Money buys news reports and this promotes capitalism as upheld by the Republican/Democratic duopoly.  Journalists that aren’t associated with corporate-owned-state-run MSM are increasingly at risk to be censored, prosecuted, persecuted, and jailed in the USA.  Capitalism uses as a measure of excellence, the wealth that is of the nation and transferred by law from the 100% to the 1%.

Notably one thinks we will hear little about the International Tribunal on US human rights abuses against black, brown and indigenous people to be held October 22-25 in NYC, from state-run-corporate-owned MSM that have traded on racism for political purposes.https://mailchi.mp/popularresistance/1cyjl8qsn4?e=1b0a9c0541                 —

Mi’kmaq Grandmothers And Water Protectors Celebrate Alton Gas Decommissioning

Biden’s Forest Service To Facilitate Quadrupling Of Oil Production

International Tribunal Seeks To Charge US Government With Crimes Against Humanity  –An historic International Tribunal on U.S. Human Rights Abuses Against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples will take place in New York City on October 22-25, 2021. It is designed to propel this and related issues into the forefront of public consciousness.

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https://mronline.org/2021/10/23/multimillionaire-counterrevolutionary-mark-r-levins-new-book-american-marxism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=multimillionaire-counterrevolutionary-mark-r-levins-new-book-american-marxism       –Every thuggish movement needs its cover of respectability and even scholarly, theoretical pillars. This is the role played by Mark R. Levin, whose newest tome American Marxism provides squawking points for the radically neo-fascist, lumpen Republican Party, which has been increasingly embracing the political agenda of libertarian infiltrators from fossil fuels, tobacco, agribusiness, Big Pharma, and the financial sector. Their objective? To undermine the Administrative State, its policies, regulations, and citizen entitlements.The obvious names come up: The Koch brothers, Philip Anschutz, the Coors beer family, the late Aubrey McClendon of Chesapeake Energy, Robert and Rebecca Mercer, among others. Karl Rove himself—the GOP political strategist and Bush II’s deputy chief-of-staff for policy—called the Republican Party coalition in the 2000s a group of rednecks, conspiracy theorists, and Bible-thumpers in leaked emails that roiled the Republican National Committee and party base.GOP Sen. Charles Grassley privately referred to his Iowa constituents as lazy and spendthrift, drug and alcohol-addicted losers not deserving of a dime from the social welfare state. Because the GOP establishment had disingenuously used its party base, which became disillusioned with all establishment politics, wealthy radical libertarian and extreme right-wing elements filled the vacuum to create a shadow party in its midst. Such Tea Party “astroturf” organizing, fronted by Koch financing, was exposed by Jane Mayer in her 2016 book Dark Money, just in time to anticipate Donald Trump.–end of mronline info–
Is it good news or bad news that the contempt for the electorate by the big-money-purchased politicians is so open?
Anyone tentative of reading the Communist Manifesto is simply feeling the results of decades of indoctrination.  As one who disdains both communism and capitalism as opposite sides of the same coin of authority, one thinks informing oneself of both is timely.          –https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf
Contempt for large portions of the electorate as reported about the words of Senator Charles Grassley is a reason democracy requires a Free Press.  A Free Press includes diverse views; imprisonment of said people voicing diverse views is of concern     –https://mronline.org/2021/10/23/mumia-abu-jamal-militant-journalism-from-behind-enemy-lines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mumia-abu-jamal-militant-journalism-from-behind-enemy-lines     –In his explanation Mumia reveals important, practical insights about militant journalism, which he sees as…a tool to change people’s consciousness, a tool to give people insight, and in another way a kind of affirmation that their lives have value and purpose. When one reads the daily press or listens to what is broadcast on the regular “white” radio stations and TV stations, you will perceive a picture, a slanted picture of Black life that reflects it in the most improper terms. When media journalism and propaganda is used to reflect a positive side of people, the side of people resisting oppression, the side of people’s inherent worth, no matter what their property or economic value is, then that in itself is revolutionary, because this system tends to denigrate people who are poor—when most people on the planet are poor. And they have inherent worth as human beings…This is the kind of consciousness that drove me toward journalism. Other than the fact, of course, that through the Party I was trained in that field and was able to write from a revolutionary perspective.–end of mronline info–
A Free Press is crucial for democracy.  In the same way human rights and environmental rights are intrinsic to people rather than government, so is democracy.
C-Span is a forum for public discussion from different perspectives.  This morning the topic of democracy and media was of interest   —  

• 8:02AM EDT
  Washington Journal: David Pepper Discusses His Book Laboratories of Autocracy
• 8:51AM EDT
  Washington Journal: News Headlines and Viewer Calls
• 9:20AM EDT
  Washington Journal: Batya Ungar-Sargon Discusses Her Book, Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy

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Capture of many of the public into the straight-jacket of the Democratic/Republican duopoly stifles Free Thought and therefore Free Speech.  That much political campaign information filters through the corporate-owned-state-run MSM undermines a Free Press.  In other words dictatorship is functioning smoothly in the USA.
Quite plainly the cult-like following of personality of Trump defies democracy.  But not much more than a Democratic Party using race as the primary reason to vote for a Democratic politician.
Of interest is the hair-on-fire Democrats and Republicans attempting to win the loyalty of the predominant number of voters who are neither Republicans or Democrats.  In an honest election, one thinks the President in 2021 would be Bernie Sanders.  Instead the minorities in the Republican branch and the Democratic branch exhorted everyone to “hold your nose and vote”.  This is total inanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB7dQh_TpUc        –Candace Owens debates Russell Brand      –The discussion of wealthy people paying 85% of he taxes ignores the FACT that they own and control the right to at least that much of the money.  It’s not about the number of “rich people”, it’s about the number of their dollars.  In particular when laws to direct the flow of money are made by politicians competing for dollars from said “rich people” via Citizens United.
To discuss with a capitalistic values of community, seems a 2-level conversation without connection.  For example, how would the imprisonment of journalist mumia-abu-jamal as reported on MRonline, fit into the conversation between Candace Ownes and Russell Brand.
By the way, one wonders if the nifty chain book stores that appeal to the ego of youth, rather than the privately-owned eclectic bookstores with true diversity of ideas, is a reason for the saccharin-like group think?
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.