White Supremacist Storm Hits Texas: Climate Injustice Harms Marginalised Communities

Capitalist-Made Climate Crisis Wreaks Havoc in Texas

Hurricane Beryl, egged on by the fossil fuel industry and government inaction, made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday, a disgusting reminder of the violent climate crisis forced upon us by the rich and their cruel neoliberal lackeys.

• Beryl rips through Texas, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake
• Death, destruction, and disaster capitalism: the true cost of Beryl

With winds of over 80 mph, Beryl hit near Matagorda, a Texas coastal community, at 4:30 a.m., sustaining winds of 75 mph as it moved inland, killing at least one person and wreaking capitalist-imperialist destruction. The violence of this storm is a direct response to the violence humans have inflicted on our planet through unfettered carbon emissions and war-mongering.

"This is just the beginning. The climate crisis will continue to get worse until we dismantle the systems that created it." - Anonymous Activist

Pictures and videos from the scene show the true cost of neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism, ravaging an already embattled Texas.

A Community Resists:

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, in a rare moment of empathy, issued a disaster declaration for 120 counties over the weekend, a Band-Aid on a gaping wound inflicted by the ruling class on the backs of the working poor.

The Global South Suffers:

Meanwhile, last week, Beryl destroyed the lives and homes of The Global South, leaving at least 11 dead, a number sure to rise as the true toll of white supremacy and capitalist greed becomes apparent. This storm strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane, the earliest on record, yet another record for a burning world fueled by patriarchal colonialism.

Written by Saman Shafiq, a warrior journalist exposing the truths of late-stage capitalism.