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Currently in Chicago — November 6, 2023: Unseasonably mild start to the week
Plus, calls grow for Gaza ceasefire in the name of climate justice.
Eric Holthaus & Katje Sabin
November 05, 2023
The weather, currently.
Partly cloudy and warm temps
After a mild and cloudy weekend, Sunday night will continue the pattern with a low temperature of 50 and cloudy skies. Gusty winds will increase overnight, and Monday will be breezy with gusts up to 40mph. Monday will be mostly cloudy with highs in the mid-60s… what a treat, to be able to open up the windows again in October! The winds will die down to a breeze on Monday night, though the clouds will remain, and we can expect a low around 47. Tuesday should be fair as well, and then we’ll see rain mid-week before we head into a sunny Veterans Day weekend.
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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