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, March 20, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Friday, March 20, 2020

  • The Coronavirus Is Not the Plague: The Plague Is US by Edward Curtin from his weblog Behind the Curtain. (Note: Curtin refers to a metaphor in a novel by Camus, who wrote a book called The Plague in 1947, to warn us of a likely use of today's plague, the coronavirus. Camus used the metaphor, a plague, as representing the fascist forces that he experienced in Vichy France which collaborated with the Nazis during WWII. Curtin sees this metaphor as being relevant today and as a warning that fascist forces here in the USA, which are very much alive today, will likely use this very real plague of the coronavirus to keep us docile, obedient, and distracted from the crimes they are committing in the world.)
  • COVID-19: The Mutilated World Is Moved by the Nurses and Doctors by Vijay Prashad from Consortium News. (Note: In contrast to the warning by Curtin, he writes with a passionate appeal that this coronavirus plague should spur our efforts to demand that an effective public health system be established throughout the world. But he also warns us that "the world’s heads of governments rely upon fear to bewilder their populations; they thrive on panics of one kind or another.")
In a world in which is dominated by tiny rich and powerful ruling classes whose interests of profit and power impels them to serve their interests against the interests of the great majority of the world's population, corruption and conspiracies are likely in operation. Michel Chossudovsky reviews the contradictions and discrepancies, that he knows about, to challenge the reports that we are getting in mainstream media. Faulkner asks many questions about  governments and non-profits, and Chossudovsky shares his knowledge which suggests that all these bodies are substantially influenced by the rich and powerful.
I don't necessarily endorse his views (nor any of the others that I post), but I post all of those who are credible and sincerely trying to decipher the truth about our world. The latter has been thoroughly distorted by rich and powerful capitalists who I am convinced by an abundance of evidence that they are totally self-serving. 
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