What does it say when the topic of censorship raises the question as to whether a particular situation applies to school curriculum or to parents.  Shouldn’t interests be similar; and if interests are not similar, should this be a matter of concern?

C-Span presented a discussion about banning books in school libraries with a predominance of the focus on sexually explicit reading material that may be inappropriate for children at certain ages.  This conversation deflects from the FACT that in the USA, comedian Lee Camp has been censored, possibly for his propensity to express such incendiary language as is noted below—-https://twitter.com/LeeCamp/status/1514626024499290122        –This year $900 out of the tax payment of every single American went into the pockets of military contractors. Imagine if Biden gave a speech where he said, “Please, we need each and every American to send $900 to a struggling war profiteer.”–end of twitter info–
https://www.c-span.org/video/?519485-5/washington-journal-joshua-sellers-henry-thomson-discuss-podcast      — APRIL 16, 2022 | PART OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL 04/16/2022

Washington Journal

Joshua Sellers and Henry Thomson Discuss Their Podcast

Joshua Sellers and Henry Thomson, who are from Arizona State University, discussed their podcast, which aims to engage in sometimes divisive topics in a civil manner.–end of c-span info–Conversation from Sellers and Thomson included a warning against what was called “social media”.  Not being a podcast expert, still, isn’t a podcast a type of offshoot from social media?  What are the reasons to presume to warn against others, when a podcast is similar?
On the topic of book banning, what about the censorship-light of Establishment who warn against such authors as Karl Marx, for example?  As one who doesn’t especially support the ideas of Marx, one believes to understand his ideas is a prerequisite to rejecting said ideas.

From ecowatch—-https://mailchi.mp/ecowatch/vacuuming-animal-dna-wild-bears-consuming-human-junk-food-2021-ocean-temps-warmest-on-record-musicians-embracing-sustainability-379441?e=d4966762a5         —

“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”
— Leo Tolstoy

Climate Crisis Could Threaten More Than Half of Cactus Species With Extinction

Not Extinct After All: First ‘Widely Accepted Sighting’ of Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Since 1944

Energy Use by Wealthy Nations Could Be Slashed While Preserving Well-Being, Study Finds

–end of ecowatch info–

Does one dare to read Leo Tolstoy due to his nationality.  Yet Karl Marx is also Establishment-avoided due to….who knows what…….it can’t be his German nationality.  Unless a person has the self-confidence to use native intellect, hierarchy will impose restrictions.  For those with curiosity and no fear of intellectual contamination, may one suggest Thomas Paine’s book The Age of Reason.  The writing of Thomas Paine is suggested to have ignited The American Revolution.  A refresher may be relevant.  But Establishment may consider differently, so beware.
While some parents are concerned about curriculum deemed inappropriate for children, history is ignored about other children who have systematically been ignored, if not tortured.  —  Aƞpétu wašté from the Cheyenne River Nation. As you know, the welfare of our children has been a longstanding issue for Native communities. Centuries of colonization means we’re always in the crosshairs. As I discuss with my granddaughter in today’s video, our people are marginalized — especially our young parents and grandparents — by the State of South Dakota and the Department of Social Services, and our children are taken from us at an alarming rate.         We have worked to solve this problem for decades, and we have specifically confronted issues surrounding the Indian Child Welfare Act. In my work with Lakota Law, I’ve seen a lot of grandparents raising their grandchildren. This ultimately spurred me and others to create the Wasagiya Najin (Standing Strong) Grandmother’s Group at Cheyenne River. Wasagiya Najin focuses on what’s happening to our grandchildren, and we dedicate our time to improving our communities’ health and wellbeing from a Lakota perspective.Our vision encompasses both a Children’s Village on Cheyenne River and a plan to create a Tribal Department of Child Welfare. I’m happy to share with you that we’re well on our way with the village — a place where siblings can stay together and children won’t be lost to the system or worry about aging out. We already have three homes and kinship parents (we don’t use the term “foster parents”). We’re doing all this with support from the tribe, but it is a community-based and operated children’s village, not run by our tribal government.A tribally-run Department of Child Welfare will be the next big step for us. A centrally-located, multi-service center, it would offer needed support for our parents and grandparents. Right now, it’s far too complicated for parents to access services and resources from the State of South Dakota, which is the only entity handling foster care and adoption on the rez. Our vision will make things easier, give tribal members more autonomy, and also hold us accountable. It’s not our way to terminate parental rights. Instead, we promote family restoration. Children want to be with their families and their people. If we approach it from a Lakota perspective, we can make that happen for many young ones.We take the pandemic seriously out here, and that has slowed things down. But right now, we’re organizing on the ground and distributing a one-page, anonymous survey identifying family circumstances and gathering feedback about the potential for a tribally-run Child Welfare Office. This data will help us request a reservation-wide hearing and present effectively to our tribal government, which is willing to work with organizers and hear testimony. We’re not looking for approval or permission. We grandmothers have heart for our people and our children, and that’s all we need to get it done!It’s an exciting time, with positive change happening now and more on the horizon. We’ll have much more to tell you as we move ahead, so please stay with us.Wopila tanka — thank you for supporting our children!
Madonna Thunder Hawk
Cheyenne River Organizer
The Lakota People’s Law Project—end of lakotalaw info–

This following story feels similar to that of an uninformed Upstate NY individual living her life in relative conformity to the guidelines of Establishment.  Then was unfolded the reality of fracking within our local community.  The wake-up call was loud and stark.  After researching what would be the ramifications to wilderness, animals, and people, to permit into our midst this devastation seemed horrendous and totally inane.  Trust that local bureaucrats and politicians were trustworthy and were watching out for the welfare of the community went out the window. It’s good stuff to know.
https://popularresistance.org/fierce-friend-of-mother-earth/     —-Greenville, West Virginia – Roughly eight years ago, Maury Johnson was tending to the work of maintaining his homestead and serving his community in a variety of ways. Then, a letter from the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) arrived, telling him they’d like to survey his land. He agreed, so long as he could go along. It was during that process that Johnson went from a welcoming landowner to a relentless opponent of the MVP.The dangers it posed to life, land and liberty were more than Johnson could stand.Indeed, recent court rulings against the MVP has led the company to announce that it no longer had a completion date for the project, a significant victory for MVP opponents.—-end of popularresistance info–
The phrase that “you can’t fight city hall” was proven to be pure bureaucratic bullying.Humanity trades power for convenience at our peril  — https://mailchi.mp/nader/consumer-protection-progress-and-regress-a7bgasb6ta?e=cfd1bea9b5        –We need hundreds of new consumer protection organizations from the local to the national and international levels making tough demands on lawmakers and pushing for wider access to justice for aggrieved people.Big corporations have meticulous strategic plans for humans, including robotic replacement of workers and human to human contact. It is time for a new consumer revolution and new consumer rules for a just, safe, and consumer-sovereign economy.–end of ralphnader info–What if the answer to death by technology isn’t more technology?–https://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/bioweapons-synthetic-biology-food-medicine?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=OB+752+Saturday&utm_content=OB+752+Saturday  —

FAKE FOOD

Vandana Shiva on the Hazards of Lab Meats and Synthetic Biology

BIOWEAPONS

Bioweapons Expert on U.S.-Funded Ukraine Biolabs

BIOLABS

Stop the Biolabs in Ukraine & in Your Backyard

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

UN Report Calls for Regenerative Food, Farming & Land Use

FOOD AS MEDICINE

How Food and Diet Drive Chronic Disease

–end of organicconsumers info–

From MRonline  —  https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=2833cdb99b&u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=e029673b0e           —

Russia investigating ISIS-style Ukrainian “social ad”

Washington Post calls for censoring Chinese media, praises purge of Russian outlets

–end of MRonline info–

———————–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.