Mothers Day seems dissimilar from Mothers’ Day.  How did Mothers’ Day as a strong voice from women against militarism, become Mothers Day, the retailers dream?

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-7-2022?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTA4OTQzLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1Mzk2MjcxMSwiXyI6IlRlbGxxIiwiaWF0IjoxNjUyMTEyMTMxLCJleHAiOjE2NTIxMTU3MzEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMDUzMyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.ukFmW4azqzTTohTRndv6p6Lz9veYi6PZHRdQl40cgME&s=r         –If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet will tell you that Mother’s Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother. But “Mothers’ Day”—with the apostrophe not in the singular spot, but in the plural—actually started in the 1870s, when the sheer enormity of the death caused by the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War convinced American women that women must take control of politics from the men who had permitted such carnage. Mothers’ Day was not designed to encourage people to be nice to their mothers. It was part of women’s effort to gain power to change modern society.The women who had watched their men march off to war were haunted by its results. They lost fathers, husbands, sons. The men who did come home were scarred in body and mind.
Modern war, it seemed, was not a game.Howe had a new vision, she said, of “the august dignity of motherhood and its terrible responsibilities.” She sat down immediately and wrote an “Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World.” Men always had and always would decide questions by resorting to “mutual murder.” But women did not have to accept this state of affairs, she wrote. Mothers could command their sons to stop the madness.–end of heathercoxrichardson info–

The following is a view about which one was marginally aware without having actually thought about.  That Roe v. Wade was about protection of medical personnel more than it was about women’s rights makes sense as one remembers the time.  Too young and naive at that time to understand, one wondered why so many women accessed gyn services for a D&C for what they described as a “good clean out”. https://portside.org/2022-05-08/justice-alitos-invisible-women           –Women were largely absent from Roe v. Wade too. While Roe exists in the culture as some kind of feminist screed about the right to abortion, it was anything but that. If people set preconceptions aside and actually read Justice Harry Blackmun’s opinion, they would see that Roe was really a decision about the right of doctors to exercise their judgment about a patient’s best interest without risking prosecution and prison.–end of portside info–
In 2022 it would appear the presumption that in the ’60’s and ’70’s, women were awaiting the moment in which patriarchy “allowed” women to function in the capacity of mature human beings.  This was not the case.  Women were acting in capacities of mature decisions while patriarchy pouted and denigrated on the topic, just as patriarchy does in 2022.  Like the question of whether art models life or life models art, laws in support of equal rights were passed after women acted out human rights.  Several thoughts about this—*Roe v. Wade didn’t happen in a vacuum, no more than did the women’s rights movement of the ’70’s*A personal observation has been that women owned their own lives at that time in response to the Vietnam War*Young boys straight out of high school were drafted and trained into war in Vietnam*The Vietnam War seemed to be a capitalist vs communist military action, similar to the political dust up in 2022 between the Democratic corporation and the Republican corporation*How do women of that time express the unpopular personal reality of said men returning from war, trained into violence, having witnessed the horrors, and acclimated into substance abuse, were expected to then enact respectable married life?*Domestic violence happened*One believes the women’s movement didn’t erupt out of a sane and gentle society, but in many instances from the instinct of women to survive
The transformation of Mothers’ Day into a retailing opportunity suits capitalism more than democracy.  The same bait-and-switch happens when women are undermined when choosing pregnancy (welfare queen comes to mind), and with politicians apparently warning women such as Janice Yeltsin to intimate “callousness” (see Tim Scott’s assertion in the link below) that economic matters are present when women choose. This feels typically patriarchal and especially in the manifestation of capitalistic hierarchical Establishment.  That these are the “Western values” for which the USA is willing to go to war in Europe, is a matter for discussion.
https://rollcall.com/2022/05/10/yellen-ending-roe-v-wade-would-set-women-back-decades/      –“It deprives them of the ability often to continue their education, to later participate in the workforce. So there is a spillover into labor force participation, but it means that children will grow up in poverty and do worse themselves,” she said. “This is not harsh. This is the truth.” Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., called Yellen’s comments “callous.”–end of rollcall info–
Women who in the ’70’s outpaced legislation in owning human rights has been denigrated for political expediency.  A recent example that comes to mind is the Democratic Party campaign strategy during the 2020 Presidential campaign in which the woes of the world were laid at the feet of women…..especially white women.
The result seems to have been mitigation to choice……..especially black and brown women.  And so it goes on……
If reports are correct, this is evidence that it isn’t about race or gender it’s about greed, privilege, and exploitation.https://moguldom.com/407611/blm-co-founder-i-shouldnt-have-used-6m-mansion-to-host-parties-for-us-government-biden-and-my-son/?utm_source=moengage&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=subscribed   –Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has finally admitted to using the organization’s massive $6 million Los Angeles mansion to throw private parties after continually denying that the six-bedroom property was used for anything other than BLM business and to host Black creatives.  “I look back at that and think, that probably wasn’t the best idea,” she said.–end of moguldom info–

From radindiemedia—
READ via It’s Goin Down: Off-Duty Police Protecting Forest Destroying Bulldozer Pushed Out Of Atlanta Forest By Land DefendersREAD via People’s Dispatch: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Resigns Amid Massive OutrageWATCH via Breakthrough News: Inflation Hurting Poor Families, Not The RichLISTEN via Project Censored: PayPal, US/NATO, Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board, Roe vs. Wade, & More – Featuring Guests Alan MacLeod,  Macek, & Shealeigh Voitl–end of radindiemedia —

The dog is responding to training—https://twitter.com/Gritty20202/status/1524015710661492736       –Hope this makes you smile. Police dog bites cop after cop throws guy on the ground.—end of twitter info–

From lakotalaw—–ŋpétu wašté. May is an exciting time for us here in the Lakota Law community. It’s Membership Month, and we’re busy organizing our next member event, scheduled for Thursday, June 23! We launched our membership program just over a year and a half ago as a way to better engage with supporters like you — building a true community where allies can gather to learn and create reliable support to win Native justice.Today, I hope you’ll become a Lakota Law member and help us make more lasting impacts for our communities on the frontlines. By coming into our membership circle, you’ll not only empower every victory and sustain our mission, but you’ll gain increased access to our leadership and hear how, together, we’re lifting up our communities and putting real power in the hands of the People.The stability provided by your monthly membership means we can continue building critical alliances like the one we have with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s new chairwoman in her ongoing fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. After the Supreme Court recently refused to side with the oil company, the pipeline continues to operate without a permit. This month, we’re working to set up key meetings in D.C. for tribal officials with the goal of pressing President Biden into taking action. We’re also helping Standing  use its email list to grow the movement, disseminate educational videos, and raise money to protect its water. We couldn’t do any of this without our supporters — especially our members.Members also do the most to help us protect the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). As an organization that formed in 2005 because Lakota grandmothers came to us for help preventing Native foster children from being removed from their communities by South Dakota, we take our responsibility to protect ICWA seriously. As you may already know, our attorneys  now writing an amicus brief on behalf of ICWA’s principal author, Sen. James Abourezk, for the Brackeen v. Haaland Supreme Court case. We expect the High Court to render a judgment — which could strike ICWA down — during its next session. There has never been a more important time to defend Lakota families.As the 2022 election approaches, Lakota Law members can also play a big role in the future of Turtle Island’s politics. Lakota Law will be working overtime to get out the Native vote in South Dakota, where there is a potentially tight gubernatorial race coming this November. (The current governor was elected last time by a slim margin.) Native people make up nearly a tenth of South Dakota’s total population, so it’s absolutely critical to empower our communities at the ballot box.A few months back, I joined Lakota Law as an organizer because I know this organization has what it takes to assist our communities in a good way. Our commitment to advancing Indigenous and environmental justice is unwavering. Please join as a member today, and help us continue this work now and in the years to come.Wopila tanka — thank you for your dedicated support!
DeCora Hawk
Field Organizer
The Lakota People’s Law Project–end of lakotalaw info–

From popularresistance  –https://mailchi.mp/popularresistance/qs37jptpao?e=1b0a9c0541   —

Enbridge Takes The Gloves Off In Line 5 Battle

Significant Washington Land Returned To The Colville Tribe

Activists Demanding Psilocybin For Terminally Ill Patients Arrested Outside DEA Headquarters

Sedan Barricades South Power Line Cut Pathway To Atlanta Forest​

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From MRonline  —

China, Serbia mark anniversary of NATO’s deadly bombing of Chinese embassy

Andrei Biletsky, the neo-Nazi father of Azov—end of mronline 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.
———————–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.