Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Posts that I especially recommend today: Monday, Aug. 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

Monday, August 3, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Monday, Aug. 3, 2020

Do Not Let Them Train You by Caitlin Johnstone from her weblog.

America’s Frontline Doctors’ website removed after viral video censored by John C. A. Manley from Off-Guardian. (Note: If you liked this, you may also be interested in these articles: this article (from an epidemiology journal), "Doctors for The Truth – all over the world", "Remdesivir for Covid-19: $1.6 Billion for a “Modestly Beneficial” Drug?", and one entitled "Video: Hollywood Celebrities and the Covid-19 Fear Campaign".

LOCKDOWN LUNACY 3.0—It’s over. By J.B. Handley from Children's Health Defense. (Note: Also, you might be interested in the following articles: "Who is Behind 'Fake News'? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images" and "New Study: COVID Restrictions Killing 10,000 Children per Month, ‘Wasting’ and ‘Stunting’ Millions More".) (My reaction: While reading these articles, I recalled my thoughts last night while viewing the film The New American Century (2009) which I've now added to films that I recommend. I thought it was ridiculous for my fellow Americans to be caught up in the post-9/11 frenzy of hating Muslims which they viewed as "terrorists".)

Racism, Sexism, Classism – The Necessary Incoherence Of ‘Mainstream’ Ethical Debate by David Edwards from Media Lens.

XIII Theses on the Imminent Ecological Catastrophe and the (Revolutionary) Means of Averting It. By Michael Löwy from Global Ecosocialist Network.