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Hoy es el día más hermoso de nuestra vida, querido Sancho; los obstáculos más grandes, nuestras propias indecisiones; nuestro enemigo más fuerte, el miedo al poderoso y a nosotros mismos; la cosa más fácil, equivocarnos; la más destructiva, la mentira y el egoísmo; la peor derrota, el desaliento; los defectos más peligrosos, la soberbia y el rencor; las sensaciones más gratas, la buena conciencia, el esfuerzo para ser mejores sin ser perfectos, y sobretodo, la disposición para hacer el bien y combatir la injusticia dondequiera que esté.

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Don Quijote de la Mancha.

30 de septiembre de 2019

Agricultores urbanos de Caracas le ponen ciencia a la producción hortícola





Prensa Mincyt/Karina Depablos.-  Más de 150 familias conuqueras de la parroquia Antímano de Caracas se integraron, desde este domingo, a la alianza científico-campesina para incrementar las experiencias agroecológicas en la ciudad. 

Por más de tres horas, los productores participaron de un intercambio de saberes, semillas y experiencias con la ministra del Poder Popular para Ciencia y Tecnología, Gabriela Jiménez-Ramírez; y la alcaldesa del municipio Libertador, Érika Farías; a fin de activar el Plan Estratégico de Producción Agroalimentaria para Caracas.

La ministra Ramírez informó que el Plan Siembra Caracas “se trata de una mixtura de ciencia venezolana, movimientos campesinos de la ciudad y gestión pública local. Es una alianza científico-campesina para multiplicar la producción de hortalizas y verduras en la urbe”, en aras de nutrir la dieta diaria de los pobladores de la capital venezolana.

Durante el encuentro, el equipo de la Cartera Científica compartió, con las familias conuqueras, plántulas de ají, pimentón y cebollín. También, entregaron semillas de papa soberana María bonita, a productores de La Pedrera; y semillas de cebolla a agricultores del Monte Sinaí. Ambos sectores pertenecen a la parroquia Antímano.

Ruralizar la ciudad
En su cuenta en Twitter @Gabrielasjr, la ministra de Ciencia reiteró que la agricultura urbana debe ser tratada como una prioridad nacional, para el fortalecimiento de experiencias de producción campesina, familiar y comunal, frente a una situación de constantes ataques a la economía nacional, y agresiones imperiales contra el pueblo de Venezuela.

“Debemos fortalecer, con la ciencia nuestra, las experiencias del modo de vida campesino que cohabitan en las ciudades. Es una manera de resistir e insistir, en medio del bloqueo terrorista de los EE. UU. La innovación, el conocimiento y el amor transforman realidades sociales. Es hora de que echen raíces las iniciativas familiares de producción de alimentos en las urbes. Las platabandas, los patios de las casas, las azoteas de los edificios son espacios que podemos destinar para los cultivos”, enfatizó.

Agregó que, desde Antímano, impulsarán la siembra de rubros agrícolas para las hallacas decembrinas del pueblo caraqueño: “Nuestro reto es superar las ciudades neoliberales, con alta dependencia del modelo agrario capitalista, para avanzar a ciudades vivibles y productivas. Los barrios caraqueños tienen una historia de innovación y expresiones organizativas para responder a esta tarea pendiente, y hacia allá vamos”, puntualizó.

“Trump está siendo más Trump que nunca”



Posted: 30 Sep 2019 07:57 AM PDT

Un despacho cablegráfico de la agencia noticiosa española EFE, aborda los más recientes sucesos que involucran a Donald Trump.

Comienza escribiendo, los tambores del juicio político retumbaban ya el lunes, pero la Casa Blanca no quiso escuchar.

Al mismo tiempo refiere que su respuesta, a los demócratas, sin estrategia se caracteriza por el caos, improvisación y errores que pudieran terminar perjudicando al presidente.



Añade que ante la actual crisis la respuesta del gobierno ha sido imprecisa, y “Trump está siendo más Trump que nunca”.

Un profesor de Ciencias Políticas en la Universidad de George Washington, Michael Conrfield declaró a la prensa “el mandatario se ha emborrachado de su propio poder y ahora solo busca una nueva pelea”.

EFE alerta que es necesario conocer las características básicas de Trump para entender la reacción de la Casa Blanca.

Chris Edelson, profesor de Política de la American University opina que no tiene ningún tipo de estrategia frente al juicio político.

Y explica “es un mafioso, se cree que es el jefe de la mafia, es un abusón y un autoritario y cuenta con que los republicanos le apoyarán sin importar lo que pase”.

Pone como ejemplo la conversación telefónica, el pasado martes, filtrada a los medios, entre el mandatario y Nancy Pelosi, presidenta de la Cámara baja, antes de anunciar la apertura de una investigación para un posible juicio político.

"Oye, ¿tú crees que podríamos hacer algo con esta denuncia del denunciante? ¿Podríamos resolverlo de alguna forma?", preguntó el jefe de la Casa Blanca.

La respuesta de Pelosi fue tajante: "Sí, podrías decirle a tu gente que obedezca la ley".

Luego, Trump volvió a demostrar esa actitud en una reunión privada con diplomáticos en Nueva York, donde insinúo que había que “liquidar” al denunciante.

Como se ha dicho es un agente de la CIA que trabajó en la Casa Blanca.

En dicho encuentro Trump expresó:

"¿Quién le dio al informante esta información? Esto es algo parecido a un espía. ¿Sabéis lo que solíamos hacer en los viejos tiempos cuando éramos listos, cierto? ¿Con los espías y la traición, cierto?". Lo dicho también fue filtrado a la prensa.

El ya mencionado profesor Edelson, dijo que lo dicho por Trump le recuerda la novela “1984” escrita por George Orwell.

Y añade, “Trump dice que no lo hizo, pero luego afirma que, en caso de haberlo hecho, no habría pasado nada.” El analista argumenta que es el lenguaje del “doblepensar”.

En fecha reciente The New York Times, publicó que Trump presionó a su homólogo ucraniano, Vladímir Zelenski, en una conversación telefónica para que abriera una investigación contra el ex vicepresidente y actual aspirante a la candidatura demócrata Joe Biden, para perjudicarle de cara a las elecciones de 2020.

EFE argumenta que esa fórmula del presidente y sus ataques a los medios le han traído grandes beneficios, solo esta semana ha recaudado 13 millones de dólares para su campaña.

En contra de lo que dicta el sentido común, su abogado personal Rudy Giuliani, ha participado diariamente en los debates de las mayores cadenas de televisión.

El objetivo ha sido defender su papel pero terminó incriminándose aún más junto a otros en el escándalo.

Giuliani a través de la cadena Fox News leyó los mensajes intercambiados con diplomáticos para demostrar que los contactos de Trump con Ucrania eran conocidos por el Departamento de Estado.

Según Karen Hult, experta en las dinámicas del Ala Oeste de la Casa Blanca, y profesora de Política en la Universidad de Virginia Tech, Giuliani se ha convertido en el vocero de Trump en esta crisis, ya que la Oficina de Comunicaciones no ha estructurado una estrategia y tiene una relación "inconsistente" con Trump.

Lo más candente en esta situación se produjo cuando el pasado miércoles la Casa Blanca envió por error –vía correo electrónico- a los demócratas, la estrategia republicana hacia cómo responder a preguntas sobre la llamada polémica Trump-Zelenski.

En el escrito, titulado "Lo que necesitas saber", se aconsejaba a los legisladores usar la palabra "mito" para describir la conversación y pedía culpar a los demócratas de "provocar un frenesí mediático de falsas acusaciones".

Si no bastara, después la Casa Blanca envió otro mensaje a los demócratas para pedirles que, por favor, le devolvieran su estrategia.

He ahí el pequeño mundo de la potencia que se autoproclama ser la máxima expresión de los valores democráticos en el planeta.

Hoy sumida en una crisis que oscila entre el caos y una inevitable fisura que se ahonda cada vez más.

Guajirita Soy


Taller de iniciación en lenguaje de programación Python dictará el Cida





Los días miércoles dos y viernes cuatro de octubre estarán dictando un taller de iniciación en Python en el Infocentro “Arturo Eichler” de la Fundación Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomía “Francisco J. Duarte” (Cida), ubicada en la Av. Alberto Carnevali, sector La Hechicera, en el edifico que está en la entrada hacia al Jardín Botánico, en la ciudad de Mérida.
Se trata de uno de los lenguajes de programación de propósito general más importantes en la actualidad, con el cual se puede crear una gran cantidad aplicaciones.
Hernán Ramírez, jefe del Departamento de Cómputo y Procesamiento Digital del Cida, institución adscrita al Ministerio del Poder Popular para Ciencia y Tecnología, informa que el taller es gratuito y será dictado por Isaac Mercado, miembro de su equipo de trabajo; darán las herramientas básicas para que los asistentes puedan trabajar con Python.
El cupo es para 15 participantes, a quienes les recomienda llevar su laptop, si tienen, ya que en el Infocentro solo cuentan con 10 computadoras; que pasen por el Cida este martes de 9:00 am a 2:00 pm, para programarlas, de tal manera de optimizar el tiempo el día de inicio de la actividad, que se desarrollará de 9:00 am a 11:30 am, ambos días.
Dice que el taller lo han promocionado en las redes sociales y ya hay personas interesadas, por lo que quienes deseen hacerlo deben formalizar su intención  de participar, a más tardar este martes en la sede del Cida, en la oficina de este departamento.
Python tiene muchas ventajas, puede fácilmente trabajar con todas las plataformas de desarrollo. La idea es darle a las personas todas las herramientas necesarias que requieren para programar en Python. Después de esto la persona tendrá la capacidad de resolver problemas cotidianos. Es muy básico”, destaca.
Destaca además, que el taller será un “abreboca” de todos los que dictarán a través de esta institución del gobierno bolivariano, ya que el objetivo es aumentar la cantidad de programadores, tomando en cuenta que el campo de trabajo con Python está creciendo en forma exponencial. (Prensa CIDA/CS).
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Hernán Ramírez junto a Isaac Mercado, de su equipo de trabajo

Annexation of Kashmir: Pakistan Just Warned the World About the 21st Century’s Munich Moment


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Pakistani Prime Minister Khan warned the world that India’s annexation of Kashmir is akin to Nazi Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland and might even lead to a nuclear war if New Delhi proceeds to follow in the Fuhrer’s footsteps and attack its neighbor.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s (PMIK) speech at the UN General Assembly last week was one for the history books and heralded the country’s rapid ascent as a globally significant actor. The South Asian leader touched upon the four main topics of climate change, anti-corruption, Islamophobia, and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Indian-Occupied Kashmir (IOK), with the first three thematically leading up to the last. PMIK touched upon how his administration planted billions of trees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it led the province and then followed up by rolling out this eco-friendly policy nationwide upon winning last year’s elections, an interesting tidbit that will be returned to later on in this analysis. His second part about anti-corruption promoted genuine social justice by pointing out how the West’s assistance in recovering laundered assets abroad would enable Pakistan to invest the stolen funds in socio-economic development programs at home if only its partners had the political will to help it (which they regrettably don’t), while the third theme saw PMIK explaining the roots of Islamophobia and convincingly articulating Muslims’ sensitivities about freedom of speech being used to insult the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
It was the last half of his speech about Kashmir, however, that will forever be remembered as a defining moment in International Relations after PMIK compared India’s annexation of Kashmir to Nazi Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland and warned that the 21st century’s Munich moment might even lead to a nuclear war if New Delhi proceeds to follow in the Fuhrer’s footsteps and attack its neighbor. This comparison isn’t hyperbolic in any sense either since the Pakistani leader explained how the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parent organization of the BJP and of which Indian Prime Minister Modi is a lifelong member, was inspired by Hitler’s racial supremacist hatred and seeks to succeed where he failed. Tellingly, PMIK also reminded the world how the RSS assassinated Gandhi, which helps the international community understand understand why Modi would stand by and let RSS terrorists carry out a bloody pogrom against Muslims in 2002 in the western state of Gujurat during his time as Chief Minister there, as well as why he has no compunctions about imprisoning the 8 million mostly Muslim people of the Kashmir valley in their own homes for over 50 days already.
The Pakistani leader also brilliantly preempted a forthcoming infowar plot by India to blame its neighbor for a seemingly inevitable follow-up to February’s Pulwama incident following the eventual lifting of the curfew in Kashmir, which could be abused by the authorities to “justify” launching another strike against Pakistan and therefore dangerously bringing the two nuclear-armed countries to the brink of war if Modi decides to continue escalating the situation. In order to not be accused of alarmism, PMIK spent a lot of time explaining the perspective of the increasingly desperate Kashmiris before concluding that even he would pick up a gun if he was forced into such a humiliating situation, which is why it wouldn’t be surprising if any of the locals or their 1.3 billion co-confessionals anywhere across the world did so as well. Should this scenario transpire as predicted and India attacks Pakistan, it might not just kill a handful of trees like last time (which PMIK nevertheless lamented in his speech to rapturous applause from the audience), but actually people and therefore provoke a symmetrical Pakistani response that could very easily put the two on the path to a nuclear exchange.
He made no secret about this either, dramatically telling the world that Pakistan will fight to the end if it’s faced with that choice or to surrender, reminding them that the ramifications of a nuclear-armed state doing so would effect the entire world. That’s why he implored the UN to stop appeasing India like the League of Nations appeased Hitler, telling them in no uncertain terms that India’s annexation of Kashmir and the consequences thereof pose a direct challenge to the global organization that has failed the Kashmiris for decades after first promising them a plebiscite on their future political status following roughly a dozen resolutions on the matter. Instead of being swayed by corrupt motives stemming from their interest in obtaining access to India’s massive 1.2 billion-person marketplace, the International Community must take a strong stand against India’s Islamophobic policies and urgently put a stop to its ethnic cleansing plans in Kashmir. Not doing so would only embolden Modi to do more and also risks radicalizing India’s 180 million Muslims who are watching in shock as 8 million of their co-confessionals are placed under de-facto house arrest simply for the “crime” of believing in their religion while the rest of the world remains silent to their plight in pursuit of India’s markets.
The unparalleled stakes associated with the Kashmir Crisis and Pakistan’s crucial role in trying its utmost to responsibly resolve it confirm the country’s growing status as the global pivot state. PMIK’s passionate defense of Islam alone was enough to draw the world’s attention because of how unprecedented it was for any leader to spend a lot of their time explaining the deeper nuances of this religion to their international audience at the UN, but it was his support of the Kashmiri cause that took the cake and got everyone to reconsider the importance of Pakistan for world peace. PMIK wasn’t exaggerating when he warned everyone that India’s annexation of Kashmir is the 21st century’s Munich moment, and his speech seems to have succeeded in swaying some countries to his side that otherwise wouldn’t have cared about this issue whatsoever. The memory of World War II is still heavy on the world’s collective consciousness, so evoking its run-up was an effective way to ensure that everyone paid attention to his words. The difference between then and now, however, is that the potential victims of India’s racist crusade to wipe out Islam are many orders of magnitude larger than the millions who were slaughtered during Hitler’s reign of terror.
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Greta Thunberg and Big-Biz’ Climate Charade


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A 16 year old girl is obviously not behind a “global movement” demanding “climate action” from governments.
The massive corporate Western media is. And anything the corporate media is behind certainly cannot be described as “grassroots.”
It is the Western media’s daily promotion of this 16 year old that has created “her” movement for her.
Her family background of entertainers and performers is particularly interesting in this regard – Greta Thunberg being the daughter of entertainer Malena Ernman and actor Svante Thunberg, and granddaughter of actor Olof Thunberg. She is the perfect candidate surrounded by the perfect coaches to become a central figure in an exercise of corporate public relations.
Also behind the growing momentum of this “climate action” movement is a myriad of corporate-foundations – notorious for their support of regime change around the globe, the protection and promotion of corporate-financier special interests, and the co-opting of legitimate causes ranging from human rights to now concerns over our collective impact on the environment.
Just like the “war on terror” was a fraudulent campaign aimed at very real terrorists – Greta Thunberg’s “Fridays for Future” climate movement is a fraudulent campaign aimed at the very real environmental damage being done around us.
And just like the “war on terror” where the US was caught in fact arming and funding the very terrorists they were supposed to be fighting – all as a pretext to advance otherwise indefensible wars of aggression, “Fridays for Future” is supported by and being advanced for the very worst environmental offenders on Earth to advance an agenda that allows for otherwise indefensible and unpopular policies – many of which will be easily delayed or redirected in the West while forced on developing nations.
“Climate action” forced on the developing world is aimed at crippling progress and granting the West a reprieve from its otherwise irreversible economic, political, and military decline upon the global stage and its ability to coerce and exploit these nations, their people, and their resources.
What is “Fridays for Future?” 
Following the money is particularly easy in unravelling “Fridays for Future.” The “movement’s” own website – under “About” contains a list of websites that make up the “movement’s” network.
Each page listed contains the School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) logo. They also contain links to various supporters and affiliates. The Canadian page – for example – has a “Promo Toolkit” page full of resources provided by corporate foundations.
One foundation in particular that turns up repeatedly is 350.org.
350.org has published the “Climate Resistance Handbook” which includes a “foreword” by Greta Thunberg herself.
The handbook itself lists zero relevant concerns or actions regarding actual environmental issues and instead is a rehash of familiar CIA-honed tactics used by the US for its so-called “color revolutions” around the globe.
The handbook even cites the US overthrow of Serbia and Ukraine as examples for environmental activists to follow.
Regarding Serbia, the handbook would claim:
A group of young people in Serbia nonviolently fought their powerful, ruthless dictator in Serbia. Tey required every person who joined their movement to learn the upside-down triangle. They led trainings to explain the concept and their plan to remove the pillars they saw.
This approach was a key ingredient to their movement. And they were successful in overthrowing the brutal Serbian dictator.
In reality, the US itself would eventually reveal no such tactics worked and instead it was the millions of dollars the US government funneled into Serbia to back a covert coup that eventually overthrew the Serbian government.
This coup was not to stop a “brutal dictator,” but rather to fold Serbia, its people, and resources into America’s eastward expansion toward Russian borders.
The New York Times in its article, “Who Really Brought Down Milosevic?,” would admit:
Backed by extensive financing from the United States, Otpor steadily coaxed them from the inertia and introspective desperation of the 1990’s, when the most decisive act of the best and the brightest was emigration or draft evasion. Through marches and mockery, physical courage and mental agility, Otpor grew into the mass underground movement that stood at the disciplined core of the hidden revolution that really changed Serbia. No other opposition force was as unsettling to the regime or as critical to its overthrow.
The New York Times would also admit details of the extent of US financing:
American assistance to Otpor and the 18 parties that ultimately ousted Milosevic is still a highly sensitive subject. But Paul B. McCarthy, an official with the Washington-based National Endowment for Democracy, is ready to divulge some details. 
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…McCarthy says, “from August 1999 the dollars started to flow to Otpor pretty significantly.” Of the almost $3 million spent by his group in Serbia since September 1998, he says, “Otpor was certainly the largest recipient.” The money went into Otpor accounts outside Serbia. 
Not only were the “young people of Serbia” successful only because of dubious, secretive US funding, they were successful and their “efforts” lauded by the Western media only because their efforts ultimately served US special interests.
Serbia is no more “free” or “democratic” today than it was under Milosevic. The only real change has been efforts to draw the broken nation westward into Washington and NATO’s orbit and away from its traditional ties to Russia. In essence, the youths of Serbia were drawn in as unwitting participants in expanding American hegemony, not promoting “democracy.”
In many ways then – 350.org picked the perfect example to help illustrate just exactly what “Fridays for Future” is really about – a cynical public relations exercise obviously funded and directed by Western special interests using “youths” and a well-meaning agenda as cover.
Instead of specifically and explicitly targeting the worst environmental offenders on Earth – corporations like Monsanto, Bayer, DuPont, and Syngenta spraying our food and environment with poison, or Exxon, BP, and Shell for their attempts to perpetuate petrol-driven energy, or labor unions like America’s United Automobile Workers which is part of a concerted effort to sabotage electric vehicle manufacturers like Telsa – “Fridays for Future” is allied with them in making ambiguous demands and giving naive youths the illusion that something is being done.
Worst still is the likelihood that this movement will actually result in much of the burden for these corporations’ offenses against the environment and human health being shifted onto the public in the form of new taxes and regulations.
Who Funds 350.org? 
Since 350.org has written the handbook “Fridays for Future” is following, it would be useful to know who exactly is behind 350.org itself and thus the agenda and movement it is promoting.
The organization lists around 200 different private and corporate foundations funding its activities.
This includes notorious actors like CREDO – a for-profit telecom corporation that uses the cover of activism to build up a loyal – if not fanatical – customer base. It also includes the big-pharma linked Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The KR Foundation both directly funds 350.org and also funds other foundations listed on 350.org‘s donor list including the New Venture Fund and the European Climate Foundation.
The Oak Foundation also not only directly funds 350.org – it too funds many other donors appearing on 350.org‘s list including the Climate Works Foundation and the European Climate Foundation.
The Oak Foundation is deeply involved in virtually every aspect of US “soft power,” sponsoring organizations involved in US-funded “color revolutions” as well as fronts posing as human rights advocates like Amnesty International whose role is to fabricate human rights offenses to justify US wars of aggression in which very real human rights abuses thus unfold.
Alongside The Oak Foundation is George Soros and his Open Society Foundation as well as the US government’s own National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and its various subsidiaries and affiliates.
On “Fridays for Future’s” official website Amnesty International is openly listed as one of several organizations assisting the movement with legal matters. The Open Society-linked Tides Foundation also appears on 350.org‘s list of donors.
NED-linked “labor unions” – the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) – are also heavily involved in the “Fridays for Future” movement. Labor unions in other countries like Australia openly admit they are involved in organizing the actual protests themselves.
Older stories from Democracy Now! like, “Unholy Alliance? The AFL-CIO and the National Endowment for Democracy in Venezuela,” illustrate the ties between the NED and AFL-CIO and their role in promoting US foreign policy. The NED has since deleted links from its webpage documenting its direct funding for the AFL-CIO and its activities worldwide.
The Sierra Club is also listed as one of 350.org‘s donors.
Time  reported in a 2012 article on just one instance of the Sierra Club’s big-oil sponsorships that:
TIME has learned that between 2007 and 2010 the Sierra Club accepted over $25 million in donations from the gas industry, mostly from Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy—one of the biggest gas drilling companies in the U.S. and a firm heavily involved in fracking—to help fund the Club’s Beyond Coal campaign.
While Time claims the Sierra Club “stopped” taking this money – it was only because the information became public – not because of any fundamental issue against taking big-oil money or working on behalf of big-oil’s agenda.
What is also revealed by the 2012 article is that the Sierra Club promoted an “anti-coal” agenda – not on behalf of the environment – but on behalf of the shale gas industry.
“Fridays for Future” – a movement ultimately sponsored and directed by these very same collection of interests and organizations – has no intention of helping the environment – but rather helping the special interests that created the movement under the cover of promoting “environmentalism.”
Good Intentions Aren’t Enough   
The youths joining these movements undoubtedly have the right intentions at heart – but the movement itself is marketed toward youths specifically because they lack the experience and discernment needed to understand the difference between how government “works” in their school books and how it actually works when money and special interests are involved.
Greta Thunberg and “her” movement – should they in any way acutally threaten the special interests that still dominate Western society – would be marginalized, censored, smeared, and attacked across the media. At their protest venues – they would be tear-gassed, beaten, and chased off the streets. And any tangible “action” that threatened to undermine big-business they advocated for would be promptly outlawed.
The fact that those responsible for repressing actual change in the West are eagerly aiding and abetting Greta Thunberg and “Fridays for Future” should tell the average onlooker all they need to know about the legitimacy and agency of these protests even without looking into the financials and ties of organizations openly sponsoring, promoting, and even directing the movement.
But the financials and ties are undeniable and quite familiar evidence that closes the case on “Fridays for Future.”
The Environment Needs Real Help 
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Human civilization – without doubt – is negatively impacting the environment.
Big-agriculture poisons our land and water with chemicals and genetic contamination. Big-oil chokes our air. Big-defense litters battlefields with depleted uranium constituting a modern-day equivalent of plowing the earth with salt. Plastic packaging necessary for “globalized” consumerism fills our land and seas.
Even if one does not believe in mainstream notions of “climate change,” petroleum-based transportation has a direct and undeniable impact on human health that must be reduced if not entirely eliminated. The wealth and power consolidated by big-energy is also a major social problem that needs to be confronted.
If Greta Thunberg and her Fridays for Future activists wanted to “save the Earth,” they would be gathering outside the headquarters of the corporations responsible for these offenses – not protesting outside the offices of the politicians they own.
When “Fridays for Future” begins advocating boycotts of big-box stores and their oil-dependent, global-spanning supply chains in favor of local industry and business – when they protest genetically modified organisms and big-ag food in favor of locally produced organic produce, and when they begin advocating and investing in alternative energy rather than demanding the government do it for them – they will finally be on the road with a growing number of very real activists already working to truly save the environment.
They will also realize that these real activists – toiling for years – have never been known to them because the cameras and studios eagerly promoting “Fridays for Future” and their anemic, co-opted “activism” have already long ago worked hard to marginalize, censor, smear, and attack these genuine activists.
Genuine activism – like promoting and investing in local manufacturing and agriculture – has already been targeted by legislation to outlaw it or at the very least – seriously complicate it to the point of being impractical to pursue.
This is how one can tell the difference between genuine activism and co-opted or even manufactured activism – by seeing where the corporate media’s camera’s are pointed and who corporate special interests through their faux philanthropic fronts are promoting.
The environment is indeed facing an emergency – not only because of the real damage human civilization is doing to it – but also because of who the public has put their faith in to fix it.
And finally – if the environment is in such dire straits why is the world entrusting it to a 16 year old and a movement allegedly comprised of children?
Children are being enlisted because they are the only demographic left that are still capable of putting their faith into fronts like the Sierra Club, Amnesty International, The Tides Foundation, The Oak Foundation, and many other instruments of Western corporate-financier power long since exposed, distrusted, and disdained by the rest of the global public.
Greta Thunberg’s story isn’t one of inspiration and activism – it is one of child exploitation, one of manipulating public perception, and one of re-entrenched special interests desperately seeking an audience – any audience – still gullible enough to believe in and help reconstruct the facades used to cover up their otherwise transparent and self-serving agenda.
The environment needs to be saved, but not by big-business’ “Fridays for Future” charade.
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La Revolucion no sera transmitida (I)

(II) La revolucion so sera transmitida

(III) La Revolucion no sera transmitida

(IV) La Revolucion no sera transmitida

(V) La Revolucion no sera transmitida

(VI) La Revolucion no sera transmitida

(VII) La revolucion no sera transmitida

(VIII) La Revolucion no sera transmitida

Narcotrafico SA

La otra cara del capitalismo...

Manuel Rosales mantenia a la oposicion con el presupuesto de la Gobernacion del Zulia...

El petroleo como arma segun Soros

Lastima que se agacho...

El terrorismo del imperio

Promocional DMG

Uribe y DMG