95 Theses

Is the West Blind to Reality?  King Midas and the Prophets by Marc Batko (marc1seed@yahoo.com; freetranslations.foundation) Back in 2009, Barbara Ehrenreich wrote “Brightsided” and warned her compatriots about over-optimism and ignoring the signs of systemic, structural failure.  By repeating the materialist mantra “more, bigger, and faster,” the suffering around us can be downplayed and later…

The sole focus on the migration issue is a clever way of distracting attention from the social imbalance in Germany, with increasing inequality and injustice. The misguided answers of the parties fail to meet the needs of the people, who are turning to the right-wing populists in ever greater numbers in frustration. The social question…

At a time when cooperation between East and West is essential for the survival of the human race, all those who care about the continued existence of life on this fragile planet must work together to combat the West’s old prejudices. Instead of proclaiming an inevitable “clash of civilizations” between East and West, we must…

Donald Trump vs the Neocons: his Nov. 18 speech 2 days ago This quote from Donald Trump is WONDERFUL. It should be widely circulated: US Trump warning against Neocons Nov 2024 Gilbert Doctorov, Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 19 November 2024 Napolitano: 8:49: Here’s the gentleman who’s going to take office on January 20th, about…

“Good policy” in the sense of the Washington Consensus can be paraphrased with these ten principles. The key to development successes lies only in a correct policy mix. Development backlogs, continuing poverty and so forth are referred back everywhere to “bad policy” in the sense of disregarding the ten principles. “Stiglitz identifies the essential elements…

The Humor of Jesus by Marc Batko (Portland OR, marc1seed@yahoo.com, https://www.freetranslations.foundation.] After being raised as a reformed Jew and studying Buddhism, Catholicism and Protestantism, I was overwhelmed by the incomparable Jesus as the Lord, Messiah, and long-awaited end-time eschatological prophet.  In his path-breaking book “Theology of Hope,” the German theologian Jurgen Moltmann explained that hope…

The Maelstrom of the MarketOn the Embedding of Society in the Market Form “Nothing is better suited to obscure our viewof social interrelationsthan economic prejudice.”(Polanyi) by Franz Schandl [This article posted on 11/5/2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.streifzuege.org/2024/der-mahlstrom-des-marktes/.] Rarely has a book inspired me as much as The Great Transformation by…

robertreich@substack.com by Robert Reich, November 4, 2024 Friends, These are the most stressful and nerve-wracking days I can recall. I vacillate between optimism and fear, hope and dread. You? I don’t recall an election in which the two candidates represent such opposite poles of the American character. Harris is the rule of law; Trump, lawlessness.…

by Mark Karlin, 11/1/2024′ Fahrenheit 11/9 | A Film by Michael Moore | 2018 | Full Movie Fahrenheit 11/9 | A Film by Michael Moore | 2018 | Full Movie https://youtu.be/_heq6CkeMH8?t=3697 On Friday, November 1, 2024 at 02:46:47 PM PDT, mark karlin <markkarlin@gmail.com> wrote: Ever since the Sunday that Joe Biden relinquished his grip on…

robertreich@substack.com The 101 worst things about Trump’s shambolic presidencyby Robert Reich[This article posted on November 1, 2024 is available on the Internet, robertreich [at] substack.com.] No one should forget! Friends, Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the worst things about the Trump presidency,…