AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

A View From The Left-Why Voting Matters / 🎥 The Truth About Voting

"The two parties have combined against us to nullify our power by a 'gentleman's agreement' of non-recognition, no matter how we vote ... May God write us down as asses if ever again we are found putting our trust in either the Republican or the Democratic Parties." - W.E.B. DuBois This Election Has Disgraced the Entire Profession of Journalism Ken Silverstein, at Observer "Reporters queue up to submit stories for Clinton approval as Team Hillary delivers dossier on unfriendly writer"	The End of the Charade Kenn Orphan, at Kenn's excellent, heartfelt,thoughtful 'rant regarding the charade which is finally coming to an end. It is about the selected puppets of the ruling elite in the American Empire who will be paraded before the world a little more before its subjects are told that they have “chosen” one of them to lead. ..."
Arkansas Residents Jim And Alice Walton Pony Up $1,835,000 To Raise Charter Cap In Massachusetts Mercedes Schneider, at Huffington Post
WHY VOTING MATTERS Russell Mathew, FB "Corruption is Epidemic There is plenty of evidence that proves beyond any reasonable doubt that voting under tyranny cannot, by definition, represent the will of the people. Under tyranny, supreme power is NOT vested in the people and is NOT exercised directly by them - nor is it exercised by (s)elected agents that are monitored by deep-state managed surveillance used to blackmail and puppet-control "selected" officials via intimidation - under a fascist, crony-corporatist controlled government and electoral system. Do you think controlling the media is where they draw the line? Think again. Any power capable of controlling the propaganda you see and hear has no problem orchestrating an election charade and fabricating the results. ...However, voting DOES matter. It matters very much to those who own and control the system. This is why they invest so much into the electoral charade. They not only want to rape and pillage planet earth, they want our participation to authorize their actions. Voting is political Stockholm Syndrome. ...	Anthrax: The Forgotten False Flag and the Illegal Invasion of Iraq 14 min By James Corbett, Graeme MacQueen, and Robbie Martin, at Global Research
Consent to Tyranny: Voting in the USA - by Mark E. Smith Five essays on the US electoral system.
Naming Names: Your Real Government When dark deeds unfold, point the finger in this direction. by Tony Cartalucci, at Landdestroyer
Election Campaign: Debate Moderator Distorted Syrian Reality By Robert Parry, Global Research, October 12, 2016, Consortiumnews	Zionism - The Root Cause of the Wars in the Middle East Christopher Bollyn
Clinton or Trump: America Heads Further into the Abyss Eric Dreiser, at Telesur "Let us not forget Latin America where Clinton has already wrought destruction on an industrial scale, and where she promises even more bloodletting. While Secretary of State, Clinton and her henchmen such as Lanny Davis, facilitated a right-wing coup in Honduras which has led directly to the deaths of untold thousands of innocent Hondurans, including the revered feminist and Indigenous activist Berta Cáceres. In fact, Cáceres herself explained in a 2014 interview: " ...And this election, a choice between Tweedle Bum and Tweedle Bummer is, in many ways, the epitome of everything that’s wrong with America. [THIS election is NO different; it's NOT TB vs TB - it's the system! The candidates are artfully picked - and not by you.] We’re not “Stronger Together” because there is no together: the U.S. is run by, and works for, the elites. We can’t “Make America Great Again” by feeding the rich while simply retreading all the same reactionary, racist, and neocolonial attitudes that have made this country the heart of global imperialism for the last 75 years, at least. No, there’s nothing to be gained from jumping headlong into the abyss.
The truth about voting 16 min From Freedomain Radio, w Stefan Molyneux	HOW ABC NEWS LIED TO 4,500,000 AMERICANS with one PHOTO ETF News
Voting Is an Act of Violence 7 min related: American Foreign Policy by William Blum "...Since the end of World War 2, the United States has: ..."
Why Haven’t Bill and Hillary Clinton Been Imprisoned? by Stephen Lendman ..."Abraham Lincoln once said “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Things today are out-of-control. Wars on humanity rage, threatening possible thermonuclear confrontation. Neoliberal harshness enriches the nation’s privileged class at the expense of most others...."
Phony Scare Tactics? Would a Pre-Election Homeland Terrorist Attack Help or Hurt Hillary? By Stephen Lendman, at Global Research, "... CBS reported phony scare-tactic information supplied by Washington sources. If an incident occurs, it’ll be state-sponsored, an American tradition ... ...So who’ll benefit or be disadvantaged by a pre-election false flag [alleged threat or actual event] hours before polls open? Neither most likely, unless power brokers, at the 11th hour, decided they erred in choosing Hillary, cut a deal with Trump assuring he’ll support their agenda, and intend anointing him Obama’s successor by electoral-rigging if necessary."
U.S. Elections “November Chaos”: What You’re Not Being Told By James Corbett and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, at Global Research "The FBI’s October surprise has thrown the 2016 election into November chaos. But an examination of the trigger mechanism behind this event reveals a deeper layer of manipulation by the media and financial interests behind the election. ..."
Obama on the Stump for Hillary by Stephen Lendman ..."Fact: Obama didn’t kill Osama. He died in December 2001 in a Pakistani hospital of natural causes, reported by The New York Times, Fox News, the BBC and other media at the time - conveniently forgotten, supporting Obama’s Big Lie. Fact: America created and supports ISIL. It’s far from “on the run” - except when deployed to new war theaters, serving as US imperial foot soldiers along with virtually all other terrorist groups. Fact: America and Israel are the two most universally reviled countries - state terror their geopolitical strategy of choice. ..." ...(Killary is) an unindicted war criminal, racketeer, perjurer, belonging in prison, not high office. She represents America’s lunatic fringe, an unprecedented threat to humanity."	BRAVO Portia Boulger1!!!! 2min for this version; longer versions available
"Curiously, often a classic manifestation of people who are afflicted with certain psychotic disorders is the irrational fear that the CIA and FBI is conspiring to harm them. In this case, the CIA involvement is real and the covert nature of the involvement is not contested." ~ Orlikow v. United States (1988) The Truth Perspective: 2016 US Presidential Election: The American Dream Turns American Nightmare
California Secessionists To Meet At Capitol Day After Presidential Election Tyler Durden, at ZeroHedge "An organization which has the aims out separating the state of California from the Union of the United States is set to hold a meeting at the state capitol in Sacramento on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, the day after the presidential election. ..."
Guy Crittenden nails it here, on FB: "The problem I find in trying to convince people that Clinton is anything but the retail sales front of the military-industrial complex is that for some people to really "get that" their entire world view needs to change. To accept who and what Clinton is means also waking up to what the US and NATO are really doing in Aleppo and Syria, and what they did in Libya and Iraq, and on and on. Awakening to that leads a person to realize the totally corrupt system of which they're a part, and that even just going to work and participating in the economy is to some extent supporting this horrible Matrix. People would rather live in denial and believe the propaganda than have their constructed reality melt away like wax on Georgia asphalt. Last time it was America's first "black president." Now it's going to be the first "female president." I don't know what it will be next... the first "handicapped president"? The first "openly gay president"? The oligarchy doesn't care about any of this identity politics -- all it cares about is having someone in the Oval Office who keeps signing off on the drone strikes and perpetual war and the endless campaigns against CIA-created terrorists and yet-another-evil-dictator... As long as the munitions and military hardware orders keep flowing with Northrup Grumman and Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, success will be defined by the balance sheets of those corporations, not in any peace and stability achieved in the Middle East. Peace is anathema to these companies."	DNC/Podesta Leaked Emails Source Revealed by Stephen Lendman “I discovered what the source was when I attended the Sam Adam's whistleblower award in Washington,” he explained. “The source of these emails comes from within official circles in Washington DC. You should look to Washington not to Moscow.” John Podesta's Best Friend At The DOJ Will Be In Charge Of The DOJ's Probe Into Huma Abedin Emails Tyler Durden, at ZeroHedge Kadzik... Kadzik... where have we heard that name? The Empire Files: Abby Martin Exposes John Podesta 24 min Related: 'Leakers should shut up': Podesta slams FBI probe into Hillary's emails at RT, Question More
2016 Election Results Reportedly Posted To NBC FTP Server 1 Week Early at Higgins News [caveat: WRCB's explanation: that they were testing their TV results format ;-)]
The Corporate Liberal in America by Jason Hirthler, at CounterPunch, June 2016 “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s greatest stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice.” — Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail "Whether seated in Congress or exiting a voting booth, a corporate liberal is someone who supports anything progressive that does not challenge corporate power."	Michael Moore is a Sack of Shit 9m Paul Joseph Watson
Clinton Foundation Hacked Exposing Mega Donor List Massive “Pay To Play” Scheme, Claire Bernish October 4, 2016	FBI Director James Comey: Hillary Should Not Face Criminal Charges. "But Who Conducted the Investigation? FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Whose Wife Received $467,500 ..."