Cleo Sylvestre, acclaimed actress of The Marvellous Adventure of Mary Seacole and first black woman to play a National Theatre lead, dies at 79

An obituary from London’s Telegraph. Cleo Sylvestre, who has died aged 79, was the first black woman to appear in a leading role at the National …

Cleo Sylvestre, acclaimed actress of The Marvellous Adventure of Mary Seacole and first black woman to play a National Theatre lead, dies at 79

Fascism Late, Early; Fascists Now, Then | The Brooklyn Rail

During the Trump era, when troops of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, Proud Boys, MAGA hats, militiamen, and Men’s Rights Activists descended on my city, there was little debate about what to call them: “fascist” seemed simple enough, even if one did not always know what ideology, exactly, moved which knife- or stick-wielding creep.
— Read on brooklynrail.org/2024/09/field-notes/fascism-late-early-fascists-now-then/

Springfield mayor seeks ‘help not hate’ as more bomb threats close schools, offices

Springfield City School District closed one middle school and evacuated two elementary schools.
— Read on www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/two-springfield-schools-evacuated-another-closed-district-cites-police-info/K26FV7URSVGPTB2IUPSFJCGUDM/

Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef Call For Pro-Palestine SAG Member Protection

Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef among the hundreds of SAG members calling on leadership to keep people from being blacklisted for their views on Palestine.
— Read on www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/mark-ruffalo-ramy-youssef-call-for-pro-palestine-sag-member-protection-1235993880/

Humans rescue Doomsday Glacier? | MR Online

Have Oil Producers hijacked UN climate conferences?
Answer: Yes, they have hijacked UN COPs (Conference of the Parties). Oh please! It’s blatantly obvious. COP28 was held in Dubai. The serving president of the climate conference COP28 was Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, who’s chair of Dhabi National Oil Company and who publicly stated there is “no science” behind calls for a phase out of fossil fuels. But he conveniently overlooks reams, and reams, of long-standing scientific evidence of CO2 emissions directly linked to global temperature levels. It’s established science, period.

As of today, there are plenty of public statements by the fossil fuel industry that it has decided to ignore the climate change issue and move ahead full blast with increased production. This is reality. For example, The Guardian d/d April 2024: World Set to Quadruple Oil and Gas Production by 2030, Led by New U.S. Projects. Fasten seat belts it’s blast-off time, meaning hotter and hotter, faster and faster, as Thwiates totters.
— Read on mronline.org/2024/09/10/humans-rescue-doomsday-glacier/