First democracy requires a Free Press.  War crimes should be exposed.

 —  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRUyBv3LyYk             —

Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal

–end of democracynow info–

In the Southern Tier of NYS one can watch saccharine promotion of authoritarian presumption.  Consider an example as imagined from one person.  —

Another legal but curiously undemocratic (small d) bait-and-switch can be imagined in Upstate NY, where a Sheriff Deputy was voted into office as a lawmaker who pushed through a law that treats responsible local citizens like burgeoning local terrorists, and then was voted back in as the Sheriff to enact his version of justice.  —  Meanwhile……..A law was passed that in an area that is a hotbed of responsible citizens, such citizens are insulted with the following, as though most of the first responders aren’t citizen volunteers.   —   https://gobroomecounty.com/sites/default/files/dept/legis/112119-47.pdf           —A LOCAL LAW ENACTING THE “EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS PROTECTION ACT OF 2019”

–End of HR10—-

Another law one believes was passed in the Southern Tier permitted arrest if the law enforcement official felt uncomfortable with somebody’s bad attitude.  One can’t find anything on this at the moment; perhaps wisdom meant the law wasn’t passed.

The same players in the above provincial drama endorsed for DA, their choice.  Fortunately that candidate did not win the election.  None of this is illegal, but taken as a whole feels similar to authoritarian process.  Policing and law enforcement are a legitimate topic of questioning; ‘ol boy networks feel like the foundation of something less than democratic (small d).

What may be illegal are some of the shenanigans within a law enforcement and DA dance that is unsettling, and still under investigation.  Swept under the rug are news reported legal and ethical oddities of some of the players.  

In the USA, laws don’t equal ethical behavior.  Should we expect better behavior from our self-promoted leaders than is manifested within the citizenry, or should we tolerate a boys-will-be-boys jocularity by said individuals?  ———————end of example——–

Some people recognize hierarchical profiteering as a contribution to Climate Change.  The impact of Climate Change isn’t equal across classes of people.  In order to maintain order within the classes of people most undermined by Climate Change, policing is the most effective tool for hierarchy.  Cops are the tool, not the primary beneficiaries of this system.  Too often cops are from the same classes of the public most dismally impacted by Climate Change, and other crimes, for that matter.

https://popularresistance.org/in-standoff-over-cop-city-police-are-the-real-terrorists/    –But the protesters in Atlanta are not only fighting against further wasteful spending on police and the “Cop City” training center, they are also fighting against the destruction of the region’s natural environment and the further pollution and degradation of land that will disproportionately affect the poor and working-class who live in the area. As those who oppose the massive development (which would include, among other things, several shooting ranges and a landing pad for Black Hawk helicopters!) have made clear, the forest is a vital part of the wetlands that help to contain and filter pollution and rainwater, preventing and limiting the threat of floods to the predominantly Black neighborhoods that border the forest.

–end of popularresistance info–

The Proxy War with Russia has shined a light upon a mysterious part of the world.  A reason for the mystery is probably the complex history that surely is ignored in American so-called education.  To go to war with those we refuse to understand seems silly.  To hammer into round holes,  notions of “Western values” those who may be square pegs of mystery is a waste of time.  Consider the following from Wildhunt.  —  https://wildhunt.org/2023/01/spotlight-on-traditions-the-mythic-world-of-scythian-paganism.html    —

To begin with: the Scythians were an Indo-Aryan people, meaning that their language and culture shared kinship with Sanskrit and Avestan and that their religion shared features of Zoroastrianism and Vedic-era Hinduism. They dwelled on the steppe north of the Black Sea in what is today the nation of Ukraine and its neighbouring countries. They are well-known for their fierce raiding culture and independence, fighting against the Achaemenid Empire and killing their founder Cyrus the great along with raiding and destroying Greek settlers.–end of wildhunt info–

For anyone who feels too superior to consider Pagan views as to be insufficiently sophisticated to consider, one may read the following history that is equally eye opening.  —  https://www.amazon.com/Gates-Europe-History-Ukraine/dp/0465094864#:~:text=Situated%20between%20Central%20Europe%2C%20Russia,meetin     —

Situated between Central Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, Ukraine was shaped by the empires that used it as a strategic gateway between East and West—from the Roman and Ottoman empires to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. For centuries, Ukraine has been a meeting place of various cultures.

The Scythians disappear from the historical record with the arrival of the Huns and the Goths. Their homeland around Ukraine was conquered by the Hunnic Empire and settled by the Crimean Goths. After this, the region would be open to nomadic settlement and invasion until the time of the Russian Empire.–end of gates info–

Either way the reality dawns that one is dealing with business as usual extending back through millennia.  This probably goes back to the nature or nurture discussion.  Either way, some people believe the USA has issues of its own to deal with.  We can fix others later.https://www.rt.com/news/570687-nato-ukraine-fight-russia/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications —

The US-led military bloc commonly depicts itself as an innocent third party that merely responds to the overwhelming desire of the Ukrainian people to join its ranks. Yet, for years NATO has attempted to absorb a reluctant Ukraine into its orbit. A NATO publication from 2011 acknowledged that “The greatest challenge for Ukrainian-NATO relations lies in the perception of NATO among the Ukrainian people. NATO membership is not widely supported in the country, with some polls suggesting that popular support for it at is less than 20%”.–end of rt info–

This could be of interest to a Free Press that could interview members of the following organization, and openly ask questions and present views from the prosecutors.  —

https://preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webview/140476/78676209000515546   —The Hands Off Uhuru! Hands Off Africa Defense Campaign invites you to attend the monthly Mass Meeting featuring APSP and Uhuru Movement leaders, who were strategically targeted by the FBI and identified as “unindicted co-conspirators” during the violent, simultaneous pre-dawn raids on July 29, 2022.

–end of uhuru info–

https://handsoffuhuru.org/the-fbi-wants-to-put-me-on-trial-for-fighting-for-black-freedom-put-the-colonial-state-on-trial-we-will-win/   —

The legal statutes the U.S. will use to execute this political attack will include the so-called “Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA),” which they also used in 1951 to construct their indictment of W.E.B. DuBois on nearly identical charges of working for “the Russians.” –end of handsoffuhuru info–

Assange is serious, Camp is a comedian, both are censored.  —  https://rumble.com/v27hxo6-leaked-emails-show-how-russiagate-media-fraud-was-done.html?utm_source=Lee+Camp+Shows%2FUpdates&utm_campaign=3fd71dcc24-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_06_06_31_COPY_130&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_258bd142c2-3fd71dcc24-322594341&mc_cid=3fd71dcc24&mc_eid=4e98d8ae27    —

LEAKED: Emails Show How Russiagate Media Fraud Was Done

—end of leecamp 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!