Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Mar 15 walks: I don't see a 'crisis' in Caracas? Where does MSM get their info? [post updated]

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, March 18, 2019

Mar 15 walks: I don't see a 'crisis' in Caracas? Where does MSM get their info? [post updated]

Independent journalist Eva Bartlett recently traveled to Venezuela to see what economic conditions were like, and she in this video via YouTube compares her experience with the Empire's propaganda issued by corporate and so-called public media corporations like NPR and BBC.

This is likely the first of many reports by Bartlett regarding the situation in Venezuela.

You may also be interested in another report entitled "On the Ground in Venezuela vs. the Media Spectacle" from independent British observers who have been on the streets of Caracas and other places in Venezuela.

British photojournalist Alan Gignoux and Venezuelan journalist-filmmaker Carolina Graterol, both based in London, went to Venezuela for a month to shoot a documentary for a major global TV channel. They talked with journalist Paul Cochrane about the mainstream media’s portrayal of Venezuela compared to their experiences on the ground.