INSTITUTIONALIZED CONFUSION
That “we are a 2-Party system” is misinformation from the Democratic-Party corporation and the Republican-Party corporation, which in collaboration illegitimately purport to “run American elections”. This is not specified as legitimate in the US Constitution. In contrast, 3rd-Party Greens are expressing their platform in NYS in the election for governor. Political Parties should participate in elections; political-Party corporations aren’t sanctioned to run elections. This isn’t the Former USSR.
Hawkins/Mattera News Conference Announcing Campaign – HawkinsMattera
Democracy needs room to Breathe! Please help the NY state Green Party on the ballot
https://www.hawkinsmattera.org/hawkins_mattera_news_conference_announcing_campaign
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C-Span offered timely discussions today–https://www.c-span.org/video/?519724-3/washington-journal-shira-ovide-discusses-elon-musk-future-twitter — APRIL 30, 2022 | PART OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL 04/30/2022
Washington Journal
Shira Ovide Discusses Elon Musk & Future of Twitter
New York Times’ Shira Ovide discusses Elon Musk’s plans to buy Twitter, what it means for the company and larger issues of free speech and content moderation online. –end of c-span info–8:30AM–caller–paraphrase–The 1st Amendment guarantees Free Speech. Guest response–paraphrase–The guarantee of Free Speech is targeted at the government, not at corporations.FACTually, in the USA, corporations were not intended to wield the political power they have in 2022. The power corporations wield in 2022 have arrived via laws passed by politicians who have been bought into public office by campaign donations from big-money interests that have been legalized without being legitimized by Citizens United. Collaboration between big-money interests and purchased politicians seem to continue within www.alec.org. This system seems like fascism, with players reminding We The People that “we are not a democracy, we are a Constitutional republic”. This seems to be a linguistic barrier to Free Speech that is the way democracy manifests.The above ideas also require a reminder that Corporate-Charter Revocation has been removed from US policy as a way for local-communities to control our own destiny against corporate power and greed. https://reclaimdemocracy.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hidden_corporate_history.pdf –Today, corporations wield immense power over our government, public lands, even our schools. But this was not the intent of our country’s founders. In 1776 we declared our independence not only from British rule, but also from the corporations of England that controlled trade and extracted wealth from the U.S. (and other) colonies. Thus, in the early days of our country, we only allowed corporations to be chartered (licensed to operate) to serve explicitly as a tool to gather investment and disperse financial liability in order to provide public goods, su–end of reclaimdemocracy info–9:00AM–caller–paraphrase–MSM gives no context for US participation and interference in the Ukraine that over years has resulted in the Ukraine-Russia War, which includes but is not limited to overthrowing a legally and legitimately elected leader, to install a “Western-friendly” regime. The Ukraine isn’t the first nation in which the USA has so interfered, and with similar results, most notably the deaths of scores of innocent local citizens.https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Rites-Origins-History-Passions/dp/0805050779#:~:text=Blood%20Rites%20takes%20us%20on,a%20%22killer%20instinct%22%20unique%20to –In Blood Rites, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the mystery of the human attraction to violence: What draws our species to war and even makes us see it as a kind of sacred undertaking? Blood Rites takes us on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of twentieth-century “total war.” Sifting through the fragile records of prehistory, Ehrenreich discovers the wellspring of war in an unexpected place–not in a “killer instinct” unique to the males of our species but in the blood rites early humans performed to reenact their terrifying experience of predation by stronger carnivores. Brilliant in conception, rich in scope, Blood Rites is a monumental work that will transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life.–end of amazon info–Aside from political rhetoric, the following seems to be a FACT of the Russia-Ukraine War—-https://twitter.com/blackintheempir/status/1520246032940269569 –Our weapons manufacturers are profiting off of the dead bodies of Ukrainians–end of twitter info–
That the topic of fossil fuels is implicated in rhetoric about the military actions in Eastern Europe have resulted in calls from pro-fracking advocates for the USA to promote this industry due to the military action, underscores the politics of the USA toward Ukraine over 3 Presidential Administrations, that delved into the fossil fuel industries in the Ukraine by American oligarchs/politicians. This raises serious questions as to whether NATO is less of a defensive organization than it is an offensive organization.
We also hear expression that we must frack in the USA to curb inflation. FACTually it has been reported that rising fuel prices have directly resulted in enhanced profits by fossil fuel companies, which suggests inflation isn’t caused by dwindling fuel supplies, but rather by higher prices set by corporations.
From commondreams—– https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/29/robbery-chevron-profits-quadruple-and-exxons-double-amid-ukraine-crisis –“Big Oil is intentionally profiteering off the war in Ukraine,” said one campaigner. “We need a Big Oil windfall profits tax.”Chevron and ExxonMobil announced Friday that their profits surged during the first quarter of 2022, prompting fresh calls for a windfall tax as the U.S.-based oil giants continue to exploit Russia’s war on Ukraine to hike prices at the pump and lobby for more drilling.—-end of commondreams info–
Those who demand the USA must open the floodgates of fossil fuel fracking due to high gas prices are highly questionable.
7:22AM–caller–paraphrase–Deal with inflation by removing the Trump-era tariffs.
The inflation experienced in 2022 seems the result of laws passed and policies inflicted by the 3 branches of our government, Judicial, Executive, and Legislative. Examples include but are not limited to the following—*The Supreme Court legalized without legitimizing corruption in elections byway of Citizens United*Trump was either misleading to the public or totally ignorant as he insisted his tariffs would harm “The Chinese”, when in FACT tariffs are only paid by the consumer, not the producing nation*Trade Agreements going back as far as Bill Clinton focused on what has been globalization and in action meant sending living-wage US jobs overseas where human-rights violations wouldn’t be as noticeable as regards workers*The Obama Administration was frenzied to so-called Fast-Track TPP, which is a trade agreement that specifically includes language that permits multi-national corporations to undermine human rights and environmental rights in pursuit of profits*The USA no longer controls production of crucial supplies, which is a national security risk*Centralization has streamlined hierarchical control and profits at the risk, liability, and pain of We The People*Extraordinary funding of the Pentagon is called necessary for national security, when in FACT cyber attacks are more likely and possibly more deadly to Americans than would be perhaps even a nuclear attack, which centralization promotes likelihood of such cyber attack*Foreign interests hold positions of corporate power in the USA, further putting at risk national security, because multi-national corporations have purchased rights to such control
From desmog.com —
‘This Needs to Be Fixed’: Nuclear Expert Calls Radioactivity Levels Found Outside Ohio Oilfield Waste Facility ‘Excessive’
‘Existential Threat’: Indigenous Leaders Urge Citigroup to Stop Backing Amazon Oil
House Dems Call On Top U.S. Insurers to End Backing of Fossil Fuel Projects
Social Media Giants Get a Failing Grade on Climate Disinformation
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The KKK in 2022 is reported as being mostly a single-victim perpetrator. In FACT as we surely know, hate isn’t closed to anyone. The following suggests of harm to innocent people from a century ago. Anecdotally I’ve heard stories of crosses burned (I won’t share the religious group implicated in order to refrain from stirring any pots) on the front lawns of Catholics in the Southern Tier of NYS probably 100 years ago. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/death-of-a-jewish-radical-in-erie-pa-1922-echoes-from-a-century-ago-tickets-313661890157
In 1922, a
Jewish, radical immigrant was brutally murdered. Local authorities ended the investigation after questioning family members and other immigrants and then told the victim’s family to “let it go.” The mystery of his death, and of his life, mirror those of the time. So much about radicalism, socialism, and societal problems of the 1920s is glossed over in favor The Great Gatsby-esque narratives where the glitter and glitz cover a seedy underbelly only for the upper class and the stories of working class immigrants fighting for meaningful change can be forgotten.
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Too many of Americans go silly when democratic (small d) socialism is mentioned, so let’s avoid using the moniker and speak rather to the process. — From organicconsumers—https://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/pandemic-redux?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=OB+754&utm_content=OB+754+10:55:06 —
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
Farm Policy for the 21st Century
PLANTING PEACE
The Only Answer to the War in Ukraine Is a Negotiated Peace
FOOD SYSTEMS
Why Global Food Prices Are Expected to Skyrocket
EARTH DAY
Vandana Shiva’s Earth Day Message: Mother Earth is Not for Sale
ENVIRONMENT
PFAS, Toxic Sewage Sludge, and Pesticides
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From popularresistance — https://mailchi.mp/popularresistance/5bckqpxpdz?e=1b0a9c0541 —
I Cannot Live On Tomorrow’s Bread
Nicaragua Expropriates OAS Building To Replace It With ‘Museum Of Shame’
DOD Is Taking Nine Years To Replace Underground Fuel Tanks In WA
On Ukraine, The World Majority Sides With Russia Over US
Bull Mountains Victory And The ‘Social Cost Of Carbon’
Kings Bay Plowshares Walking For Peace And Nuclear Abolition
Global Actions Condemn Big Pharma’s Vaccine Profiteering
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From MRonline– https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=2833cdb99b&u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=4859a0e78e —
Amazon Labor Union and the awakening of the American working class
building a “New World”
Marxist anthropology in a world of surplus population
Peace Movement needs to demand dismantling of NATO
Janez Jansa’s right-wing govt loses to newly formed Freedom Movement in Slovenia
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Local governments are notorious for authoritarian self-interest of hierarchy. Systems are available to work within these dictatorial small-pond governments. From transitionus.org —you are invited to the inaugural panel of the Municipalism Learning Series. This is the municipalist moment. The movement to gain democratic control of cities and towns is ascendant from Los Angeles to Barcelona to Jackson, Mississippi. People are crafting municipalist platforms, reclaiming the right to the city, and self-organizing as rebel cities.THE MUNICIPALIST MOMENTDate: Sunday, May 1st 2022Time: 5:00-6:00 PM PT/7:00-8:00 PM CT/8:00-9:00 PM ETRSVP at http://municipalism.orgend of transitionus info–
Too many instances happen of non-democratic municipal action, for example in the Southern Tier of NYS, with a recent action highlighting questionable governance—-https://www.wbng.com/2022/04/28/town-vestal-holds-public-hearing-regarding-retreat-bunn-hill-motion-designation-property/ —
“I’m trying to get both sides of this. So I’m just wondering on the record,” said the 12 News reporter. “If the supreme court shut this down, why are you guys bringing this back? In your own words, what’s so enticing about this project for our area?”“Jill, this is not a Q&A, we’re just listening to the people. You can call my office or stop in and talk to Victor anytime you want,” said Town of Vestal Supervisor John Schaffer. “He’ll fill you in and I’ll fill you in on what I know. Thank you for calling, bye.”Before the April 27 meeting, 12 News asked the town supervisor via email for a Zoom chat request for prior to the meeting. Up to this point from airing the report, our station has not received a reply.During the April 27 Zoom, a motion was held to approve or deny the designation of the property as a ‘planned development district’ within the town of Vestal. The motion was approved.–end of wbng info——-This is good journalism, by the way.
The Southern Tier of NYS has a recent history of questionable interaction by bureaucrats toward honest, involved, and responsible citizens. This is the platform from which a cadre of Sheriffs have called for “a crack down on activists”, insultingly referring to said involved citizens. This is the Town of Vestal in which law enforcement warned a public-safety advocate that he could be labeled a domestic terrorist due to having used the phrase “bomb truck” to describe vehicles hauling liquified gas on our public roads among family vehicles, ambulances, school buses, and young drivers.
In other words, authority is testing its limits against our hotbed of responsible citizens.
The electrical infrastructure has experienced outages recently…in FACT twice in 1 week, the first lasting 4 days in frigid weather. These outages are increasing, and even a 30 mph wind gust seems capable of shutting down the system. Meanwhile, Gillibrand has formed a committee to travel the globe to gather resources and support for the Ukraine during the War with Russia. Schumer is supportive of The Military-Industrial Complex which it may be assumed donate to political campaigns, and thrive from war. Schumer also seems to be artful in pushing new technology that is unproven for safety and need, such as the 5G network, while neglecting basic technology such as our local electrical grid. This raises questions about using military to enforce interests of American oligarchs around the world that is labeled as “spreading democracy around the world and/or protecting US interests overseas”. Meanwhile local US communities are becoming accustomed to ostensible 3rd-world conditions. This could be called bait-and-switch and/or churning. Planned obsolescence also seems probable.
And Tenney is MIA, apparently awaiting the 2nd coming of Trump.
The curiously disregarding attitude from the Vestal Town Board, as reported on WBNG local news, is highlighted by the phrase “this isn’t a Q&A”. No doubt. Authority doesn’t like questions. Too bad the dream of the Sheriffs of “cracking down on activists” isn’t….as yet…..in place. Bureaucrats could wield more than snide insolence toward community members who ask questions at Town Board meetings.
And Predictably we are hearing “drill, baby, drill” nonsense from some people in the Southern Tier, as though drilling for fossil fuels which use is creating the extraordinary weather that shuts down energy grids in the USA is worth supporting the Ukraine for fascism, or that fossil fuels would provide integrity to the energy grid. The double talk is epic.
As to the War between the Ukraine and Russia, so few Americans seem to talk about, care about, or are aware of the years-long interference by American oligarchs, some with ties to public office holders, in the European fossil fuel industry. NATO is an instrument of solidifying this interference.
Democracy (small d) is about local-community action, not about opinions of hierarchy to the contrary — https://twitter.com/HonorTheEarth/status/1519810829708898307?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email — Happening May 13-15 in Downtown Mackinaw City, Michigan! Click the link to learn more! –end of honortheearth info————–Native-led organization: grant making and grassroots environmental campaigning.
From lakotalaw — Several weeks back, my wife, Felipa, and I traveled from our home in South Dakota to visit Native communities around Thacker Pass. On that trip, we brought buffalo, donated by the Intertribal Buffalo Council of South Dakota, for feeds in Salt Lake City and Nevada to uplift and encourage the people.We discovered both amazing relatives and appalling conditions in several communities. We were particularly struck by the poverty and patterns of violence suffered by the people of the Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. What a blessing it was, then, to be invited back to reconnect with our relatives there and participate in some important healing activities last week.As April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, our trip could not have been better timed. On April 23rd, as shown in our new video, we joined the Fort McDermitt community for some hard but very good conversations and a powerful walk against sexual violence and child abuse.Wherever Felipa and I go, we mean to bring good energy and uplift everybody we meet. We stand together with our relatives, relying for strength on our culture, Lakota spirituality, and each other as human beings and Indigenous people.At Fort McDermitt, our goal was to help raise awareness about the violence happening in a community ravaged by joblessness (the unemployment rate is well over 80 percent there), a lack of healthcare, and the absence of responsible law enforcement. All of that results in heartbreaking patterns of assaults and domestic, drug, and alcohol abuse. As part of our journey, we talked with Tribal Chair Maxine Redstar, a strong matriarch with a good heart and firm understanding that something must be done. We also talked with Rose Curtis, an unci who shared her personal story with us and helped create the “I believe you” child abuse awareness campaign featured in our video.While centuries of colonial violence have perpetuated these issues in our communities, no attempt to erase us has worked — and we will keep fighting for our children and all relatives who suffer violence. As our communities participate in the national week of action around missing and murdered relatives, we send heartfelt condolences across Turtle Island to all who have lost family and friends. Mitakuye oyasin — we are all related.Wopila tanka — thank you for your care and solidarity!
Muffie Mousseau
Via the Lakota People’s Law Project—end of lakotalaw info–
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM —
Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”
Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly. It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.
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