We in the USA have the unique opportunity to self-govern.  We’re loosing that right and we won’t be better off for doing so.  Hierarchical Establishment is quite willing to inform the public of reasons to “leave it to the experts”.  Experts are too often afflicted with conflict of interest.  

https://www.aol.com/finance/federal-tightens-ethics-rules-ban-180003564.html       –The Federal Reserve on Thursday said it will tighten its ethics rules concerning personal finances among its most senior officials, the latest development in a trading scandal that has led to the resignation of two policymakers.–end of aol info–
Received from stopthemoneypipeline     —   https://fossilfreefuture.earth/#join-us?link_id=3&can_id=193d62b237484a25dee2367907a4dd04&source=email-join-us-in-the-streets-next-week&email_referrer=email_1331886&email_subject=join-us-in-the-streets-next-week             —One week from today young people are shutting down banks across the globe to demand an end to fossil fuel expansion.We’re calling out Wall Street’s greenwashed climate commitments, uplifting frontline fights, and demanding an end to the harm the financial industry is doing around the globe.–end of stopthemoneypipeline info–
It goes without saying that the same young people who will challenge the money side of greenwashing will also consider the demand side of uninformed consumerism.  An example is the 5G network that is harmful to people and environment—         https://www.thenewleam.com/2020/09/the-adverse-impact-of-5g-on-health-and-environment-are-far-more-serious-than-popularly-conceived/           –5G communication technology has been mainly discussed in the context of high-tech benefits it will bring, or business rivalries it will generate. However from the point of view of the welfare of human beings and indeed of all life-forms, a much more important issue, indeed an issue of very far-reaching implications, relates to the very serious adverse environmental and health impacts of this technology. Compared to the great importance of this issue, this issue should receive much more importance.–end of thenewteam info–
Much blame can fall on the shoulders of elders who officiated within the culture that has brought humanity and the globe to the brink of destruction.  Can young people do better?
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Cornel West On The Hypocrisies Of Harvard

Exxon Exec Reveals How Politicians Are Bought By The Fossil Fuel Industry

Lancet Report Warns Planetary Crisis Will Spur More Infectious Diseases & Climate Refugees

Biden Negotiated Away 2/3 Of His Climate Funding

US Climate-Related Financial Risk Report Denounced As ‘Pitiful’ Failure

Workers Are Rejecting A Two Tiered Labor System That Enriched The Bosses

The West Destroyed Libya Because Of Gaddafi’s Push For Financial Independence

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On the topic of Gaddafi of Libya and his downfall perpetrated by the USA, the reasoning is still foggy.  Typically the excuse for imposition of force against a foreign nation is “American interests”.  Can an excuse be any more vague?  Few people could argue that Gaddafi was a strong supporter for the welfare of the people of Libya.  Women were permitted a modicum of equality.  One finds it offensive to consider as positive the “permitting” of human rights to women that goes without saying.  But considering the source which is one of the three patriarchal religions from the Middle East, it seems as good as can be expected.  Any presumption that the US government acts to protect women’s rights as human rights is open to discussion.  Since we use foreign nations as our enemies in order to frighten the American public into compliance to The Military-Industrial Complex, we owe it to our so-called enemies to at least be informed about them.
Disturbed by my own ignorance about the Middle East, a book is helping to dispel the dullness of the American educational system.  This book is A History Of The Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani.  It seems to be a comprehensive beginning to understanding other people before we bomb them.
To ignorantly glide along the surface just isn’t working    —  https://scheerpost.com/2021/10/21/lee-camp-the-four-layers-of-reality-and-why-were-only-allowed-to-talk-about-one/    –What we, the American people, want has no influence on American policy. The politicians tell you it does. They act like they care. But nothing you and I want ever gets done.It’s like being in an emotionally and mentally abusive relationship. Our corporate overlords  gaslight us. They tell us we matter. They tell us they love us. They tell us they’ll change. But they never doAt the end of the day we, the people, get nothing unless it aligns with business interests. Look at Obamacare for example — America wanted healthcare, but in order to get the Affordable Care Act passed, the ruling elite made sure it was a giant giveaway to the health insurance industry. –end of scheerpost info—-

Socialism addresses the interests of the public at the same time capitalism address the process of transfer of wealth from the 100% to the 1%, in the interpretation by one person.  Other people may describe the success of India Walton as a public informed about voter rights and principles of a democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.https://portside.org/2021-10-21/india-walton-didnt-come-out-nowhere            –Struggle built the current political moment in Buffalo, too. Not a passion for socialism. Not even the campaign that led the insurgent India Walton to thrash the incumbent Mayor Byron Brown in the June Democratic primary. Brown didn’t campaign; he couldn’t fathom a threat in an all-volunteer opposition. Walton is immensely talented, also gutsy. But her victory and, more important, her confidence that she can govern if she prevails over the write-in efforts of Brown and two other men on November 2 are best understood against the backdrop of wide-ranging activism that, for almost 20 years, has cultivated the practice of seeking alternatives.–end of portside info–
Any suggestion that Democrats are more interested in protecting the right of choice by voters was not one of those millions of voters denied a right to cast a vote for Bernie Sanders in the Presidential election.  This badminton game between Democrats and Republicans is obvious  —  https://www.pogo.org/press/release/2021/the-senate-must-reform-the-filibuster/                –The repeated use of the filibuster to block deliberation of legislation reaffirming the right to vote has exposed that the rule does not foster debate and bipartisanship. Instead, it has become an impediment to compromise. The filibuster is now used as a tool for blanket obstruction that regularly prevents Congress from even considering legislation.–end of pogo info–
Received from Riverkeeper  —  http://secure.riverkeeper.org/site/MessageViewer;jsessionid=00000000.app330b?em_id=28936.0&dlv_id=35579&NONCE_TOKEN=524F2BB5378B758971B0649695E5815F             —One year later, life returns to a Hudson River tributaryFilm clip: Restoring HabitatsWith Cuomo out, $2.1 billion LaGuardia AirTrain plan is halted
Ditmars Blvd. Block Association, Guardians of Flushing Bay and Riverkeeper react to AirTrain news
Take action: Urge Governor Hochul to protect wetlandsPETITION to sign if you wish.
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Food growing is possible outside of the auspices of capitalistic hierarchical control.  It’s called autonomy and we would be the better if we tried it.—https://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/growing-life-beyond-fear?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=OB+730&utm_content=OB+730  —

FOOD SUMMIT

Regeneration International’s Global Food Summit

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Growing Life: Interview with Vandana Shiva, Andre Leu and Ronnie Cummins

ENVIRONMENT

“Forever Chemicals” Poisoning America’s Water

MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO

Monsanto Forced to Pay $40 Million for Labeling Fraud on Roundup Herbicide

HERBICIDES

Monsanto’s Dicamba Herbicide Continues to Wreak Havoc

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We deserve better.      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.