Author Archives: kathryn

‘A really big deal’: New York City’s fossil fuel divestment could spur global shift Economists say city’s status as financial and cultural giant means move to sever ties with fossil fuel will catalyze others in US and around the world Continue reading New York City to Divest from Fossil Fuels – Guardian 12 Jan 2018→

Largest Dutch pension fund to divest from nuclear weapons 11 Jan 2018 ⋅ by Maaike Beenes ⋅ The largest Dutch pension fund, the civil servants fund ABP, has decided to end its investments in producers of nuclear weapons. ABP has Continue reading Largest Dutch pension fund to divest from nuclear weapons – 11 Jan 2018→

War on the Cheap, by Alison Broinwoski, 6 January 2018 at the Pearls and Irritations blog.

Following is a good history of the Palestine-Israel situation TRUMP AND JERUSALEM: THE TRUTH EXPOSED Posted By: Chief Bandicoot 10/12/2017 ■ The Orbiting Eye provides the facts you need to understand the Jerusalem crisis. Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel Continue reading Trump and Jerusalem: The Truth Exposed, 10 Dec 2017→

Booklet: The nuclear weapons ban treaty November 28, 2017 Nuclear weapons threaten the very survival of humanity and our entire living planet. Their effects transcend national boundaries and span generations. They are immoral, illegitimate and now – at long last Continue reading Booklet: The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty: ICAN, November 28, 2017→

A Sledgehammer for a Walnut: Pearls and Irritations, Ross Gwyther, 7 December 2017

Politicians hold $300m in property, so how should they influence housing policy. The Conversation, 7 August 2014