COURAGE TO CHANGE
Change requires courage and imagination. Propaganda helps to ensure the public have neither.
Howie Hawkins speaks of system change. —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n8rl6fuNCY —
#GreenSocialist Notes, Episode 112
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The difference of opinion on the US Proxy War with Russia in Ukraine is a topic for discussion. Most Americans have a cursory knowledge of Russia, let alone Ukraine. We should all further inform ourselves on this region into which the USA has injected ourselves. If NATO is the excuse, why isn’t NATO in the war?
https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/serhii-plokhy/the-gates-of-europe/9781541675643/ –As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence, celebrated historian Serhii Plokhy explains that today’s crisis is a case of history repeating itself: the Ukrainian conflict is only the latest in a long history of turmoil over Ukraine’s sovereignty. Situated between Central Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, Ukraine has been shaped by empires that exploited the nation as a strategic gateway between East and West—from the Romans and Ottomans to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. In The Gates of Europe, Plokhy examines Ukraine’s search for its identity through the lives of major Ukrainian historical figures, from its heroes to its conquerors.
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The same technology and mindset that propelled us toward Climate Change won’t forestall Climate Change. Some people also watch a deterioration in the human condition, along with the same in the environment. Maybe a different way is timely.
Solidarity with RemaLoeb — https://www.facebook.com/rema.loeb/posts/pfbid0rF4Ja4tNyfYskG5FCh4Yuoo7YkLhs1mBopjFjZd8tUCY2AjEnKFuTEmpyECYKaobl —
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Through the “take action” button, find ways to support indigenous efforts to protect from lithium mining homelands of the Western Shoshone, Pauite, Ute, Goshute and Washoe peoples. Thank you.–end of rema loeb tweet—-
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Our demands:
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- Reduce our nation’s dependence on cars as part of an emergency shift to a “degrowth” economic paradigm.
Thacker Pass is worth more as an intact, flourishing ecosystem. We will not stop fighting for Thacker Pass until the land is protected.
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From Earthjustice — https://act.earthjustice.org/a/for-the-record-monthly-newsletter?utm_source=crm&utm_medium=email&utm_term=newsletter&utm_campaign=230219_ForTheRecord_February2023&utm_content=HTMLEJLogoLink&emci=2a0b5ed6-afac-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&emdi=78614a6d-5cb0-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&ceid=1816532 —
20-year mining ban enacted in Minnesota’s Boundary WatersHalting an oil company’s plan to bulldoze Black history
How a train derailment led to a major chemical disaster in Ohio
| An Arctic oil project moves one step closer to construction —end of earthjustice info– From organicconsumers — https://us.engagingnetworks.app/page/email?mid=414a7e0df55e427799041ca7392e7f8f — SUPPORT THE OCARenewal, Resistance, & RegenerationPLANTING PEACERage Against the War Machine in WashingtonCAREY GILLAMThe Book on Toxic Chemicals & Cancer Prevention that Biden Needs to ReadMATT TAIBBIGovernment by Panic-Mongering——end of organicconsumers info–From popularresistance — https://mailchi.mp/popularresistance/popular-resistance-daily-digest-wl8mxdrb2k?e=1b0a9c0541 —Northwest Climate Activists Fight A New Front To Stop Fossil FuelsIndigenous People Demonstrate At The Super Bowl SOS – Alliance For Global Justice Has Been Attacked!Organizations Provide Mutual Aid To Residents Of East Palestine, OhioMore Ballooneey NewsFormerly Incarcerated People Seek ‘Protected Class’ Status –end of popularresistance info– From Gatewaygreens—- https://mailchi.mp/2907f059a02d/green-party-of-st-louis-meeting-wed-april-19-2017-recent-and-future-elections-6226729?e=d624642c9f —“Defending Public Education,” Green Party Webinar 7:30 pm, CT, Wed, March 1, 2023 What is the current state of St. Louis City schools? How would potentially repressive legislation affect education in Missouri? Ongoing problems with St. Louis public schools are not an accident and could be called “Failure by Design.” Programs developed in St. Louis City and north St. Louis County build a strong partnership between local schools and the community through sustainable gardening. Let’s take a look at the status of trade school programs in north and south St. Louis. Your comments will be welcome.—end of gatewaygreens 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! |