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

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Posts that I especially recommend for Wednesday, February 23, 2022

  • 💥Technocracy: The Operating System For The New International Rules-Based Order by Iain Davis from Unlimited Hangout. This is a best post. (Note: The post is a very lengthy, difficult-to-understand article, but a very important article.) My reaction: I spent considerable time on this article, but I think it is time worth spent. It is filled with high-level political/economic organizations and their abbreviations, but the latter abbreviations are continued in the remainder of the lengthy text. In addition, Davis, a British citizen, presents a largely British point-of-view with extensive references to British, and Commonwealth, references. But to top all these difficulties--and it is my pet peeve--the author puts all quotes in large fonts and with bold letters to imply that these quotes should be taken seriously more than the text. But, if you have the time, wade through these difficulties and you will be rewarded with very insights about very important contemporary issues. I may comment on this post in the future.
  • 💥Oliver Stone & Abby Martin: Down the JFK Rabbit Hole featuring an interview conducted by Abby Martin with Oliver Stone--from Abby's Empire Files' channel on YouTube (53:58). This is a best post. My reaction: The story of Stone's awakening is unfortunately a story of only a minority of Americans who have been for decades indoctrinated, propagandized, distracted by entertainment, and their own comforts by the ruling capitalist class whose highly secretive CIA ran most operations of the development of their world-dominating de-facto US/British/Zionist Empire (see this and read this).
  • It Begins featuring Russell Brand, a British independent thinker of politics, exposing the latest moves by the ruling capitalist class via their government to label those who disagree with them as "terrorists"--from Brand's channel on YouTube (12:30).
  • Donbass and Crimea – an insider view from journalist Eva Bartlett featuring an interview conducted by Vanessa Beeley, a Brit, with Eva Bartlett, a Canadian. I consider both among the top journalists of the world along with Pepe Escobar, Jonathan Cook, and others--from Beeley's weblog The Wall Will Fall. (Note: I haven't listened to this, but I will.)
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