A great piece of journalism on the human-level intersections between imperialism, migration, and the plastic industry.

Sunday extras: "A Deadly Trade — Refugee Labor in Turkey and Europe’s Plastic Waste" by Adnan Khan. merip.org/2024/06/a-dead…

“foreign soldiers…perfidiously hiding in an aid truck.” The hypocrisy is awe inspiring.

Make sure to read this article on waste trade, plastics, EU hypocrisy, Afghan refugees, Turkey, exploitation and impunity. Action is needed on so many fronts... merip.org/2024/06/a-dead…

How can you continue to take your guest seriously when, after being challenged about using TIk Tok as an information source, he says, “Well, go look at Facebook, or Instagram.” 🤦🏾‍♂️via ⁦New York Times Opinion⁩ nytimes.com/2024/06/14/opi…

Still wrapping my head around the choice American voters face in November: An endearing grandfather who sometimes forgets where he is and what he’s saying or a raging lunatic grandfather who has lost all sense of reality. #decliningempire #AmericanElection