Everybody knows that Netanyahu is using this to avoid prosecution, but it's wild how Gaza dried up criticism about Creepy Joe and his upcoming renomination.
Then, Trump is found guilty of all charges in his felony trial. Not a word about Biden's corruption though. That's been silent in the media.
And you wonder why I support Jill Stein? There's another post coming about that, but change isn't coming from the duopoly.
The politicians need to realise that they took an oath to the US Constitution, not any other country. They represent the US people and THEIR interests, not another country's.
Article 21
- Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
- Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
- The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
There is another provision Article 20 (2) which states that: "No one may be compelled to belong to an association." I guess that's a good place to start on how US elections are rigged since some states have closed primaries which require people to belong to a party before they can vote in them. That is a violation of several provisions since it requires stating party affiliation, being compelled to belong to a party, and using public funds for a private organisation.
And I have news for you if you think that the democratic party is anything beyond the left of centre, if even that far left.
The primary process is another part of rigging elections in that they drag on interminably, which means that any candidate needs money to run a campaign through to the end. But even that doesn't guarantee that a candidate will get anywhere as Bernie Sanders demonstrated in 2016. The upshot is that the primary process is a sham which could easily be run in one day with modern technology. The only reason it drags on so long is to allow for the appearance of anything other than a coronation rather than a truly democratically chosen candidate.
And if money isn't enough of a barrier, then the duopoly has their ways to shut down insurgent candidates: whether it is the primary or nomination process.
Ballot access to third parties is another way the democratic process is thwarted. Let's take Green Party candidate, Jill Stein's, race to get on the ballot in all 50 states. As she will point out, the duopoly are already on the ballot: it's the third parties which have to petition to get on the ballot.
And they have to do it on a state by state basis. The Green Party of New York needs to get 45,000 valid signatures by May 28, with at least 500
or 1% of enrolled voters coming from at least half of the congressional
districts for Jill Stein to be on the ballot. The Green Party is collection 90,000 signatures to make sure that they will have enough. This is because New York lawmakers increased the number of required petitions
from 15,000 signatures to 45,000 in 2020. Under former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the
rules were also changed for party qualifications for ballot access from receiving at least
50,000 votes in gubernatorial elections to getting 2 percent of the vote
for the top office in elections every other year.
So, here's an answer if you are wondering why the candidates and duopoly parties suck so much. They don't have to do a lot to be assured that's what you are going to be served up in an election. In fact, because of Gerrymandering, some parties don't even bother running a candidate. That means we have the ultimate one party system.
Sure, there are lots of ways to shake up the system if you are tired of crappy candidates. For one, vote for Jill Stein even if her politics aren't yours. She may be the first third party candidate in nearly 200 years to be able to win a presidential election (ever hear of the republican party???). Since one of her platforms is election reform, that would definitely get it on the radar.
Secondly, people need to realise that the US is actually a parliamentary democracy with the legislature holding the power of the purse. Having a serious government shutdown would turn it from a de facto Westminster system to a de jure one--especially if these principals are present:
Of course, the US may go through governments faster than Italy or Belgium until it gets its act together, but would that be a bad thing?
This has to get out there. These are her words (with a bit of editing).
Jenan Matari made this speech on 16 October 2023 and it's still relevant. Nearly 7 months later and this is still as relevant as ever because nothing has changed within the media other than more discrimination and the firing of Arab and Muslim journalists from their positions and the continued vilification of people demanding liberation and justice for the indigenous.
Are politicians and the media sure they want to describe the protests against the Genocide this way?
The Jen-o-side supporters don’t get how hypocritical it is to say “never again” while committing €thnic cleansing and Jen-o-side.
Or to put it another way...
Do you condemn the ŻOB? This is what happened then: “The left-wing Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB) and right-wing Jewish Military Union (ŻZW) formed and began to train. A small resistance effort to another roundup in January 1943 was partially successful and spurred Polish resistance groups to support the Jews in earnest.”
Let's make the comparison a bit more obvious...
The opening words of the declaration represented the first public expression of support for Zionism by a major political power. The term "national home" had no precedent in international law, and was intentionally vague as to whether a Jewish state was contemplated. The intended boundaries of Palestine were not specified, and the British government later confirmed that the words "in Palestine" meant that the Jewish national home was not intended to cover all of Palestine.Here is the actual document, please read it...
The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population. The declaration was contained in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The text of the declaration was published in the press on 9 November 1917.
Immediately following Britain's declaration of war on the Ottoman Empire in November 1914, it began to consider the future of Palestine. Within two months a memorandum was circulated to the War Cabinet by a Zionist member, Herbert Samuel, proposing the support of Zionist ambitions in order to enlist the support of Jews in the wider war. A committee was established in April 1915 by British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith to determine their policy towards the Ottoman Empire including Palestine. Asquith, who had favoured post-war reform of the Ottoman Empire, resigned in December 1916; his replacement David Lloyd George favoured partition of the Empire. The first negotiations between the British and the Zionists took place at a conference on 7 February 1917 that included Sir Mark Sykes and the Zionist leadership. Subsequent discussions led to Balfour's request, on 19 June, that Rothschild and Chaim Weizmann submit a draft of a public declaration. Further drafts were discussed by the British Cabinet during September and October, with input from Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews but with no representation from the local population in Palestine.
