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mupan 📚 @[email protected] · 2025-12-06 · 00:01 UTC

https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw49-de-wehrdienst-1128220

Welcome to the 77th Hunger Games.

#Gewissen #Kriegsdienst #Pflichtdienst #Dienstpflicht #Militärdienst #Militarisierung #KriegDemKriege #Kapitalismuskrisen #KriegBeiKapitalKrise #KriegLenktAb #HungerGames #TributeVonPanem #NeinMeineSoehneGebIchNicht #NeinMeineKinderGebIchNicht #Kinderopfer #Imperialismus #Wehrdienstgesetz #ÖkonomischeInteressen #Hegemonie #InternationaleOligarchie

#kriegsdienst #pflichtdienst #militardienst #militarisierung #kriegdemkriege #kapitalismuskrisen

Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @[email protected] · 2025-03-18 · 10:20 UTC

“Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.” - #DavidHume

Happy #SunriseOnTheReaping day to all who celebrate! #HungerGames #SuzanneCollins #ImplicitSubmission #Relevant #Resist #Books #Bookstodon

https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/sunrise-on-the-reaping-a-hunger-games-novel-9781546171461.html

#davidhume #sunriseonthereaping #hungergames #suzannecollins #implicitsubmission #relevant

Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @[email protected] · 2024-12-22 · 22:53 UTC

[Updated!] Which new #books are you most looking forward to in 2025? 📚Here are some of mine (in publication order):

* The Sinners All Bow by #KateWinklerDawson (history/true crime)

* The Mask of Fear by #AlexanderFreed (#StarWars/media tie-in)

* Broken Fields by #MarcieRendon (mystery/Indigenous) #CashBlackbear series

* Oathbound by #TracyDeonn (YA fantasy) #Legendborn series

* Sunrise on the Reaping by #SuzanneCollins (YA dystopia/science fiction) #HungerGames series

* School of Shards by #SergeyDyachenko & #MarinaDyachenko (dark academia/SFF in translation) #VitaNostra trilogy

* All That We See or Seem by #KenLiu (science fiction/techno-thriller)

** Also, This Book Will Bury Me by #AshleyWinstead (crime fiction/mystery) would be on this list, but I had the good fortune to read an ARC this year. 👍👍

#Bookstodon #BookRecs #2025Books

#books #katewinklerdawson #starwars #alexanderfreed #marcierendon #cashblackbear

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2024-12-13 · 01:19 UTC

#BernieSanders Says There Is No Choice: 'We Must Defeat the #Oligarchs'

The U.S. Senator from Vermont is asking big questions about how to achieve—even in the face of #Trump's return—an "economy and government that works for all, not just the few."

by Jon Queally, Nov 30, 2024

"With the progressive movement in the United States still grappling with how best to respond to president-elect Donald Trump's victory earlier this month, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a statement Saturday clarifying his belief that confronting the ruling oligarchy over the 'coming months and years' will be the key battle for anyone who wants to build an economy and political system that puts the interests of everyday #WorkingPeople ahead of those of #SuperWealthy elites.

"The Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont suggested Trump's victory was the direct result of a political economy largely controlled by the nation's richest individuals and powerful #corporations and a situation in which massive wealth inequality has also created an incredible power imbalance.

"'This is what Oligarchy looks like,' Sanders said. 'Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, three multi-billionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society.'

"With a 'greater concentration of ownership than we have seen since the #GildedAge,' Sanders continued, from healthcare and financial services to the food, transportation, and housing sectors—'fewer and fewer giant corporations control what is produced and the prices we pay.'

"Sanders slammed a corporate media system in which corporate consolidation has led to an information and entertainment ecosystem in which an estimated '90% of U.S. media is controlled by just six huge global conglomerates,' and a political system 'increasingly controlled by the #BillionaireClass' that is allowed to inject nearly limitless amounts of money into elections, most of it secretly and without accountability.

"'In the recent elections,' Sanders bemoaned, 'just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion to get their candidates elected.' Such a reality, he said, must be challenged.

"'Our job in the coming months and years is clear. We must defeat the oligarchs and create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few.'

"How can such a defeat of these powerful forces be achieved? Sanders' latest statement did not reveal a prescription, but in a series of recent missives, social media posts, and interviews over the last week, the two-time presidential candidate has said that focusing on building working-class power is the key.

"In a letter to supporters last week, Sanders said the question of 'where do we go from here?' is a 'very serious' one that demands deep scrutiny in the coming weeks and months. And he asked a series of more specific questions that he said must be addressed, including:

• How do we expand our efforts to build a multi-racial, multi-generational working-class movement?
• How do we create a 50 state movement, not politics based on the electoral college and 'battleground' states?
• How do we deal with #CitizensUnited and the ability of billionaires to buy elections?
• How do we recruit more working-class candidates for office at all levels of government?
• Should we be supporting Independent candidates who are prepared to take on both parties?
• How do we better support union organizing?
• How do we put together listening sessions around the country that intentionally seek input from people who did not vote for Democrats in the last election?
• How do we best use social media to build our movement and combat the lies and disinformation coming from the billionaire class and right-wing media?

"In a subsequent interview with The Nation, Sanders it is 'absolutely' necessary to find ways to challenge both the #DemocraticParty and the #RepublicanParty, both of which are dominated by #CorporateInterests and #WealthyDonors.

"'We just cannot sit back and accept candidates who are not prepared to stand up to #BigMoney interests and fight for the working class,' Sanders said. 'We cannot continue to do that. So, in one way or another, we have got to bring forth candidates who [will stand up to Big Money].'"

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-oligarchy

#USPol #Oligarchy #Oligarchs #GlobalOligarchy #USPol #Corporatocracy #Oligarchs #CorporateFascism #HungerGames #StillSanders #Duopoly #EndCitizensUnited #WealthInequality

#berniesanders #oligarchs #trump #workingpeople #superwealthy #corporations

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2024-12-13 · 00:29 UTC

From 2017: #BernieSanders: We must end #GlobalOligarchy

"Greed is their religion."

By Bernie Sanders, November 13, 2017

"One of the major, untold stories of our time is the rapid movement toward global #oligarchy, in which just a handful of# billionaires now own and control a significant part of the world economy [and the US government in January 2025].

"Here in the United States, the top one-tenth of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90%. Incredibly, according to a recent report from the Institute for Policy Studies, three of the richest people in America – #BillGates, #JeffBezos and #WarrenBuffett – now own more wealth than bottom 160 million people in our country.

"But this is clearly not just an American issue. It is a global issue. While millions of people throughout the world live in dire poverty, without clean drinking water, adequate health care, decent housing, or education for their kids, the six wealthiest people in the world as ranked by Forbes Magazine own more wealth, according to Oxfam, than the bottom half of the world’s population, 3.6 billion people.

"This massive level of wealth and income inequality, and the political power associated with that wealth, is an issue that cannot continue be ignored. We must fight back.

"Thanks to the so-called #ParadisePapers, a trove of millions of documents analyzed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (#ICIJ) and its collaborating news outlets, we now have a better understanding of how the largest corporations and wealthiest people in the world avoid paying their taxes and hide ownership of assets. Needless to say, these billionaires are all strong supporters of our military, our veterans, our infrastructure, our schools and other government services. They would just prefer that you pay for those activities, not them.

"According to the ICIJ’s investigative reporting, the Americans listed as having offshore accounts in the Paradise Papers, (which have not been independently reviewed by CNN), are a who’s who of billionaires, some of whom are the very same officials who have led the effort to promote the Republican tax plan, which would provide even more tax-avoiding opportunities to the very rich.

"Even before these revelations, we knew that #TaxDodging by the #wealthy and large #corporations, not just in the US but globally, was taking place on a massive scale. In 2012, the Tax Justice Network, a British advocacy group, estimated that at least $21 trillion was stashed in offshore tax havens around the world. In other words, while governments enact austerity budgets, which lower the standard of living of working people, the super-rich avoid their taxes.

"According to Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman, individuals in the US are avoiding $36 billion through offshore tax schemes and US corporations are avoiding more than $130 billion through these schemes. The situation has become so absurd that one five-story office building in the #Caymans is now the 'home' of nearly 20,000 corporations – and that is just one of many tax havens operating across the globe.

"The essence of oligarchy is that the #BillionaireClass is never satisfied with what they have. They want more, more and more – no matter what impact their efforts have on working people, the elderly, children, the sick and the poor. Greed is their religion. While the oligarchs are avoiding their taxes, Trump and his Republican colleagues, ostensibly in order to save federal dollars, have been trying to throw tens of millions of Americans off of their health insurance, and make massive cuts in education, nutrition assistance and affordable housing.

"As a candidate for president, Trump promised that he would stand up for the working class of this country. Needless to say, that was a lie. Almost half of the benefits in the Trump/Republican tax plan would go to the top 1%, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Additionally, they want to lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, even though in 2012 one out of every five large, profitable corporations in the US paid no federal income taxes at all and between 2008 and 2015, 18 corporations had a tax rate lower than 0%.

"Republicans also want to make it easier for companies to shelter their profits overseas and pay zero taxes. The 'territorial tax system' they are proposing, which means companies would be taxed only on income earned within our country’s borders, would exempt the offshore profits of American corporations from US taxes and allow for a one-time 12% tax on their offshore cash profits when brought back into the United States.
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"Meanwhile, while the wealthy and large corporations are receiving huge tax breaks, nearly half of middle-class families would actually see their taxes go up by the end of the decade by eliminating deductions for medical expenses, student loan interest rates, state and local income and sales taxes, and the cost of health insurance for the self-employed.

"The Paradise Papers make it clearer than ever that we need, in the United States and throughout the world, a tax system which is fair, progressive and transparent.

"Now is the time, in the United States and internationally, for people to come together to take on the greed of the oligarchs. We can and must create a global economy that works for all, not just a handful of billionaires."

https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/opinions/oligarchy-paradise-papers-bernie-sanders-opinion/index.html

#USPol #GlobalPol #Corporatocracy #Oligarchy #Oligarchs #Trump #CorporateFascism #HungerGames #StillSanders

#berniesanders #globaloligarchy #oligarchy #billgates #jeffbezos #warrenbuffett

ActuaNewsFR @[email protected] · 2024-10-17 · 08:30 UTC

#CINEMA Hunger Games 6 : Les premières révélations sur la jeunesse d'Haymitch Abernathy et donc sur le futur film

Les fans de #HungerGames ont enfin de quoi se réjouir : un nouveau #chapitre de la #saga se dessine, et il sera centré sur la jeunesse de #HaymitchAbernathy. Le livre de #SuzanneCollins, intitulé Hunger Games : #SunriseontheReaping, sera publié en mai 2025 et une #adaptation cinématographique est déjà prévue pour novembre 2026. ActuaNews vous en dit…

http://actuanews.fr/2024/10/17/hunger-games-6-les-premieres-revelations-sur-la-jeunesse-dhaymitch-abernathy-et-donc-sur-le-futur-film/

#cinema #hungergames #chapitre #saga #haymitchabernathy #suzannecollins

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2024-04-12 · 15:24 UTC

Hmmm... I used to make #chai out of #guarana. I wonder how hard is it to grow?

Unexpected Sources of #Caffeine to Try

Most people have a caffeinated drink each day, but coffee is not the only energizing source of caffeine.

By Matthew Kadey, RD
November 14, 2022

"Caffeine is naturally present in the seeds, leaves, and nuts of several plants including cacao and coffee beans, #guarana seeds, and #tea leaves. In addition to caffeine, these plants also contain other nutrients and compounds like antioxidants."

https://www.health.com/condition/sleep/12-surprising-sources-of-caffeine

#HungerGames #ClimateCrisis
#FoodInsecurity #Inflation #Coffee #CoffeeSubstitutes