How Capitalism Exploits Natural Disasters
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We all know hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires can be bad…but did you know that capitalist regimes LOVE natural disasters? Come enjoy this week’s dose of “wow, they really are that evil” and learn about how capitalism exploits natural disasters. Hope you enjoy!
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Citations and Further Reading:
Hurricane Fiona
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Fiona#Puerto_Rico
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/12/power-outages-puerto-rico-hurricane-fiona
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210318/fema-public-assistance-funding-tops-3-billion-puerto-rico
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/23/1124345084/impact-hurricane-fiona-puerto-rico
Hurricane Ian
https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-ron-desantis-storms-florida-weather-a775186161b80f6ce706c03fa04fe978
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/by-the-numbers-hurricane-ian-catastrophic-damage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/04/hurricane-ian-statistics-deaths-winds-surge/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/05/hurricane-ian-was-less-a-natural-disaster-than-a-human-made-one-we-must-stop-building-on-swamps
“Natural disasters” and disaster capitalism
https://youtu.be/v2ZVx8QiEUg
https://www.preventionweb.net/news/why-natural-disasters-arent-all-natural
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/why-hurricane-katrina-was-not-a-natural-disaster
https://naomiklein.org/rise-disaster-capitalism/
https://books.google.com/books?id=cpmRBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/rise-disaster-capitalism/
https://socialistrevolution.org/hurricane-ian-devastates-florida/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/07/how-cuba-is-dealing-with-the-devastation-of-hurricane-ian/
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-disaster-capitalism/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/18/first-hit-privatization-puerto-rico-total-blackout-fiona-makes-landfall
Hurricanes and climate change
https://time.com/6218075/hurricane-ian-climate-change-impact/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/climate/climate-change-hurricanes.html
Fossil fuel companies hid climate change science for decades
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/30/climate-crimes-oil-and-gas-environment
Hurricane Katrina
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/naomi-klein-how-power-profits-from-disaster
https://books.google.com/books?id=pTvGAcSEn4gC&printsec=frontcover
Real estate developments in Florida
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/09/12/the-cost-of-coastal-capitalism-how-greedy-developers-left-miami-ripe-for-destruction/
Violence during Katrina
https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/blackwater-down/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/naomi-klein-how-power-profits-from-disaster
https://books.google.com/books?id=pTvGAcSEn4gC&printsec=frontcover
FEMA money
https://books.google.com/books?id=pTvGAcSEn4gC&printsec=frontcover
Courts back insurance companies
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3442801&page=1
Republican Study Committee ideas
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/journalism/cases/katrina/Press/Nation/Nation%20Reconstruction%20Ideas.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/naomi-klein-how-power-profits-from-disaster
Privatization of Puerto Rico’s electricity, schools, and pro-business tax laws
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/10/10/23391700/puerto-rico-hurricane-recovery-colonialism-debt
https://theintercept.com/2017/09/12/in-wake-of-hurricane-irma-vultures-eye-puerto-ricos-electric-grid-for-privatization/
https://youtu.be/pTiZtYaB3Zo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/naomi-klein-interview-puerto-rico-the-battle-for-paradise
Condoleezza Rice’s words
https://www.c-span.org/video/?184974-1/secretary-state-nomination-hearing-day-1
Florida House Republicans vote against disaster relief
https://truthout.org/articles/every-single-florida-house-republican-voted-against-disaster-relief-funding/
Postcard company tells workers to come in
https://twitter.com/jonahfurman/status/1574813494070878210
Florida real estate expected to go up
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2022/10/07/for-florida-real-estate-that-survived-hurricane-ian-a-price-bump-awaits/?sh=135d23e45bd4
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/13/climate/florida-real-estate-hurricane-ian.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/us/florida-hurricane-housing-crisis.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/06/1127083845/hurricane-ian-florida-property-insurance
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