Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Posts that I especially recommend for Tuesday, April 20, 2021

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

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Posts that I especially recommend for Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Perspectives on the Pandemic: “The pharmaceutical industry is manufacturing all these medical journal articles, behind the scenes, for marketing purposes.” from Off-Guardian. (Note: This article consists mostly of a 41:42m video interview with Leemon McHenry, a bioethicist and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge conducted by John Kirby.)

The Legitimacy of the WHO as a Gold Standard of Health is Dubious. Analysis and Review by Dr. Gary Null and Richard Gale from Global Research (based in Canada).

NYU Professor Fights Back Against the Academic Crybullies from Minds and The Corbett Report in a 45:55m video report. (Note: Mark Crispin Miller has been teaching at NY University for a number of years. He explains how and why his academic job is at stake despite his teaching techniques of critical thinking in the context of propaganda.) My reaction: This is another piece of evidence that the concentration of wealth under advanced capitalism can stifle critical thinking even in an academic setting. If you, in any way, challenge ruling class narratives in an advanced capitalist system, you will be punished by losing the means of supporting yourself.

Think like a doctor, scientist, ecologist and economist – then become a conscientious objector by Rob Verkerk PhD; founder, scientific and executive director, ANH-Intl from Alliance for Natural Health (ANH-Intl).

Lockdowns and the Natural Order by Ethan Yang from American Institute for Economic Research.

MSM Finally Begins Admitting The PCR False Positive Cover Up & The Real World Experiment Exposed featuring Ryan Cristián and his video commentary (about an hour) from The Last American Vagabond.

‘Be Careful Because Some Things That Are Termed A Conspiracy Are True’ – Edward Snowden by Arjun Walia from Collective Evolution. (Note: This includes a 19:23m video in British comedian Russel Brand interviews Snowden.)

Protecting the OPCW against transparency – who is Nathalie Loiseau? by Vanessa Beeley from her weblog The Wall Will Fall.

New Green Deal + Old War Deal = Same Rotten Deal by Frank Scott from Dissident Voice.

While this seemingly hopeful program of another new deal for domestic progress is proposed in order to save capitalism once again by muffling if not smothering calls for more radical change, the old deal of the murderous warfare state is even more dangerous than ever, with the amateurs of the Trump regime replaced by more experienced creators of policies of mass murder to preserve the alleged chosen people status of American capital and its servant class of more diverse than ever professionals who arrange minority rule and convince people it‘s democracy.

Xinjiang Native Speaks Out: “Western Media Jeopardizing Uyghurs Interests” features Dan Cohen from Mint Press News interviewing via long distant video in about an hour.

The Unraveling of the American Empire by Chris Hedges from Scheerpost.

The Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick's Death. And They Just Got Caught. By Glenn Greenwald from his weblog at Substack.

Xi's Boao Forum Speech And The Messed Up Reporting Around It by Bernhard, a German independent blogger from his weblog Moon of Alabama.

Exploitative Trade Rules: The World Trade Organisation by Rod Driver from his weblog Elephants in the Room.

The Illusion of US and British Government Aid by Rod Driver from his weblog Elephants in the Room. My reaction: The two posts (this and the above) have been covered in past years by this weblog, but the American people still don't get it. It's probably a case of "better late than never". However if we fully realized such views back in the 1970s, we might still be looking at a future.

The politics of climate change by Mustafa Hyder Sayed from CGTN (a major Chinese media news agency).

Whale Songs by Caitlin Johnstone, an Australian independent blogger, from her weblog.

‘All Eyes on BlackRock’ — Climate Activists Demand Shareholder Action by Jessica Corbett from Children's Health Defense.

Farmers Warn That A Megadrought In The Western U.S. Threatens To Cause Devastating Crop Failures In 2021 by Michael Snyder from Activist Post.

Can Extreme Melt Destabilize Ice Sheets? A Continental-Scale Picture by researchers at Stanford University from SciTechDaily.

Self-Reinforcing Feedback Loop #7, Climate-Change Summary by Prof. (retired) Guy McPherson, an independent scientist who has focused on the climate crisis, from his YouTube channel.