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

Friday, July 23, 2021

Posts that I especially recommend for Friday, July 23, 2021

We continue to make efforts to remind people who are most concerned about the life and death issues regarding the SARS-2 pandemic that the ruling establishment keenly knows the average person’s weaknesses and the means to capitalize on those weaknesses to strengthen its control over the agenda. And control over the nation’s media is paramount for tightening its grip on our thoughts, emotions and beliefs.
 
We tend to believe journalists not because we expect them to accurately fact check their statements. More often than not the average person simply assumes the media source would not publish something that is untrue. However underneath these widespread assumptions there lurks this nefarious beast “calling the shots”.
  • Taking Education Back From Wall Street featuring Anders Lee from the channel of Redacted Tonight on YouTube (05:36m) commenting in a style of "tongue in cheek" (def.) on the change to elect the school board in Chicago.
Anders Lee reports on Chicago's school system. Chicago's school system is in the pockets of the school privatization movement and the results haven't been positive for most students. There's now push back from the public who want to return their education system into the hands of a public school board.
  • Two Things Matter featuring Prof. (retired) Guy McPherson, an independent scientist (via his YouTube channel--(04:00m), who has fearlessly focused his attention and career on the climate crisis.
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