tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103591642024-03-24T04:50:50.274+11:00Vieux Cordelier"Camille Desmoulins had become an editor because a stammer, overcome for a few minutes during the excitement of July 12th, '89, prevented 'Monsieur Hon-Hon' from airing his views in any other way." p.461, "The French Revolution", by J.M.Thompson, Sutton Publishing, U.K.:2001.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1073125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-79112402670920377452023-12-27T16:30:00.006+11:002023-12-27T16:30:34.127+11:00Mike Shedlock: Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Names Three Prerequisites for PeaceMike Shedlock discusses Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Names Three Prerequisites for Peace
One thing I missed is “Gaza deradicalization”. Will that take months, years, or decades? How does that work? Is it even possible?
Assuming it is possible, Israel will have to prove itself. That will take investment in Gaza, more services, and more jobs. Mistrust is not one-sided.
Israel Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-61069455590322802012023-12-11T18:09:00.000+11:002023-12-11T18:09:01.906+11:00Paul Gregoire: Labor votes down Lidia Thorpe’s bill to uphold First Nation’s rights in lawPaul Gregoire discusses Labor votes down Lidia Thorpe’s bill to uphold First Nation’s rights in law.
Senator Lidia Thorpe had introduced the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Bill 2022. This was defeated in the Senate 27-10 despite the essence of the bill being just requiring the PM to report to parliament how well the Australian government is complying with the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-61848734829191822662023-11-27T17:28:00.003+11:002023-11-27T17:28:23.081+11:00Ted Rall: Cut Israel LooseTed Rall says that the USA should Cut Israel Loose
Israel has nearly exhausted the world’s patience. The amount of time that it can continue to wage war against Gaza without being isolated as a pariah state is measured in months, perhaps weeks. More embassy closings are coming. Sanctions will follow.
The United States should prepare itself for the next step: cutting Israel loose. This means Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-60135722535798110222023-11-20T19:06:00.000+11:002023-11-20T19:06:27.549+11:00Gutema Imana Keno: Some Notes on the Past of Oromo Society: The Story about Akkoo Manooyyee in FocusDr. Gutema Imana Keno (Haramaya University) discusses Some Notes on the Past of Oromo Society: The Story about Akkoo Manooyyee in Focus.
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Imana (2023) firmly rejects Bamberger's (1974) hypothesis that the prevalence of the myths of matriarchy only justifies the existing patriarchy rather than recalling a historical transition from matriarchy to patriarchy. Imana relies on the consistency Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-24299173321325606172023-11-20T11:08:00.002+11:002023-11-20T11:08:09.868+11:00Ted Rall: Israel’s Real Goal in Gaza? To Kill the BuildingsTed Rall discusses Israel’s Real Goal in Gaza? To Kill the Buildings
Forcing the population of Gaza to flee by destroying the territory’s infrastructure is the war crime of ethnic cleansing, defined in a UN report on the collapse of Yugoslavia as “rendering an area ethnically homogeneous by using force or intimidation to remove persons of given groups from the area.”
An indigenous resistance Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-56387732436921355312023-11-17T19:46:00.001+11:002023-11-18T08:48:50.348+11:00Michelle Berkon: Australia has a problem with truth-tellingMichelle Berkon discusses Australia has a problem with truth-telling.
In colonial settler projects the world over, language and law are the tools of white supremacism, glorifying the colonial entity, erasing Indigenous ownership of coveted land and property, and criminalising resistance.
The inscription on Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s statue in Hyde Park is a perfect example.
This man arrived Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-90435032839057872412023-11-15T11:57:00.003+11:002023-11-15T11:57:23.908+11:00Joan Bamberger: The Myth of MatriarchyJoan Bamberger discusses The Myth of Matriarchy
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Matriarchy does not exist today in any society. The historical existence of matriarchy remains disputed. There is no evidence from myths that the adoption of settled agriculture caused the shift from matriarchy to patriarchy. The myth of the matriarchy hampers the women's movement by diverting attention away from changing existing gender Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-29232201160263705102023-11-14T14:22:00.003+11:002023-11-14T14:22:12.539+11:00Sam Williams: PalestineSam Williams discusses Palestine
This brings us to another reason: imperialism needs to keep anti-Semitism alive after the Holocaust. Israel claims to be the state of the entire Jewish people whether they live in Israel or not, enabling U.S. imperialism to direct the hatred Israel inevitably creates among the Palestinians, other Arabs, as well as peoples throughout the world toward Jews as a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-88145062403389808282023-11-13T13:07:00.007+11:002023-11-13T13:07:59.089+11:00Jingyao Wang: A Preliminary Exploration of People's Democracy in the Whole Process: the CPC's Practice of Building Democratic Power in the Central Revolutionary Base AreasJingyao Wang discusses A Preliminary Exploration of People's Democracy in the Whole Process: the CPC's Practice of Building Democratic Power in the Central Revolutionary Base Areas
…In learning from the experience of the Soviet Union in building a democratic regime, the CPC emphasized that the Chinese Party should learn from the successful experience of Soviet construction in the Soviet Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-15704729610872501202023-11-11T19:25:00.005+11:002023-11-11T19:25:33.876+11:00Yves Smith and Rob Urie: Biden Visits Hitler’s Bunker, Sends for a Decorator: Israel and Ukraine EditionYves Smith reposts Rob Urie: Biden Visits Hitler’s Bunker, Sends for a Decorator: Israel and Ukraine Edition.
In almost two years of attrition warfare, the Russians managed to keep the number of civilian deaths in Ukraine to 10,000. With upwards of 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed, the Russians are conspicuously engaged in a targeted state-vs-state battle. In the month since the Hamas attacks Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-54469327597833977042023-11-10T19:08:00.001+11:002023-11-10T19:13:59.897+11:00Jörn Schütrumpf and Rosa Luxemburg: The Breakdown of Unity in the RSDLPJörn Schütrumpf discusses Rosa Luxemburg: The Breakdown of Unity in the RSDLP.
Lenin, by the way, was not innovative at all in this work. He merely repeated positions advocated by Marx and Engels 60 years earlier. By contrast, in 1922, three years after Rosa Luxemburg’s death, Lenin became quite enterprising and joined the list of male authors (other genders have probably signed up since) who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-19125701483478045092023-11-10T09:13:00.008+11:002023-11-10T09:13:44.369+11:00Seth Godin: The paradigm flipSeth Godin discusses The paradigm flip.
Not all paradigms flip. Often, humanity is stuck with a culturally-entrenched system that’s difficult to change. But when we see an opportunity to contribute, the hard work is being willing to walk away from our reliance on how things were instead of simply trying to make a small shift happen.
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One can see Capitalism as a paradigm. It Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-46157628602313524302023-11-08T15:47:00.002+11:002023-11-08T15:47:21.605+11:00Cara Ocobock and Sarah Lacy: The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is WrongCara Ocobock and Sarah Lacy contend that The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong.
Males living in the Upper Paleolithic—the cultural period between roughly 45,000 and 10,000 years ago, when early modern humans entered Europe—do show higher rates of a set of injuries to the right elbow region known as thrower's elbow, which could mean they were more likely than Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-75095858744436241542023-11-06T15:35:00.003+11:002023-11-06T15:35:20.018+11:00Jim McIlroy: Unionists for Palestine get organised, endorse call to boycott ZIMJim McIlroy reports that Unionists for Palestine get organised, endorse call to boycott ZIM.
Joe Deakin, a veteran leader of the MUA, said: “We are dealing with a ruthless capitalist system in this war. The MUA has always stood up to our rulers against war and oppression. We need to stand up for Palestine together. International solidarity is crucial right now.”
Delegates and activists during Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-79922158512172684282023-11-05T12:20:00.002+11:002023-11-05T12:20:09.174+11:00Daniel Little: Brecht on Galileo on scienceDaniel Little discusses Brecht on Galileo on science.
In this section of the play, then, Brecht breaks with a common narrative about the Galileo story: the pure and rational scientist who is forced to change his beliefs by an unthinking and authoritarian Church. In that story the scientist is the isolated individual courageously pursuing the truth for its own sake, and the Church is an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-77430189331494682052023-11-03T21:56:00.000+11:002023-11-03T21:56:09.301+11:00AA: Turkey continues to attack Kobani’s women-led reconstructionAA discusses Turkey continues to attack Kobani’s women-led reconstruction.
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in Turkey “steals from (Turkey’s) women for more bombs against the women of Kobani,” [Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) Women’s Assemblies Speaker Halide Türkoğlu] said.
The new model implemented in Kobani has created a new joint resistance for those Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-52484546875503316282023-11-03T17:44:00.001+11:002023-11-03T17:44:31.994+11:00Charles Hirschkind: The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian ChildrenCharles Hirschkind discusses The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children.
From the standpoint of Western media, Palestinian lives are relevant precisely in proportion to their ability to resist Israel’s crushing grip upon them. Insomuch as Hamas is the primary institution of organized resistance in Gaza, it is they -— not dead children -— who are the only significant Palestinian casualties Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-7546818709871508802023-11-03T09:22:00.008+11:002023-11-03T09:22:41.306+11:00Sue Bull: 'Not in our name’: Jewish collective occupies defence minister’s office over GazaSue Bull reports on 'Not in our name’: Jewish collective occupies defence minister’s office over Gaza.
The Loud Jew Collective occupied defence minister Richard Marles’ office on November 1 to protest Labor’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
About 50 anti-Zionist demonstrators demanded Marles and federal Labor withdraw economic, diplomatic and military support for Israel's occupation of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-53298186515100319002023-11-01T08:30:00.009+11:002023-11-01T08:30:55.267+11:00Yves Smith: What Gives Israel the Right to Annihilate Gaza?Yves Smith reposts "What Gives Israel the Right to Annihilate Gaza?".
The violence of resistance and the violence of oppression are often equated to give the latter more legitimacy, and to maintain an existing order. Genuine hope for change only comes when public opinion rejects that equivalence. ALL the atrocities committed by the Israeli state – both during the past three weeks and as an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-80331391065844763472023-10-30T21:41:00.003+11:002023-10-30T21:41:31.358+11:00Isaac Nellist: 'Killers of the Flower Moon': Murder, deceit and genocideIsaac Nellist reviews 'Killers of the Flower Moon': Murder, deceit and genocide.
Oil was later discovered on Osage land, making them “the richest people per capita in the world” as they retained “headrights” (communal mineral rights).
However this also made them the target of exploitation as white Americans and the US government sought to take control of the valuable oil-rich lands through Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-53922449717439971272023-10-30T11:11:00.007+11:002023-10-30T11:11:49.200+11:00Ted Rall: Israel Is Not Acting in “Self-Defense”Ted Rall discusses Israel Is Not Acting in “Self-Defense”
Israel’s claim to self-defense ended hours after the Hamas attack, when the IDF had killed or routed all Hamas fighters on Israeli territory and retaken control of the areas that had previously been overrun. The status quo ante was restored as of October 8th, with the exception of the more than 200 hostages seized from Israel and now Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-7931415537866185492023-10-19T00:36:00.006+11:002023-10-19T00:36:46.658+11:00Mubarak Awad: 7 steps to end the Cycle of Violence in Israel and PalestineMubarak Awad discusses 7 steps to end the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
For the international community: The two-state solution, unfortunately, is no longer an option. Support solutions that provide rights to all peoples in the region. Keeping Gaza as an open-air prison is criminal. Therefore, have it declared as such, by international and political bodies. Provide humanitarian aid Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-58881982215732132552023-10-18T12:41:00.004+11:002023-10-18T12:41:34.794+11:00Peter Boyle: After the referendum: Don’t agonise, organise!Peter Boyle writes After the referendum: Don’t agonise, organise!
The Yes campaign was deeply flawed from the start.
It was designed to be minimalist and conservative in the hope of getting bipartisan support, which it failed to get. Consequently, its arguments were contradictory and its promises did not match its proposals.
It purported that token constitutional recognition (already inserted Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-31454101156073116952023-10-17T00:13:00.005+11:002023-10-17T00:20:28.924+11:00Amy McQuire: The No vote was a racist voteAmy McQuire says The No vote was a racist vote
We must recentre this No vote on what we already know is true: the racism and white supremacy of a settler-colonial state which, even now, even as the country votes against us, refuses to acknowledge its true face.
It is not time to be silent — not for our own people, but also for our Indigenous and brothers and sisters in Gaza and across the worldUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10359164.post-31226671539715654852023-10-16T20:24:00.004+11:002023-10-16T20:24:15.638+11:00Seth Godin: What are the defaults?Seth Godin asks What are the defaults?
It could be that the constraints that led to the default are long gone.
They might be perpetuating bad choices, injustice or sub-optimal outputs.
The best way to fix something is to look at what we assume is the ‘right’ starting spot.
In persistent systems, it might be difficult to change the default setting, but knowing what it is and how it got there is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0