Democracy Is Dead

"When the socialist Jeremy Corbyn became the leader of the Labour Party in Britain in 2015 and mounted a grassroots campaign in 2017 to become the British Prime Minister the ruling corporate elites, along with the war industry, panicked...The media did its part to crucify Corbyn as a bigot while Labour party officials ruthlessly purged the party of Corbyn supporters. Corbyn was eventually driven out of the party in 2020 after the snap election loss against Boris Johnson. The purging of Corbyn and his supporters effectively emasculated the left within the Labour Party."  https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-report-podcast-with-ac8?utm

According to a survey from Data for Progress released this week, 65 percent of likely voters say that businesses should not be allowed to deny services to people based on their race, religion, disability or sexual orientation. This includes 84 percent of Democrats and 66 percent of independents, as well as a plurality of Republicans, at 48 percent. https://truthout.org/articles/poll-finds-most-voters-disagree-with-most-recent-anti-lgbtq-decision-from-scotus/

It happened just before 12:30 p.m. on Friday in the Leslieville area near Queen Street and Carlaw Avenue.
That's where Toronto police say three individuals were involved in an altercation, in which shots were fired. The woman struck was not part of the altercation, according to Duty Insp. Michelle Olszevski. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/woman-dead-in-daytime-shooting-in-toronto-s-east-end-police-say-1.6900148

This week, average global temperatures are smashing records left and right, which “should fill everyone with anxiety,” says Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault. 
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/07/06/news/if-youre-not-terrified-youre-not-paying-attention-politicians-activist-urge-action

Olszevski says the shooting investigation is ongoing, but police have learned that three people were involved in a “physical and verbal altercation” leading up to the woman being shot.
She says police don’t believe there is a relationship between the woman and the three individuals, but that hasn’t yet been confirmed.
Earlier in the day, police tweeted that the nearby Morse Street Child Care Centre is in a hold and secure for the children’s safety. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-woman-killed-in-daytime-toronto-shooting-police-seeking-2-suspects-2/ 

A missing 2-year-old Michigan girl who disappeared during an attack on her mother was found dead nearly 100 miles away in Detroit, three days after she vanished.
Wynter Cole Smith’s body was discovered Wednesday evening by FBI agents in an overgrown alley in a neighbourhood on the east side of Detroit, ending a massive search along a major interstate between the city and the state capital.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-missing-two-year-old-girl-is found-dead-in-detroit-after-her/

Humanity is missing. Morality is missing. Social justice is missing. It's not enough to rely on others for making the world livable again. We must be engaged in the art of humanizing the commons. For a start, good reporting is good and necessary but it cannot bring us tomorrow. It's not enough to be well informed. We have to contribute our minds and hearts.