Join us on Zoom this Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 p.m. for a special virtual watch party to kick off the first season of Laura Flanders & Friends. Together we will watch our episode featuring professor, activist, scholar and writer Angela Davis and host a live chat with Laura. So many of you have already RSVP'd and we can't wait to see you! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/laura-flanders-and-friends-season-launch-tickets-872752284577
Davis's early comment that we must remind ourselves that we are powerful, is good and needed advice, that must be said with hindsight. It would be extremely helpful, if people like Davis and Jessie Jackson, would reflect on the past and give us some much needed insight and perspective, on where those who speak for Black people and Black people in general, have gone wrong, in trying to make our lives better through both political and social efforts. The attitude of power to the people, instead of the power of the people and from them, was a mistake we made. The Left in general today is very idealistic, but it's idealism is still only directed at government and not at the people. The Black woke of today, is most guilty of this. They won't acknowledge that we Blacks do anything that adds to our already precarious condition and position in society. To do so is seen by them, as blaming the victim. Jessie Jackson said decades ago "what does it matter that the doors of opportunity are opened to you, if you are too drunk to stagger through them?" Does Jackson feel that we have taken his advice to heart? Is he still critical of some things we do, that add to our problems? If we do significant harm to ourselves, how can we not admit to and change it? Who is better equipped than elders like Jackson and Davis, who both them and us, are blessed, that they are still living, and so can show us the mistakes we've made? What is asked of society is limited to the rights of specific demographics of society. The idea of a fair and peaceful society, is lost in narrowly applied outcries against various demographics being treated unfairly. The basic argument of how much wealth and thus power, should on person be allowed to amass, in a world of limited resources; what is a fair amount of compensation for an individuals labor or contribution to a finished product; and in a competitive situation, there will be those who win, and those who don't - how then should society view those who don't win, and how should those who don't win view themselves, is what needs to be the focus of this social/political discourse we are in. The evolution - not revolution that society needs, cannot come top down from the government to the people. It can only come from the people evolving and living the idealism they ask for from government, and it then will naturally rise up to the government. The amount of violence especially, but crime in general also, is not justified in the U.S., given the quality of life people live, in modern societies, all over the world. Ironically Democrats can borrow the basic idea for Obama care from a proposal created by a Conservative, but ignore the 'proposal of a 'peace dividend' that the conservative politicians Margaret Thatcher - former Prime Minister of Britain, and the late President George H. W. Bush presented to the nations of the world, in the late 1980's. They ask that nations consider what the money they all spent on their military, could do for their people and their nations, if that money was directed towards that end. The best why to defund anything, is to make it largely not needed. Why is this obviously much needed and fundamental call to humanity, not done by the Left and Black people especially. We are calling for reparations, but humanity is in need of reparations for the historic, inhumane treatment we have historically committed on each other. A peaceful world and a global fair economic system, would equate to reparations for humanity. Why are not the religious leaders calling for this? Is it because, it doesn't fit their narrative? How can we resolve this conflict of interest among us? Are we too afraid to comfort the inevitable question, that seems can only be faced by an evolution in our thinking and values? Can evolution and the idea of being reborn co-exist? How can anyone think of a future, it we can't get beyond this fundamental divide? We are in denial if we say we don't understand what we face. The way the Israel war with Hamas is going is evident that we are not willing to face reality. How can someone call for a ceasefire without stating what the conditions are that both sides must agree to? If you have the power to demand a cease-fire, then also say what the terms of it are, that both sides must agree to and adhere to. This is not being presented to the public, and few if any are pointing this out. It is further evidence of the epidemic of denial of reality and gaslighting that has overtaken society. The future, if there is one, will likely be a brave new world indeed. It will take a rare kind of bravery, for it to come about. It is the bravery of honesty, that is lacking far to much today.
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Join us on Zoom this Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 p.m. for a special virtual watch party to kick off the first season of Laura Flanders & Friends. Together we will watch our episode featuring professor, activist, scholar and writer Angela Davis and host a live chat with Laura. So many of you have already RSVP'd and we can't wait to see you! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/laura-flanders-and-friends-season-launch-tickets-872752284577
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Davis's early comment that we must remind ourselves that we are powerful, is good and needed advice, that must be said with hindsight. It would be extremely helpful, if people like Davis and Jessie Jackson, would reflect on the past and give us some much needed insight and perspective, on where those who speak for Black people and Black people in general, have gone wrong, in trying to make our lives better through both political and social efforts. The attitude of power to the people, instead of the power of the people and from them, was a mistake we made.
The Left in general today is very idealistic, but it's idealism is still only directed at government and not at the people. The Black woke of today, is most guilty of this. They won't acknowledge that we Blacks do anything that adds to our already precarious condition and position in society. To do so is seen by them, as blaming the victim. Jessie Jackson said decades ago "what does it matter that the doors of opportunity are opened to you, if you are too drunk to stagger through them?" Does Jackson feel that we have taken his advice to heart? Is he still critical of some things we do, that add to our problems? If we do significant harm to ourselves, how can we not admit to and change it? Who is better equipped than elders like Jackson and Davis, who both them and us, are blessed, that they are still living, and so can show us the mistakes we've made?
What is asked of society is limited to the rights of specific demographics of society. The idea of a fair and peaceful society, is lost in narrowly applied outcries against various demographics being treated unfairly. The basic argument of how much wealth and thus power, should on person be allowed to amass, in a world of limited resources; what is a fair amount of compensation for an individuals labor or contribution to a finished product; and in a competitive situation, there will be those who win, and those who don't - how then should society view those who don't win, and how should those who don't win view themselves, is what needs to be the focus of this social/political discourse we are in. The evolution - not revolution that society needs, cannot come top down from the government to the people. It can only come from the people evolving and living the idealism they ask for from government, and it then will naturally rise up to the government.
The amount of violence especially, but crime in general also, is not justified in the U.S., given the quality of life people live, in modern societies, all over the world. Ironically Democrats can borrow the basic idea for Obama care from a proposal created by a Conservative, but ignore the 'proposal of a 'peace dividend' that the conservative politicians Margaret Thatcher - former Prime Minister of Britain, and the late President George H. W. Bush presented to the nations of the world, in the late 1980's. They ask that nations consider what the money they all spent on their military, could do for their people and their nations, if that money was directed towards that end.
The best why to defund anything, is to make it largely not needed. Why is this obviously much needed and fundamental call to humanity, not done by the Left and Black people especially. We are calling for reparations, but humanity is in need of reparations for the historic, inhumane treatment we have historically committed on each other. A peaceful world and a global fair economic system, would equate to reparations for humanity.
Why are not the religious leaders calling for this? Is it because, it doesn't fit their narrative? How can we resolve this conflict of interest among us? Are we too afraid to comfort the inevitable question, that seems can only be faced by an evolution in our thinking and values? Can evolution and the idea of being reborn co-exist? How can anyone think of a future, it we can't get beyond this fundamental divide?
We are in denial if we say we don't understand what we face. The way the Israel war with Hamas is going is evident that we are not willing to face reality. How can someone call for a ceasefire without stating what the conditions are that both sides must agree to? If you have the power to demand a cease-fire, then also say what the terms of it are, that both sides must agree to and adhere to. This is not being presented to the public, and few if any are pointing this out. It is further evidence of the epidemic of denial of reality and gaslighting that has overtaken society. The future, if there is one, will likely be a brave new world indeed. It will take a rare kind of bravery, for it to come about. It is the bravery of honesty, that is lacking far to much today.
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