Establishment has long used the notion of NIMBY to shame and silence local-community members.  In FACT, NIMBY seems to be survival and thriving.  Local-community members seem to have this right this idea is intrinsic and backed up by the US Constitution.

https://twitter.com/jessi_asli/status/1505675501905526786     –Oh my heart… look at the tiny hummingbird hatchlings! –end of twitter info–

And again in 2022 as before the Bush War in Iraq, (apparently it has been 20 years since that decision to go to war)  people are raising voices of caution that Establishment hierarchy are individual people.  Some are honorable, some lie.  Patriotism, as they say, is the last refuge of scoundrels.  How is one to assess FACTS told by such people, remembering Iraq, Iran, Congo, Libya, Afghanistan and the destruction of Indigenous American sovereignty, the list goes on….https://twitter.com/LeeCamp/status/1506027793498394627        –I went through the full 2003 NY Times in the lead up to the Iraq War to show just how similar the US propaganda was in 2003 as it is in 2022.–end of twitter info–By the way, comedian Lee Camp has been censored……
Agreed it is not the fossil fuel, it’s the addiction—-https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/addiction-fossil-fuels-mutually-assured-destruction-warns-un-chief   –“The science is clear. So is the math,” the U.N. leader said during a speech delivered at a Sustainability Summit hosted by The Economist. “Keeping 1.5 alive requires a 45% reduction in global emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by mid-century.” And yet, “according to present national commitments, global emissions are set to increase by almost 14% in the 2020s.”
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NIMBY applies to ideas of liberty and the fine line between capitalistic promotion and indenturing of local communities under the guise of progress  —  https://moguldom.com/400229/majority-black-tennessee-town-loses-financial-control-as-big-ford-plant-moves-in/?utm_source=moengage&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=subscribed    –The Black residents of Mason could stand to benefit, but if the town is forced to relinquish financial control, many Black local leaders doubt the benefits will come to the citizens. If they give up their charter, as they are being forced to do, the current Black leaders will not control the town’s budget. The state comptroller, a white Republican, would control it and the town would be folded into another.For many, the battle is reminiscent of “the exploitative sharecropping arrangements from the post-Civil War era, when white power brokers ensnared Black planters in deals that funneled most of the profits into white hands,” wrote Ja’han Jones, author of The ReidOut Blog. “This is our home. We were born and raised here. The majority of the town is homegrown people that live here,” Vice Mayor Virginia Rivers told The Patch. “He is trying to conquer and divide us. It’s akin to a hostile takeover, and it’s not hard to figure out why here, why now.”–end of moguldom info–To frame this as a hostile takeover is intellectually honest when we consider that “running government like a business” is the foundation of capitalism and ultimately people are seen as human resources and the environment is seen as  natural resources for hierarchy.  One may recognize that ultimately the plight of humanity is as at risk as may be the tiny hummingbirds in the view of commerce and government.  When government and commerce join to streamline life in models that comply with greed and privilege, some people have called this fascism.  That the residents of Mason in the above moguldom example are predominantly Black, as indicated, is coincidental.  The same has happened ubiquitously across the USA.  In Upstate NY, one has noticed the same drain of resources away from local community members officiated by politicians, and for the benefit of hierarchical Establishment.  Here is an example—-https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2017/02/22/binghamton-ballpark-gets–2-5-million-upgrades-  –“I was confident from the very beginning that baseball would stay in the city of Binghamton,” Mayor Rich David said, “and once we had a new owner who shared that vision, it’s really about how we work together to accomplish our common goals.”–end of spectrumlocalnews info–Several thoughts—*Upstate NY could be well served by expanded public health care services and EMT services, including firefighters*To keep the wealth of the region within the region could be a policy of strengthening that which exists for people who live here*A baseball stadium is promoted as a way to grow the local economy, when a point can be made that this is a drain of wealth away from locals and into the pockets of out-of-town corporations*Public funding for the NYSEG and now Mirabito Stadium could have been used to reinforce local services such as EMT and first responders*The public is encouraged by Establishment to attend baseball games, due to past low attendance, indicating a lack of interest by the public*News channels have acted as free advertising to encourage game attendance*Local law enforcement has urged laws to be passed to “crack down on activists” who said law enforcement have suggested are dangerous to first responders and EMT at the same time under funding or no funding of these services by politicians in order to cater to projects for big-money donors, one may imagineThe above seems to comply with the American capitalism that is promoted by hierarchy for obvious reasons and in keeping with campaign donor benefits, but it doesn’t address local-community health and welfare or does it support democracy.  Is this what they mean by the nose of the camel under the tent?—-https://portside.org/2022-03-21/50-years-godfather-has-sold-us-beautiful-lie                 –They do love The Godfather, all those men—and it’s almost universally men—who quote the film’s well-worn lines, as if Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo’s masterpiece of movie making, is also a darkly comic guide to creating and wielding power in America.I once interviewed a “former” mobster—if such a person exists—who described seeing The Godfather with a group of fellow criminals who were so pleased and excited afterward that they felt compelled to go out and hijack a truck to celebrate. Well, of course they loved The Godfather: It reinforces every sentimental cliché held dear by the members of a cult devoted to criminal enterprises performed by sociopaths who destroy lives and spread corruption… you know, fun stuff.Don Corleone is said to have “all the judges and politicians” in his pocket, and that was certainly true of Costello who was the de facto boss of New York’s Tammany Hall in the middle of the twentieth century.Finally, what’s most galling about the film is that it never addresses the question: Where does all the money come from?—end of portside info–
Such a cliche is seen even as one suggests the influence of movies on the lives of gullible and need-to-be-entertained Americans.  Sorry, but apparently cliches are extant due to the truth within them.  And the movie industry is handsomely remunerated in the part they play of selling product, whether material or substantive as realistic lifestyle.  And so some in other corners of the globe see as as airheads…..to use another cliche.Indoctrination may be a reason for the vibrant feminism in South America as compared to the enabling by some women in the North.https://portside.org/2022-03-21/we-are-not-ones-who-owe-its-capital-and-state-who-owe-us-why-feminists-scholars-and   –“We want to be alive, free and without debt.” With slogans such as these, Argentinian feminists are attempting to expose the connection between debt, global finance, labour exploitation and male violence. –end of portside info–So many people are raising voices for local-community respect.  Consider this from www.slowmoney.org—–n 1969, Wendell Berry wrote an essay titled, “Some Thoughts on Citizenship and Conscience in Honor of Don Pratt.” This piece, reflecting on protests against the war in Vietnam, takes its place alongside Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience.”The next Beetcoin Dialogue, “A Call to Farms: Some Thoughts on Food, Money, and Nonviolence in Honor of Wendell Berry,” will take place tomorrow, March 23, at 5:00 MT.The outbreak of war in Ukraine impels a particular kind of soul searching about what Marco Vangelisti called, in an earlier Beetcoin Dialogue, “Do No Harm Investing.” Organic farms and local food systems play a role in reducing the violence of the modern economy. We will consider excerpts from Wendell Berry and welcome his daughter Mary Berry, Executive Director of the Berry Center, to join us for conversation and reflection.Beetcoin. Growing the online community that supports small and medium-sized diversified, organic farms and local food systems. For more information, go to Beetcoin.org.
—-end of slowmoney info–As in the Mason story above, who can challenge a spectacle of installation of a GM factory, as compared to local-community-member benefit?  They are different scales, and indicative of whether we will have capitalism or democracy, which are antithetical to each other.
From popularresistance —-  https://mailchi.mp/popularresistance/a2pti72o5r?e=1b0a9c0541       —

Opposition Political Parties Banned In Ukraine

What Does A Just Food Future Look Like?

‘Historic’ Aboriginal Land Title Trial To Begin In B.C. Supreme CourtFans Remind US About Its Number Of Military Interventions During GameItalians Protest Against NATO Warmongering Policies

Breaking: Activists Scale Roof Of Raytheon Facility To Protest Wars

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It isn’t that capitalism as an economic system is necessarily wrong, it’s more that when money which is the purpose of capitalism becomes the ideology that permeates a culture, we see corruption—From lakotalaw—–Last week — in a series of events that probably won’t surprise you — a Texas high school drill team brazenly mocked Native culture at a Disney theme park. After the “Indianettes” were told they wouldn’t be allowed to wear their fraudulent Native headdresses, the team replaced those costume pieces with feathers and chanted, “Scalp ‘em!” during their performance.This type of cultural appropriation harms Native children and perpetuates inaccurate stereotypes (scalping was first introduced to the Americas by settlers). Even the most tone-deaf professional sports leagues and franchises (e.g. the Washington NFL team) have started changing their branding under pressure from Native activists and allies. It’s long past time for community schools to do the same. Please take action today and help flood Port Neches-Groves’ superintendent, Dr. Mike Gonzales, with emails. Tell him to change the school’s nickname, mascot, and gear — and stop with the offensive and dangerous Native stereotypes!As you likely know, I have spent years fighting racism by challenging offensive mascots and team branding. It took until 2015 for one of my own alma maters — the University of North Dakota — to finally change its name from the “Fighting Sioux” to the “Fighting Hawks,” but only after we led a years-long fight.Fortunately, the days of our communities being silenced around the issues that affect us are now behind us. We now know how to harness the power of the media. As an example, as part of our pressure campaign on Dr. Gonzales and Port Neches-Groves, we teamed up with a Native TikTok influencer. Tatiana, who is Diné but lives near me in Oglala Country, made a series of short videos over the weekend. I urge you to watch her first one. Then, please follow her, and see what she’s doing to change the game. There is more coming soon from this talented, young activist. We’re also working to support the Indigenous Peoples Movement and others in setting up and publicizing a series of direct actions to keep the pressure on Port Neches-Groves. One planned for today at their school board meeting provoked outrage from the Port Neches-Groves community, including multiple threats of physical violence against protestors in the name of protecting “tradition.”This is what we’re dealing with — still — in 2022. And that’s why your support and voice are so critical. So, please, take action and send your email to Dr. Gonzales, Port Neches-Groves Superintendent. We must continue to stand strong in defense of what’s right, no matter the threats, the intimidation, and the history. It’s a new day. We’re still here, and we aren’t going anywhere.Wopila tanka — thank you for your love and support!
Chase Iron Eyes
Co-Director and Lead Counsel
The Lakota People’s Law Project–end of lakotalaw info–

From mronline —-  https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=2833cdb99b&u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=fdf2c2c1c4          —

There is no ‘green transition’

Nineteen years ago today the Bush administration invaded Iraq in one of the worst crimes of the modern era

Obama defense secretary Leon Panetta says NATO is in a “proxy war” with Russia

Civilians evacuate Mariupol and reveal the fighting methods of the Azov regime’s Neo-Nazis

Globalisation and the relocation of capital and labour

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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.