Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Posts that I especially recommend today: Sunday, May 31, 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

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Sunday, May 31, 2020

Young White Men Abuse George Floyd Protests For Violence And Looting by Bernhard (Germany) from his weblog Moon of Alabama.

US has deadliest police culture in modern world - George Floyd family co-counsel from RT (via YouTube). (Note: Police Unions are very strong with the sole exception to other labor unions in the USA. Could it be that they are protecting the ruling capitalist class?)

Police Deny Any Connection to Mysterious Minneapolis “Umbrella Man” Saboteur by Raul Diego from Mint Press News (based in Minneapolis). (Note: This is the latest example regarding police infiltration of protests in order to discredit the latter.)

Nothing Is Certain But Death, Taxes, And Police Infiltration Of US Protests by Caitlin Johnstone from her weblog.

As Chief Prosecutor, Klobuchar Declined to Bring Charges Against Cop that Killed George Floyd by Alan Macleod from Mint Press News.

LAPD’s Hollywood Office: How The Department Shaped ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ from Shadowproof. (Note: This shows how the ruling class shapes views about fascist cop-killers in the USA.)

U.S. Lectures World on Human Rights as Cops Kill Blacks With Impunity by Finian Cunningham from Strategic Culture Foundation.

“Germ-Ridden Masses” – How America’s Wealthy Elite Describe the Rest of Us by Alan Macleod from Mint Press News.

In the West: Propaganda, Hysteria and Truly Foul Breath! by Andre Vltchek from Dissident Voice.

Nobel prize-winning scientist: the Covid-19 epidemic was never exponential by Freddie Sayers from Unherd. (Note: The scientist uses Hubei province, and the capital of this province is Wuhan.)

“It’s all Bullsh*t” – 3 Leaks that Sink the Covid Narrative by Kit Knightly from Off-Guardian.

Sunrise Movement Being Co-Opted By Biden Task Force by Jimmy Dore of The Jimmy Dore Show (via YouTube). My reaction: Even liberal Jimmy Dore sees through the attempt to co-opt the Sunrise Movement.)