Re: [cia-drugs] Latin America in revolt against neo-liberalism
What Latin Americans need to learn is that the elite are controlling both sides, capitalism and socialism, which, one of my British supporters stated sounds better than communism. With capitalism and their unmitigated greed, workers suffer; with socialism workers will have no chance to own anything. They will be (or are) truly slaves. The point then of this message is to expose the elite to everyone no matter where in the world they live since to know the truth will set them free. Peace, Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net Click on the icon that says Magazine. Password for 2006: message No password is needed to access previous editions. -Original Message- From: Vigilius Haufniensis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jun 29, 2006 11:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bicer Veronica (External) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cia-drugs] Latin America in revolt against neo-liberalism http://www.chinaworker.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewnewsid=219 Latin America in revolt against neo-liberalism Published on 29/06/06 at 16:12:37 CET by chinaworker.org Latin America is currently at the cutting edge of class struggle. A continental revolt is taking place from the Rio Grande in the north to Punto del Fuego in the south against governments and ruling elites which have relentlessly followed neo-liberal free-market policies for more than a decade. Tony Saunois, cwi Neo-liberal polices have been a catastrophe for the Latin American masses. They have been a gift for the multinationals which have plundered the continent, buying up privatised resources and assets at knock-down prices. The price has been paid by the workers and poor whose living standards have been driven further and further down. With over 215 million on the continent officially 'living in poverty', a staggering 41% live on less than $2 per day and a further 18% struggle to survive on less than $1 per day. The 1980s was dubbed the 'lost decade' in Latin America. The 1990s was little better as the continent was ravaged by exploitation by the main imperialist powers and the corrupt ruling classes. These two decades have clearly revealed the impossibility of developing the economies and ending the endemic mass poverty while capitalism continues. In 1978, income per head in the main imperialist countries was five times greater than the most developed Latin American economies such as Argentina and Brazil. The gap between the poorest countries, such as Bolivia and Ecuador, and the main imperialist powers was twelve times greater. By 2000, this had grown to seven and 30 times respectively. Any hopes that privatisation and the 'free market' would lead to sustained growth and economic development have long since evaporated amongst the workers, peasants and urban poor. These policies have provoked mass opposition to the governments which implemented them. In Ecuador, mass uprisings toppled three presidents. In Argentina, four presidents were forced out of office in a few weeks when the financial system collapsed in 2001. In Bolivia, during 2005, mass demonstrations demanded re-nationalisation of the energy industry and the country stood on the brink of civil war, resulting in the election of Evo Morales in January 2006. Struggles of workers, peasants, students and others exploited by capitalism and imperialism in Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and many other countries have erupted time and again. In Mexico, at the time of writing a teachers strike of 70,000 in the state of Oaxaca demanding higher wages. However, following the deployment of 1,700 riot police who attacked the teachers. Teachers armed with sticks and stones fought running battles and eventually over powered the police. The movement has broadened into a popular rebellion demanding the resignation of the state Govenor, Ulises Ruiz, from the corrupt dictatorial PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) which ruled Mexico for over seventy years. Workers have taken to the streets with banner proclaiming, Popular resistance and Revolution - out with Ulises. According to some reports teachers have taken over twenty town hall in small villages and the town square has become one giant protest. Within these revolts and mass movements, opposition to the market, neo-liberalism, and support for state intervention, nationalisation have featured in the demands of the masses. In some the issue of socialism as an alternative to capitlaism has begun to emerge and be discussed amongst a layer. These revolts have opened the way for what many commentators have referred to as a 'revival of the left' and the coming to power of 'left-wing' governments. Most prominent is Hugo
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] How Much Do You Want the Establishment to Know?
Begin forwarded message:From: Doctor Plum [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 12, 2006 11:40:19 PM PDTTo: Doctor Plum [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ctrl] How Much Do You Want the Establishment to Know?Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Savvy shoppers use their customer loyalty cards at supermarkets, drugstores, and many other retailers. Doing so offers them benefits such as discounts on selected items or periodic rebates. There's something in it for the merchant, too. Early on, that something was competitive advantage. An incentive for clientele to keep coming back. Why shop where goods and services were the same but rewards for spending the money were absent? Over time, as the cards became ubiquitous, this became a lesser factor. Businesses ultimately pay for perks given to patrons. So they must have another impetus to support these programs. Otherwise, the cards would go the way of those yellow, green, and other trading stamps people used to paste into little books and redeem for toasters or blenders. The cards, along with information about what's being bought, let suppliers build extensive data bases describing particular consumers. These, in turn, help them rate individuals as to their revenue potential and act accordingly. Maybe you received a personalized offer, say, for discounts on the brands of shampoo and catsup you usually buy. It came just as you were running out. This was not a coincidence. The computer projected that you'd need to replenish your stock, and spit out a coupon so you'd be encouraged to get these items you-know-where. This, since your shopping habit data indicated that any money lost on the bait would be covered by your other purchases. Astute solid citizens will have made a connection between shoppers' loyalty cards and those they shove into the slot machines or hand to the pit bosses at the casinos. To players, they're the keys to coveted amenities from free meals and show tickets to invitational tournaments and membership in hoity-toity clubs. To casinos, they're means of tracking patrons' activity. When a card is in a slot machine, a person's data base is continually updated to show the amount bet, at what rate, and for how long a duration. Combining this with the edge on the machine tells the casino the bettor's profit potential. To determine not only the comp credit to issue, but also how much it's justifiable spending to attract that person for another visit. The cards are also used at the tables. Right now, mainly to facilitate identification because the gambling data are largely still gathered and input manually. Pit personnel estimate or use standard figures for bet size, speed of play, and in games like blackjack or craps where edge depends on strategy house advantage. The result is that players fuss about comped too little while casinos fret over giving away too much. This situation is changing. Technologies are being tested to let casinos monitor every relevant parameter of play, not only bet sizes but also factors such as strategy decisions at blackjack or wagers selected at craps. This information yields accurate ratings along with deep insights into gambling patterns. One of these technologies involves miniature "radio frequency identification" (RFID) equipment in the chips, cards, and table tops. The transponders are similar to the E-Z Pass devices that let drivers roll through toll booths on the highway. Another approach uses optics and works something like bar code systems. Is capacity for data collection and processing all sweetness and light? The public today accepts it, mainly or exclusively for the benefits received. But privacy issues loom when comprehensive data are readily accessible to private organizations and governments alike. We could do worse than wonder about the current relevance of Charlie Chaplin's admonition in "The Great Dictator," the 1939 film: "We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives us abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity." The poet, Sumner A Ingmark, may be anticlimactic after Chaplin. But here he is, anyway. Be careful what you ask for, you may get it. And having what you asked for, may regret it. http://krigman.casinocitytimes.com/articles/28139.html __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state bankruptcy court western district of texas United state life insurance United state patent United state patent search United states patent office United state flag
[cia-drugs] Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) equates immigrants to livestock
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) equates immigrants to livestock July 13, 2006We could also electrify this wire with the kind of current that would not kill somebody, but it would be a discouragement for them to be fooling around with it. We do that with livestock all the time. http://mparent.livejournal.com/10218043.htmlIsraeli warplanes attack Beirut airport; 27 civilians, including 10 children killed http://mparent.livejournal.com/10207556.html Today's Newswire http://mparent.livejournal.com/2006/07/13/ MARC PARENT CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS http://mparent.livejournal.com/ http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/14409 http://www.dailykos.com/user/ccnwon Share your photos with the people who matter at Yahoo! Canada Photos __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state bankruptcy court western district of texas United state life insurance United state patent United state patent search United states patent office United state flag YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] War on Palestinians - The Occupier is Losing Its Reason
Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt thou find those who say, "We are Christians": because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant. (Al-Qur'an, 5:82 - Al-Maeda [The Table, The Table Spread]) The Government is Losing Its ReasonBy Haaretz Editorial http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/733036.htmlBombing bridges that can be circumvented both by car and on foot; seizing an airport that has been in ruins for years; destroying a power station, plunging large parts of the Gaza Strip into darkness; distributing flyers suggesting that people be concerned about their fate; a menacing flight over Bashar Assad's palace; and arresting elected Hamas officials: The government wishes to convince us that all these actions are intended only to release the soldier Gilad Shalit. But the greater the government's creativity in inventing tactics, the more it seems to reflect a loss of direction rather than an overall conception based on reason and common sense. On the face of it, Israel wishes to exert increasing pressure both on Hamas' political leadership and on the Palestinian public, in order to induce it to pressure its leadership to release the soldier. At the same time, the government claims that Syria - or at least Khaled Meshal, who is living in Syria - holds the key. If so, what is the point of pressuring the local Palestinian leadership, which did not know of the planned attack and which, when it found out, demanded that the kidnappers take good care of their victim and return him? The tactic of pressuring civilians has been tried before, and more than once. The Lebanese, for example, are very familiar with the Israeli tactic of destroying power stations and infrastructure. Entire villages in south Lebanon have been terrorized, with the inhabitants fleeing in their thousands for Beirut. But what also happens under such extreme stress is that local divisions evaporate and a strong, united leadership is forged.In the end, Israel was forced both to negotiate with Hezbollah and to withdraw from Lebanon. Now, the government appears to be airing out its Lebanon catalogue of tactics and implementing it, as though nothing has been learned since then. One may assume that the results will be similar this time around as well. Israel also kidnapped people from Lebanon to serve as bargaining chips in dealings with the kidnappers of Israeli soldiers. Now, it is trying out this tactic on Hamas politicians. As the prime minister said in a closed meeting: "They want prisoners released? We'll release these detainees in exchange for Shalit." By "these detainees," he was referring to elected Hamas officials.The prime minister is a graduate of a movement whose leaders were once exiled, only to return with their heads held high and in a stronger position than when they were deported. But he believes that with the Palestinians, things work differently. As one who knows that all the Hamas activists deported by Yitzhak Rabin returned to leadership and command positions in the organization, Olmert should know that arresting leaders only strengthens them and their supporters. But this is not merely faulty reasoning; arresting people to use as bargaining chips is the act of a gang, not of a state. The government was caught up too quickly in a whirlwind of prestige mixed with fatigue. It must return to its senses at once, be satisfied with the threats it has made, free the detained Hamas politicians and open negotiations. The issue is a soldier who must be brought home, not changing the face of the Middle East. AB [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For to us will be their return; then it will be for us to call them to account." (Holy Quran 88:25-26) Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state bankruptcy court western district of texas United state life insurance United state patent United state patent search United states patent office United state flag YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
