Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Posts that I especially recommend today: Tuesday, February 4, 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

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Tuesday, February 4, 2020

I apologize for the lateness of this post. It is a result of computer problems I experienced yesterday and a dental problem I experienced this morning.

The Apocalypse Will Not Be Televised by "xraymike79" from Collapse of Industrial Civilization.

Doomsday Clocks and Apple Watches by John Eskow from CounterPunch. (Note: This article discusses the more imminent of threats to the human species--global nuclear war implemented by the capitalist ruling classes that direct the US/Anglo/Zionist Empire.)

Australia Is Still Burning. Will The Media Stay With The Story? from Covering Climate Now.

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency by Ripple et al from BioScience.

Plastic Meets the Road and Capitalism’s Role in Climate Change by Paul Haeder from Dissident Voice. (Note: He reports about the views of a recent visitor-speaker, Pat DeLaquil, an energy policy expert, in Newport, Oregon. I know Newport and Waldport, where Haeder lives, very well; so I was particularly interested in the recognition by DeLaquil of capitalism's role in environmental degradation. But we differ: Pat DeLaquil apparently believes that there is still time for a capitalist economy which can turn from its degradation. I do not: even if capitalism could re-position itself to safeguard the environment (with which I totally disagree)--it is too late.

A Cold War lesson for the climate change era: Why we need a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty by Tzeporah Berman, Peter Newell, and Matthew Stilwell from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

The United States of America’s Doll House: A Vast Tapestry of Lies and Illusions by Edward Curtin from his weblog Behind the Curtain. (Note: To my recollection, he never mentions capitalism as the source of our major difficulties. Thus, I assume he is a social democrat and agrees with Eric Zuesse who wrote "That’s not what capitalism was supposed to be.")

Big Banks Admit True Fear Is Socialism from Lee Camp's Redacted Tonight show on RT (via YouTube).

In honour of Syrian Arab Army and allies REAL war on terror by Vanessa Beeley from Patreon.

Pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman is top funder of group behind Iowa’s disastrous voting app by Max Blumenthal from The Grayzone.

Putin Prepares To Release Iowa Caucus Results by Bernhard from his weblog Moon of Alabama. (Note: This German blogger reacts with sarcasm to US elections. We must be the laughingstock of much of the world outside of the US.)