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, March 9, 2022

Posts that I especially recommend for Wednesday, March 9, 2022

  • Uncle Sam's Nazi Warriors by Mike Whitney from The Unz Review. My reaction: The mention of Nazis and Ukraine is never included in all the news reports by US media corporations. I imagine this is the same in all media controlled by capitalist media corporations in nations that are controlled by allies of the de-facto US/British/Zionist Empire.
  • CrossTalk | Liberal Order Collapse featuring a video of Peter Lavelle, who currently lives in Moscow, with his expert-guests from RT's channel on YouTube (25:09). (Note: RTAmerica not RT has been banned from the internet (web), or in the words of our official leaders and corporate news anchors, "canceled". This affects numerous American dissidents and views that are not compatible with our aggressive and desperate ruling capitalist class.)
  • Putin Lays Out Demands To End War features Jimmy Dore and guest Aaron Maté (of The Grayzone) add insights to Putin's demands to end the Ukraine war. Later in the interview Dore quotes Danny Haiphong regarding the war--from Dore's channel on YouTube (06:46). My reaction: Putin's demands are that of any leader of a self-respecting nation interested in security of his nation.
  • Cancel culture cancels culture: Boycott anyone who doesn't denounce Putin? featuring views that are not compatible with the directors of the de-facto US/British/Zionist Empire--from RT's channel on YouTube (03:41). My reaction: I think the view of Peter Gelb, the director of the Metropolitan Opera House, is spot-on when he says "What's happening today is different, it goes beyond the Cold War, it's a real war." This war in Ukraine brought on by NATO is a crucial war for the Empire: it is a desperate war to determine whether the Empire will exist or not. Russia, China, Iran and a host of other countries cannot tolerate the Empire's insistence on ruling the world. This is a fight-to-the-finish (def.).
Diabolic methods of propaganda and perception management are at work now that have no precedent. This is war waged in a new way — against domestic populations as well as those declared as enemies.
  • Russian judo tears the West apart by Pepe Escobar from The Saker weblog. My reaction: I don't understand many of his arguments because I am not capable of understanding international finance or economics. I am posting this article anyway because I have posted all of his articles in the past.
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