The public has no idea what goes on behind closed doors pertaining to politics.  In NYS this was called 3-men-in-a-room politics.  Or was it 2-men?  Who knows?

From organicconsumers—-https://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/war-organics-natural-health?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=OB+783&utm_content=OB+783   —

SAVE ORGANIC STANDARDS

Organics: Fighting Back

GATES WATCH

An Open Letter to Bill Gates on Food, Farming, and Africa

BIG PHARMA

Big Pharma’s War on Natural Health and Supplements

SAVE ORGANIC STANDARDS

The Distorted Lies About Sri Lanka’s Organic Pathway–These articles’ familiar false narratives, untruths, and language style show that they were written spin doctors from a PR company employed by pesticide/big agriculture cartels. They were cut and pasted by poor-quality journalists who did not fact-check.

THE NEW MDS

Heavy Metals in School Lunches

–end of organicconsumers info–

From popularresistance —    https://popularresistance.org/growing-worker-co-ops-in-vermont/                    –Alex and Andrew share their individual and combined passions for democratized workplaces and their beliefs that changing the very structures of jobs, equity and community will transcend society. 

–end of popularresistance info—————-https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/222-growing-worker-co-ops-in-vermont

Military arms are destroying the infrastructure of Ukraine as the US sends more of the same.  Ukrainians might need generators and blankets more.  Or maybe peace, even if that means no NATO on the doorstep of Russia.

    –  https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/after-ukrainian-missile-strike-on-poland-nato-surges-weapons-to-eastern-europe/?swcfpc=1  —

Last week, Ukraine fired at least one missile into Poland, killing two Polish civilians, with the aim of blaming Moscow and drawing NATO directly into war with Russia.

To date, this brings the value of US weapons shipments to Ukraine to $19.7 billion, a figure the Biden administration proposed to double in a funding request sent to Congress last week.–end of countercurrents info–

From MRonline  —  https://mronline.org/2022/11/23/activists-reject-escalation-in-ukraine-even-when-its-unpopular/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=activists-reject-escalation-in-ukraine-even-when-its-unpopular&mc_cid=f6e1af854b&mc_eid=2833cdb99b            —

Who benefits from this war?

In the very outset of the war, the stocks of the top war manufacturers such as Lockheed Martin skyrocketed. An October 2 headline in Barron’s read,

Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Escalating. It’s Time to Buy Defense Stocks.–end of mronline info–

From portside —-   https://portside.org/2022-11-23/hospital-billing-crime-against-american-patients?utm_source=portside-general&utm_medium=email         —

Hospital Billing Is a Crime Against American Patients

A visit to a hospital in Europe is an eye-opener to the many ways monopolized U.S. hospitals pad their profits with unnecessary costs.–end of portside info–

The USA seems to support predatory service for the public.  This has little to do with a free market and specifically seems to benefit the middleman.  Alternatively a system could be more nearly similar to other modern and industrialized nations and the USA could provide a 1-payer universal health care system.  This would provide more equality in health care at costs that are affordable and also promote the concept allowing medical personnel to function according to their job description rather than as bookkeepers.

A reason the well-thought out ideas of a 1-payer system as promoted by Bernie Sanders was trashed in favor of a for-profit disease-care system seems to be endorsements by politicians purchased via Citizens United, by campaign donors who may be those middlemen so profiting.  

From lakotalaw  —

As many of us gather with family today — a “holiday” that people in our communities understand as a deeply problematic celebration of colonialism and genocide — I’ll choose to highlight a recent victory for Native America. You may recall that, a few months back, we asked you to help the Cherokee Nation seat a congressional delegate. Here’s the good news. About a week ago, after nearly two centuries of delay, Congress held its first ever hearing on the subject — and it went very well!

To be clear, it isn’t a done deal. However, as NPR accurately reports, last week’s House Rules Committee hearing represents by far the biggest step the federal government has ever taken toward fulfilling a promise it made to the Cherokee way back in 1835’s Treaty of New Echota. And while we can’t celebrate prematurely, the U.S. government making progress toward doing what it said it would for any Native nation is historic and a reason for optimism.

So now what? Let’s keep the pressure on. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin gave Lakota Law an informative interview about why it’s time to seat Kimberly Teehee as the Cherokee delegate to the House of Representatives, and that discussion is available to watch on our action page. If you have not already done any of the following, I urge you to make the time to watch the interview, send a message to your reps, and use the social media buttons on our action page (and perhaps dinner table conversation) to share this timely advocacy with your circle.

Given the tenor of the Rules Committee hearing and the outpouring of support by people like you, Chief Hoskin is confident the Cherokee can make history for Native representation in the halls of power as soon as this calendar year. Let’s help him make it happen!

Wopila tanka — thank you, and I wish you a good day of connection.
Chase Iron Eyes
Co-Director and Lead Counsel
The Lakota People’s Law Project

—end of lakotalaw info–

From RussellBrand  —  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5kkRMq-TBg                  —

Qatar World Cup – This Goes Deeper Than You Know

–end of russellbrand info–

From WildHunt  —     https://wildhunt.org/2022/11/the-world-cup-host-what-pagans-should-know-about-the-dos-and-donts-of-qatar.html          —

The FIFA World Cup 2022 is well underway and many of its fans are watching the “Beautiful Game.” As many know, this year the World Cup is being held in Qatar and began two days ago.–end of wildhunt info–

Meanwhile in the USA   –The many forms of  censorship.  —   https://wildhunt.org/2022/11/tuscumbia-festival-of-yule-opposed-by-christians.html  –The fact that the City Council’s job is to handle the business of the City and not to dictate religious practices seemed to be lost on the majority of those who felt the need to speak out against the event.

–end of wildhunt info–

****As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
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!