Even the most dedicated Establishment sycophant may conclude that our political, societal, economic, and natural realms are collapsing.  The system purported to be the answer to life on Earth, seems not to be.  Yet those indoctrinated into the Establishment rut seem unable to consider a different way.

Received from Rema Loeb and offered in appreciation—-

https://www.facebook.com/rema.loeb/posts/pfbid02PVEVyBjut2iM76qbkYi23xjCNVGj85Vm9ZThpNZCytHMNbjhxaK53qKcFb6j7ubql      –Here it is your #Tuesday moment of reflection from #SirDavid Attenborough.

“To restore stability to our planet, therefore, we must restore its biodiversity, the very thing we have removed. It is the only way out of this crisis that we ourselves have created. We must rewild the world!”

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https://wildhunt.org/2023/05/research-say-species-loss-is-considerably-more-alarming.html   –TWH – Research published last week in Biological Reviews by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast and the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague suggests that the global loss of wildlife is accelerating.  The researchers said that “The widespread loss of biodiversity has reached unprecedented degrees of ecosystem degradation at rapid timescales” noting that just under half of the planet’s species are experiencing swift declines in their populations.

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One remembers hearing a youngster on local news express relief that honey bees could be replaced as pollinators by drones.  But then humanity can be replaced by AI, so what’s the problem?

A C-Span guest R-Rep. Murphy at about 7:55AM–paraphrase–The USA is #11 among nations in capitalism.  (This was said as though this less than #1 status was a bad thing.  Murphy implied the USA is moving toward socialism.  So why is the USA the only industrialized nation without universal health care?  Dictators will use such bait-and-switch as to label the USA socialist, which would surely be better for We The People than our current predatory capitalism, while ignoring the deadly system of industrialized medicine that passes for health care in the USA.  Rep. Murphy-R, needs to explain his nonsensical statement presented on air to the public.)

Hostage taker…..dictator…….tomato…..tomoto…..This is the hierarchy intrinsic in capitalism.  In other words, “running government like a business”—-

https://www.commondreams.org/news/matt-gaetz-debt-ceiling-hostage      –“A key player in the extreme MAGA House majority now admits what anyone paying attention has suspected all along: Congress Republicans consider the U.S. economy and millions of jobs a ‘hostage’ while making unreasonable austerity demands that especially hurt low-income veterans and seniors,” said Jeremy Funk, spokesman for Accountable.US. “Anyone who doubts the looming default crisis and recession is not entirely manufactured by the MAGA majority need only give the fringe Freedom Caucus a call and hear it from the horse’s mouth.”

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https://popularresistance.org/in-49-states-your-boss-can-hold-you-captive/    –This week, state legislators in Minnesota passed a package of pro-labor measures that instantly makes the state the envy of workers everywhere. The new laws include paid sick days for everyone, banning noncompete agreements, a crackdown on wage theft, and a wage board to set pay in the nursing home industry. All a big deal. But let’s talk briefly about one in particular: a ban on captive audience meetings.

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The answer to capitalistic hierarchical dictatorship is a free market with sole proprietors or employee-owned business.  That the structure is quasi servitude is capitalism.

Congress is less running a government than continuing partisan electoral campaign games.  The reason is that political Party corporations Democrat and Republican have replaced governance and are unwilling to release power to We The People. The D&R duopoly are a mechanism unto themselves and is about control, not good government.

Some people remember when communication wasn’t run by government.  Ham radio operators were ubiquitous, along with tiny radio stations in obscure college rooms, where students were openly practicing Free Speech.  Any fantasy by current-day youngsters of freedom based upon restricted ability controlled by corporate state, is sad.  

One of the best SUNY Binghamton airings was Radio Free Binghamton.  But that was back in the ’70’s and early ’80’s.  Since then hierarchical Establishment has funneled youngsters into weird and robotic forms of communication devoid of imagination and thought.  Not cool, kids.

Dip your toe in the water of free thought and recognize the difference.  —  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHZU4rBumw           —

Ecosocialism 101

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Actually I have little interest in socialism.  We might be better served by attention to natural rights and human rights.  Thomas Paine seems as relevant in 2023 as in 1791, to understand a different view.  —  https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106644.html#:~:text=Paine%20explored%20the%20idea%20that,relating%20to%20security%20and%20protection).  –Paine explored the idea that government based on true justice should support not only mankind’s natural rights (life, liberty, free speech, freedom of conscience) but also its civil rights (relating to security and protection)

He highlighted the fact that only a fraction of the people who paid taxes were entitled to vote. Using detailed calculations, Paine showed how a tax system, including a form of income tax, could provide social welfare in support of those civil rights. Decades ahead of his time, he outlined a plan covering widespread education, child benefit, pensions for the elderly, poor relief and much more. The book sold tens of thousands of copies and became one of the most widely read books in the Western world at the time.

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People who practice Free Speech are often censored by the state.  —  https://preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webview/140476/88990346604708969          —

Saturday, May 27th 🌍 International Day of ActionOur voices must be heard: 
Build the International Day of Action to defend Chairman Omali Yeshitela and the Uhuru Movement from indictment on bogus charges and threats of prison! 

FOR MORE INFORMATION and OUTREACH MATERIALS: HandsOffUhuru.org/action 

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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!