* (My apologies for the strange formatting again – WordPress gets glitchy on me and refuses paragraph spacing, forcing me to use awkward-looking stars. Bear with me.) * The left is loudly proclaiming, amidst the coronavirus (largely manufactured disaster capitalism) disaster: bail-outs for the people not the corporate elite, health
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Politics and its Discontents: The Ball Is In Our Court
I am well past the age when I feel any real hope for the future of our species. Far too many of us are content to define our lives by the ease and conveniences afforded by technology, technology that is leaving us with an increasingly unstable environment and climate. And
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Lie Deflector
This is a device critical thinkers probably don’t need, but many others could benefit from. Simply click on the link within the box below to view the video: Lie Deflector from MarkFiore on Vimeo. On the other hand, we could dispense with such technology with this Spoiler Alert: You know
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Inverted Totalitarianism – Sheldon Wolin
Take a look at what’s going on, look at the article. Should we be worried? You tell me. “Resisting the monopolies on left theory by Marxism and on democratic theory by liberalism, Wolin developed a distinctive—even distinctively American—analysis of the political present and of radical democratic possibilities. He was
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Chris Hedges, Gaza Rally in NYC: God’s Covenant in the Promised Land
Here is the note written by Leigha Cohen as an introduction to the following video on You Tube featuring Chris Hedges: On August 9th, 2014 a rally supporting the people in Gaza took place at Columbus Circle in NYC. The rally lasted for 2 hours which was followed by a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Consequences Of Corruption And Venality
Although his is a painful story, I think we owe Tomas Young the respect he deserves by reading it. And while we read it, we might want to remember the corrupt, venal and craven politicians who are responsible for his fate. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Update on Tim DeChristopher
About a year ago I wrote a post on Tim DeChristopher, a brave young activist who was sentenced to two years in prison for disrupting an oil and gas auction. In an act of civil disobedience, he submitted winning bids on land in Utah with no intention of paying for
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Mainstream Media’s Silencing of Important Voices
Probably two of the most important voices challenging the status quo today are rarely if ever granted access to mainstream media anymore. Both highly respected, Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times journalist Chris Hedges, and Noam Chomsky, a towering intellect who has for decades been warning us of
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