Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Posts that I especially recommend today: Wednesday, July 22, 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

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Corruption in The Medical Field: US Doctors Threatened Over Hydroxychlorquine Use. Dr. Fauci is Blocking HCQ by Prof Michel Chossudovsky from Global Research.

Gates and Gov. Cuomo Take Advantage of COVID-19 and Re-Imagine the NY Education System by Curtis Cost from Children's Health Defense.

U.S. Claims Diplomatic Immunity For Covid-19 - Shuts Down Chinese Consulate by Bernhard (German) from his weblog Moon of Alabama.

WOOPSIE! Lockdown May Cost 200,000 Lives, UK Government Report Shows by Sarah Knapton from Anti-Empire.

Russian Scientist Says Second COVID Wave Impossible in Moscow, the City Already Well on Its Way to Herd Immunity byJohn Helmer from Anti-Empire.

COVID-19 Cases At Carswell Spike To More Than 500 As Reality Winner Tests Positive, Faces Retaliation by Kevin Gosztola from ShadowProof. (Note: Although Gosztola mentions the sister of Leigh Winner several times, I could not find Leigh's name mentioned once. Leigh Winner is a whistleblower accused, convicted, and imprisoned by a ruling class court of revealing government classified secrets. She, according to her sister, is not showing symptoms yet, but has been tested positive for COVID-19 and faces further punishment by prison authorities.)

Catch and Kill: The Protection Racket Used by Trump, Weinstein, Epstein and Wall Street by Pam and Russ Martens from their weblog Wall Street on Parade. (Note: The Martens disclose the more sophisticated means of censorship used by the ruling capitalist class.)

The “Russia Report”: Deep State reinforcing delusion to spread fear and seize power by Kit Knightly from Off-Guardian.

... it’s just the latest of the Deep State’s plays to secure as much power as possible as quickly as possible. If anything, it already feels old-fashioned, being authored in a pre-Covid world, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be put to use in service of the world’s “new normal”.

Washington’s Anti-Chinese “Pan-Asian Alliance” by Tony Cartalucci from New Eastern Outlook.

Extreme Heat Is a Climate Story. So Are its Unequal Impacts. From Covering Climate Now.