Part of the Union.

 There have been very few things in my life that I have been proud of but, aside from family, my soul bursts with pride at the fact that I joined my trade union on the first day that I joined work and  only resigned from my union on the day after I left work.

Wildfires.

 Wildfire regimes under climate change favor shifts from conifers to deciduous trees and from forests to shrublands. In addition, wildfire intensity can serve as a measure for soil recovery, with higher intensities having severe impacts on soil structure, nutrients and erosion. Accordingly, wildfire severity can serve as a measure for estimating hydrological effects, with extreme magnitudes being responsible for floods and short-term water pollution. On an average wildfire regime and a temperate climate, abiotic factors can be restored in a decade, while 15 to 25 years are needed for the recovery of vegetation composition. -

, Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis  also:-

Woodlandfires (or wildfires) burn approximately 44 Mha on average per year during the 2012-2023 period (GWIS, 2024 and authors’ elaboration), questioning whether the burned land will ever recover or if desertification will prevail. Through the ecological procedure of succession, natural forest systems advance towards vegetation species and structures which - depending on environmental conditions - require several decades (at least 40 years) to reach the stage of potential natural community (PNC) (Hall, 1995; O'Hara et al., 1996; Powell, 1996; Yearsley and Parminter, 1998).

The rules of genocide.

 Israel’s politicians and generals have a strategy: not security, not coexistence. It is the oldest colonial formula in history: seize the land, expel the indigenous population, and then call the defenders terrorists.

Men and women of honour: The Israeli refusers.

Dear All,

Daniel here. As a soldier, I recently refused to serve in the Gaza war, and spent time in military prison for that. Nowadays, I organize fellow refusers in Israel. Every day, I speak with soldiers who are questioning the war, struggling with what they’ve seen, and wondering whether there’s another path. I wouldn’t be able to do this work without Resistance Solidarity Network standing behind me. They provide the resources, the backing, and the help create this great community of international supporters that make resistance possible. As part of RSN’s mid-year campaign, I hope you’ll consider supporting them too.They’re not funding abstract ideas. They’re funding real people on the ground who are taking real risks. And they need our help: if they don't raise the money, they cannot carry on with their work. Support them today.

They will not silence us. And Palestine will be free, from the Jordan River to the sea.

How many bombs have to fall

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IRANWar no imminent threat to America- Israeli plot.

 The Trump administration's top official on counterterrorism has resigned from his position, citing opposition to the war in Iran, and urged the president to "reverse course".

In a letter posted on his X account, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said that Iran posed "no imminent threat" to the US and claimed that the Trump administration "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby". 

Kent, 45, is a US special forces and CIA veteran whose wife, navy cryptologic technician Shannon Kent, was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019.