provide sensational headlines behind which lies very little context or substance, but the glaring omission of any mention of the relationship of global warming with the use of fossil fuels contained in this article illustrates, once again, capitalist media censorship in action.

In the article they make reference to the US government report, US National Climate Assessment draft report (I suspect this link will disappear at some point) upon which their entire article is based, does, indeed, make the connection. In the very first sentence of the "Executive Summary" the authors state the following:

Global climate is changing, and this is apparent across the U.S. in a wide range of observations. The climate change of the past 50 years is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels.