IM News May 2, 2023: LGBTQ, MA state budget, Climate battles in Brazil, Still protesting in France.

Please donate to the show!This is IM news for Tuesday, May 2, 2023.This Week’s Activism!All week – Families for Justice as Healing Week of Action for No New Women’s Prison - see their site for opportunities to take actionMay 2nd 6:30pm Acton Climate Coalition - Building with Clean EnergyMay 4th 10am – MassCare lobby day to pass Medicare for All at the state levelMay 16th 1pm - MA Social Workers organizing legislative briefing on the Super Act, State House room 428And if you know of any actions happening, please let us know!  We’ll announce them each week.  Find us, Incorruptible Mass, on any social media platform, or email us at [email protected] the start of a two-day meeting in Berlin attended by dozens of top climate envoys, Germany called for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for renewable energy. Investment funds branded as green or socially responsible are being used by asset managers to invest hundreds of millions of $ in fossil fuel companies, according to a report by the Common Wealth thinktank.Brazil’s battle to reclaim its largest Indigenous territory from tens of thousands of illegal miners has taken a deadly turn after at least five people were killed. The bloodshed began on Saturday afternoon when masked illegal miners  launched an attack on a Yanomami village.InternationalFood Shortages Worsen in Sudan as Battles Continue Despite Ceasefires (DN)Nationwide protests continue in France against the governments raising the retirement age from 62 to 64: Unions had called for a big turnout on Monday and hundreds of thousands attended about 300 demonstrations across France.  NationalUS Debt ceiling could cause national gov’t to officially “default” on debt as soon as June 1. US Surgeon General released an 81-page report concluding that Loneliness poses threat as dangerous to people’s health as smoking in the post-COVID eraMusician and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96LGBTQ & womenMissouri state rep Zooey Zephyr has been silenced for speaking out against anti-tran law. She is no longer allowed to enter the chambers or speak on any bills, though she can still take votes.Republican lawmakers in Kansas overrode a veto by Democratic Governor Laura Kelly, enacting legislation that bars trans people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity in schools, locker rooms, prisons, domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers.Oklahoma governor signs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, like puberty blockersIn MA, the LGBTQ Youth commission’s nearly 300-page report makes recommendations to 21 agencies and officials across state government so MA can stand up against these bills in other states and provide comprehensive care for LGBTQ youth.Senate GOP has blocked the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. State9th and 10th Suffolk district primaries are today!  Because there are no Republicans running in these districts, the vote today will almost certainly determine who these two state reps will be.Massachusetts has the sixth-strongest gun laws in the nation; State House lawmakers are in the early stages of a statewide listening tour on gun issues.After three days of deliberations that mostly occurred out of the public eye — secrecy that drew criticism from the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance — the House budget is done one day ahead of schedule. House lawmakers unanimously approved a $56.2 billion budget — $700,000 more than Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal.