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"A hot and damaged world and society"Noam Chomsky in Conversation with Amy Goodman on Trump, Nukes, North Korea, Climate Change & Syria
FTVD: In this Democracy Now! special, we spend the hour with the world-renowned linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky. In a public conversation we had in April, we talked about President Trump, climate change, nuclear weapons, North Korea, Iran, the war in Syria and his new book, “Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/...
I’ve been homeless 3 times. The problem isn’t drugs or mental illness — it’s poverty.By Veronica Harnish
FTA: At a late January Bernie Sanders rally in Iowa, 46-year-old Carrie Aldrich described through tears what it was like struggling to survive on less than $12,000 a year. I watched and shook my head knowingly, having survived on $8,000 each of the past two years. Such low income, combined with a perfect storm of unaffordable rent, incompatible roommates, non-living wages, and an inability to find full-time work, resulted in three bouts of homelessness that forced me to live in my car. And in a few days, it will happen a fourth time for the same reasons.
https://www.vox.com/2016/3/8/11173304...
The Guardian.Oprah Winfrey: one of the world's best neoliberal capitalist thinkers: Oprah is appealing because her stories hide the role of political, economic and social structures in our lives. They make the American dream seem attainable.
FTA: In Oprah Winfrey lore, one particular story is repeated over and over. When Oprah was 17, she won the Miss Fire Prevention Contest in Nashville, Tennessee. Until that year every winner had had a mane of red hair, but Oprah would prove to be a game changer.
The contest was the first of many successes for Oprah. She has won numerous Emmys, has been nominated for an Oscar, and appears on lists like Time’s 100 Most Influential People. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She founded the Oprah Book Club, which is often credited with reviving Americans’ interest in reading. Her generosity and philanthropic spirit are legendary.
Oprah has legions of obsessive, devoted fans who write her letters and follow her into public restrooms. Oprah basks in their love: “I know people really, really, really love me, love me.” And she loves them right back. It’s part of her “higher calling”. She believes that she was put on this earth to lift people up, to help them “live their best life”. She encourages people to love themselves, believe in themselves, and follow their dreams.
https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...
First I ever read about (heard of) vulvodynia.Allowing #MeToo To Go Viral Is The Biggest Mistake The Establishment Ever Made
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/al...
FTA: Louis CK has just released a statement on the sexual misconduct accusations that have been levelled at him by various women, and it goes pretty much exactly as you’d expect it to go if you’re familiar with his work. He changes things up from the standard stock response powerful men generally provide in these situations, says that the stories are true, explains why what he did was wrong, then launches into his “gosh I’m such an awful person” lovable loser schtick that his fans have already come to adore.
Emma wrote: "Adam wrote: "First I ever read about (heard of) vulvodynia.Allowing #MeToo To Go Viral Is The Biggest Mistake The Establishment Ever Made
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/al...-..."
Which, uh, would be the important step. Heartfelt words mean nothing if they remain just that - words...
Unless the structure that enables all this is dealt with and restructured, this activity (Louis CK and many, many, many.....................many others) will continue. This article does a great job in explaining that.
http://amp.si.com/olympics/2018/01/24...
There is this article as well.(If you get stuck behind a paywall, copy and post the link into a "incognito" tab in your browser of choice. [I hope that translates into other languages])
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/24...
Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject.
FTA: As last Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards approached, the show’s organizers announced that the ceremony would be different this time around, for obvious reasons. In a year in which “stereotypes have been shattered and precedents have been broken,” the awards show’s executive producer pledged to “capture the cultural mood by casting aside one of our own traditions.” With allegations of Hollywood sexual abuse piling up, the SAG Awards — the highest-profile industry summit explicitly tied to a union — decided to introduce … the show’s first-ever host, Kristen Bell!
Adam wrote: "Allowing #MeToo To Go Viral Is The Biggest Mistake The Establishment Ever Madehttps://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/al...-..."
I loved this article. The author is optimistic beyond every level, her energy is so amazing :-)
A journey through a land of extreme poverty: Welcome to [the Untied States]The UN’s Philip Alston is an expert on deprivation – and he wants to know why 41m [sic] Americans are living in poverty. The Guardian joined him on a special two-week mission into the dark heart of the world’s richest nation
by Ed Pilkington
https://widgets.outbrain.com/nanoWidg...
Chris Hedges "On Contact": The Deindustrialization of America & Detroit with Charlie LeDuff.Having scored a trillion dollars, made a run back home.
Found him slumped across the table a gun and me alone.
I ran to the window looked for a plane or two.
Panic in Detroit.
He'd left me an autograph: Let me collect dust.
I wish someone would phone.
Panic in Detroit
Panic in Detroit
Panic in Detroit
https://youtu.be/NT_GOWnMgQM
City pulls funding from 150-unit Forest Hill affordable housing project, citing pushback from neighbors.City pulls funding from 150-unit Forest Hill affordable housing project, citing pushback from neighbors
City pulls funding from 150-unit Forest Hill affordable housing project, citing pushback from neighbors.http://www.sfexaminer.com/city-pulls-...
Found this interview with a founder of Twitter quite compelling. https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/pr...
FTA: Diamond Reynolds’ live stream of Philando Castile bleeding to death after being shot by Officer Jeronimo Yanez has shocked and dismayed our nation.
It is difficult to imagine the pain of witnessing and archiving the death of a loved one. It is even more difficult to imagine what this must be like when a police officer is pointing a gun at you in front of your four-year-old child. The only word that comes to mind for me is terror, although I am sure that is inadequate. One thing I am sure of: When Philando Castile was killed on July 6, he was not the only victim of police violence in that car. The trauma that Diamond Reynolds and her young daughter experienced marks them as victims as well.
If we as a nation want to truly address the problem of anti-black police violence, then we must shift our national discussions from simply tallying the body count of the immediate dead to assessing the traumatic and long-term deadly effects on the living.
http://theconversation.com/slow-death...