Patriarchy lives in world oligarchs.  The aggression and violence are endemic with most of these people, to gain supremacy and power.

https://anticapitalistresistance.org/russias-feminists-are-in-the-streets-protesting-putins-war/ –As Russian citizens and feminists, we condemn this war. Feminism as a political force cannot be on the side of a war of aggression and military occupation. The feminist movement in Russia struggles for vulnerable groups and the development of a just society with equal opportunities and prospects, in which there can be no place for violence and military conflicts.War means violence, poverty, forced displacement, broken lives, insecurity, and the lack of a future. It is irreconcilable with the essential values and goals of the feminist movement. War exacerbates gender inequality and sets back gains for human rights by many years. War brings with it not only the violence of bombs and bullets but also sexual violence: as history shows, during war, the risk of being raped increases several times for any woman. For these and many other reasons, Russian feminists and those who share feminist values ​​need to take a strong stand against this war unleashed by the leadership of our country.–end of anticapitalistresistance info–

The Pentagon have sent what they have labeled as “enablers” to Europe in the wake of the Russian attack on the Ukraine.  The patriarchal system of both Russia and “The West” are struggling for supremacy in a way that recalls the struggle between the Democratic branch and the Republican branch of the duopoly in the USA, in the game for eminence in capitalistic hierarchical Establishment.  This system has long used misogyny in their game, and some women will recognize the expected place in this game of women as enablers.  The open insinuation is sexist and is typical.  
Meanwhile and over millennia, others both women and men have attempted sanity against this power struggle of the progress defined in terms of greed, privilege and exploitation.
Received from Ecowatch—-
https://mailchi.mp/ecowatch/vacuuming-animal-dna-wild-bears-consuming-human-junk-food-2021-ocean-temps-warmest-on-record-musicians-embracing-sustainability-379329?e=d4966762a5        —

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The Southern Tier of NYS is a hotbed of citizen responsibility.  —-
Sent: Tue, Mar 8, 2022 12:33 pm
Subject: Thursday with Riot Act (At Bundy Museum) JOSH MYERS on the Black Radical Tradition (6pm)

Please share with you networks!
Riot Act is hosting scholar Josh Meyers for a discussion of world-systems analysis and racial capitalism on Thursday at 6pm at the Bundy Museum of History and Art.
The latter has gained much attention in the last few years as activists have picked up the term. Meyers just had his book on former Binghamton University professor and scholar of the Black radical tradition, Cedric Robinson, published (entitled Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition.) His book talk will be tomorrow at the University Downtown Center at 5pm. 
Snacks will be provided.

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The Russian-Ukrainian war distracts from the ongoing threat of Climate Change—–https://zerowastefamily.com/?mc_cid=ccc7d8be9b&mc_eid=227a1294c2    –We’re a family of five living zero-waste, plant-based, & mindfully minimal so that both our kids and planet can enjoy a beautiful, thriving future.I grew up in the forest—the trees were my playground. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined the climate crisis we find ourselves in today—but it wasn’t until I became a mother that I felt a deep sense of urgency about it.–end of zerowaste info—
https://mailchi.mp/dissentmagazine/socialist-feminism-for-international-womens-day?e=6e3a727e0a     –“Capitalist society depends on . . . essential work—carried out by nursing assistants, transportation workers, and caretakers—and its dangers are distributed unevenly, across divisions of race, class, and gender,” Katrina Forrester and Moira Weigel wrote in our Fall 2020 issue, Technology and the Crisis of Work. “For decades, socialist feminists have brought these realities to our attention; the pandemic has made their insights undeniable.”–end of dissent info–
From Riverkeeper for anyone interested in healthy drinking water and the quality of our rivers—https://www.facebook.com/tracy.carluccio/posts/4945208728895341      –We’re hosting a Webinar March 16, 7pm on the new rules Pennsylvania is proposing to combat toxic PFOA and PFOS in our drinking water. We will discuss what the rules propose and tips to help with writing your comment to the Environmental Quality Board (EQB). –end of riverkeeper info—
From Toward Freedom—towardfreedom.org/story/archives/europe/ukraine-a-conflict-soaked-in-contradictions-and-new-patterns-in-war-and-media/       –No one, which is to say the political forces in the North Atlantic states, cares about the suffering of children in Africa and Asia. They are, however, gripped by the war in Ukraine, which should grip them, which distresses all of us, but which should not be allowed to be seen as worse than other conflicts taking place across the globe that are much more brutal and are likely to slip out of everyone’s memory due to the lack of interest and attention given by world leaders and media outlets to them. When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, neither the United Nations secretary-general nor the president of the European Commission came forward to make any immediate condemnation of that war. Both international institutions went along with the war, allowing the destruction of Iraq, which resulted in the death of more than a million people. –end of towardfreedom info———-Support for wars to “spread democracy around the world” by US oligarchs have been, incomprehensibly, supported by Americans of too many background.  This raises troubling questions to a thoughtful person.

We’re a curious people if we see this as “the other”—–https://towardfreedom.org/story/archives/americas/in-puerto-rico-paradise-for-a-few-and-austerity-for-the-masses/   –Because austerity has impacted all aspects of life, family crises are becoming normal, Velásquez said. Violence has skyrocketed, leading to an increase in suicides, as well as in the deaths of children and women. Last year, the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, which is responsible for the whole island, reported a 20 percent rise in violent crimes. Suicide was the third leading cause of deaths in 2021, according to the Commission for Suicide Prevention of Puerto Rico. “[Austerity] is going out to work—to ‘buscarse el peso,’ [search for money] as they say out there—and having to see your peers in a state of emotional uncontrol to a certain point that leads them to be violent consistently,” said Velásquez.–end of toward freedom info–

One can view the Ukraine-Russian war as culmination within a too-small space of oligarchs struggling for supremacy.  Along this path is the destruction of so much such as environment and people that are exploited as fodder in this violent game.  Almost unnoticed by many is people of age—–https://psyche.co/ideas/simone-de-beauvoir-recommends-we-fight-for-ourselves-as-we-age?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ccbf89634c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_07_11_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-ccbf89634c-70464341        —Another reason for the identity crisis of elderhood, according to Beauvoir, is that our ageing is a situation that exists outside of us. We are old for others because there is a disconnect between how we feel inwardly and the ungraspable, judgmental gazes of other people. Beauvoir reflects:

A Frenchwoman, a writer, a person of 60: this is my situation as I live it. But in the surrounding world this situation exists as an objective form, one that escapes me.

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From popularresistance—-

Indigenous-Led Activists Protest Oil Pipeline In Green Bay

Socialist Planning Could Reverse Sober Findings In New UN Climate Report

Ukrainian Security Services Arrest Young Communist Leaders

To Punish Russia   ‘Liberal Order’ Attempts To Suicide Itself

Worthy And Unworthy Victims

Ukraine Is A Pawn In The United States’ Fight To Prevent A Multipolar World

–end of popularresistance info–

From mronline–  https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=2833cdb99b&u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=c558881edb           —

What is the Fetishism of Commodities?

The IMF connection with the Ukraine crisis

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From portside —        https://portside.org/2022-03-07/arms-industry-sees-ukraine-conflict-opportunity-not-crisis –Macron is not alone. NATO contractors openly embrace the crisis in Ukraine as sound business. In January, Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes cited “tensions in Europe” as an opportunity, saying, “I fully expect we’re going to see some benefit.” Likewise, CEO Jim Taiclet of Lockheed Martin highlighted the benefits of “great power competition” in Europe to shareholders.—-end of portside info———————-We are misled when we forget to follow the money.

Democracy no longer applies in the Democratic/Republican duopoly——            https://mailchi.mp/nader/biden-neglects-to-make-the-crucial-request-to-the-citizenry-for-his-program-4duov5f625?e=cfd1bea9b5          –All his priorities – social safety net protections, rebuilding community infrastructure or public works, more aggressive action against climate crises, and paying for these programs by repealing the Trump tax escapes for the large corporations and the super-rich, are being blocked by 50 GOP Senators and two Democratic Senators.Biden’s reluctance to invite the people to phone, write or email these obstructionists in Congress reflects his personality of not criticizing the GOP opposition when addressing the public.–end of ralphnader info—————-Alternatively one can see this as good cop-bad cop, using We The People as backdrop to a game of oligarchs….this time in the USA.

———————–We can do better———-

That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!
Along with Climate Change, many people oppose the imperialism of the USA under control of the Republican/Democratic duopoly.  Use of the wealth of our nation should be to enhance quality of life for We The People rather than for imperialism.  Some people vote accordingly.I———————–That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.