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Mostly sneezes, reposts, thoughts, rantings, unedited nonsense, and favourite or interesting links and news and passages and quotes and engaging music and film, etc.. Don't expect to like it.
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020
Thursday, November 26, 2020
As Hospitals Strain Under Influx Of COVID-19 Patients, Deaths Are Climbing : Shots - Health News : NPR
As Hospitals Strain Under Influx Of COVID-19 Patients, Deaths Are Climbing : Shots - Health News : NPR: Hospitals are getting so crowded with COVID-19 patients that they're having to resort to workarounds to treat them all. Experts warn this may hamper doctors' ability to save lives.
We are told we cannot afford universal health care or student debt cancellation but the Pentagon spends $2 billion every day. And we maintain 800 U.S. military bases in 70 countries around the world.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Monday, November 23, 2020
Sunday, November 22, 2020
After Diane di Prima
Revolutionary Letter #9
1. kill head of TransCanada
2. destroy pipeline
3. MAKE IT UNPROFITABLE FOR THEM to build again
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Friday, November 20, 2020
Natural gas = climate chaos (even EU confirms)
PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines.: Connecting People through News. All-you-can-read digital newsstand with thousands of the world’s most popular newspapers and magazines. Vast selection of top stories in full-content format available for free.
Tear gas for BLM, red carpet for MAGA marchers
Tear gas for BLM, red carpet for MAGA marchers: We ask why police suddenly left all their tear gas and rubber bullets at the office while Trump supporters took to the streets for the Million MAGA March in Washington, DC.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
A maxim
To paraphrase César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza, “There is no God, and no son of God, without full human development.”
Fundraiser by Solidarity With Farmworkers : Connect the Camps - Farmworkers
Fundraiser by Solidarity With Farmworkers : Connect the Camps - Farmworkers: Working in partnership with the Southeast Michigan Migrant Resource Counc… Solidarity With Farmworkers needs your support for Connect the Camps - Farmworkers
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Monday, November 16, 2020
Denmark Vesey - Wikipedia
Denmark Vesey - Wikipedia: Manuscript transcripts of testimony at the 1822 Court proceedings in Charleston, South Carolina, and its Report after the events constitute the chief source of documentation about Denmark Vesey's life. The Court judged Vesey guilty of conspiring to launch a slave rebellion and executed him by hanging.
The court reported that he was born into slavery about 1767 in St. Thomas, at the time a colony of Denmark. Captain Joseph Vesey renamed him Telemaque; historian Douglas Egerton suggests that Vesey could have been of Coromantee (an Akan-speaking people) origin.[4] Biographer David Robertson suggests that Telemaque may have been of Mande origin, but his evidence has not been accepted by historians.[5]
Telemaque was purchased around the age of 14 by Joseph Vesey, a Bermudian sea captain and slave merchant. After a time, Vesey sold the youth to a planter in French Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti). When the youth was found to suffer epileptic fits, Captain Vesey took him back and returned his purchase price to the former master. Biographer Egerton found no evidence of Denmark Vesey having epilepsy later in life, and he suggests that Denmark may have faked the seizures in order to esca
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Masha Gessen: The Problem Is Not Russian Interference. It’s That We Let It In.
Masha Gessen: The Problem Is Not Russian Interference. It’s That We Let It In.: In this bonus episode of The New Abnormal, New Yorker staff writer and author Masha Gessen shares an unpopular opinion about the last election’s Russian interference.
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Free State of Jones | Official Trailer
Better than I expected, & timely despite some off-spots (& on gender issues, it stinks) as America transitions out of a four-year autocracy. THAT catastrophe begs each American to ask now: Which Side Are You On? Long live the Second Coming of McConaughey!
(692) Free State of Jones | Official Trailer | Own It Now on Digital HD, Blu-ray, & DVD - YouTube: Written and directed by four-time Oscar nominee Gary Ross (THE HUNGER GAMES, SEABISCUIT, PLEASANTVILLE), and starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey. FREE ...
(692) Free State of Jones | Official Trailer | Own It Now on Digital HD, Blu-ray, & DVD - YouTube: Written and directed by four-time Oscar nominee Gary Ross (THE HUNGER GAMES, SEABISCUIT, PLEASANTVILLE), and starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey. FREE ...
The End of the World, As We Know It: Faith and Ecosocialism beyond Apocalypse by Religion and Socialism Podcast | Free Listening on SoundCloud
The End of the World, As We Know It: Faith and Ecosocialism beyond Apocalypse by Religion and Socialism Podcast | Free Listening on SoundCloud: Stream The End of the World, As We Know It: Faith and Ecosocialism beyond Apocalypse by Religion and Socialism Podcast from desktop or your mobile device
Friday, November 13, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020
The Social Composition of the Anti-Trump Vote | Left Voice
The Social Composition of the Anti-Trump Vote | Left Voice: It took days of counting votes, but the 2020 election finally ended. Biden won because workers, ethnic minorities, young people and city dwellers voted against Trump. Economist Michael Roberts investigates the data. The following article was originally posted on Michael Roberts’ blog, “The Next Recession.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Muzzling Dissent - Institute for Policy Studies
Muzzling Dissent - Institute for Policy Studies: How Corporate Influence over Politics Has Fueled Anti-Protest Laws
Join DSA. | Democratic Socialists of America
Join DSA. | Democratic Socialists of America: Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is prepared to meet this challenge. Become a member today.
Abolish the Military
Abolish the Military: We should honor those killed and injured in past US wars by stopping future ones.
The Top 1 Percent Owns Nearly Everything in the US. We Need to Seize Their Wealth.
The Top 1 Percent Owns Nearly Everything in the US. We Need to Seize Their Wealth.: Capitalism systemically concentrates wealth at the top of society, as the latest US figures confirm yet again. The solution: massive wealth redistribution that attacks disparities across the board.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems | Books | The Guardian
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems | Books | The Guardian: Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative?
Facing Extinction by Catherine Ingram (read by the author)
Facing Extinction by Catherine Ingram (read by the author)
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Election Night 2020 Coverage with Democracy Now! | Democracy Now!
Election Night 2020 Coverage with Democracy Now! | Democracy Now!: On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Democracy Now! will air a 3-hour election night special from 9 p.m. to midnight ET.
Democracy Now! will cover results from the presidential election to congressional and state races, as well as ballot initiatives.
Democracy Now!'s election night special will feature interviews and perspectives that you won't hear anywhere else. We’ll include the voices of activists, analysts and grassroots leaders discussing how the movements on the ground will go forward following this historic election.
Where to watch
Stream our election night special LIVE here starting at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 3
TV
Across the U.S.:
Free Speech TV (Dish Network Ch. 9415 & DirecTV Ch. 348)
Link TV (Dish Network 9410 & DirecTV Ch. 375)
Maui, HI: Akaku TV, Ch. 55
New York City, NY: Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Time Warner Cable Ch. 34 & 1993/1995 & Verizon FiOS 33
Oradell, NJ: OPTV, Ch. 77 Cablevision & Ch. 28 Verizon
Philadelphia, PA: PhillyCam, Comcast 66/966 & Verizon Fios 29/30
San Juan, PR: WIPR-TV, Ch. 6
San Mateo, CA: KPJK Northern California Public Media, Ch. 60.4
Syracuse, NY: WCNY Global Connect, Ch. 24.3; Ch. 1276 Spectrum & Ch. 467
Tyngsborough, MA: Tyngsborou
Monday, November 2, 2020
(448) EUROVISION best jokes & funny moments - YouTube
(448) EUROVISION best jokes & funny moments - YouTube: Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump - The New York Times
Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump - The New York Times: The protagonist of Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel “It Can’t Happen Here” sees something dark brewing in American politics.
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Trump admin didn't tell agency tasked with caring for kids that it had separated them from parents
Trump admin didn't tell agency tasked with caring for kids that it had separated them from parents: The House Judiciary Committee said following an exhaustive, 21-month-long investigation that the Trump administration started planning to separate families just weeks after impeached President Donald Trump took office, and that...
An adolescence, seized | Reveal
An adolescence, seized | Reveal: A 10-year-old Honduran girl came to the United States seeking asylum. Instead, she was detained – away from her family – for nearly seven years.
#closetheconcentrationcamps
How Can Socialists Help Stop Trump? | Portside
How Can Socialists Help Stop Trump? | Portside: Eric Blanc (EB): I would love to hear your take on the question of whether or not socialists should be voting and/or campaigning for Joe Biden.
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