Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

Observed in the United Kingdom every year on November 5, Guy Fawkes Day—also called Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night—commemorates a failed assassination attempt from more than 400 years ago. On November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes and a group of radical English Catholics tried to assassinate King James I by blowing up Parliament's House of Lords. The plot went awry and all of the conspirators were executed. Soon after, Britons began to celebrate Fawkes' day by burning effigies, lighting bonfires and setting off fireworks—a tradition that has continued to this day.
3.5 min clip of speech from the movie "V for Vendetta"

You can see the entire movie here.
If you're a Prime member there is a better copy available there.

People sense things are not right. Caught in the whirlwind of the propaganda machine most people can't point out the problem, but they know things are not right. Don't you sense it? I think you do...

Revolution seems to be in the air, and Guy Hawkes seems an appropriate story. Hamas is revolting against Israel. Israel has over reacted committing massive strikes on Palestinian civilians, mainly women and children. People over the world are in the streets protesting the genocide of the Palestinian people. Eastern Ukraine has become part of Russia in a revolt against the US installed Ukranazi regime and a decades long shelling campaign. Africa is revolting against western colonial powers. There's also social revolutions taking place. The "woke" ideology is facing blowback. There's also a revolution in farming taking place. We'll look at these stories and more today.

Let's start with the situation in the Middle East.

Palestine, Israel, and the US war machine with Dennis Kucinich | The Chris Hedges Report

Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza has stirred worldwide calls for a ceasefire to stop the genocide unfolding. The United States has been no exception, which countless demonstrators taking to the streets in recent weeks. That hasn't stopped the US government from backing Israel's horrific campaign in Gaza to the hilt. The White House has refused to heed calls for a ceasefire and even deployed two aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean—not to defend Palestinians, but to dissuade regional powers from joining the fray to defend Palestine. As the possibility of a regional war looms with the entry of Yemen into the conflict, many wonder how the US might respond to such a scenario. Former US Congressperson Dennis Kucinich joins The Chris Hedges Report for a discussion on the US war machine—what it is, how it works, and how it might respond should the war in Palestine spiral into a wider conflagration. (32 min)
As Dennis says Congress doesn't declare war anymore, they just fund it ... which insures continued war.

Yesterday on the Duran toward the end they discuss how obvious the US plan is...
There's an axis of evil, Iran, Russia, China, (and North Korea). So look at the current funding request for billions to Israel for a proxy war with Iran, billions for Ukraine for a proxy war with Russia, and billions to Taiwan to promote a proxy war with China.
Yes, something is very wrong. Where's V when you need him?

The fog of war provides good political cover.
Whilst war engulfs the Middle East, all manner of LEGISLATION slips through Parliament: Neil Oliver (10 min)

Israel’s Goal Was Always Ethnic Cleansing (5.4 min)

Israel’s goal was always ethnic cleansing. Their latest massacre in Gaza is just their attempt to finish what they started 75 years ago. Kei Pritsker shows how the Zionist movement has talked about expelling the Palestinians from their homeland for 100 years.

Chris Hedges: Exterminate All the Brutes
All settler colonial projects, including Israel, reach a point when they embrace wholesale slaughter and genocide to eradicate a native population that refuses to capitulate.

I thought this Rabbi had a good explanation distinguishing Judaism and Zionism...

(7.5 min of the full 60 min discussion)
Plainly Israel's actions are illegal under international law of the Geneva conventions, the rules of War established at the Nuremberg tribunals at the end of the second world war and so on; why do Western governments simply ignore such fundamental points?

Gaza Genocide: World No Longer Buying What the West Is Selling w/ Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil
As'ad AbuKhalil, a Professor at California State University and a survivor of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, breaks down the latest developments in Gaza and the region, as well as the increasing global isolation of the West for backing Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestine. (18 min)
YT is requiring sign in to watch this. More throttling of rational content that doesn't stick to the narrative.

Last week the same throttling occurred with the Grayzone live. This week they've escaped so far...

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the latest from the Israeli-US war on Palestine, from Hassan Nasrallah's momentous speech in Beirut to the conflict inside Gaza, and the battle across the West for the right to speak out against the war. (1.6 hours)
They go through all the politicians who claim to be antiwar, but are pro-Israel....all my heroes are zeroes. They also suggest just as Al Qaeda became the Taliban, Hamas is becoming ISIS.

Larry Wilkerson talked about how the middle east conflict might spread across the region. (1 hour)

Col. (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02).

He discusses his disagreement with John Mearsheimer's assumption that war with China is inevitable.
Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia and China: John Mearsheimer on why the US is in serious trouble! (35 min)
The Middle East crisis will have have severe repercussions for Israel, its neighbors, and U.S. foreign policy. Israel's response to Hamas's attacks is expected to continue to provoke anger across the Middle East, potentially fueling jihadist movements and escalating conflicts with other groups, contributing to regional instability. The U.S. has a vital interest in maintaining stability in the Persian Gulf, but the Israel-Hamas conflict threatens to undermine this.
It's crucial to acknowledge that Russia, rather than constituting a substantial threat to the U.S., has the potential to be an ally in containing China. However, the U.S.-supported campaign in Ukraine has inadvertently drawn Russia closer to China, contravening the principles of balance-of-power politics, and this commitment to Ukraine is likely to remain.
All this conflict risks diverting American focus from East Asia, where efforts to forge a coalition to address a significant strategic challenge are underway, it's in Australia's interest to collaborate with the U.S. in deterring China. Beijing's optimal outcome involves the U.S. remaining deeply involved in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, preventing a full pivot to East Asia.

Larry Wilkerson disagrees, and think we COULD have a cooperative relationship with China if we WOULD let go of US superiority and embrace collaboration.

Col Wilkerson also appeared on the analysis news this week.
Strategically and Morally Bankrupt: U.S. Policy in the Middle East - Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
Retired U.S. Colonel Larry Wilkerson discusses the Biden administration's unconditional support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bombardment of Gaza and large-scale indiscriminate attacks on Palestinian civilians. He points to state-sanctioned torture and other unlawful acts committed by the U.S. after 9/11 and asserts that the Israeli government is responding to Hamas' attacks in a similar fashion by wholly disregarding international legal norms. In doing so, Israel is putting its own population at risk, as well as collectively punishing the Palestinians.

Another geopolitical disagreement among friends I heard this week was Matthew Ehret (Canadian Historian) who doesn't think Pepe Escobar's hypothesis of the Hamas attack as a trap for the west is correct. He discusses this and much more on the Duran this week. (2.4 hours)

These Code pink protesters were labeled by the press as anti-Semite, but equating anti-Semite with anti-Israel/Zionism is a false equivalent.

Rising Anti-Semitism Round the World w/Matt Hoh former State Dept & Marine
Another throttled age required sign in need to watch. His clips do appear on Rumble, but he post about 2 weeks after the YT postings.

There were large pro-Palestinian protest all over the country and world.
in DC...

3.5 min

in NYC...

2.7 min

London...

4 min

Berlin...
Rome...
All over the world people don't accept this genocide.

What about Ukraine you may ask?

Alex suggests possible peace process in Ukraine. We've achieved our goal. We've fought till the last Ukrainian.

US/EU float negotiations with Russia. Elensky ready to visit Israel. Croatia FM kisses Annalena.(30 min)

US and Europe in Talks With Ukraine on Possible 'Peace Deal' With Russia - Report

NATO's 'Backfired' Ukraine Strategy Built on 'Ideology, Bribery and Blackmail'

The War Is Lost - Zelenski Will Leave - The White House Has Failed
Napoleon, Hitler and several other folks who had sought war with Russia, had to learn to never underestimate the depth of its resources. Now NATO, the U.S. and its European proxies, are learning that lesson.

In an hour interview this week, Chas Freeman, former asst. Sec. of state said, "When you inhale your own propaganda you become delusional", referring to 'elensky. He also opined the the world does not see the US as a shinning city on the hill, but as a sea of rubble strewn with dead children. And a last quote, the Chinese are better capitalists than the western capitalists.

Let's close with a positive revolution...Regenerative Agriculture.
I fear this catch phrase will be much like organic agriculture...commercialized and used for profit.
None the less it offers true hope for our survival and could provide a thriving society.

INTERVIEW WITH WILL HARRIS - WHITE OAK PASTURES (1 hour)
Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866. Born and raised at White Oak Pastures, Will left home to attend the University of Georgia's School of Agriculture, where he was trained in the industrial farming methods that had taken hold after World War II. Will graduated in 1976 and returned to Bluffton where he and his father continued to raise cattle using pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics. They also fed their herd a high-carbohydrate diet of corn and soy.

These tools did a fantastic job of taking the cost out of the system, but in the mid-1990s Will became disenchanted with the excesses of these industrialized methods. They had created a monoculture for their cattle, and, as Will says, "nature abhors a monoculture." In 1995, Will made the audacious decision to return to the farming methods his great-grandfather had used 130 years before.

Since Will has successfully implemented these changes, he has been recognized all over the world as a leader in humane animal husbandry and environmental sustainability. Will is the immediate past President of the Board of Directors of Georgia Organics. He is the Beef Director of the American Grassfed Association and was selected 2011 Business Person of the year for Georgia by the Small Business Administration.

Will lives in his family home on the property with his wife Yvonne. He is the proud father of three daughters, Jessi, Jenni, and Jodi. His favorite place in the world to be is out in pastures, where he likes to have a big coffee at sunrise and a 750ml glass of wine at sunset.

This movement is worldwide. Let's go to Scotland...
Inspirational 150 Acre Regenerative Farm in the Scottish Highlands (28 min)

This video features the incredible work happening Lynbreck Croft, run by Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer. They are transforming what was a rather degraded landscape into a landscape rich in wildlife, thriving soil, and of course highly-nutritious food for themselves and their community. The croft is located in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland; a sub-artic wilderness. The key elements of the croft includes rotational grazing, pasture eggs, tree planting, horticulture, wood fuel, pigs, and beekeeping.

Tropical systems also respond...
Indigenous Knowledge, Agro-ecology and Permaculture:
Growing over 200 Diverse Crops in Malawi (5 min)
How Agro-ecology and Indigenous Knowledge are Fighting Poverty and Hunger. The Permaculture Paradise Institute is demonstrating the power of local resources and regenerative farming to transform agriculture.

Can Regenerative Farming Feed the World? Joel Salatin

(7 min)

The bottom line is we could live in harmony with the Earth and one another in a world of plenty if we would stop wasting our resources on war and invest in developing a sustainable community based agricultural society. Yeah I know, rainbows and unicorns.

So happy Guy Fawkes day. I hope you are all doing well, and having a lovely fall. This is an open thread, so I hope you'll share your stories, thoughts, and insights below!