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“Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate”
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. ”
- from The Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy.

” Are we having fun yet ? ”
- Zippy the Pinhead comics, at the end of a bloody 20th century

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Dear friends of arts, activism and “psycho-media” analysis,

Times are looking hard, something between divine comedy and daily cartoons in hell, but we should – at the very least – be ready with some counter-proposals to the dreadful futures being prepared for us by the current coalition of willing idiocracies !

On that note, we have some urgent projects coming up that we want to let you know about.

And if you have similar desires ÷ dreams for a more intelligent and collaborative planet, please consider supporting our work, financially (or otherwise, see below).

We’re going to need more resources to reach more citizens, have greater impact and rally the peeps to demand more sanity ! To donate, please reply to THIS EMAIL requesting our paypal address. or contribute to our NEW Patreon account – a site for funding ongoing projects ( i.e journalism, series productions, etc. ) :

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2757367

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Currently, we are closely monitoring the US “elections” and will be creating a series of articles + events w/ the heading : STRATEGIES FOR TURTLE ISLANDS

an excerpt:

Two seriously ill-suited candidates are vying for power in the most militarily-burdened nation on earth, an expanding and aggressive enterprise with the economic and technological capabilities poised to reshape and/or mangle the whole of civilization. Neither of these candidates reveal any depth of scientific knowledge nor a sociologically-informed vision to address the serious challenges facing, not just a nation, but a global population.

This is NOT an acceptable election in the 21st century!

To vote for A. corporate imperial stooge or B. psychopathic krapitalist (and dangerous racist ) are not options and not rational choices for living breathing humans. Not to mention, the majority of the world is not eligible to participate in something which will undoubtedly have incredible impact on all our lives.

We are naturally willing to discuss tactical voting ( i.e. LEV – lesser evil vote, i.e Chomsky’s 8-point brief : https://chomsky.info/an-eight-point-brief-for-lev-lesser-evil-voting/ ).

But let’s be honest ! The problems we face NOW and in the very near future will require much much more ! And third parties are absolutely essential for open and real political debates, but no one should delude themselves that they can appropriately compete (or contribute! ) in this corporate-mediated super-pac-funded circus !

Let’s imagine a wider and creative range of options ! We, as an international community, must be prepared to change course, to confront our failing democracies and prevent the rise of more predatory corporate monoliths + nationalism + endless wars, and to put better ideas for the future on the table !

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Help us !!! Let’s dream ( and ACT ) more strategically !!!

with deep respex,

Dr. Podmosis and The XLterrestrials

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p.s. This is just a short prelude to our analysis and strategies ( minus the Thompson-esque rants and ninja-jam poetics )… you can follow more HERE:

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{ works-in-progress … and all about our upcoming events , i.e. CiTiZeN KiNO #57 : Strategies for Turtle Islands in Berlin (TBA)… And don’t miss the XLterrestrials’ OCTOBER SURPRISE ! …. }

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