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, January 4, 2022

Posts that I especially recommend for Tuesday, January 4, 2022

  • Killing the First Amendment by Philip Giraldi from the Altworld's weblog on Substack. My reaction: Giraldi points to the US justice system's use of "lawfare" to target journalists and bloggers who use Strategic Culture Foundation. This will also target me. I can expect future legal repercussions because of my re-posting of SCF articles. BTW, the First Amendment to the Constitution reads:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
 
This amendment, like all amendments to US Constitution, was added after the Constitution was written by the revered "Founding Fathers" in order to sweeten its passage by the US States. 
  • EXCLUSIVE: Gloria Allred 'predicts' Prince Andrew's future (FULL show), or three new subjects from RT via YouTube (26:11). My reaction: Tired of scaremongering that corporate media spreads and you're not afraid of RT despite YouTube's scary warning that it is sponsored by Russia? If not, you might be interested in RT's substantive selection of three news items that this video covers.
  • Making Mars and Venus habitable is possible from RT's channel on YouTube (04:49). My reaction: Good news for the fantasies of billionaires who dream of living on other planets away from the nuclear and climate crises of Earth. Do you know who will pay for this venture?
The US may have assassinated Soleimani, but the illegal aggression has not thwarted the Quds Force general's plans for West Asia one bit, and may even have accelerated them.
 
Two years ago, the 2020s started with a murder.
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