Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Posts I especially recommend for today: Monday, November 18, 2019

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, November 18, 2019

Posts I especially recommend for today: Monday, November 18, 2019

America’s enforcer in the Middle East. Paul Graham interviews (36:35m) Stephen Gowans who in my opinion is a leading political analyst in the world.

The US and Iran in Iraq: Protestors take over the streets, demanding government reforms “or else” by Elijah J Magnier from his weblog.

China, USA and the Geopolitics of Lithium by F. William Engdahl from New Eastern Outlook.

Bolivia – A Color Revolution – or a New Surge for Latin American Independence? by Peter Koenig from The Greanville Post.

Is the Middle East Beginning a Self-Correction? by Alistair Crooke from Strategic Culture Foundation.

The Hugely Important OPCW Scandal Keeps Unfolding. Here’s Why No One’s Talking About It. By Caitlin Johnstone from her weblog.

Scientists’ climate gap is narrowing by Alex Kirby from Climate News Network.

Wall Street Journal investigation confirms Google operates censorship blacklist by Andre Damon from World Socialist Web Site. (Note: WSWS and other websites are not all that is being censored by Google and YouTube which is owned by Google. Looking last night I ran into countless videos that were blocked by YouTube or its "owners" or the Deep State: see this, this, or any of these films: Money As Debt 2: Promises Unleashed; The Money Masters; Creature from Jekyll Island; 1929- The Great Wall St Crash & Depression; Fiat Empire- Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Constitution; War By Deception: The shadow government and shadow economy; etc. (scroll down to see all these blocked films)