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(via Jimmy Dore): What part did Obama/Biden presidency play in the Russia/Ukraine conflict , and what other key US-related factors are in play?  (via Common Dreams): What part did George W. Bush play in Ukraine? (via WSWS): The entertainment world is becoming increasingly anti-Russian .  (via Alan MacLeod on Twitter): watch how the media's inner racist comes out when a European country faces war . (via Jimmy Dore): Speaking of which, even supposed alternative news media can't help but fall into the honeytrap of misinformation and ignoring historical content .

 Why? Because that's when the money runs out . Without Uncle Sam to foot the bill (What's that? Medicare For All?) we will see how restrictive or lackadaisical our towns/counties/states are. 

So with everyone in America taking every known position on COVID, I decided to read what WSWS had to say . Granted, it's something that would certainly tick off both the American Right and the American Left, but this part has me thinking about what the common link should be: Mass vaccination is only one component of what must be a global effort to eradicate the virus , through masking, social distancing, mass testing and the shutdown of nonessential production until the entire population of the world has been made safe. Such an effort, to be paid for by the trillions accumulated by the super-rich, requires the political intervention of the working class against the policies of the capitalist ruling elite, which at every point prioritizes profits over human life and the interests of rival nation-states over the collective needs of humanity. In other words, the desire to "get back to normal" by opening everything up instead of the bare necessities contributed to the spread...

 I mentioned this before , but especially in light of Black History Month it needs to be repeated : the programs we have today that are dedicated to feeding children might not have existed if the Black Panthers Free Breakfast for School Children Program had not existed. 

 One of them is a " Geopolitical and Sanctions Briefing ."  Just sayin '. For what it's worth, just about every American-based company associated with AmCham is experiencing a stock drop (BP is looking pretty good). Will Wall Street stop the Military-Industrial Complex, or will they find common ground? 

The American Left is conditioned to dismiss anything by anyone who's screwed up in the past, even if they are correct on the issue at hand. This isn't a call for the critics to work with those who are, politically-speaking, Bad Take Machines. But if these people have little issue highlighting the Human Broken Clocks on cable news when they sporadically get something right, why not afford the Bad Take Machines the same leeway? Or put it this way, if you go out of your way to point out that Tucker Carlson/Rachel Maddow is right about Issue X, but not when Rachel Maddow/Tucker Carlson is right about Issue X, you're most likely in denial about your biases.   ESPECIALLY when 90% of the American Left still use Mainstream Media (frequency will vary) to get their information, even if to deconstruct it (the number of people who regularly use C-SPAN or the actual legislative websites to read bills and watch speeches unfiltered could be counted on one hand). The thing that the Americ...

 While Status Coup has discovered some interesting  things regarding the party started by Nick Brana, The World Socialist Web Site called it (meaning MPP chances of success) back in 2020 : The MPP is an example of the type of formation produced by an extremely low level of political consciousness. It is somewhat difficult to comment on because it is not a serious organization. The term “party” is purely nominal. A party is based on a common program, a common assessment of historical experiences, and a common perspective . The MPP has none of these. It does not understand the past, it has nothing to offer for the present, and it has no future . What predominated among the eclectic combination of individuals, celebrities and media personalities brought together on August 30 was unseriousness, pessimism and a fair amount of dishonesty. The dominant line, however, was provided by those in and around the Democratic Party.  The article is definitely worth the read. That said, ...

 Mostly, because the legislation is  " an unnecessary and unjustified expenditure of the public’s resources that should be targeted instead toward addressing the human rights needs of the working class and poor in the U.S ."

 Force The Vote. General Strike(s). Marches. Protests. Rallies. Sit-Ins. Mutual Aid Programs. Ballot Initiatives. Phone Banking. Door-to-Door.  When things like the above are done or advocated outside of electoral politics, when they are not connected to a candidate or political party...the knives will come out. America is stuck in a Electoral Matrix: only by "participating" every two-to-four years can things "get done." You want your pothole fixed? Vote. You want municipal broadband? Vote. You want a better health care system? Vote. Thing is, voting is not how America accomplished what it has on behalf of it's people. Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor, not President of the United States. Margaret Fuller was not a mayor and Martin Luther King, Jr. was not a congressman. Throughout history, men and women like these three put pressure on politicians to change things.  The Machine is too corrupt for the Idealistic Candidate; anyone ...

 " One of the worst companies in not getting back to customer inquiries or complaints is the Bank of America. Sources tell us the Bank has algorithms that measure how long they can keep customers waiting so as to have fewer workers needed to answer the calls ." - Ralph Nader , describing how Bank of America gets away with corporate crimes