Political Awakening Video Weekend 10-21-2018 (13 videos)

Much of this weekend’s video compilation deals with the media’s (incl. social media’s) meddling with our minds and their takeover by the corporate state that consolidates economic and political power in the hands of a few and with how we can and must fight back to free ourselves from this yoke and make good lives possible.

Stars: Chris Hedges, Liza Featherstone, Helen Buyniski, Lee Camp, Carey Wedler, Thom Hartmann, Greg Palast, Ralph Nader, Jimmy Dore, Abby Martin, Richard Wolff, Allan Nairn, Naomi Karavani, John O’Donnell, and the amazing Nick Brana.

Topics:

1. Slavery through PR
2. The Great Unlightenment: the New Dark Age
3. Voter Blocking
4. Corporate Tyranny Explained
5. Free Speech & Transparent Government
6. Immigrants & Economy
7. Integrity against Fascism
8. Social Media Coup
9. Wikipedia Coup
10. Great Hedges & Dore Talk
11. Left & Right Rebellion
12. The Need for a Revolution
13. MPP: The Brewing Revolution

The Putrescent Core of Capitalism

After 16 years of no such thing, I finally managed to go on a vacation intended to heal my deteriorated body and relax my strained mood. A cheap last-minute deal of a flight and low-cost room in a hostel had to do. On our trip, my accompanying family member and I got into a talk with another vacationer. He turned out to have been robbed on his vacation. We invited him to a warm meal which brightened his day having had to live on cheap loaves of bread for a week.  

Political Awakening Video Weekend 10-14-2018 (10 videos + 6 micros)

Stars: Virginia Eubanks, Chris Hedges, RJ Eskow, Alex Lawson, Richard Wolff, Harriet Fraad, Stephanie Kelton, Jimmy Dore, Josh Androsky, Lee Camp et al., Mike Figueredo, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Mark Steiner, D.D. Guttenplan, Thom Hartmann, Jeff Sharlet, and Nick Brana.

Topics:

1. (Un)Fair Society
2. U.S. History of Fighting for a Fair Society
3. Medicare vs the Robber Billionaires
4. Economic Updates
5. Money in the Economy Explained (incl. MMT)
6. Public Banking for a Better World
7. News (Trade Deal, ‘elite’ SCOTUS Picks, Tax Scams, U.S. Syrian Raid)
8. Progressives vs SJW Corporatist “Dems”
9. Hate-Filled Groups for the Oligarchy
10. Evil ‘Elite’ Mindsets
11. Movement for a People’s Party

The Real Kavanaugh Lesson

The take-home lesson from Kavanaugh’s confirmation is nothing slight: We, the people of the United States, must resolve to force fundamental change of the system governing our lives. No more aiming low for some little tweak here, some tiny twiddling there, the symbolic victory of a black or female (but still corrupt) president, a my-tribal-major-party-loyalty-attached supreme court justice, or the “lesser evil” on the ballot.

Video Weekend 10-07-2018 (9 videos)

This weekend compilation of enlightening videos is a little shorter and less varied since I was traveling all week, short on time, and cut off from the Internet most of the time. Still here are insightful videos esp. on the economy, its relationship with government spending and tax cuts, the SCOTUS show around Kavanaugh, the latest tax heist, the amazing political con job keeping so many folks bedazzled, fighting for election integrity and to break up the big banks, the ongoing media war, a very comprehensive speech by a major fighter for the people (Chris Hedges), and a tip of the hat to the burgeoning People’s Movement.

 

I. Government Spending & Economy

Mark Blyth gave a good explanation connecting private and public debt and savings and government spending & the economy:

(Note: If the video linked above gets deleted, you may search the Internet for the title: “Mark Blyth on “Story in the Public Square””) 

Law to Commit Injustice

Imagine getting a 30-year prison sentence for having suffered a miscarriage. That’s what we get when authoritarians (esp. right-wingers, particularly the “religious” right) with a totally warped sense of justice rig the law and government to invade people’s lives and privacy, and to rip away their sovereignty in order to force their warped moral code on them. Cases like these are not just about women’s rights but what government and our laws should stand for in an enlightened civilization:

(Note: If the video linked above gets deleted, you may search the Internet for Thom Hartmann and the title: “Kavanaugh Screams at the Left & Democrats to Prove He is Qualified Bipartisan and Impartial”)

Video Weekend 09-29-2018 (13 videos)

Stars: Jimmy Dore, Nomiki Konst, Ralph Nader, Abby Martin, RJ Eskow, Thomas Frank, Richard Wolff, Mike Figueredo, Andrea Witte, Mike Papantonio, Kaniela Ing, Frank Clemente, Thom Hartmann, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Kyle Kulinski. Content: Medicare for All financing, the current and next tax scam, important historic developments which got us into today’s mess, great new candidates, and much more. Categories:

1. Medicare for All (esp. Costs & Funding)
2. Taxes (Good & Bad)
3. “Democratic” Party Analysis
4. Bully Politics & War Crimes
5. Past & Present (Ralph Nader & Abby Martin)
6. Corrupt Corporate State & Tax System
7. True vs Fake Progressives
8. Corruptitian Lies
9. History Shames Us
10. Candidates: Nomiki Konst

 

I. Medicare for All (esp. Costs & Funding)

(Note: If the video linked above gets deleted, you may search the Internet for The Humanist Report, Mike Figueredo, and the title: “How We Pay for Medicare for All: An In-Depth Breakdown (w/ Andrea Witte)”)