To my friends who supported Biden: Your candidate won. I and many others wanted a truly progressive candidate, but we were blunted by the efforts of the corporate rulers of this party.

That said, with the election behind us (regardless of Trump and GOP's distractions by calling the election illigitimate) I am formally asking all of you to join me in a fight for a true people's agenda. No compromises.
There can be no compromise when it comes to the lives of our neighbors. I need you to join me in the fight for:

-Medicare for All, to guarantee healthcare for all ppl and stop the deaths of what medical researchers say is 68K ppl a year due to for-profit health insurance system
-A full Green New Deal, because our planet is burning and scientists say we have 8 to 9 years to stop it from getting worse. Incremental change and compromise is not recognized by the Earth.
-A massive transfer of wealth from the wealthiest Americans back to the working class through a guaranteed Universal Basic Income, retro to March of this year, as well as a liveable wage of at least $15 an hour now, not in 5 years.
-A bold housing program that guarantees adequate and liveable housing for all Americans.
-Universal free public college as well as universal student debt forgiveness.
-An end to our endless wars. A complete withdrawal of our troops from the Middle East and Africa and a vow to not start any new wars.
-A true commitment to racial justice, including a commitment to defund police nationwide and use those funds to pay for social work programs better suited to deal w/cases of addiction, homelessness, mental illness, differing abilities and family/sexual violence.
-An automatic Federal review of every police killing.
-An immediate moratorium on all deportations and the immediate release, on inauguration day, of ALL children, families and individuals being held in cages while they await asylum hearings.
-A full and thorough investigation and public hearing into sexual harassment, sexual assault and misconduct allegations against Joe Biden.
There is much more we need to work on, but anything short of a full commitment to these things will not bring the change we need. If you put half the effort to holding our elected officials accountable on these measures as you did to getting rid of Trump, we will not lose.

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I just finished Eric Adler's The Battle of the Classics, and wanted to say something about Joel Christiansen's review linked below. I am not sure what motivates the review (I speculate a bit below), but it gives a very misleading impression of the book. 1/x


The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x

Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x

The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x

It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x
IMPORTANCE, ADVANTAGES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BHAGWAT PURAN

It was Ved Vyas who edited the eighteen thousand shlokas of Bhagwat. This book destroys all your sins. It has twelve parts which are like kalpvraksh.

In the first skandh, the importance of Vedvyas


and characters of Pandavas are described by the dialogues between Suutji and Shaunakji. Then there is the story of Parikshit.
Next there is a Brahm Narad dialogue describing the avtaar of Bhagwan. Then the characteristics of Puraan are mentioned.

It also discusses the evolution of universe.(
https://t.co/2aK1AZSC79 )

Next is the portrayal of Vidur and his dialogue with Maitreyji. Then there is a mention of Creation of universe by Brahma and the preachings of Sankhya by Kapil Muni.


In the next section we find the portrayal of Sati, Dhruv, Pruthu, and the story of ancient King, Bahirshi.
In the next section we find the character of King Priyavrat and his sons, different types of loks in this universe, and description of Narak. ( https://t.co/gmDTkLktKS )


In the sixth part we find the portrayal of Ajaamil ( https://t.co/LdVSSNspa2 ), Daksh and the birth of Marudgans( https://t.co/tecNidVckj )

In the seventh section we find the story of Prahlad and the description of Varnashram dharma. This section is based on karma vaasna.