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Monthly Archives: December 2020
Corona Measures: When children are the ones who suffer (I and II)
Corona Measures: When children are the ones who suffer (I and II) Interview with Michael Klundt, Dec 29 and Dec 30 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/31/18839136.php The government seems to be abdicating its responsibility by 1) not supplying the population with masks, 2) not … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas in Unhappy Times
Merry Christmas in Unhappy Times All glory, laud and honor to the Redeemer King to whom the lips of children their glad hosannas ring! Jesus is the auto-basileia and the auto-aletheia, the kingdom of God in person and the truth … Continue reading
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Invitation to New Thinking
Invitation to New Thinking by Mechthild Schrooten and Michael Klundt https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/29/18839114.php One virus changed everything. Covid-19 has managed to do what all the discussions about climate change and justice in recent years have failed to do. Phenomena that threaten humanity … Continue reading
Many Crises – One System: Counter Power in Catastrophe Capitalism
Many Crises – One System: Counter Power in Catastrophe Capitalism by Martin Haller, John Hegerty and Thomas Walter, 7/14/2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/23/18839065.php A revolution does not come out of nowhere, but emerges from the struggles in the here and now. The point … Continue reading
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System change
According to Robert Reich, US taxpayers paid $107 billion more on the police than on public housing. The upside down world happens through misguided priorities, neoliberal myths about the self-regulating market, and making the poor invisible. If every billionaire paid … Continue reading
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The discussion about Corona
https://la.indymedia.org/news/2020/12/299986.php by Herbert Bottcher, May 2020 Corona can only become a kairos if we gain the theoretical capacity of recovery and create the conditions for a transformation. Taking the healthcare system away from the markets and obliging large companies to … Continue reading
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Journalism reeks of betrayal of democracy
Journalism reeks of betrayal of democracy by Marcus Klockner, Bernd Druecke and Joseph Steinbeiss, 2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/04/18838786.php A “new normality” has taken root in our society. A climate of fear and severe, permanent encroachments on fundamental rights are shaping politics & … Continue reading