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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