GWYNNE DYER: Spanish election — Franco’s ghost? July 20, 2023 Spain has been a democracy since 1975, but right-wing Vox leader may dream of filling former dictator’s shoes Spain’s far right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal says he is open to forming national and regional governing coalitions with the mainstream conservative People’s Party after the … Continue reading Dyer-Spain, the far Right, The burning sun, the future . . .
Gwynne Dyer — Climate Crisis Speeding Up “What we’re seeing is climate impacts that scientists thought would accompany certain temperatures happening far more rapidly, with far more devastating effects than had been forecast,” said Dr. Simon Nicholson of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment at American University. “We didn’t think that the Arctic would crash … Continue reading Dyer- Climate Tipping Points Are In Sight & Near
Gwynne Dyer — July 12, 2023 Boing! Just like that! The Anthropocene officially started on July 11, we’re not in the Holocene anymore. That golden age of warm, stable climate in which humans started farming, grew their population a thousandfold, and created high-energy, hi-tech civilizations is at an end. “I was there when the Anthropocene … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Two Long-Range Weather Reports
Violence in France On Saturday, the fifth day of violent protests all over France against the police killing of an unarmed teenager,, the daily arrests dropped below 1,000 for the first time – but the violence became even more extreme. By Gwynne Dyer, in Opinion — July 4 2023 In L’Haÿ-les-Roses, a southern suburb of … Continue reading Dyer: Police Killings & Trouble In France
The Guardian #1- Ireland ‘playing with fire’ for opening debate on military neutrality, says president Michael D Higgins says government risks burying country in other people’s agendas amid ‘drift’ towards Nato Rory Carroll — Ireland correspondent — 19 Jun 2023 Ireland’s president has rebuked the government for launching a debate about the country’s longstanding military … Continue reading A Midweek Twofer: Ireland In NATO? India Dumping Democracy?? Shakeups In the “I” Countries