One understands the expression of relief from Russell Brand about the response from Cornel West to the welcome of Brand.  Brand doesn’t toe a left or right line view, but rather seems to speak his truth.  Consequently anyone so motivated is often painted with the broad brush of conspiracy theory by Neo-liberals.  I would have anticipated nothing less from Cornel West, who is nothing if not straightforward. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu1UM0E2eVk    —

“Neoliberalism Is Dying” (With Dr Cornel West) – #093 – Stay Free With Russell Brand PREVIEW

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From remaloeb and offered in appreciation and solidarity—-https://www.facebook.com/rema.loeb/posts/pfbid02jjKD5qtGaYUPvA7ewhYFtjyxzn4m4mPUK5DD1U1apNpaiyU82LrLhdve5FSUtc9ql —

The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it…….

–end of remaloeb info–  Thanks…..https://consortiumnews.com/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=18bd2598-322c-463d-a7d7-876cd0876b39     —

IRAQ 20 YEARS: Scott Ritter — Disarmament, the Fundamental Lie

IRAQ 20 YEARS: Joe Lauria — One Resignation May Have Stopped the Disastrous Invasion

IRAQ 20 YEARS: Ray McGovern — The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates

The Billionaire Bailout Society

Why SVB & Signature Bank Failed So Fast

SCOTT RITTER: The Nord Stream-Andromeda Cover Up

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The system is rigged, and expressions about suspicions are typically met with charges of conspiracy theory from capitalistic hierarchical apologists such as MSM.   Dictatorship is about indoctrination of others into lack of confidence in their own perceptions.  —  https://portside.org/2023-03-19/wealthy-executives-make-millions-trading-competitors-stock-remarkable-timing?utm_source=portside-general&utm_medium=email  —

Never-before-seen IRS records show that CEOs are sometimes making multimillion-dollar bets on the stocks of direct competitors and partners — and doing so with exquisite timing.

U.S. securities law bars “insider trading” — buying or selling stocks based on access to nonpublic information not available to other investors — under certain circumstances. Historically, insider trading prosecutions and SEC enforcement have both focused on corporate employees, and those close to them, trading in the stock of their own companies.

But executives at companies can also have extensive access to nonpublic information about rivals, partners or vendors through their business. Buying or selling stock based on that knowledge can run afoul of insider-trading law, according to experts. ProPublica described multiple trades, without mentioning names, to Robert Zink, a former chief of the Justice Department’s criminal fraud section, who responded that if he were still at the Justice Department, “of course we would look at it.” He added that the key to ProPublica’s findings is “the trading doesn’t appear to be a one- or two-time thing. It’s happening a lot.”

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Industries and educational platforms exist solely for the purpose to enhance portfolios of the wealthiest people at the expense of the welfare of the general public.  This seems particularly out of sync with principles of the US Constitution.

https://www.propublica.org/article/why-we-are-publishing-the-tax-secrets-of-the-001   —

We are disclosing the tax details of the richest Americans because we believe the public interest in an informed debate outweighs privacy considerations.—-It is now clear that there isn’t just one such taxpayer — there are many, in multiple industries. We believe that disclosing the identities of billionaires who paid little to no taxes in years their fortunes grew by billions of dollars will help readers understand the magnitude of the tax advantages the ultrarich enjoy.

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Preamble to the US Constitution suggests cooperation rather than competition.  —  “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of the United States”

–end of preamble—–

Perhaps corruption byway of Citizens United that purchases lawmakers to pass laws beneficial to campaign donors, is instrumental in transforming the USA into a quasi feudal system.

From MRonline  —  https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=2833cdb99b&u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=21f666ed6b —

The brouhaha of war: soundscapes of the invasion of Iraq, twenty years on

Bush-era neocons should shut the fuck up about Iraq (and everything else)

Remembering Rachel Corrie twenty years on

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https://popularresistance.org/rigorous-maidan-massacre-expose-suppressed-by-top-academic-journal/     —

The massacre by snipers of anti-government activists and police officers in Kiev’s Maidan Square in late February 2014 was a defining moment in the US-orchestrated overthrow of Ukraine’s elected government. The death of 70 protesters triggered an avalanche of international outrage that made President Viktor Yanukovych’s downfall a fait accompli. Yet today these killings remain unsolved.–end of popularresistance 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!