By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Leo He Zhao pondering how to get the world’s 99% to quit fighting among themselves “horizontally” and start doing so “vertically”, against the 1%. Music may be the answer. Do your…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Sidney Rittenberg is a rare American who worked in the upper echelons of China’s pre- and post-liberation government. Here he is in 1966, with Mao Zedong autographing a copy of The Little Red Book. Do your friends, family and…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: China will transform 200,000km2 of its desert into lush agricultural lands, as much territory as the US state of Nebraska or the European country of Belarus. Just another day in communist-socialist Sinoland. Ho-hum. Do your friends, family…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Uncle Sam and Baba Beijing duking it out on the 21st century high tech battlefield. Truth be told, it’s not even a fair fight. Do your friends, family and colleagues a favor to make sure they are Sino-smart: Journalism:…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: selfishness is anathema to the world’s Indigenous Nations, as well as for China and all other communal, communist-socialist peoples. Native Americans saw their numbers reduced from 100 million to 10 million citizens, as a result of the West’s genocidal rape and plunder of North, Central and South America. Imperial…
SELECTIONS FROM LEADING PROGRESSIVE BLOGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE Hosted By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Benito Mussolini, Italy’s WWII-era dictator, defined fascism as the union of state and corporate power, which since 15th century colonialism, has been a fact of daily life in the West, and as a…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: it is not a question of which side has good or bad leaders. It’s all about the difference in civilizational systems of governance. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), YouTube video, as well as being syndicated on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, RUvid and Ivoox…
Pictured above: David Rovics playing his heart and soul to create a more just and equitable world for the 99% of humanity. In this photo, he was in Nablus, Palestine. By Jeff J. Brown Downloadable podcast (also at the bottom of this page), YouTube video, as well as being syndicated on iTunes, Stitcher…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: John Rachel, writer extraordinaire, contemplating the human condition in a Zen Buddhist temple. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), YouTube video, as well as being syndicated on…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: a larger than life white-lacquered brass statue of Mao Zedong, at the bus station where I arrived in Shaoshan. The caption reads, “Chairman Mao will always be alive in our hearts”, date 2011.3. So true for the vast majority of Chinese people. Patriotic, revolutionary songs were playing over loudspeakers…
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