A sense of justice must challenge a supposed health system that profits not only from disease, but the cause of disease.

https://us.engagingnetworks.app/page/email?mid=3a8c614aabb642beb7e33fdc88324270      –Fossil fuel investments directly contradict the Hippocratic Oath – First, Do No Harm – at the heart of the healthcare profession. But, a new report shows that four major private hospitals in the US hold over $4.6 BILLION in fossil fuel investments. Nationwide, it is likely that private US hospitals have well over $10 billion invested in the fossil fuel economy.

So why is the healthcare sector still investing in companies that are destroying our collective and planetary health? It’s time for healthcare pensions to take the lead and divest from fossil fuels once and for all.

–end of sand.earth info—————Sign the petition, if you wish.

So what other denial do we accept in the name of popular culture?

No, Donald, “stars aren’t permitted to carry out unwanted sexual assault”.  That’s only the notion of sick minds.  Some people haven’t searched for eternal truths, while depending on hierarchical presumption such as Donald is reported to have stated.  This feels like another example of a short-circuited maturity journey.

https://www.aol.com/news/deposition-played-jury-trump-told-164131319.html    —

NEW YORK CITY — During his October deposition as part of the rape and defamation trial brought against him by the writer E. Jean Carroll, former President Donald Trump told prosecution lawyers that “stars” like him had, “unfortunately or fortunately,” historically been permitted to carry out unwanted sexual assault.

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Some people are working toward the common good.–

From lakotalaw  —  Greetings from Pine Ridge. I’ll keep this email short and sweet — but only because I want you to spend your reading time on today’s blog! I’ve also recorded a short video, which you’ll see near the top of the blog page. What’s my topic? I’m highlighting the importance of Indigenous knowledge in tackling the climate crisis in the wake of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and convening of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Please do read the blog, but here’s one of my key points. The climate crisis is real, it’s serious, and it’s existential — but that’s not a reason for pessimism. In order to win this fight, we must listen to one another, celebrate the good work being done, and tap into our resilience as human beings. We should recognize the victories we’re achieving now and incorporate both science and the understanding Indigenous communities have had for Unci Maka — our grandmother Earth — for thousands of years. 

We know about resilience, and we aren’t scared of the apocalypse. In the era of colonization, we’ve already been living through it for generations. We haven’t lost our faith or our capacity for optimism, and we’re not going to give those up now. I invite you to hear my perspective and take on this challenge with me so the generations to come can tell an inspiring story of reconnection and recovery.

Wopila tanka — thank you for caring for Unci Maka!
Tokata Iron Eyes
Organizer
The Lakota People’s Law Project

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https://lakotalaw.org/news/2023-05-04/climate-indigenous-people?ms=ea&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=iccb&utm_content=textlink1&sourceid=1058348&contactdata=gobv3plbw6KE3VvXfhdxgXTV9mKaBpDSo43TzK+og%2fli05Xpi3ex%2friVlLTLoIEvOb9p%2felbKFg4P3cFEOTG5YINkNSDsVBSaa8WWPTe+Uu%2fRFCVnikeKBCARFsFYxXhwai6oh0yj1vkDxWwXfZRzHi56SXzG%2fgJR3S7h13sVJ3fa7raqQwozl5aL%2f+OIIqXnquotVVknjfVaTZfbt%2fJinox+DQfKJBooC4tb0o7RIjFqZDDVHLTbepZQfP9YL1zy+hqIlqySRQFRva79z9wWA%3d%3d&emci=b6fec8cd-d1ea-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&emdi=e6c57483-d7ea-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&ceid=8102310     —“The genocide over hundreds of years of Indigenous peoples in the Americas and the co-decimation of nonhuman relatives and their societies brings us and you to here. It is this world built out of our apocalypse that is now at risk.”Kim Tall BearLet’s be clear. Native Peoples have already lived through and are still surviving an apocalypse. The systemic processes of genocide and displacement at work for centuries are still ongoing. The colonial perspective, one of privilege, cherished unknowing, and feigned ignorance has allowed and will continue to contribute to the violence that has created the climate crisis. “Doomsday” came early for some, and only recently has the reality and depth of our being in relationship to the Earth been acknowledged by a global audience and governmental bodies.

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It’s easier to ignore the reality of rights of Indigenous People, along with the reality of their wisdom, when we can’t even consider the cosmos aside from a technological target for exploitation by wealthy oligarchs.  –https://wildhunt.org/2023/05/brazil-expands-amazon-protection-by-recognizing-6-indigenous-areas.html          –BRASÍLIA, Brazil – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – known as Lula da Silva or simply Lula – recognized six new Indigenous reserves last Friday, April 28, 2023.  including an enormous region of the Amazon territory. The new declarations come after a lengthy halt to such Indigenous territory expansion under his far-right presidential predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.

The new declarations are part of his campaign pledge to defend the rights of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples by demarcating their lands. Bolsonaro had encouraged widespread development throughout the Amazon and turned a blind eye to attacks on Indigenous communities and land grabs of Indigenous lands. Bolsonaro specifically promised to resist land demarcation that would secure Indigenous territory and also removed many environmental protections while encouraging the development of the land by agribusiness.

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Prepare to be amazed.

https://glorian.org/learn/courses-and-lectures/defense-for-spiritual-warfare/the-region-of-barbelo        –Glorian is a non-profit charitable organization helping humanity find the practical method to conquer the causes of suffering.

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Religion and physics must be one and the same.  Before anyone dismisses this idea, she/he must better explain existence.  On levels beyond the ability of human beings to absorb is sound (music) and color.  Bees can see colors that human beings can’t detect.  Dogs hear sounds inaudible to the human ear.  

Human chauvinism seems to need technology to consider inter-stellar travel.  This seems to require reliance on the corruptible material world.

Dedicated Buddhists of Aeons ago, through meditation, intuited quantum physics.  What’s up with that?

A different way to express the same intuition can be found in Ouspensky.  —  https://www.ouspenskytoday.org/wp/about-teaching-today/what-is-the-fourth-way/    —

The Fourth Way provides a path to wisdom and enlightenment for ‘householders’, ordinary people living in the world today. It is also known as ‘the Way of Understanding’.

This householder’s way has existed since time immemorial. G.I. Gurdjieff conceived the title ‘Fourth Way’, for the fragmentary assemblage of previously unknown teachings that he brought to the West in the early 20th century – but he never claimed to have invented the Way itself.

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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!