A book worth checking out.

Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System

Quote of the day -

Bita Iuliano and Olivia DiNucci

We must not allow ourselves to grow desensitized to the reality of what our tax dollars could be funding instead of the spread of surveillance,  destruction, and devastation. And we must make it clear that we will never mistake the roar of engines overhead for the promise of peace, whether that is abroad or here.

Every dollar spent on one of these performative fighter jet overpasses is a dollar stolen from our communities. The budget is a clear reflection of what the country values, and right now, our budget says we value genocide, destruction, and the theater of war over the substance of peace and the actual betterment of our communities, our country.

The America and Freedom 250 celebrations ask us to reflect on what our nation stands for, a nation started by genocide, carried out by slavery, fueled by exploitation, and exposing how militarism, racism, and fascism are on full display. Why do we spend trillions to destroy and destabilize the world, while spending pennies on investments to make our own communities actually safe?

This has to be a sign of something.

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/07/uaw-becomes-the-first-major-u-s-union-to-vote-to-divest-from-israel-bonds/

UAW becomes the first major U.S. union to vote to divest from Israel Bonds

UAW delegates voted to divest the union’s reported $400,000 in Israel Bonds, making it the first major U.S. union to do so. Organizers say it’s a victory for international solidarity and a sign of the working class's growing rejection of Israel.

“Merciless Indian Savages” - a reminder of what's in the 'Declaration of Independence'.

https://scheerpost.com/2026/07/06/the-anti-indigenous-slur-in-the-declaration-of-independence-speaks-volumes/

Why not just say that racism (namely white supremacy) and religious superiority go hand-in-hand with the hierarchical nature of capitalism?

I bring it up because neither words (racism, capitalism) are anywhere to be found in the article.

If i needed a reminder that propaganda serves to demonize, divide people, and keep them at each other ...

... a system that keeps the rich and powerful in control, look no further than mass media in this country.

Specifically the American movie industry aka 'Hollywood'.

When it comes to the black man specifically, the beast, the ghost, and crazy one, and the predator are all useful tropes to keep him down.

New term learned today - Lehava.

From here -> https://scheerpost.com/2026/07/01/israel-is-an-apartheid-state-and-its-weird-marriage-laws-show-us-how/

There are even groups like Lehava – Israel’s version of the Ku Klux Klan – that go around beating up Palestinians caught anywhere near the Jewish neighbourhoods of Jerusalem and terrorising any young Jewish women suspected of being romantically involved with a Palestinian. Lehava hold noisy and disruptive protests to shame the odd Jewish woman who converts and marries a Palestinian citizen.

All of this happens with a quiet wink from the authorities. The current police minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, has long been a patron of the fascist, Jewish supremacist thugs of Lehava.

Breaching capitalism’s digital fortress.

I think this extends not just to the 'Left' per se, but really for all people essentially.

https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/07/01/the-left-and-breaching-capitalisms-digital-fortress/

We are called upon to take possession of the tools of our age, since just as Marx and Engels transformed the economic and philosophical sciences of their time from tools that justified the existing order into a theoretical and practical weapon in the hands of the working class, the left today is called upon to be an active and programming force in this arena. We must move from the position of the “passive user” subject to the terms of capitalist platforms, to the position of the “alternative producer” who puts forward a technology that is communal, open, and liberated.