Sunday, December 1, 2024


 Caitlin Johnstone Rocks

I have become an admirer of a blogger named Caitlin Johnstone. She lives in Australia but mainly discusses the U.S.'s military/economic empire, of which Australia is a big part.

She's not for everyone. She has a minority point of view that would probably be labelled radical or "far left." And she can seem rather shrill at times in expressing it. But here are some reasons I like her:

1. She has done an enormous amount of reading on the topics she discusses, and will not opine on ones she has not had time to look into.

2. She comes from the point of view of the downtrodden, the underdog, the oppressed. In this regard (and some others), she has, despite the occasional shrillness, a deeply spiritual foundation.

3. She is deeply suspicious of all the major "news" agencies -- and good at explaining why. 

4. She's a true truth-seeker.  And in that sense she is reminiscent of Thoreau, who once wrote "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." 

(A quick digression: Fortunately, it seems to me, love and truth don't have to be mutually exclusive. I doubt, though, that you can pursue the other two things --fame and money -- and still bother much with Truth.)

Here are two small samples of Johnstone's writing:

Sample one (On Australia recently banning social media for children):

        "I don’t want the Australian government to ban kids from social media, I want    the Australian government to stop supporting Israel’s genocidal atrocities and  stop turning this country into a giant US military base in preparation for   Washington’s war with China."

 

Sample Two (On dealing with the unhoused):

 "It should be illegal to force homeless people to relocate. If a rich neighborhood  is the best place to sleep rough then the rich should be forced to look at a daily         reminder of the dystopia they live in until the underlying problems which cause  homelessness have been fixed. You shouldn’t be allowed to hide such things to make people comfortable.”

The two quotes above can be found here: 

They Lied About Gaza, And They’re Lying About Syria – Caitlin Johnstone

Johnstone’s blog can be accessed at caitlinejohnstone.com.au


    




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