#agent-orange — Public Fediverse posts

Zusammenhänge:

"am 20. Juni 1948 nach geheimer Vorbereitung die D-Mark... eingeführt"

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4hrungsreform_1948_(Westdeutschland)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4hrungsreformen_in_Deutschland#1948_in_der_Sowjetischen_Besatzungszone

"USA und Großbritannien im Februar 1948❗ (Vorschlag) im Alliierten Kontrollrat...

Die DM-Banknoten ... wurden ab 1947❗
von der American Bank Note Company
in New York City ... gedruckt."

"Der geheim gehaltene Geldtransport namens Operation Bird Dog fand von Februar bis April 1948❗statt"

Zur selben Zeit :

1947 - 1949 übernahm die USA von England den Vernichtungskrieg gegen das antifaschistische Griechenland, Operation Fackel, am Grammos = Napalm-Bomben (#agentorange?) 30. August 1949.

#GriechischerBürgerkrieg #USA #Großbritannien #Antifa #Griechenland #Antifaschismus #OperationFackel #Grammos #KalterKrieg #OstWestKonflikt #Europa #England #Westdeutschland #Geschichte #Politik #Gesellschaft #Demokratie #Bildung #Staatsbürgerkunde #Deutschland #BRD #Whiskydiktatur #Monarchie #Kapitalismus #Imperialismus #Faschismus

@Sassinake @rbreich

My friend, I'm surprised you feel that way.

From a certain point of view (mine), I didn't contradict. I believe I amplified, albeit triflingly.

Maybe some people will feel as you do. I think MORE people will look at my comment in the spirit intended by Mr. Reich's post, clearly written for #StarWarsDay, and see it as encouragement.

Let's send #AgentOrange back to his wretched hive of scum & villainy. (Or into the Sarlacc in the Great Pit of Carkoon!)

#mtfwby

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sassinake/116517558087533576

[Quoting to clarify…]

Don't fret, my dear friend! You misinterpreted my message.

I loved the video. The last word, "Try.", reminded me of what Yoda would say.

Think of ESB. Hearing Yoda's words, what was Luke's reaction? Was it to do or to do not? (Feeling Shakespearean!)

Luke had doubts at first, but soon he did it. He defeated the Emperor.

My comment is to encourage others: Let's follow the example of Yoda & Luke. Don't TRY to topple #AgentOrange. Just DO it. (Now feeling Nike!)

@Sassinake @rbreich

Don't fret, my dear friend! You misinterpreted my message.

I loved the video. The last word, "Try.", reminded me of what Yoda would say.

Think of ESB. Hearing Yoda's words, what was Luke's reaction? Was it to do or to do not? (Feeling Shakespearean!)

Luke had doubts at first, but soon he did it. He defeated the Emperor.

My comment is to encourage others: Let's follow the example of Yoda & Luke. Don't TRY to topple #AgentOrange. Just DO it. (Now feeling Nike!)

I realized why the #Trump regime is harassing #JamesComey. Trump has confused the terms #eightySix (86) and #deepSix. 86 means to get rid of something, but deep six means to bury, as in a grave, which are typically six feet deep.

This is similar to #AgentOrange confusing terms like…
• #incursion & #excursion
• #Greenland & #Iceland
• #GulfOfMexico & that of "America"
• etc.

The problems are all because of #Trump's #cognitiveDecline.

It could “eviscerate investments in fundamental research and in the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers for our nation,” Stassun said.

« Plus de 250 personnes ont inauguré une stèle en hommage aux victimes de l’#agentOrange, samedi, dans le parc de Choisy. Elles et ils ont rappelé les dégâts colossaux des épandages par l’armée étasunienne de ce puissant herbicide pendant la #guerreDuVietnam. Un #écocide qui affecte encore aujourd’hui les diasporas originaires du #Vietnam, du #Cambodge et du #Laos. »

https://vert.eco/articles/ce-memorial-sinscrit-dans-des-decennies-de-lutte-a-paris-la-premiere-stele-de-france-en-memoire-des-victimes-de-lagent-orange
#dioxine #armesChimiques #phytovictimes #JusticePourTranToNga

Aadam Jacobs recorded thousands of concerts on tape throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. These recordings have now been made publicly available on Archive.org.

Check: https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs

#AgentOrange #BabesInToyland #Chixdiggit #TheCure #ElVez #RokyErickson #TavFalco #Fugazi #TheGetUpKids #TheGories #GroovieGhoulies #JacuzziBoys #L7 #TheManges #Minutemen #Nirvana #PereUbu #TheReplacements #Servotron #ShonenKnife #SonicYouth #TheSplashFour #TeenIdols #YouthOfToday #Punk #IndieRock #Tapes

Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.

1988 ... you can't say you didn't know. He spelled it out back then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hghq7mLOMr0

#orangeclown #agentorange #taco

The Destruction of Nature is a Cost of War

by Ci Davis

We have become accustomed to seeing the human impacts of war, from starvation in Sudan to the almost 100,000 killed in Gaza, but most people will be less familiar with the environmental impacts. On February 28th, another Middle East war broke out when the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran. In the first few hours, the Supreme Leader was killed, followed by the bombing of a school, killing 150 Iranian schoolgirls, and soon after, columns of smoke began to rise from targeted hits on petrochemical infrastructures.  

Over the past three weeks, oil refineries, gas fields, tankers, nuclear facilities, desalination plants, oil storage tanks, air bases, and industrial areas have all been attacked. The water, marine and toxic-air pollution are a consequence of the smoke from the multiple infernos, from the widely dispersed toxic fragments, and from the many chemicals and heavy metals that escape into the soil and water, caused by thousands of bomb and missile strikes

The human and environmental costs of another war prompted two protests in Sheffield. On 21st March, 150 people demonstrated outside the Town Hall to call for an end to the war on Iran and also made connections with other current conflicts, including Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine and Cuba.  

Our media tends to represent the environmental impacts of war as collateral damage, an unfortunate side effect, but really, they are a deliberate and targeted means of disrupting the lives of people by making their connection to land fragile or even untenable.  No clearer example exists than the use of Agent Orange to defoliate the forests of Vietnam that left millions of Vietnamese and hundreds of thousands of US veterans with multigenerational health disorders and birth defects. Environmental harm is one of the ways that war impacts lives that can last many decades.

The environmental impacts of war cannot be separated from the environmental costs of the military machine itself, which is responsible for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, which rose by a staggering 9.4% in 2024. The US military is the largest institutional emitter of GHGs that are responsible for climate change, burning 270000 barrels of oil daily. Countries are not required to produce figures for the wartime emissions, but recently it is estimated that the war in Ukraine has produced 237 million tonnes of CO2, the Gaza conflict 32 million tonnes and in the first 5 days of the Iran war 5 million tonnes. At a time when all countries should be doing everything to reduce climate and environmental damage, the resort to war is escalating the harm. 

Apocalyptic images, showing clouds of black toxic smoke blocking out the sun over Tehran, following the bombings of local oil depots on 7th March, are haunting. The oily residues, soot and sulphur-laden smoke, combined with a rare rainstorm, produced acid rain, causing immediate respiratory impacts with a lasting health legacy. For people who had already experienced chemical weapons attacks during the Iran-Iraq war, this environmental warfare was experienced as chemical warfare again.

The Middle East is experiencing the climate crisis through water insecurity. The conflict in Syria, which displaced 1.5 million people between 2007 and 2010, was in part precipitated by drought.  There are clear parallels to Iran today. After six years of drought, the water supply to Tehran was at just 11% capacity, and the shortage of water to drink or to supply agriculture contributed to protests in January 2026. War is exploiting this suffering, with all parties having targeted water and sewerage systems that, if continued, threaten to displace people throughout the region, as well as causing severe health impacts.  

Most of us will be familiar with the skeletons of buildings and mountains of debris from TV images of Gaza. The 61 million tonnes of rubble are laden with asbestos, unexploded weapons, dead bodies, and untreated sewerage that has rendered the land unfit for agriculture. The clearance will take decades and burn through hundreds of thousands more tonnes of fossil fuel, and we are seeing the same thing being repeated across Iran and the Gulf.

Years after wars end, the land, air and sea will remain contaminated. Thankfully, the deliberate targeting of the environment is becoming recognised in International Law as a war crime or ecocide and can be punished under the ICC’s Rome Statute. If it is demonstrated that the military intentionally launched an attack, knowing that it will cause long-term severe damage to the natural environment, that is excessive to the military advantage anticipated, then prosecutions may follow. 

As the war drags on, it risks total destruction of the oil-fields, spillage of nuclear material, and depleted Uranium contamination. These huge environmental threats will have global impacts, experienced as economic shocks and agricultural losses, threatening food security.  War demonstrates our intimate connection with the land and the importance of environmental protection.

Most people oppose the war, the use of UK bases in support of it, and sending the military to the Middle East.  We should make our voices heard, calling upon world leaders to respond to our opposition and pull back from the brink, for the sake of people and the planet.

For more information on what you can do, contact: [email protected] 

References

Gayle, D. (2025, May 31). What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/what-is-ecocide-and-could-it-become-a-under-international-law

Gayle, D. (2026, March 20). From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/19/down-to-earth-iran-us-israeli-war-environmental-destruction

Holmes, O., Gayle, D., & Ahmedzade, T. (2026, March 23). Tehran’s toxic cloud: Satellite images show oily fires burned for days. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/tehran-toxic-cloud-satellite-image-oil-fires

Meadway, J. (2026, January 15). How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests

Moneer, Z. (2026, March 22). Water Infrastructure Has Become a Target in Modern Warfare. Earth.Org. https://earth.org/from-lifeline-to-strategic-weapon-how-water-infrastructure-becomes-a-target-in-armed-conflicts/

Neimark, B., & Mackintosh, K. (2025, November 4). How wars ravage the environment – and what international law is doing about it. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.4yt3f6ys7

New data reveals the Military Emissions Gap is growing wider. (2025, November 6). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/new-data-reveals-the-military-emissions-gap-is-growing-wider/

Palmer, M. G. (2005). The legacy of agent orange: Empirical evidence from central Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine, 60(5), 1061–1070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.037

Photos: Dire water shortages pile misery on Gaza’s starving population. (n.d.). Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 March 2026, from https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/8/4/unprecedented-water-crisis-in-gaza-amid-israeli-induced-starvation

The US-Israel war on Iran and how war and conflict are destroying the environment. (2026, March 19). Greenpeace International. https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/82201/iran-lebanon-war-environment-climate-impacts/

Three days of Operation Epic Fury: Rapid overview of environmental harm in Iran and the region. (2026, March 3). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/three-days-of-operation-epic-fury-rapid-overview-of-environmental-harm-in-iran-and-the-region/