Once again a caller to C-Span reminded us that “we are not a democracy, we are a Constitutional republic”.  We might recall we also are not capitalistic, we are a Constitutional republic.  But as to democracy, as heard on a Bill Moyers discussion, “governments don’t do democracy, people do democracy”.  In the same character of indoctrination, socialism has been belied as contrary to democracy when it may in FACT be a definition of democracy.  Americans have been self-deluded by the pandering by capitalistic-supporting politicians that we are “exceptional” when the USA may not even be noteworthy among functioning democracies around the world.  We are, however, showing signs of fascism.

Governments do fascism with the support of oligarchs.

https://socialistproject.ca/2021/12/ecosocialist-imperative/#more      –Capitalism, in its insatiable desire for profit, has ravaged the earth and led to the ecological disaster we now face. Given the extreme fires and droughts, climate change denial has gone out of fashion.Yet the root cause remains unmentioned. Politicians who take their cues from the capitalist class offer piecemeal solutionsThat’s why what we call ecosocialism rejects not only the goal of ever-increasing profitability for the enrichment of those who own the corporations, but the very imperative of continuous “growth” that’s built into capitalism.Instead, ecosocialism calls for a fundamental transformation of production to be democratically controlled (“socialized”) and organized around human needs.–end of socialistproject info–

Climate Change is a leading national security risk that has been reported to increase due to excesses of The Military-Industrial Complex used by American oligarchs to protect commercial interests around the globe behind the red herring of “spreading democracy around the world” when a better definition would be imperialism.

How else can this be interpreted other than support for American oligarch interests around the globe at the expense of the well-being of We The People?–https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/9/build_back_better_or_build_more   —By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan“We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.”
– Pres. Dwight Eisenhower, 1961As special interests in Washington, DC pared President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better package from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion over ten years, the $768 billion annual Pentagon budget sailed through the House of Representatives. That’s equivalent to about $8 trillion over ten years, significantly larger than Build Back Better, passed with bipartisan harmony. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is now in the Senate, where additional spending amendments are being pushed for this “must pass” legislation. If budgets indicate a society’s values, then it’s clear what’s important to the United States: weapons and war.–end of democracynow info–
https://moguldom.com/384516/after-america-pissed-away-over-2-trillion-in-afghanistan-biden-pelosi-and-democrats-approve-768-billion-military-budget/?utm_source=moengage&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=subscribed    –House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the then-proposed increase in spending in November, citing the threat of climate change as among her reasons. “National security advisors all tell us that the climate crisis is a national security matter,” Pelosi said.However, during the same month, former presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said climate change was the very reason the high-priced bill should not have been supported.770 Billion to the Pentagon just easily passed the house 363-70. I voted No,” Bowman tweeted Tuesday. “It is astounding how quickly Congress moves weapons but we can’t ensure housing, care, and justice for our veterans, nor invest in robust jobs programs for districts like mine.”–end of moguldon info–
Received from popularresistance—https://mailchi.mp/popularresistance/hk617bwkph?e=1b0a9c0541   —

US Shouldn’t Be Invited To Summit For Democracy, Let Alone Be Its Host

A New Campaign Fights To Stop The Criminalization Of Poverty

Veterans Target US Military’s Outsized Impact On The Climate Crisis

In Tree Plantations In Paraguay, Public Money Is Driving Private Profit

Tribes File Briefs Defending Indian Child Welfare Act

Activists Disrupt Business As Usual In Toronto’s Financial District

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Are people getting in the way of industry?—https://portside.org/2021-12-09/warehouses-their-backyards-when-amazon-expands-these-communities-pay-price   –José Mendez, who has lived in Gage Park for 18 years, says his 5am commute now involves battling semis for space on a nearby residential street. His wife has called Amazon to complain, but the trucks still come past.Uriel Estrada, a college student who lives with his family a few blocks from the warehouse, says having Amazon in the neighborhood isn’t all bad – packages arrive much faster than before. Still, he says, the noise and traffic are distracting. “In my house, you can feel it shake because there’s a bunch of trucks passing by,” he says.–end of portside info–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6wtzW9hBOE     –Mega Pads – “No to Injection Wells” – Dimock, Pa – Cabot Oil and Gas – 11-25-20

Received from Veteransforpeace——–https://www.veteransforpeace.org/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=4286545a-d5cb-41e9-9385-b1f9550cbe69           –The Hearing Officer finds the Navy’s repair & maintenance of the Red Hill Fuel Tanks to be “sorely deficient” and that the facility poses a “real” risk to Oʻahu’s drinking water supply.  In 2020 Veterans For Peace passed a resolution to Shut Down Red Hill Naval Fuel Tanks, read it here.The time to shut down Red Hill is now. –end of vfa info–
Increased funding to the Pentagon seems not to translate into improved national security.  Consider the impacts of The Military-Industrial Complex that contributes to Climate Change that is said to be our most dangerous national security risk.  So where is the money going?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztDHmkRK6I8&t=308s     —As Pentagon Fails Audit, $21 Trillion Still Unaccounted For
For those who are too unsure of their powers of discernment from a Russian news outlet can access the info from our Representatives of The People on the topic of the loss of trillions of dollars within the Pentagon————
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmDIG1Pn5l4      —Congress: We Lost $1 Trillion Dollars: We Can’t Find It Anywhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0hv1QPsZwo       —  Rep. Barbara Lee Pushes for Audit of Pentagon Budget
And consider removing control of your “democracy” from the hands of autocrats—-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBKhyvchCOc       –“Is This A JOKE?!!” Boris’s Christmas Covid CORRUPTION
We have much work to do. 

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.