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, January 3, 2021

Posts that I especially recommend today: Sunday, January 3 , 2021

  • Never Forget How The MSM Smeared Assange: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix by Caitlin Johnstone from her weblog. (She starts off with an essay regarding the ongoing persecution of Assange, and ends up with thoughts related to his truth-telling.) My reaction: It seems that the ruling class is so immersed in lies that it cannot tolerate the truth, and the lying has been getting even worse because of well-paid careerists who can't, or won't, see the ultimate consequences. Unfortunately, the ruling capitalist class is sustained on lies, and they control our country.
  • Reiner Fuellmich | Full Interview In Berlin | Planet Lockdown (24:56) from EarthNewspaper. (Note: Fuellmich provides an update on the current German legal challenges that he is involved in. He says that "If we can convince a court of law that this is a false statement [re the validity of PCR tests], then the whole house of cards will come crashing down ....)
  • DSA Deny Their Own Manifesto Not To Advocate #ForceTheVote featuring Jimmy Dore using his YouTube channel to point out the hypocrisy of DSA and AOC. (Note: The 12:30m video does not explain what DSA is. These are the initials of the Democratic Socialists of America.) My reaction: Dore is right that the "progressives" in Congress are poseurs. They exist to pretend that the USA's government functions "democratically", but conservatives who are "democratically" elected stand in their way of progressive legislation. These "progressives" function as a cover for the capitalist ruling class to hide their self-serving agendas of profit and power. He is politically correct going after these "progressives" like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to expose what they are really all about--protecting their careers in Congress. This is a necessary step in a process to awaken the American people how "their" government representatives are all poseurs, that is, they pretend to serve their constituents back home while faithfully serving the ruling capitalist class who fund their political campaigns.
  • Good Science vs Bad Science and Propaganda: A review of [WTC Building] Seven by Dr. Piers Robinson from Off-Guardian. My reaction: He reminds us of all the lies told by the ruling class regarding events of 9/11. Can we trust their government bureaucrats to tell the truth about Covid-19 in spite of all the contrary and censored evidence supplied by medical specialists? I think not!
I noticed this article and found that it was a copy of an article posted on The Greanville Post, but whose headline did not reflect the contents. When I saw the dramatic headline, I immediately inferred that it was at least influenced by Patrice Greanville, the founder of The Greanville Post. I also read the "About" section of The Greanville Post and could find no mention of him. Perhaps he is no longer with this website, but he is clearly the founder. I ran some of his posts many years ago, but after some time I found them to be strongly biased toward revolutionary developments. The article, or rather the title--"Chile Votes to End Capitalist Rule", by Greanville is an excellent example of that bias.
Maclean's title is much more appropriate given the contents of the article. Although Greanville gives an important historical context of this event, the rewriting of their constitution, the contents no way suggests that "Chile Votes to End Capitalist Rule". Following a year of street protests, the Chilean ruling class has enabled the people to vote on writing a new constitution. But that is a long way from ending capitalist rule in Chile. The capitalist ruling class is likely to "manage" public opinion so that a bourgeois democracy results. After reading three other articles on this subject from Al Jazeera, Independent, and Internationalist 360°, I concluded that the latter website was the most objective along with the first video (of three) posted in Greanville's article. It is not likely that capitalism will be replaced by socialism (public ownership of the means of production), but that some elements of social democracy will be introduced in Chile.
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