Bulletin N° 724
Subject
:
NECESSITY,
the mother of INVENTION.
1 December 2016
Grenoble, France
Dear Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
Sophisticated technology in the
hands of a reckless capitalist class, whose sole interest is its pursuit of global power
and maximum private profits, represents a clear and
present danger to life on our planet. Like the proverbial frog sitting in a
casserole of water that is slowly coming to boil, we have sat and waited for
too long. Now, with our muscles stretched by the heat and our nerves
anesthetized; we have little inclination to jump or even to think of leaving, even
when we notice the reactions of new arrivals who upon landing in the heated
brew jump out immediately to save their lives.
Ruling class propaganda is effective:
What the representatives of corporate interests are doing is simply beyond
belief; it couldn’t be true! and yet, IT IS . . . .
Many believe that only a mass
movement could change this situation, a movement of a magnitude of the Invasion
of Normandy, or the Revolution in China. It is in such situations as the one where we
now find ourselves that we discover just how impotent is the individual by
him/herself. The skills of communication and the courage of collective struggle
have never been more important. And yet, the years of ideological wars of
attrition have left many disarmed and disorientated. (As Wilhelm Reich wrote in
his book, The
Murder of Christ : The
Emotional Plague of Mankind, 1953, “Judas sits among us .
. . .”)
A first step to organizing a mass
movement would be to demand that ‘the criminals’ be brought to justice in public
hearings.
The 11 items below offer
CEIMSA readers a look at the fruits of our deceptions. It is an ugly picture,
but with a history; and it will grow more ugly unless we act decisively to
change it. This is not the moment for bedtime stories, as the water is coming
to a boil and the existential threat is registered.
Sincerely,
Francis Feeley
Professor emeritus of
American Studies
University
Grenoble-Alpes
Director of Research
University of
Paris-Nanterre
Center for the Advanced Study
of American Institutions and Social Movements
The University of
California-San Diego
a.
The People's
Tribunal on the Iraq War
December 1-2 from 9:30am-5:00pm
University of DC, David Clarke Law School
Moot Court Room, 4340 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington DC.
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2971
Organized by Code Pink
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b.
Waiting for the Barbarians
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/waiting_for_the_barbarians_201611271
by Chris Hedges
We await the
crisis. It could be economic. It could be a terrorist attack within the United
States. It could be widespread devastation caused by global warming. It could
be nationwide unrest as the death spiral of the American empire intensifies. It
could be another defeat in our endless and futile wars. The crisis is coming.
And when it arrives it will be seized upon by the corporate state, nominally
led by a clueless real estate developer, to impose martial law and formalize
the end of American democracy.
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c.
Paul Jay and Abby Martin on Trump and
'Fake News'
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:17807:Paul-Jay-and-Abby-Martin-on-Trump-and-%27Fake-News%27
Paul
Jay and Abby Martin discuss Trump's cabinet appointments, the Green Party
effort to vote recount, and who's really producing the fake news
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d.
Trump and the Deep State
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=17758
Thomas Drake tells Paul Jay the deep state would've been more
comfortable with Clinton; and while they'll do what they're told, many will be
concerned that Pence is the new Cheney.Thomas
Andrews Drake (born 1957) is a former senior
official of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), decorated United States
Air Force and United States Navy veteran, computer software expert, linguist,
management and leadership specialist, and whistleblower. In 2010 the government
alleged that he 'mishandled' documents, one of the few such Espionage Act cases
in U.S. history. His defenders claim that he was instead being persecuted for
challenging the Trailblazer Project.
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e.
Trump's
National Security Adviser Facilitated
the Murder of
Civilians in Afghanistan
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article45921.htm
by
Gareth Porter
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f.
From: "Julien Ramina"
<julienramina@yahoo.fr>
Sent: Monday, 28 November
2016
Subject: News
Dear Dr. Feeley,
Long time since we last spoke. I have been through a lot of
things. . . .
- I thought you might like this video: The Sinister Reason Weed is
Illegal
It's an entertaining yet highly informative program, and this one describes the
war on drugs, with very interesting quotes.
Hope
you'll like it. I wish you and your family all the best.
Yours
faithfully,
---
Julien Ramina
Translator
EN, ES > FR
The Sinister Reason
Weed is Illegal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlqsdezhhk&list=PLuKg-WhduhkksJoqkj9aJEnN7v0mx8yxC
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g.
Chris Hedges: Trump
Will Crush Dissent With Even Greater Violence and
Savagery
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=767&Itemid=74&jumival=17656
The
tools of state repression that will end up in the hands of a Trump
administration were built by both Republicans and Democrats, says the Pulitzer
prize-winning journalist.
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h.
Chris Hedges: The
Surrender of the Liberal Left to Neoliberalism Gave
Us Proto-fascism
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=767&Itemid=74&jumival=17650
The
demonization of third parties misses the fact that roots of our current
situation are austerity, deindustrialization, and the impoverishment of half
the nation, says journalist Chris Hedges.
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i.
WikiLeaks Drops Yemen Files, Unmasks
Washington's Bloody Role
Whistleblowing organization Wikileaks on Friday dropped yet another batch of files,
this time detailing evidence of the United States arming, training and
financing Yemeni forces in the build up to the current war.
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j.
Letter to :
Valdimir Putin
President of Russia
Moscow
From :
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall
Street Journal, columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and
Creators Syndicate, with many university appointments.
Dear President Putin,
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article45940.htm
Now that CIA agent Craig Timberg
posing as a Washington Post reporter has blown my cover and exposed me as a
Russian agent,
I
was wondering if . . . .
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k.