Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Are you sure you want to read today's posts? If you do, these are my recommendations for today: Friday, January 3, 2020

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

Friday, January 3, 2020

Are you sure you want to read today's posts? If you do, these are my recommendations for today: Friday, January 3, 2020

Iranian crisis: (I don't know where, but in one of the many articles I read refers to an Iraqi group by the name of Kataeb Hezbollah. Michelle Greenstein explains (from RT) what she knows about this group.)

US assassinates top Iranian general as 4,000 troops readied for Iraq intervention by Bill Van Auken from World Socialist Web Site.

U.S. Will Come To Regret Its Assassination of Qassim Soleimani by Bernhard from Moon of Alabama.

Iran says US crossed ‘red lines’ by assassinating Qassem Soleimani from Al-Masdar Al-‘Arabi (The Arab Source).

US Assassination Of Top Iranian Military Official May Ignite World War by Caitlin Johnstone from her weblog. (You should know what PMF refers to.)

Fear of a Major Mideast War by Joe Lauria from Consortium News.

Angry Iranians rally in huge numbers to call for revenge from PressTV (Iran).

Iran Leader vows 'harsh revenge' following assassination of Gen. Soleimani from PressTV (Iran).

Irreplaceable General: Will war in the Middle East follow the death of Soleimani? from United World (based in Turkey).

Other posts that may interest you:

Turkish Parliament Approves Invasion of Libya from Internationalist 360°.

Libya: The Battle for Tripoli Enters its Final Days originally from Al Arab but translated and posted on Internationalist 360°.

The Crisis in Mediterranean from Defend Democracy Press.

How the US was hoist by its own petard in Iraq and the wishful thinking of its thinktanks. By Elijah J Magnier from his weblog.

The Dangers of Privatized Intelligence by Joyce Nelson CounterPunch.

Why Is Wall Street the Only Industry in America With Access to the Fed’s Endless Money Machine? by Pam Martens and Russ Martens from their weblog Wall Street on Parade.

Assange and Manning: The Slow Execution of the Voices of Freedom by Massoud Nayeri from Global Research.

‘US is torturing Chelsea Manning’: Top UN official says her treatment is ‘cruel and degrading’ from RT.

Chelsea Manning should be a hero – Galloway on UN support for Whistleblower a 7:12m video from RT.

Capitalism's ongoing degradation of our home planet Earth:

‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn by Damian Carrington from Defend Democracy Press.

Australia’s Angry Summer: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like from Defend Democracy Press.

Atlantic current could falter before 2100 by Tim Radford from Climate News Network. (This conservative website always underestimates the acceleration of climatic events, in my opinion.)