Monthly Archives: May 2020

Photo: Anthony Jarman (rebellion.earth)

MAY 20, 2020 (counterpunch.org) by TED RALL Facebook Twitter Reddit Email The corporate conservatives who control the Democratic Party are suffering from cheaters’ remorse. The DNC and their media allies (NPR, CNN, MSNBC, New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Vox, etc.) subverted the will of primary voters, undermining initial frontrunner Bernie Sanders… Continue reading →

Lawyers for delegates for Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang argued that the election was crucial to ensuring that the candidates who suspended their campaigns would have adequate representation to influence the party’s platform and messaging at the Democrats’ August convention By Larry Neumeister and Marina Villeneuve • Published May 19, 2020 • Updated on May… Continue reading →

Rebel Wisdom How do we play the Infinite Game? And how will that help us make sense of a world in chaos? In the hit film ‘War on Sensemaking’, Daniel Schmachtenberger laid out how the information ecology was profoundly broken, and how impossible it was to act if we didn’t know… Continue reading →

Am apologizing in advance if the spacing and underlining on events are being displayed  – computer is acting out! UPDATES: Wishing Clark Sullivan much luck as he was discharged from the hospital after a long stay!! Chuck Newell died last week. He, was always generous with DVD’s that he burned and gave to people, … Continue reading →

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Ellen Brown (ellenbrown.com) Insolvent Wall Street banks have been quietly bailed out again. Banks made risk-free by the government should be public utilities.   When the Dodd Frank Act was passed in 2010, President Obama triumphantly declared, “No more bailouts!” But what the Act actually said… Continue reading →

 By Peter Gabel | May 15, 2020 (tikkun.org) Peter Gabel [EDITOR’S NOTE: Peter Gabel helps us understand why a social change movement must create and sustain a feeling of deep connection to each other and to the experienceof being recognized by each other if it is to have any chance of success. A… Continue reading →

Rebel Wisdom Charles Eisenstein is one of the most celebrated writers and speakers about the intersection of systems change and personal growth, in his books including Sacred Economics and The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible. In the wake of the pandemic crisis he wrote a popular essay called… Continue reading →

MAY 18, 2020 (sfforest.org) In 2019, SFRPD applied herbicides 243 times, the most since 2013. Of these, 144 applications were in “Natural Areas” (this includes PUC areas managed in the same way – i.e. use of toxic herbicides against plants they dislike). Though the Natural Areas comprise perhaps a quarter… Continue reading →

No, you’re not “asking questions,” you’re using rape apologist arguments. Lyta Gold filed 04 May 2020 in 2020 ELECTION (currentaffairs.org) [Content warning: assault] Much ink has been spilled over the concept of “gaslighting” to the point of nearly rendering the term meaningless. Mitch McConnell is gaslighting the Democrats on the stimulus bill; Donald… Continue reading →