Consider the progress in terms of good health, peace, and equality over just 100 years.  It is almost impossible to imagine that I was born only 30 years after the ratification of Suffrage for Women.  That NOW is only about 50 years old is even as fascinating.  That the right for a woman to control her own body in 2022 is on the line is disturbing; but compared to the journey, just a bump in the road.  It is a reminder that freedom and autonomy is each a journey, not a destination.  The ERA could be an important goal for young women going forward.  The success of the past, emerging from the deepest rights violations, reminds that the successes can be even sweeter.  Loss of gains made were quite predictable to those not heady with hubris of the freedom and autonomy handed to them on silver platters.

https://msmagazine.com/2021/12/31/2021-feminist-year-review-new-years/   –Our resolution at Ms. as we head into 2022 (and as we head into our 50th year) is to continue delivering you the latest feminist news, analysis and commentary you count on us for. Between the push for the ERA and voting rights, the midterm elections, a Supreme Court decision that will determine the future of abortion access and more, 2022 is shaping up to be a crucial year. We promise to keep you in the know—if you promise to join us, and keep fighting for change.–end of msmag info–https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/19th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20June%204,decades%20of%20agitation%20and%20protest.   —
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest. Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory in 1920.–end of archives info–

https://mailchi.mp/54b34ba3f8fc/era-in-the-news-may-8-5012390?e=9fd5b10b7d      —

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Progress in terms of privilege, greed and exploitation continues—-https://www.desmog.com/2021/12/20/ground-flare-exxon-sabic-plastics-petrochemical-plant-gulf-mexico-texas/?utm_source=DeSmog%27s+Weekly+Newsletter  –Castillo clarified that the “barbecue” was a ground flare at the $10 billion manufacturing complex — a joint venture between ExxonMobil and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) known as Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV). The site is home to the world’s largest ethane steam cracker plant, which will feed the production of nurdles –  tiny pellets that form the building blocks for plastic products.        
The ground flare at the Exxon-SABIC plant lit up the sky and was visible for miles. It alarmed many who hadn’t seen warnings posted on social media or gotten an email alert from the facility. The email said the ground flare “will create a glowing effect near ground level and produce a rumbling sound.” 
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Received from popularresistance —-

The Highest Attainable Standard Of Health Is A Fundamental Right

Chester County Residents Protest Mariner East Pipeline Construction

Wet’suwet’en Water Protectors Evade RCMP As Police Mobilize For Raid

The US Directed Rebellion In Kazakhstan May Strengthen Russia

21st Century US Coups And Attempted Coups In Latin America

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C-Span hosted a vital discussion today–https://www.c-span.org/video/?517087-5/washington-journal-michael-knowles-discusses-podcast-political-news-day    –JANUARY 8, 2022  | PART OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL 01/08/2022

Washington Journal

Michael Knowles Discusses His Podcast & Political News of the Day

Conservative political commentator Michael Knowles, host of “The Michael Knowles Show” at The Daily Wire, discusses his podcast and news of the day.–end of c-span info–

A system of capitalism regulated by government according to principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic could work in the USA.  The Supreme Court decision called Citizens United that interjected money into elections also promoted corruption.  When the people gaining wealth in the system are the same who pass legislation, the system is corrupt.  This is “running government like a business” that on a continuum becomes organized crime.
It is said that the best way to hide something is in plain sight.  And so we have the Democratic/Republic duopoly with each branch self-describing as the champion of democracy while functioning according to ostensible fascism.  Fascism is feared by some nations that were intimately impacted by WWII and fascism, against which said nations fought and died.  
US bureaucrats and politicians need to be more clear about promotion of so-called capitalism into said nations, and in FACT into the USA.  It may not be better wielded by the USA than by another nation.
Michael Knowles is a smooth mouthpiece for what he calls middle right policies.  He can as realistically call himself a mouthpiece for middle left ideas….tomato/tomoto….

Received from Ralphnader—-https://mailchi.mp/nader/think-big-to-overcome-losing-big-to-corporatism-a1bkod8lhh?e=cfd1bea9b5              –Here is a checklist showing the takeovers of our government at all levels by the corporate supremacists for whom enough is never enough when it came to profits and power.
–end of ralphnader info————–A list of what we’ve lost….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ9RL6aziWE     –“They’re Doing WHAT To Our Food?!!” This Is NOT GOOD
The very stuff of life is food, and could be a topic of interest to those consuming food.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777541/   –Are human genes patentable? On June 13, the Supreme Court gave its long-awaited answer—a unanimous “no.” The case, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics,1 has generated enormous interest among medical institutions, industry organizations, patient advocacy groups, and scientists. “Life’s instructions,” James Watson asserted in one of 49 amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs, “ought not be controlled by legal monopolies created at the whim of Congress or the courts.” For some, the gene patents were a symbol of a shrinking commons and an over-reaching patent system that traded too much monopolistic power for too little innovation. For others, the challenge to Myriad’s gene patents amounted to an attack on the intellectual property protections that fuel private investment in biomedical discovery.–end of ncbi info–
Should the same be true of food, nature, and wildlife.  If not, why not?
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.