Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
SCREAMING the Obvious
Why haven't nations and citizens of the world been SCREAMING about
what has been obvious for decades about the Palestinian-Israeli situation? The United States can NEVER be the "mediator" in a "peace process," because a "mediator" by its very definition is one who is neutral. The U.S. never was, is, or will be neutral, so to let this farce continue year after year while the Palestinians suffer horrors day after day is ludicrous!
The PRIMARY client of the U.S. in the world is Israel and it has been pouring billions of dollars into Israel's military personnel and weapons
year after year ... personnel and weapons that are used AGAINST the Palestinians! The U.S., then, has been acting like a "prosecuting attorney"
against an "accused person," either one who has NO attorney, or; as really
happens in the American "justice" system; as a "public defender" who is really working with the prosecution to "sell out" his own client!
Thus, the obvious need for the Palestinians is to have an "attorney," an
advocate, to represent THEM, and them ALONE; namely, a country or group of countries that will stand up to the "prosecution," the U.S., and which carries some clout.
Here are MY suggestions of who the Palestinians should approach:
1) China - The world's 2nd economic power, 1st in population, among the
top in miliary power, and most importantly the LARGEST HOLDER OF U.S.
DEBT. They, therefore, would have a bargaining chip in negotiations with the U.S. and Israel.
2) The block of 122 nations who supported the anti-Israeli settlement
resolution that the U.S. dashed with its one veto.
3) A union of Arab nations.
4) Or ... if none of these worked, a single nation that has shown it will
not take U.S. bullying "lying down," like Venezuela, Cuba, or perhaps even
Brazil.
OF COURSE, the U.S. and Israel will whine and moan that they will not accept any other negotiators, claiming that the European Union, Russia,
or the U.N. is actually a "negotiating partner" along with the U.S....
blah...blah...blah. But everybody knows, just as with the so-called
"coalitions" that the U.S. makes a big thing about in their invasion
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is the U.S. that is running the whole
show and is also responsible for the damage its causes, although it consistently tries to avoid any responsibility for that.
Does such an idea have any chance of working? I believe it may, IF
Palestinian leaders first FIND such an advocate, and then second, refuse
to do ANY negotiating with the U.S. as "mediator," AND without their
advocate representing THEM, just as the U.S. ALWAYS represents Israel.
what has been obvious for decades about the Palestinian-Israeli situation? The United States can NEVER be the "mediator" in a "peace process," because a "mediator" by its very definition is one who is neutral. The U.S. never was, is, or will be neutral, so to let this farce continue year after year while the Palestinians suffer horrors day after day is ludicrous!
The PRIMARY client of the U.S. in the world is Israel and it has been pouring billions of dollars into Israel's military personnel and weapons
year after year ... personnel and weapons that are used AGAINST the Palestinians! The U.S., then, has been acting like a "prosecuting attorney"
against an "accused person," either one who has NO attorney, or; as really
happens in the American "justice" system; as a "public defender" who is really working with the prosecution to "sell out" his own client!
Thus, the obvious need for the Palestinians is to have an "attorney," an
advocate, to represent THEM, and them ALONE; namely, a country or group of countries that will stand up to the "prosecution," the U.S., and which carries some clout.
Here are MY suggestions of who the Palestinians should approach:
1) China - The world's 2nd economic power, 1st in population, among the
top in miliary power, and most importantly the LARGEST HOLDER OF U.S.
DEBT. They, therefore, would have a bargaining chip in negotiations with the U.S. and Israel.
2) The block of 122 nations who supported the anti-Israeli settlement
resolution that the U.S. dashed with its one veto.
3) A union of Arab nations.
4) Or ... if none of these worked, a single nation that has shown it will
not take U.S. bullying "lying down," like Venezuela, Cuba, or perhaps even
Brazil.
OF COURSE, the U.S. and Israel will whine and moan that they will not accept any other negotiators, claiming that the European Union, Russia,
or the U.N. is actually a "negotiating partner" along with the U.S....
blah...blah...blah. But everybody knows, just as with the so-called
"coalitions" that the U.S. makes a big thing about in their invasion
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is the U.S. that is running the whole
show and is also responsible for the damage its causes, although it consistently tries to avoid any responsibility for that.
Does such an idea have any chance of working? I believe it may, IF
Palestinian leaders first FIND such an advocate, and then second, refuse
to do ANY negotiating with the U.S. as "mediator," AND without their
advocate representing THEM, just as the U.S. ALWAYS represents Israel.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
"War is Peace" "Freedom is Slavery" "Ignorance is Strength"
It sounds like what right-wing America wants the working class to keep believing, doesn't it?
Sunday, February 20, 2011
"We should not allow the word 'democracy' to be utilized apologetically to represent the dictatorship of the exploiting classes."
Che Guevara
The demand for a shift in power and wealth, away from a few ...
to the many, has enlivened thousands in numerous countries around
the world in 2011. And as was noted @Jnoubiyeh, "A revolution is an awakening; a sleeping people cannot accomplish a paradigm shift."
Could the massive rallies in Wisconsin against the right-wing governor's attempts to ban collective bargaining for public employees (except the
"security forces," of course), be the start of "a revolution for democracy"
in the United States? That is only possible if those exploited year after
year, the working class, FINALLY WAKE UP from believing the two biggest lies that American leaders, Republican and Democrat alike, have been putting into their subconscious minds every day of their lives with the
help of the media machine:
1 - That the United State is a "democracy," in fact, the leader of the "free
world," AND...
2 - That the ones who bear the blame for America's problems are... the
other party, OR the 'terrorists,' or illegal immigrants, Muslims, minorities, gays ... etc., etc...
My friends, the ONE THING that all of these controlling leaders fear the
most is that the people who slave every day to get through week after week
would see that America is NOT a "democracy" at all; because all are NOT
equal, there is NOT "equal opportunity" and the chance to "vote for the
candidate of your choice," and there is NOT "liberty and justice for all!"
And upon having that realization sink in their heads, they would see clearly the second lie ... that the battle is NOT against any of the above, which have only been used to DILUTE THEIR ENERGY AND FOCUS, but the battle is the collective poor against the collective rich ... and there are a helluva lot more of the former than there are of the latter!
The demand for a shift in power and wealth, away from a few ...
to the many, has enlivened thousands in numerous countries around
the world in 2011. And as was noted @Jnoubiyeh, "A revolution is an awakening; a sleeping people cannot accomplish a paradigm shift."
Could the massive rallies in Wisconsin against the right-wing governor's attempts to ban collective bargaining for public employees (except the
"security forces," of course), be the start of "a revolution for democracy"
in the United States? That is only possible if those exploited year after
year, the working class, FINALLY WAKE UP from believing the two biggest lies that American leaders, Republican and Democrat alike, have been putting into their subconscious minds every day of their lives with the
help of the media machine:
1 - That the United State is a "democracy," in fact, the leader of the "free
world," AND...
2 - That the ones who bear the blame for America's problems are... the
other party, OR the 'terrorists,' or illegal immigrants, Muslims, minorities, gays ... etc., etc...
My friends, the ONE THING that all of these controlling leaders fear the
most is that the people who slave every day to get through week after week
would see that America is NOT a "democracy" at all; because all are NOT
equal, there is NOT "equal opportunity" and the chance to "vote for the
candidate of your choice," and there is NOT "liberty and justice for all!"
And upon having that realization sink in their heads, they would see clearly the second lie ... that the battle is NOT against any of the above, which have only been used to DILUTE THEIR ENERGY AND FOCUS, but the battle is the collective poor against the collective rich ... and there are a helluva lot more of the former than there are of the latter!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Recommended Blogs - 2
Aletho News - http://alethonews.wordpress.com
News items about injustice and oppression around the world with
a special emphasis on the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
La Guantanamera - Raisa Martin Lobo -
http://la-guantanamera.blogspot.com (in Spanish)
There is a certain irony about Raisa's blog, in that it shows the real
"good guys" in Guantanamo ... as opposed to the ones always claiming the
title, but running the world's most infamous prison, known for American torture and chronic human rights abuses. Furthermore, Raisa has had recent
blogs about terrorism ... though this time its about Miami's Luis Posada Carilles, Cuban-exile and CIA operative, responsible for the bombing of
a Cuban airliner in 1976, killing 73 Cuban civilians. The U.S. Government
has refused to prosecute him for terrorism or to extradite him. Furthermore, the U.S. has held in prison for 13 years, five Cubans known as "The Cuban 5", who tried to prevent terrorism by right-wing terrorist
groups in Miami by infiltrating them and then informing Cuban and U.S. authorities. Instead of arresting the terrorists, the FBI arrested the
five men trying to stop more terrorist acts against Cubans!
News items about injustice and oppression around the world with
a special emphasis on the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
La Guantanamera - Raisa Martin Lobo -
http://la-guantanamera.blogspot.com (in Spanish)
There is a certain irony about Raisa's blog, in that it shows the real
"good guys" in Guantanamo ... as opposed to the ones always claiming the
title, but running the world's most infamous prison, known for American torture and chronic human rights abuses. Furthermore, Raisa has had recent
blogs about terrorism ... though this time its about Miami's Luis Posada Carilles, Cuban-exile and CIA operative, responsible for the bombing of
a Cuban airliner in 1976, killing 73 Cuban civilians. The U.S. Government
has refused to prosecute him for terrorism or to extradite him. Furthermore, the U.S. has held in prison for 13 years, five Cubans known as "The Cuban 5", who tried to prevent terrorism by right-wing terrorist
groups in Miami by infiltrating them and then informing Cuban and U.S. authorities. Instead of arresting the terrorists, the FBI arrested the
five men trying to stop more terrorist acts against Cubans!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Recommended Blogs
Eva Golinger - Postcards from the Revolution
http://www.chavezcode.com
Eva Golinger has dual citizenship (U.S. & Venezuela), is bilingual (English & Spanish), and knows the truth about Hugo Chavez more than any other American because she has traveled around the world with him. She offers proof that he has greatly helped the poor in Venezuela & that's what pisses off wealthy corporations and governments who don't want to "share the wealth."
Sarah Abdallah - South Lebanon
http://jnoubiyeh.com
Sarah Abdallah is a tireless activist who has been following every detail
of the revolutionary fervor in Arabic speaking countries. She has a strong
passion for justice and freedom for the Palestinian people.
http://www.chavezcode.com
Eva Golinger has dual citizenship (U.S. & Venezuela), is bilingual (English & Spanish), and knows the truth about Hugo Chavez more than any other American because she has traveled around the world with him. She offers proof that he has greatly helped the poor in Venezuela & that's what pisses off wealthy corporations and governments who don't want to "share the wealth."
Sarah Abdallah - South Lebanon
http://jnoubiyeh.com
Sarah Abdallah is a tireless activist who has been following every detail
of the revolutionary fervor in Arabic speaking countries. She has a strong
passion for justice and freedom for the Palestinian people.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)