Welcome to Litsy!

Third World revolutionaries are branded as the enemies of stability.
“Stability” is a code word for a society in which privileged social
relations are securely entrenched. When popular forces mobilize
against privilege and wealth, this causes “instability,” which is judged
to be undesirable by U.S. policymakers and their faithful flacks in the
U.S. corporate media.

This is a solid definition of capitalism as practiced here in American.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #Capitalism

My February #BookSpinBingo reading plan. The tagged book is the first of my #Roll100 picks.
1 - 10 are #buddyreads

@TheAromaofBooks

Ok, this graphic novel is so funny, with Sid Sharp‘s trademark touch of darkness! I love Beatrice, the caring, nature-loving younger sister.

This is a fantastic read. Using the UK context it examines mental health from a sociopolitical and economic context. It is critical of the shift made during the Thatcher era to all cause medicalisation and depoliticising, shifting to centre responsibility for mental distress on to the individual. Big Pharma and their cosy and close ties with regulatory bodies are also covered.

Interviews a range of fascinating contributers.

Still neglecting my current fiction reads even though they are good.

In the mood for some non fiction. Early days but this is proving interesting.

#kindle

This explained why I feel the way I feel about being a wage slave. I‘m resistant about being plugged in to social media and dislike my employer‘s attempts to connect every work action to data. This mess we‘re in globally is quite a spiraling web. Wake up!

Reading the tagged to get a sense for what my neighbors to the south might have to deal with if Republicans win. Have been slightly under the weather for a while. Just finished a book though. I am also enjoying listening to the few episodes of #houseofhalliwell that they managed to include Shannen Doherty in. And Scott Patterson's #iamallin is giving me life. #saturdaychatterday

Bog Myrtle, I love you! What a delightful, weird little tale. This a fable about environmental awareness, kindness, and greed. And honestly, as cute and weird as it is, it's a great way to talk to kids about the danger of the individual/scarcity mindset and the power and abundance found in the collective. Rock on, swamp witch! 🕷