After slew of disasters, Greeks wonder what is happening to their democracy | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/11/reporters-notebook-greeks-wonder-what-is-happening-to-their-democracy

It was destroyed by #DisasterCapitalism and #Neoliberalism

‘The city wants to finish off what Russia’s attacks began’: Kyiv residents fear property grab | Ukraine | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/09/the-city-wants-to-finish-off-what-russias-attacks-began-kyiv-residents-fear-property-grab

And that right there is the #capitalism the west so much loves.

#DisasterCapitalism

"For many Native Hawaiians, the ruins of Lahaina are a harbinger of what’s to come if Hawaiʻi continues to follow the capitalist system under US occupation."

Excellent overview of what is happening in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement especially right now in light of Lahaina.

#Lahaina #wildfire #DisasterCapitalism #Hawaiians #sovereignty

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/07/native-hawaiian-sovereignty-maui-wildfires

It's a very critical time for Maui. This article explains some of the issues - past, present, and future.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism

Friends, please consider supporting Maui's community on this petition.

https://www.hapahi.org/blog/stopstealingmauiswaterpetition

#Maui #MauiStrong
#capitalism #disastercapitalism
#water

#climatechange #disastercapitalism

And here come the predatory real estate buyers, just disgusting. In case we needed reminding that #Hawaii is colonized #maui #lahaina #ClimateCrisis #disastercapitalism https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maui-fire-victims-predatory-realtors-land-grab/

#climatechange #disastercapitalism

Outrage at plans to develop Turkey’s cultural heritage sites

The construction of tourist facilities on two beaches that were part of the ancient city of Phaselis – a tentative nominee for Unesco world heritage status – has caused outrage at what is claimed to be the latest example of the Turkish culture ministry sacrificing heritage for tourism.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/21/outrage-at-plans-to-develop-turkeys-cultural-heritage-sites

#Turkey #tourism #CulturalVandalism #archaeology #heritage #DisasterCapitalism

#disastercapitalism

In her 2007 book The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein describes the phenomenon of “disaster capitalism,” where private interests descend on a torn-up region in the wake of a natural or manmade disaster, snatching up land and chunks of the public sphere in a feeding frenzy, while their allies in government ram unpopular neoliberal programs past the distracted public.

Read an excellent article on #DisasterCapitalism

Disaster Capitalists Are Circling Maui Like Buzzards
https://jacobin.com/2023/08/diaster-capitalism-maui-hawaii-real-estate-opportunism-climate-crisis-wildfires?mc_cid=cab83891f1&mc_eid=4cd47ab3f0

@realTuckFrumper #DisasterCapitalism

#climatechange #disastercapitalism

#climatechange is going to be icing on the cake for #disastercapitalism

#climatechange #disastercapitalism

“The book has since been removed from the Amazon store, but an archived version of the listing shows 22 reviews, all of which are one star. Some reviewers believe that the book was written with generative AI like ChatGPT, with one such review claiming that the book “smells of AI.” #DisasterCapitalism https://gizmodo.com/ai-book-about-maui-wildfire-pulled-from-amazon-1850751250

The plantation economy has taken a huge toll on #water, draining ecologies and turning #Lahaina into a parched desert. Many Native Hawaiian communities in #Maui Komohana remain cut off from water, because the streams that once flowed through their valley are diverted for luxury subdivisions.
Plantation successors now engage in the most craven #disastercapitalism : using a profound human tragedy to roll back water rights

#hawaii #climatejustice #climatecrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism

A really important read from Naomi Klein about water, public goods, disaster capitalism (or what the first nations people call plantation disaster capitalism) on Maui.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism

#hawaii #maui #disastercapitalism #Waterrights #naomiklein #fire

Why was there no water to fight the fire in Maui? #DisasterCapitalism #ClimateEmergency #Maui https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@BlogWood
Exactly what happened after Hurricane Katrina smfh
💔 #DisasterCapitalism

Harry's Last Stand

The climate crisis crossed its Rubicon this summer. We are as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz said, "not in Kansas anymore. The rapacious greed of the entitled class drove the world into a hostile place where the environment is in riot and society is unforgiving to anyone not from the top 20% of income earners.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/the-climate-crisis-crossed-its-rubicon?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#HarrysLastStand #HarryLeslieSmith #JohnSmith
#DisasterCapitalism #capitalism #libertarianism #extinction