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Day 35 | Sometimes, We Lower the External Volume to Hear the Internal, the Eternal

23 Tue Feb 2021

Posted by ztnh in Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Fascism, Anti-Narcissism, Anti-Racism, Macroeconomic Analysis, Memoirs, Mindfulness

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LUMPENPROLETARIAT—[Tuesday, 23 FEB 2021, 06:53 PST]  Susan Rogers is an educator and researcher, an expert in audio recording and, indeed, in the human aural experience. She takes the art of audio recording seriously. These paltry words, not afforded their proper drafting and redrafting, will have to suffice as a quick sketch of an idea Susan Rogers shared with us, which we now want to share with you. We refer to (an) excellent interview(s) Susan Rogers gave to the Prince Podcast. Susan Rogers is, perhaps, best known for her work with the young rising star of Prince Rogers Nelson, the musical genius from Minneapolis.

There is so much to share about those brilliant interviews, which will have to wait until another time. But the big takeaway for us, at Lumpenproletariat, was the bit where Susan Rogers talked about turning off all external inputs from time to time, to be able to hear the music inside. She said Prince would do that. Prince knew how to shut out the noise of the world to hear the beauty within.

Prince’s Controversy was the first album I ever bought, as a kid, a third-grader in California. Funk music was all around me, almost as far back as mariachi music. Such was the musical climate of Californian barrios in the 1970s. Brown people love Prince, almost as much as black people, maybe more. Maybe white people love Prince most, though, or, at least they were the ones, who ended up buying most of the concert tickets, it seems.

But Susan Rogers talked about influences and how we all strive to build on the shoulders of giants. Some of us remember losing ourselves for hours at brick-and-mortar wrecka stowes. But the danger is to become too fascinated with the external, with external validation, that we forget to hear our own internal voice, our own internal inspiration, which allows us to create something new and interesting and maybe even beautiful, maybe even valuable, maybe even life-affirming, life-advancing.

But if we never unplug, if we never turn off the algorithms of oppression, we will never again hear the internal, the eternal. We heard Ram Dass say something similar on Pacifica Radio recently: We become so fascinated with the things we’re aware of, such that we forget about awareness itself. At university, one of the big takeaways from a deeper reading of Adam Smith, under Dr. John Henry (UMKC Economics course, The History of Economic Thought), distilled the impartial observer. In Adam Smith’s important work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, we encounter the importance of having the ability to detach our awareness from our self, to observe our own behavior, as if from outside of ourselves, as an impartial observer. We strive toward self-awareness, without self-censorship, wisdom.

Mary Oliver gently reminded us, we don’t have to crawl across the desert upon thorns, repenting. We only have to let the soft animal within love what it loves.

Music is the easiest way for most people to meditate. Soon we learn to meditate without music. Soon we learn to meditate as we walk, or wash dishes. We reflect for respect. We reflect for dignity. We reflect for love.

“Colonized Mind” by Prince, 2009.

An injury to one is an injury to all.

Solidarity.

@LumpenProles, 14:28 PST

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Notes from a working class left perspective…

Download the Pacifica Radio Network app to easily tune in to the live broadcasts of the terrestrial radio signals across the free speech radio network.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

05:00 PST,

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“Something In the Way” by Nirvana

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“About a Girl” by Nirvana

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“Private Idaho” by The B-52s

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“Money” by Suede

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“The Chemistry Between Us” by Suede

“Oh, Class A, Class B; Is that the only chemistry?“

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“Under Control” by The Strokes

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“The Tracks of My Tears” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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Corazón Chicano… Brown-eyed soul…

“Smile now, Cry Later” by Sunny and the Sunliners

Red Power to Red People!

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“Confessin’ a feelin’” by Sly, Slick and Wicked

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Brown Power to Brown People!

“Making Ends Meet” by Thee Midniters (from East L.A.)

Black Power to Black People!

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“Ain’t No Big Thing” by The Radiants

White Power to White People!

All Power to the People!

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06:00 PST,

08:00 PST, WPFW > 08:12 PST, real talk. “workshops” ‘ a magazine’ ‘a picture of some gangster rapper’ ‘but he was a fraud” wrote mcpherson. But McPherson was not honest.’

Bai 0815 TW Nam dilamumbo clearing the fog Margaret Flowers 0823, on new working class party and third party anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist politics 0855 pst, sue Goodwin: more killer cops? [TW]

0900 bai gary null show […] 09:28, ‘Well, I want people to get to slow cooking, slow eating, slow digesting.’ Indeed. But capitalist social relations value excess, as Dr. Null noted last Wednesday morning. That was such a great broadcast. It seems Dr. Null’s boss has commandeered The Gary Null Show today, perhaps, to keep Dr. Null in line, as he has a tendency to wander off the beaten path, get into the weeds, and expose some ugly or inconvenient truths or uncomfortable perspectives. But many of us tuned in for that, Ms. Linda Perry, over there at WBAI [NYC]. Please let Dr. Gary Null speak freely. It’s good that we’re discussing health and nutrition, as we all need to strengthen our microbiomes, mind-gut connections, mind-muscle connections, and immune systems. But what about all of this drug-pushing? Please ask Dr. Null about the controversial questions around the for-profit vaccine industry.

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11:00 PST, KPFK > music. […] new album of music from Willie Nelson coming out this week, on Friday. cf. ‘In the wee small hours of the night’. Willie Nelson has recorded a beautiful interpretation of the Frank Sinatra classic.

“Willie Nelson – THAT’S LIFE – coming February 26th!” by Willie Nelson, 12 DEC 2020.

12:00 PST, KPFK > It sounds like Jimi Hendrix, live?

12:00 PST, KPFA > ATG | News | […] ‘a geographer discusses a legacy’ […] “critical geography” […] 12:12, ‘struggles by people of color” “struggles by women” geographer ‘Rachel Brizinski(sp?)’ […] 1234, ‘Chicano activists in the ’60s’ […] ‘But now its a park’ […] 12:42, ‘We were very influenced by the Black Lives Matter movement’ […] ‘We talk about Alex Nieto Park. It was also a story of gentrification’ and police terrorism, or behavior, like the Spanish Inquisition, to send a message to the lumpenproletariat. This is what we can do to you, not only if you step out of line, but if we do. […] THIS IS A FUND DRIVE BROADCAST. PLEASE SUPPORT FREE SPEECH RADIO KPFA. PLEASE DONATE TODAY.

1300 KPFA > The Herbal Highway | topic: ‘medicinal plants from the African Continent used on the North American Continent.’ […] 13:10 PST,

13:00 PST, WBAI > Democracy Now! | […] 13:11 PST, ‘Dr. Spencer, on the half million dead Americans, who have died of COVID-19-related deaths’ […] 13:27 PST, ‘the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed existing ethnic (i.e., “racial”) disparities in the U.S.’ […] Amy Goodman: ‘Dr. Spencer, we’ve heard a lot about the horrors about the pandemic. What about the solutions? What about Medicare For All? […] 13:30 PST, ‘We need to be prepsred to make those health investments now.’ […] 13:30 PST, ‘Octavia Butler, she died 15 years ago this week.’ […] music break: ‘Walkin’ in your footsteps’ […] ‘Parable of the Sower is set in California in 2220?’ ‘She also wrote about racism, about fascism‘ […] ‘the mother of afro-futurism‘ […] 13:34 PST, How did you first start writing science fiction?’ […] I saw a bad movie and got into competition with it.’ ‘Devil Girl from Mars’

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16:00 PST, KPFA > Hard Knock Radio > Freedom Archive’ ‘Community ‘ […] ‘COINTELPRO’ […] ‘about “the movie”, Judas? […] 16:11 ‘Huey P Newton’ ‘dialectical materialism is about adapting to changing conditions’ […] 16:13, ‘it centered the story on the state’ […] ‘Fred, Jr. acknowledged that, yes… […]’ ‘The film exposed the lengths the state will go to smash black leadership.’ […] 16:15 PST, ‘We have an archive’ ‘as an alternative to what’s taught in schools, that can be drawn upon to create curricula.’ […] 16:17 PST, ‘How does COINTELPRO manifest itself today?’ […] ‘State violence […] is a history of conquest and slavery and expansion into northern Mexico, Guam, the Philippines, Hawai’i, understanding US imperialism. So, of course we see the police state and the carceral state as part of the empire. Why does this state align itself with the occupying forces of Zionist Israel at the expense of the indigenous Palestinians?’ […] ‘Before J. Edgar Hoover targeted Fred Hampton, Sr., he cut his teeth on Marcus Garvey.’ […] THIS IS A FUND DRIVE BROADCAST. PLEASE SUPPORT FREE SPEECH RADIO KPFA. […] 16:32 ‘BlackSolidarity.org‘ […] 16:43 PST, ‘Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt‘ […] ‘Claude Marx(sp?) and Tur Ha(sp?)’

16:00 PST, WPFW > […] 16:49 PST, real talk; lecture. Bad ass white-sounding lady on ‘the most revolutionary radical time since the 1930s’ […] mass incarceration of people of color, especially black people, after the Civil War and after the 1960s. […] Remembering Attaca., the Attica Rebellion. They said, we have found the answer. It’s called unity.’ […] 16:55 PST, Ann thom,author Blood In the Water. Sounds like Sunsara Taylor. Yes, it is. She’s such an awesome radio personality! […] 16:58 PST, Cierra Shine! We recall she invited callers on the air, in the Aftermath of the Sieges of State Capitols Around the Nation on January 6th. She let us plug our blog, Lumpenproletariat.org. ‘Remember, hunan nature is not the problem. It is the nature of the system that is the problem.’

17:00 PST, KPFA > Flashpoints > ENDELON (sp?) “Salvador Saramieto( ‘DB: ‘ We have a change in the administration. The hopes are high.’ Guest; “Sure.” ‘ a crisis of racism’ […] 17:18 PST,

17:00 PST, WBAI > […] 1754, ‘LSB Members’ What? LSB? We missed it? Archives? […] Kpftx.org, wed nar 10 7pm wed mar 17 7pm(?) Next wed | Next Report to the Listeners is on mar 31st […] 17:56 PST,

1700 PST, KPFT[HD2] > […] 1757, on the Sieges of State Capitols Around the Nation on January 6th | ‘squibbs'(?) ‘Babbit wheeled out with half-exposed breast?’ […]17:58 PST, ‘ritual mockery’ ‘default public consent’ | “THE great Reset” ‘The Most Dangerous Blog in the World’ ‘The Project for the New American Century’ […] ‘Ken Baine(sp?) ‘Welcom back to In Other News(sp?) Suddenly, the broadcast cut away to music, South Asian? No glitch. Clock says 18:00 PST. It must be automated?

18:00 PST, KPFT [HD2] > First Voices Radio, all Native hosted, now in Apple Tunes, Spotify, etc. First Guest: Leona Morgan, Dineh, fighting nuclear colonialism since the ’90s. Haulno.com(?) Rad Monitoring. Org? Facebook? Cf. International Initiative: Don’t Nuke the Climate. […] 18:04 PST,

18:00 PST, KPFA > 18:17 PST, The first testimony ‘The Norfolk Memo’ ‘That report noted’ ‘be ready to fight’ ‘get violent’ ‘go there ready for war’ ‘we get our president or we die’ ‘Did you get that report?’ […] ‘No leadership, including myself got that report. […] ‘Roy Blunt‘ ‘Why would it take an hour?’ […] ‘I didn’t get that report until 2pm’ […] ‘conservative Federalist website’ […] ‘agent provocateurs turn unsuspecting marchers into an invading mob’ […] ‘But Klobichar(sp?) dismissed the theory’ […] | 18:21, ‘the Golden State Stimulus‘, ‘$600 checks’, including ‘farmworkers’ including “households of mixed status”. “And for that we are not ashamed; we are proud,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. […] $5-$20K small business grants.

19:00 PST, KPFA > East Bay Yesterday […] 19:22, BET pitch THIS IS A FUND DRIVE BROADCAST. PLEASE SUPPORT FREE SPEECH RADIO KPFA. PLEASE DONATE TODAY. […] 19:24, ‘The establishment of the police review board’ […] ‘It was really a PR move.’ ‘It was not set up to have real power.’ […] ‘It didn’t have subpoena power.’ […] 19:25 PST, BET […] 19:30 PST, back to the broadcast on ‘organizing around police violence’

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“Keiser Report | China Overtakes the U.S. (Yet Again) | E1662” by RT, 23 FEB 2021.

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20:00 PST, KPFA > Sounds like Avotcja(sp?), celebrating the music if Deedee Bridgewater. […] ‘A Night In Tunisia’ […] ‘Nina Simone’s ‘Four Women’ […] 20:18 PST,

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A Night In Tunisia

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“Four Women” interpreted by Deedee Bridgewater.

“My skin is brown; my manner is tough…”

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“Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?” by Prince.

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Thank you for reading Lumpenproletariat.org. Also find us at Lumpen.org, for easy access! Solidarity. All power to the people! What’s the call? Free ’em all!

Please remember to pick up a good book and read it. Check out our reading list, if you’re looking for ideas. Solidarity.

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Day 34 | How Do We Increase Equanimity in Times of Crisis?

22 Mon Feb 2021

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Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown 1956), Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain 1737)

LUMPENPROLETARIAT—[Monday, 22 FEB 2021, 04:12 PST]  How do we increase equanimity in times of crisis? What is common sense for the working classes in the 21st century?

We strive toward unity, and solidarity.

@LumpenProles, 20:47 PST.

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Today, we return to the wisdom of  Thomas Paine to return to basics.   Common Senseis in the public domain.  So, audiobooks are easily available for (re)viewing.  We contend, of all the so-called Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine has aged far better than his contemporaries, philosophically speaking.

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“Thomas Paine – Common Sense [Full Audiobook]” by Tom, 29 JUN 2020.

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Sunday

Mussolini taught us, if we read between the lines, that fascism is the marriage of state power with corporate power. If so, Mr. Biden and Mr. Zuckerberg are looking quite fascist, are they not?

According to RT, “Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly working directly with Silicon Valley giants to root out ‘misinformation and disinformation’ that hampers US vaccination efforts, indicating hands-on involvement in Big Tech censorship.”

The underlying assumption is that vaccination is the only front, upon which to fight the war against the coronaviruses. We reject this notion.

Why are we so zealous about eradicating “vaccine hesitancy”? Why aren’t we equally zealous about eradicating “exercise hesitancy” or “clean food hesitancy”?

Why aren’t we informing the world about the latest scientific health consensus building around the concepts or insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance? (Cf. Benjamin Bikman, Ph.D., Why We Get Sick) We have learned so much in recent years about insulin resistance, also the mind-gut connection, the gut’s role in our immune systems, and the role of the various microbiomes on the human body, particularly the gut micribiome. It’s shameful to me, that we are pushing drugs onto a nation, which is, by and large, obese and suffering from insulin resistance. Insulin resistance leads to sundry illnesses and conditions, most of which are common comorbidities associated with COVID-19-related deaths.

Even, if we don’t think Dr. Bikman and others are onto something important, it makes no sense why our national COVID-19 response and rhetoric is saying absolutely nothing about fitness, nutrition, or the role of one’s own immune system. Aren’t something like 99% of people, who come in contact with the various coronaviruses able to defeat the virus with their own immune systems? We seem to have far too many unanswered questions around this pandemic issue.

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“Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stansfield Talk ‘Judas and the Black Messiah” by Entertainment Weekly, 11 JAN 2021.

The big take-away for us, from this interview, is Daniel Kaluuya saying clearly that this film is the story of William O’Neal, as it is told through the eyes of William O’Neal. This confirms suspicions that this is not the story of Fred Hampton. That story remains to be told in a full-length feature film.

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Working class folks have access to the radio airwaves for information. How do we go behind the news, as Doug Henwood might say?

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Download the Pacifica Radio Network app to easily tune in to the live broadcasts of the terrestrial radio signals across the free speech radio network.

0800 PST, WPFW > […] 08:24 PST, [TW] Host woman said anti-Asian violence has been underreported. Indeed. We discussed that on the last Robruken podcast. She said, “in the spirit of Malcolm X”. Indeed. > 08:25 PST, News Headlines with Askia Mohammed (sp?) and Sue Goodwin [TW] 6th violators accused of violating KKK Act. ‘Benny Thompson, NAACP’ ‘Act prohibits interference with elections.’ ‘Mr. Trump likely to claim sovereign immunity. But that is not applicable, says NAACP. But the argument will likely end up in the Supreme Court, which we recall Mr. Trump has stacked with right-wing judges. […] 08:29, ‘legal argument for pursuing criminal charges is valid. But he could also be charged for high crimes and misdemeanors.’ ‘Merrick Garland may not want to go down that road.’ “But it’s there.” | 9/11 style commission? (Cf. Richard Medhurst, warns against co-opted commission) […] 0834, ‘simply moving on is a mistake.’ “the Republican Party” must be held accountable. Yes, and Mr. Trump must be disqualified from holding future office. ‘Eli Costal(sp?) of The Nation magazine’ […] 0835, AM interview on “qualified immunity” and the “catch 22” regarding police accountability [TW] ‘Cops are sworn to uphold the Constitution.’ […] book: Black Power(?), Stokely Carmichael […] ‘Too many white people have been sitting on their hands. It sounds like you got that memo.’ Guest chuckles, evidently a white bloke: ‘If black people could’ve done it alone [] clearly white people have the power [] ‘I want to do what I can’ […] ‘Sotomayor’ ‘NAACP’ ‘and the CATO institute’ […] ‘So, I took where we go from here is legislation, at the federal level.’ AM: ‘How strong is support in the House and in the Senate?’ […] ‘campaigntoendpolicequalifiedimmunity.org […] Jerry greenfield and ben cohen […] 08:43 PST, THIS IS A FUND DRIVE BROADCAST. PLEASE SUPPORT FREE SPEECH RADIO WPFW. PLEASE DONATE TODAY. WINTER PLEDGE DRIVE. PLEASE CALL 202.588-9739. OR GO ONLINE. […] 08:48 PST, a testimonial of the direct lineage of history of the struggle for reparations. [TW] ‘I come out of the black nationalist tradition’ […] ‘the United States would sit down at a table with us’ […] ‘but we’re in a different time and a different space’ […] ‘so, we’re stepping aside’ ‘but we’re offering guidance’ […] ‘It’s about self-determination’ 08:53 PST, ‘Those who want to go back to Africa and repatriate should be allowed to do that and provided resources to facilitate that. And those who want to stay here and try to make this democracy thing work in the USA, should also be respected.’ Reparations is about actualizing self-determination.’ ‘Attorney N’kishi Taifa(sp?),’ […] 08:55 PST, dr william Dougherty(sp?) […] 0857, ‘a minimal payment of some $10 Trillion’ […] ‘to those, who were denied their 40 acres and a mule’ […] AM: ‘What about reparations toward land for black people, where black people can live together?. Cf. Israel. […] ‘I don’t think something as specific as a land Republic for blacks should be specified’

0900 PST, WBAI > The Gary Null Show > […] 09:07 PST, talk, health and nutrition. […] 0921, up next, a health physician, “You are being played” [TW, source?] ‘PCR testing abuse’ “85% were false positives’ […] 09:42 PST, a phone call, apparently from a long-time listener with a self-described Berkeley background. “It’s never too late to change, even in your early 80s.”

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“Malcolm X Killed with FBI, & NYPD Involved ” by Secular Talk, 22 FEB 2021.

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Day 29 | Action Is the Antidote to Despair

17 Wed Feb 2021

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Gary Null, Helen "Sade" Folasade Adu CBE (b.1959)

LUMPENPROLETARIAT—[Wednesday, 17 FEB 2021, 05:24 PST] When Sade sang, “I am a soldier of love.” Many of us instantly felt a pull, a connection. We could relate. We saw her sing this song live, in concert, those of us so privileged. It was a moment of humanity, amidst inhumanity.

“Soldier of Love” (official video) by Sade, 2010.

Che Guevara said, the true revolutionary is always guided by love.

So, we self-educate for correct political action. There may be some truth to the old adage, barbarism begins in the home.

@LumpenProles, 09:39 PST

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Notes from a working class left perspective, tuning into the most critical analyses of the issues of the day…

Download the Pacifica Radio Network app to easily tune in to the live broadcasts of the terrestrial radio signals across the free speech radio network.

08:00 PST, WPFW > Community Watch & Comment – Wednesday with David Whettstone > […] [TW] 08:25 WPFW, david tw dr said we are all capable of gaslighting […] On the importance of direct action and protest: ‘Protest is like a glass of cold water in the face, which […] 08:49 PST, ‘Doctor, tell us what we can do to avoid gaslighting?’ […] ‘The solution is communication, to allow for questions, to allow for space for different perspectives’ […] 08:50, ‘The first component is to reflect on one’s own experience and then learn how to talk about it.‘ […] ‘It’s okay to be different. But the way forward is having these hard conversations. To be gaslit by someone saying that these hard conversations are better to be avoided is not the way. Conversations are supposed to be liberating.’ […] 08:52 PST, Host David: ‘One thing, which bothered me was that people were saying what’s the point of impeachment? It’s not going to make a difference. But that’s wrong because next time this happens we may have the same trouble, or worse.’ […] 08:54 PST, per WPFWfm.org, On Air now: “Community Watch & Comment – Wednesday” with David Whettstone.

09:00 PST, WBAI > The Gary Null Show > […] On excess and success. Our society rewards excess. To get straight As, you need a whole lot of studying. This is true. Your author pulled at least a few all nighters at University. But I graduated with honors. I was trained by my stern father to be a hardworker. Yesterday, we heard a filmmaker discuss her film, Do No Harm, about burnout, drug abuse, and suicides in medical schools and medical profession. […] 09:02 PST, This sounds like an archival talk by Dr. Gary Null. But all of his topics are super relevant right now to many themes, we have discussed at Lumpenproletariat. […] 09:25 PST, Wow. This broadcast is resonating with your author very profoundly. Dr. Null ‘You experience the lesson, but don’t learn it.’ That reminds us of something John Vervaeke says about wisdom: Wisdom is learning the lesson, not just experiencing the lesson. […] “You cannot challenge orthodoxy.” [TW] ‘The reason is because ‘ […] 09:38 PST, […] 09:48 PST, ‘Fear always leads you back to orthodoxy.’ […] 09:53 PST, “Everything we do is revolutionary.” […] 09:54, ‘Thats why so many doctors never help people people becauae they stick with only what they know.’ ‘So, people compromise. Well, that’s one way to keep people under control.’ […] 09:55, outro: “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye. […] Sounds like Chick Corea. […] ‘Call the care line, if you feel anxious or need someone to talk to: 8777191117.’ Solidarity.

10:00 PST, WBAI > Leonard Lopate at Large > ‘Kansas-Nebraska Act’ ‘The Whig Party was the dominant political party at the time. And the rise of the Republican Party signalled the death knell of the Whig Party. So, we may be witnessing the death of the Republican Party.’ Indeed. But its potential replacement should not give freedom-lovers any solace, for a replacement political party for white grievance will be no more humane. […] Minority vs majority rule in the USA. […] 10:50 PST, ‘Major poll said 89% of Americans polled say Mr. Trump should have been impeached. Only 8% said he should not be impeached.’ [TW] Excellent analysis, corroborates our analysis here at Lumpenproletariat. […] Clearing the Fog on Tuesday mornings (Eastern Standard Time)

“But I Was Cool” by Oscar Brown, Jr., 1960.

11:00 PST, WBAI > Minefield (sp?) with Dr. James McIntosh and female-sounding cohost > topic: Dr. Joy Degruy(sp?) of posttraumatic stress syndrome fame. […] 11:06, topic: ‘trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic‘ [TW] book: Medical Apartheid. […] ‘How to understand palliative care‘: ‘find people you trust, first, not strangers, nor HMOs. Research what all you family members’ experience has been, that’s what happened when Dr. Degruy(sp?) had to learn about COVID-19. So, “we need advocates.” ‘Have someone with you.’ […] ‘Support your own body’s immune system. Sunshine. Vitamin C.’ Zinc. Immunoboosters, clean food. ‘Don’t leave your loved ones alone.’ [TW] […] 11:25, on reparations and voter suppression.

11:30 PST, WBAI > Live On the Fly with Randy Credico > fund drive mode. Julian Assange. […] Randy Credico […] ‘UK judge made a very dangerous decision for freedom of the press’ ‘also, who’s to say China or Russia doesn’t turn around and persecute an American journalist?’ We can see how international relations can close down into an Orwellian nightmare. […] ‘That was Ben Wizner (ACLU).’

1200 wbai TW black agenda report

12:00 PST, KPFA > Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley | KPFA News Headlines | RIP Rush Limbaugh | ‘~15 million (mostly right-wing) followers’ […] 1225, “What was the role of grassroots pressure?’ Yo, that resonates strongly with us at Lumpenproletariat. […] “Alternative media projects that critique”—-,no, not liberals/centrists at KPFA, lol—-“consumer capitalism” […] ‘anti-communism’ […] ‘They had a radio show, News and What to do about it‘ First half of the show was about some news or issue; the second part was about mobilizing people to take action. YES! That’s what we always wanted free speech radio to be! […] 1245, ‘How did they [proto-free-speech-radio(?)] think and rethink advertising?’ […] historian Shannon Clark [TW] “CWA Local 9415”, ‘some of the big struggles of the 1940s are associated with our union.’ Perhaps, but didn’t your union, the CWA, sell out the workers at KPFA, the Unpaid Staff Organization (UPSO)? Aren’t they your allies, Sasha.’

1300 WBAI > Dr. Porter on “brain tap technology” for ‘calming the brain.’

1300 wpfw. > celebrating Chick Corea [TW]

13:00 PST, KPFA > […] [TW] It sounds like audio from Democracy Now! on service workers and fast-food workers and their struggle to raise their pay up to a living wage. Fast-food workers are being abused by poverty wages by corporations, who are making billions. It’s morally outrageous. It’s just wrong. […] 13:59 PST

Sounds like Kristina Aanestad pitching to raise money for KPFA/Pacifica Radio.” […] 13:54 PST, Wow! Amy Goodman? Helping KPFA raise money? Good job, Amy! Solidarity!

1400 KPFA > Voices of the Middle East > [TW] ‘A look back on ten years of the so-called Arab Spring, circa 2011. […] 14:21 PST, Excellent analysis of revolutionary struggles for freedom around the world, since the 1990s, and today’s global trend towards fascism.’ ’80s/90s, rise of globalization, then anti-WTO protestors […]’Almost every nation tried to use the pandemic to tighten state control.’ ‘They will still try to weaponize the pandemic. But they can’t keep it up forever. ‘ […] 1439,

15:00 PST, KPFA > Rising Up with Sonali Kolhatkar | [TW] Neoliberalism Fail &;Climate Crisis, as national winter storm emergency covers Texas in snow and freezing temperatures and loss of power, natural gas fails, due to neoliberal neglect of infrastructure

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“Dr. Richard Wolff on the Yellow Vest Movement” by Richard Medhurst, 17 FEB 2021.

15:30 PST, WBAI > Economic Update with Prof. Richard Wolff | On income inequality, what it is, and why it’s a problem for society. […]

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“No To Dictatorship: Why Haitians Are Protesting U.S.-backed Moïse” by The Grayzone with Aaron Maté (host, Pushback), 17 FEB 2021.

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16:00 PST, KPFA > Hard Knock Radio with Davey D > KPFA News Headlines ‘Climate change has caused a polar vortex, which normally hits further north to hit the continental United States. 😲 and more. Kristina Aanestad. | Host: Davey D. Some context: Unveiling of a mural dedicated to Huey P. Newton. ‘Center Street. East Oakland. Dana King, artist. | Guests: M1 (Dead Pres) & Umi. […] ‘What should we know about Huey P. Newton?’ […] Umi: ’10 Point Platform, but none of these points have been met to this day. When you put people first, you inspire people, like Chuck D. Huey was like a father, for many of us, who didn’t have a father. […] 16:10 PST, M1: ‘Newton; Hampton, Sr.; et al., their countenance inspired us so; it dared us to even speak out and fight back for freedom, and how to build community power.’ […] Okay, here we will recall a recent Jacobin video discussion: Community is not class power. […] M1: ‘He was like a rock star among revolutionaries.’ […] ‘And I just gotta say, ‘Thank you! And thank God for Huey P. Newton!” […] 16:15 PST, Davey D: ‘I often cite you and stick in my class, about study. No, you gotta understand the difference between socialism and communism. You have to know what the proletariat is.’ […] Davey D: ‘Can you all speak to the importance of studying?’ […] ‘Yes, there’s a lack of reading. Too often, we’re on TV supporting other people’s ideas. But we would see Huey with the law books. And redefining who you are.’ […] ‘And we have the resilience, if you go back to Garvey or W.E.B. Dubois.’ […] ‘Even when we become educated, we’re not seeking knowledge to help ourselves [and our people]’ […] 16:20 PST, ‘Lastly, I was blessed. So, I don’t wanna send no negative shots. We’ll meet you [the lumpenproletariat] where you are.’ […] ‘passing out leaflets’ […] Davey D: ‘He didn’t just get a degree to say he got one’, but to apply it to the struggle for freedom.’ […] ‘So, M1, when I talk to my class, I say they didn’t just put down rhymes. […] These rappers put a textbook’s worth of information in some of these records.’ ‘Let’s speak on that.’ […] 16:23 PST, ‘Thank you.’ […] ‘It’s bigger than me.’ ‘Huey only stepped up ‘cos nobody else was stepping up.’ […] ‘Now, he saw himself as a soldier.’ ‘He was a social scientist, trying to figure out how to leverage power to help his people because he saw that we, as a people, were in serious trouble. So, he said, what do we want now and what do we believe in. One, end police brutality.’ […] 16:27 marx, engels, the little red book by Mao, etc. And throwing up the flag of communism was seen all over the world; we, the Black Panthers, were in Algeria, Tanzania, Cuba, etc because of our recognized international connections.’ […] ‘And that’s what my motivation still is today.’ […] ‘He said: My field marshal is a political prisoner, George Jackson (cf. Soledad Brother). […] 16:31 PST, [missed six minutes] 16:37 PST, On nutrition and fitness: ‘You can’t fight the revolution, if you ain’t alive to fight it.’ […] ‘theoretical understanding of who the People Army is’ […] 16:39 PST, music break: ‘fight like a panther’ [TW] brilliant clip of Huey P. Newton (it sounded like, unidentified), Newton’s analysis is still super relevant today! […]| 16:42 PST, Davey D […] 16:45 PST, Texas is in serious trouble due to the winter storm. And even the Super Walmarts are all wiped out, sold out of essential necessities.’ […] THIS IS A FUND DRIVE, FOLKS. PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A SUSTAINER/SUBSCRIBER OF FREE SPEECH RADIO. PLEASE GO ONLINE. $150 or $15 per month gets you a super awesome Black History Month Pack! Please go to KPFA.org to make a pledge or donation. Some people are well off. Some people are struggling. Please consider donate for people, who can’t afford to pledge. If you can’t afford to donate, PLEASE DON’T donate. We don’t want your rent money. We don’t want your lunch money or grocery money. BUT we DO WANT every penny of your cigarette money. We want every penny of your beer money. We want every penny of your Starbucks money, well, maybe you can have one of those once in a while. Right? What’s the harm in a super sugary mocha latté? Well, refined sugar is inflammatory. But, hey! C’est la vie! Right? PLEASE DONATE TO FREE SPEECH RADIO. TAKE ACTION FOR JUSTICE. […] 16:53 PST, ‘Get the Knowledge Is Power pack with a speech by Maya Angelou speaking at the Calvin Simmons Theater, also a speech from Langston Hughes in a 1958 speech presented in Berkeley.’

17:02 PST, KPFA > Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein | author The Hundred Year’s War on Palestine. plus Norah Barrows-Friedman. Three cheers for Norah! One of our favorite journalists covering Occupied Palestine. (cf. Ali Abunimah) | 17:05 PST, begin interview by Norah with the author of The Hundred Year’s War On Palestine by Prof. Rashid Halati(sp?). ‘His uncle warned of the Zionist [project?]’ […] ‘Israel’s invasion of Lebanon is one chapter.’ […] ‘the Nakba’ ‘the 1967 War’ ‘the first fatwa’ ‘the second fatwa’ […] ‘Both U.S. parties support Isreal’ and their illegal occupation of Palestine. […] 17:08 PST, Prof: ‘I’m just gonna talk a little bit about the book. And, then, we can go over some questions.’ […] ‘Why this book, after having written several books on Palestine. It’s because I listened to my son, and other members of my family, who suggested I write something more widely accessible, not just for experts and specialists. So, this is the first time that I’ve written in the first person. […] Whoa! Your author can super relate, recently experimenting or shedding fears of writing in the first person. There’s always a tension between the individualistic “I” and the collective “we”. We hope to address this usage of “I” and “we” at greater length, as time constraints allow. Family comes first. Well, first one must take care of self (basic food and water), then we take care of our spirituality, then family, then work/income generation, then we hit the gym and eat clean for mass. But we digress. Back to the interview. […] 17:15 PST, ‘To call the Zionist project a settler project is not to be derogatory. It is how they’ve discussed it, as a colonial project.’ [TW] […] 17:21 PST,

18:00 PST, KPFT [HD2-Houston] > […] 18:12 PST, talk. Indy fimmaking. ‘The B World’ ‘How has COVID-19 affected your career?’ ‘About 60 projects in 2019. And, now, I’m looking at like nine.’ […] 18:15 PST,

18:00 PST, KPFT > 18:15 PST, digital feed off line

“Life in the Labor Movement w/Richard Hooker (Teamsters Local 623) by Jacobin, 17 FEB 2021.

18:00 PST, KPFA & KPFK [LA.] > Pacifica Evening News > 16:19 PST, [TW] […] 18:34 PST, Israel: ‘That’s not our problem.’ Mark Mericle: ‘We have to figure out how to fund this radio network in a non-capitalist way.’ YES, MARK! NON-CAPITALIST! […] ‘People of color are being left behind in state COVID-19 response. Oakland Coliseum, 0900 to 1900 PST, daiky for eight weeks, residents only,65+ preference and front line workers, teachers, etc. | Berkeley plan to vaccinate all teachers. Mandatory? | ‘~95% efficacy, claims Israel, as it says, “It’s not our problem’ to help Palestinians, who Israel has subjugated.’ | […] 18:50 PST, “America must engage in full reparations.’ YES! […] ‘Israel, Netanyahu, feel snubbed ‘cos it took Mr. Biden four weeks to call him.’ Oh, gawd. What a blowhard. Why isn’t he in prison for crimes against humanity? […] 18:59 PST,

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“Dorian Yates Jacked at 58 + Phil Heath Small Waist + Andrew Jacked Weeks Out” by Nick’s Strength & Power, 17 FEB 2021.

We recall Roelly Winklaar was sidelined at 2020’s Mr. Olympia due to COVID-19. Roelly versus Rami in 2020 would’ve been epic. Congratulations to Big Rami, 2020 Mr. O. But Roelly is back in the game and looking impressive. Well, truth be told, Roelly looks downsized, as he busts out some tricep extensions. He looks like a lot of us, we really flattened out during this horrible winter. But, now, we’re finally getting back to the daily routines, starting to reglycogenate and to fill the muscle bellies back up and whatnot. It’s time to get all vascular again, people. Your author stayed under 10% body fat, roughly, but lost a lot of muscle mass. No worries; we’ll get back up to full mass, and maybe reach the most massive physique yet. We’ll see. We can’t beat back Father Time forever, as Dave Palumbo says. If you stayed ripped all this time, since 2020, you are a soldier; and we salute you. Phil Heath looks downsized. But, then, everybody is downsized since the COVID-1984 plandemic began. It’s all good. The important thing is to not stop questioning, AND to not stop lifting.

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“Dave Palumbo Reveals Cancer Diagnosis” by RxMuscle – The Truth in Bodybuilding, 17 FEB 2021.

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“HusH” by KRS-ONE

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[17 FEB 2021]

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