Our public officials, elected representatives, and business leaders could all be guilty of crimes against humanity. And it's up to us what we want to do about it. Ecocide is the crime of mass destruction of the environment and everything that lives in it. Because it's considered on par with things like genocide and torture, there's been a push since the 1970s to put ecocide under the purview of the International Criminal Court at The Hague.

 

And while the ICC has yet to classify ecocide as a crime, there's a growing body of evidence that suggests that it should do so, and do so soon. That's because the world's leading climate change organization, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has concluded that our fossil-fuel addiction is leading to an environmental destruction that could very possibly mean the end of industrial civilization - and possibly even much of the human race.

 

The IPCC's newest report, a summary of which was released today after months of deliberation, paints a devastating picture of the future of our planet. Global warming, it says, will soon lead to a parade of horribles including the breakdown of global food systems, shrinking water resources, and an increase in violent conflict.

 

In many ways, the nightmare has already begun. A large factor in the "Arab Spring" - from Tunisia to Syria to Egypt - has been climate-change-induced drought radically driving up the price - and driving down the availability - of wheat and other foodstuffs. Hungry people rise up, and they're doing it all around the world.

 

Read more here.

 

-Thom

 

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Time to Consider Ecocide a Crime? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

 

Get your copy of Thom's new book, The Crash of 2016, today and click here for tour dates & events!

 

Watch the video 'Last Hours' narrated by Thom Hartmann about the "time bomb" that is ticking underground, underwater and under ice... frozen methane that is now escaping and could trigger runaway climate change. www.lasthours.org

 

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Need to Know: Time to Consider Ecocide a Crime?
- Tom Weis, Climate Crisis Solutions / Ride for Renewables  

 

Screwed: Economic boost for millions? Raise the minimum wage
- Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO  

 

PLUS, Runaway Voting Rights
- Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Boston / Roosevelt Institute  

 

 

Stealing America's Future
- David Halperin, Stealing America's Future  

 

  

Friday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
Follow Bernie:     campaign site.

Article: "Billionaire mogul Sheldon Adelson looks for mainstream Republican who can win in 2016" by Matea Gold and Philip Rucker.

Article: "The Week in Review Friday, March 28, 2014" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "America's Taxation Tradition" by Paul Krugman.

Article: "Republican Party Platform of 1956", August 20, 1956.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act", 1970 (RICO).

Site: "Bank of North Dakota".

Article: "Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world" by Graeme Wearden.

Article: "The 67 People As Wealthy As The World's Poorest 3.5 Billion" by Kasia Moreno.

Article: "Pitfalls of Reverse Mortgages May Pass to Borrower's Heirs" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg.

Site: Environmental Educator.

Video: Who in Ukraine benefits from IMF bailout? Thom asks Dr. Michael Hudson, University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Article: "Harry Reid: Nate Silver 'bad most of the time'" By Dylan Byers.

Article: "Out-of-context joke sparks Twitter campaign to cancel Colbert" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "Christie is innocent, says Christie-ordered internal review " by Aliyah Frumin.

Article: "The Slut-Shaming of Bridget Anne Kelly" by Olivia Nuzzi.

Article: "Stepien's attorney says new Christie bridge scandal report bolsters client's claims" by Jason Grant.

Article: "Rahm Apologizes for Privately Calling Liberal Activists "Retarded"", Feb 2, 2010 by Julie Percha.

Article: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Site: Progressive Democrats of America.

Site: Move to Amend

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "" by .

Speech: "Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Democratic National Convention in New York" by Bill Clinton, July 16, 1992 (New Covenant).

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones 

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Article: "TRNS News Notes - 3/28/14" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes - 3/31/14" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Obama meets with Saudi king to 'look him in the eyes'" by Carrie Budoff Brown.

Article: "New FDA Food Label Rules Ignore the GMO Elephant in the Room" by Ronnie Cummins.

Article: "Federal Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Meat Labels" by Mary Clare Jalonick.

Article: "Obama administration to recognize same-sex marriages in Michigan" by Sari Horwitz.

Book: Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken.

Lawsuit: "Dodge v. Ford Motor Company", Mich. 1919.

Article: "14th Amendment

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Law: "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002" (McCain-Feingold).

Article: "Helminthic therapy" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Story of Edgar Cayce: There Is a River by Thomas Sugrue.

Book: "Magical Child" by Joseph Chilton Pearce.

Article: "Christian American Patriots Militia leader offers reward for President Obama's capture 'Dead or alive'" by Anomaly.

Article: "Ukraine Unlocks $27 Billion International Aid Deal" by Daryna Krasnolutska and Daria Marchak.

Documentary: Inequality For All - Robert Reich.

Video: "FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech Footage".

Site: Wolf PAC.

Site: Edgar Cayce.

       

Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET 

Hour One: Are Unions coming to college football?
- James Sherk, Heritage Foundation  

 

Plus, an economic boost for millions
- Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO  

 

And, do veterans support Keystone XL?
- Dave Saldana, PipeLIES Exposed.

 

 

Hour Three: Global food security threatened by warming world?
- Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists 

 

And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...

 

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We'll have all the best of the rest of the news...everything you won't hear from the corporate owned news media...

 

Plus, it's my honor to have a conversation with former President Jimmy Carter about women's rights...the subject of his new book, A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power

 

And, I'll have a conversation with climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann and ask him to share his thoughts and concerns on the latest IPCC report...

 

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Full Show 3/28/14: Conversations with Great Minds

On tonight's show a double Conversations with Great Minds. Thom talks with Dr. Michael Dorsey about climate change and if President Obama has lived up to campaign promises on climate policy, plus what needs to happen to address the issue. Thom also spoke with Billy Parish about the role younger Americans are playing in the struggle to prevent climate change.

Thom Hartmann on Science and Green News-March 31, 2014

Watch out for Reverse Mortgage Scams!

The Thom Hartmann Program - March 28, 2014

Caller: The Polluters Need to Pay!

Brunch With Bernie - March 28, 2014

Caller: Atheism is NOT a Religion

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