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Currently in D.C. — November 6, 2023: Partly cool and cloudy
Plus, calls grow for Gaza ceasefire in the name of climate justice.
Myriam Vidal & Eric Holthaus
November 05, 2023
The weather, currently.
Partly cloudy
How was your weekend? I certainly welcomed the break from the freezing temperatures we experienced all week. Today we also have some nice weather in our midst. Most of the day we’ll experience a wind chill in the 50s that will increase to 65°F around 2 in the afternoon. Although we’ll see some sun rays in the morning, most of the day will be partly cloudy, but the chance of rain is next to zero.
Today’s quote is a fragment of the Imagine Dragons’ song On Top of the World, just for the sake of wishing you a very upbeat week: “I've had the highest mountains, I've had the deepest rivers, you can have it all but not til you move it. Now take it in but don't look down…'Cause I'm on top of the world, 'ey
I'm on top of the world, 'ey.”
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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