Interesting narrative, seemingly accurate and sobering. When democratic voices are reduced to choices between slavery and mind-control, even revolutions are not likely to change much, otherwise, considering thousands of past revolutions, to what avail did they succeed in changing anything? Can we "'Be the change we want to see in the world" ? Yep!

In the case of suicide as we conventionally understand it, death is the goal. It is the both the means and the end, in and of itself. Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation was a means to a very different end: a free Palestine and the cessation of an ongoing genocide.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Aaron Bushnell's Death Can't Rightly Be Called An Act Of Suicide

The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, admitted that the “era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended”. He warned that the EU must not divide the world into “the West against the Rest”, as “many in the ‘Global South’ accuse us of ‘double standards’”. Ben Norton analyzes the historic shift.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PVSQRypJXzY

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/26/western-dominance-ended-eu-josep-borrell/

Related videos:
- EU confesses 'our prosperity was based on China & Russia': cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/18/eu-prosperity-china-russia-energy-market/
- West votes against democracy, human rights, cultural equality at UN; promotes mercenaries, sanctions: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/26/west-vote-democracy-human-rights-un-sanctions/

Topics
0:00 "Western dominance has ended"
2:41 Europe's "prosperity was based on China and Russia"
4:05 West vs. the Rest
5:07 Ukraine and NATO
7:05 Europe becoming US "vassal"
8:06 West votes against rest of world at UN
12:44 US-led imperialist system
18:58 Terms "Global South" and "West"
24:54 Outro

‘Western dominance has ended’, EU foreign-policy chief admits, warning of ‘West against the Rest’

The problem is not that the wrong people keep getting elected, it's that the elections don't matter and voters don't have a say.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Nobody With Real Power Cares If You Refuse To Vote For Biden

Every Hollywood celebrity who fails to speak out against the US-backed genocide in Gaza at the Oscars this Sunday is complicit in that genocide. If you're given a major platform and your government is committing genocide, you are morally obligated use that platform to condemn your government's actions.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Oscar Winners Who Don't Speak Out On Gaza This Weekend Will Be Complicit In Genocide

The Biden administration is supposedly planning to set up a temporary pier in Gaza to allow for the large-scale shipment of sorely needed goods into the enclave, which reportedly will take weeks to build and will still be subjected to an Israeli checkpoint.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Pretending The US Can't Just Drive Aid Into Gaza

The US government has sent Israel more than 100 arms shipments since October 7, to help it bomb Gaza. Polls show 52% of North Americans oppose these weapons sales. Biden is defying the Democratic Party's base, while allying with Trump and the Republicans. Ben Norton reviews the evidence.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yoj8Sleb9XQ

US kills 4th UN call for peace in Gaza, helping Israel violate Hague's genocide ruling: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/21/us-veto-un-resolution-gaza-israel-hague-genocide/

Topics
0:00 Most Americans oppose US arms sales to Israel
2:57 Youth & Democrats say Israel commits genocide
5:10 ICJ: genocide case against Israel is "plausible"
5:30 Top UN expert: Israel commits genocide in Gaza
6:03 US court: Israel "plausibly" committing genocide
7:00 Biden admin sends Israel 100+ arms shipments 
9:17 US vetoes ceasefire resolutions in UN Security Council
9:50 Israel's war on Gaza is most destructive in modern history
10:50 Biden's cynical "food aid" PR stunt
11:19 Israel is starving Palestinian children to death
12:01 Amnesty: Israel violates Hague's Gaza ruling
12:46 UN warns Gaza kids are dying of hunger
13:50 China condemns Israel's "disgrace for civilization"
14:23 Malaysia's PM blasts West's "murderous" hypocrisy
16:21 Western colonialism continues
18:57 Outro

US sends Israel 100+ weapons shipments. Most Americans oppose it - but Biden ignores them.

There's a motherfucking genocide happening and we're being told we need to be worried about TikTok and defaced portraits of Lord Balfour.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Worrying About TikTok During An Active Genocide

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Beijing-based scholar Mick Dunford to discuss China's economy and debunk Western media myths, addressing accusations that consumption is too low, fears of "Japanification", the role of exports, and the new Chinese growth strategy.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=isJR5dS27qA

This is part 2 of their discussion. Watch part 1 here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3K1Vku1SDd8

You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

The truth about China's economy: Debunking Western media myths

פתחי וזמרי בעם - 31-03-24

This week we discuss a police killing in Chicago after the establishment of a system of community control of police, and a Black member of a Canadian provincial parliament is ordered not to wear a keffiyeh in an ongoing campaign to silence Black voices and to exclude Palestinian solidarity from the public sphere. But first we hear about the latest effort to use the United States Supreme Court to end New York’s system of rent regulation which is now led by the man who mayor Eric Adams has chosen to lead the City’s Law Department.

Black Agenda Radio May 3, 2024

Israel prepares for a bigger war in Gaza despite its failures and the global condemnation for the invasion of Rafah. Even though Hamas has agreed to a deal, Joe Biden claims the problem with reaching a ceasefire is Hamas and the Palestinian resistance.

Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, a popular educator, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books.

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Israel’s Real Plan: Expand War, Reject Ceasefire, and String Biden Along

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

Nobody With Real Power Cares If You Refuse To Vote For Biden

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