https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-belt-and-road-central-europe-1.5370854
Like it or lump it, China has made huge economic progress since 1945. And, unlike the U.S., that progress has also benefited the huge numbers of Chinese who were abused and impoverished by Britain, the U.S., Germany and others.
But many western countries have used those years to create greater poverty - as in Africa, Latin America and even in their own countries. (Alberta has just announced the firing of 750 nurses and thousands of civil servants - you, know - to save money - though I've no doubt they will blame Canada for it.)
And, like I said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-public-service-cuts-1.5379582
________________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazilian-president-accused-inciting-genocide-1.5377622
Of course. He's following the lead of the U.S. and, to a lesser degree, of Canada. And, indeed, of much of Latin America.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-robert-fraser-leter-to-western-canada-1.5359091
Will anybody in Alberta listen to this? No.
________________________________________________________________
Canada, the U.S., Britain - like many other countries - are each governed by a ruling class.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/29/countries-from-siberia-to-australia-are-burning-the-age-of-fire-is-the-bleakest-warning-yet
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/28/the-guardian-view-on-china-hong-kong-and-xinjiang-will-the-truth-hurt
For all of China's progress, it has not moved towards any sort of democracy. And it almost certainly won't. That was very clear to me in the time I spent in China. This is a situation that can only get worst. And Trump's telling China what to do is just making it worse. It almost guarantees that China will made no concessions.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/jair-bolsonaro-international-criminal-court-indigenous-rights
And note that Trump does not give advice to his murderous friends in Latin America.
________________________________________________________________
For a century the west (notably Britain and the U.S.) has murdered and plundered all over middle east. The result is that almost all of them have been driven to desperation. At this point, even their rebellions don't have much meaning.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/26/the-guardian-view-on-irans-protests-unrest-is-crushed-unhappiness-endures
(And so we see same thing happening in Latin America.)
________________________________________________________________
ditto for Iran. I'm not at all sure Iran has a good government. But I'm quite sure it's latest crisis has a lot to do with U.S. interference in it's economy. American billionaires want all the oil - and cheap.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/26/the-guardian-view-on-irans-protests-unrest-is-crushed-unhappiness-endures
_________________________________________________________________
https://rabble.ca/news/2019/11/leaders-bolivias-right-wing-coup-will-oversee-and-control-new-elections
Of course, us broad-minded Canadians have often elected indigenous prime ministers and premiers - like----you know.
_________________________________________________________________
https://rabble.ca/news/2019/11/its-time-we-turned-our-idling-cars-suvs-and-trucks
________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/29/new-poll-finds-majority-americans-across-political-spectrum-back-warrens-ultra
This world needs more action - and fast. Allowing the wealthy to run off with their tax money makes no possible sense at all - and it causes terrible suffering
for millions in Canada and the U.S.
But we let them get away with this massive robbery every year. What's wrong with us?
________________________________________________________________
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/30/psychologically-tortured-assange-victim-of-british-rogue-state-london-conference-hears/
The spirit of Hitler lives on in the governments of the U.S. and Britain.
Assange must die, preferably before trial, for telling the truth.
_________________________________________________________________
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/29/john-pilger-visiting-britains-political-prisoner/
_________________________________________________________________
https://countercurrents.org/2019/11/when-the-world-observes-the-international-day-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people
Hitler murdered over four million Jews in Europe. The survivors left the camps knowing that we had never cared what happened to them. And no, we hadn't.
We knew what he was doing to Jews even before the war. And we didn't care. In fact, we would not even help those who escaped.
Then, when the war ended, we gave away somebody else's land to the European Jews - so that they would come to Britain or the U.S. or Canada. And we created Israel.
But the holocaust changed those who had suffered in it. They knew their enemy was not just Hitler. It was us. And it was anyone - like Palestinians - who got in their way. And so Israel was created as a holocaust for Palestinians.
And, of course, with that sort of world view, Judaism could not survive, and Israeli Jews became ---like the rest of us.
_________________________________________________________________
https://countercurrents.org/2019/11/alex-lo-tells-us-what-we-already-know-the-u-s-chooses-whose-and-what-rights-matter
I know the South China Morning Post from my Hong Kong days. And I can assure you it is not left-wing.
_________________________________________________________________
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/11/29/Government-Face-Reality-Fossil-Fuel-Industry-Collapsing/
Our oil barons know, of course, that this is happening. But they are determined to continue pumping the stuff to get as much as they can before the full collapse -
even if that means destroying the planet. And, oh, they have good friends in
Canada's Liberal and Conservative parties.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+tyee&oq=the+tyee&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l6j69i60.4480j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
________________________________________________________________
https://www.globalresearch.ca/new-york-times-long-history-endorsing-us-backed-coups/5696316
The New York Times has a great reputation as a newspaper, so great that millions would claim it to be the best newspaper in the world.
And it is great in it's number of pages and special sections on books, clothing, etc. But on foreign news, it can't be trusted. I discovered that many years ago, and it was a great disappointment.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-claims-nicaragua-national-security-threat-legitimize-u-s-economic-aggression/5696261
Yes, it is just terrible how American children on their way to school are
terrorized by naked Cubans, Guatemalans, Haitians, Venezuelans who wait to
attack them.
_________________________________________________________________
And here's the shocker of the day.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52638.htm
And it's quite true. China IS a power equal to the U.S, and still climbing. Any war between them would finish all of us.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-women-column-specatt_uk_5ddee7e2e4b0d50f329bd4af?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbmZvcm1hdGlvbmNsZWFyaW5naG91c2UuaW5mby8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMTpQDf3VN7Wvpep5aZyL7sBdcSPfUn5xu3b-Uc4RC9n--hqU6lEKEJlT7SLYbCctujTJW6q5p0wMKR0QA6EfFoxZz322LvLOw7YvJOcvNDBbX8aY9uXJbcljloNbuVG4XhIy8qqIT53cHBVgkGhbZZaE694HYqFSlgUr7JhVGf6
________________________________________________________________
__https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/28/analysis/will-kenney-budget-powder-keg-explode
But not to worry. Albertans will find somebody else to blame - perhaps Prince Edward Island.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/30/opinion/renewing-confederation-we-rise-climate-emergency-modest-proposal
An excellent idea. But Albertans are more likely to just sit around their beers, and blame Canada.
_________________________________________________________________
https://theantimedia.com/msm-spins-opcw-leak-russian-disinfo/
_________________________________________________________________
https://theantimedia.com/israel-11000-new-illegal-housing-units-jerusalem/
Israel is based on a form of Judaism that has no Judaic values. I remember the jubilation at the founding of Israel. I was sixteen or so at the time, and most of my school friends were Jewish. I remember feeling the exhilaration they felt. But it was not to be what we cheered for..
________________________________________________________________
https://theantimedia.com/iraqis-revolt-against-16-years-of-made-in-the-usa-corruption/
Well, I wouldn't just blame the U.S for that sort of thing. The British before them were pretty much the same. In fact, I'm not sure one can blame nations.
No. One has to blame the dominant economic philosophy of their time. And that has been capitalism. And it's something that millions of British and Americans have suffered under.
________________________________________________________________
https://truthout.org/articles/many-evangelicals-excuse-anything-trump-does-because-hes-the-chosen-one/
And, yes, he could win re-election.
_________________________________________________________________
Behind all this is a cold truth. Most countries have a ruling class. For Canada, the U.S., Britain that ruling class is made up of the wealthiest. And this has ALWAYS been true. We have Never been democracies. No, not even with the American revolution. The British ruling class owns the the British Conservative Party. The U.S. ruling class owns the Republicans and a majority of the Democrats. Canada's Liberals and Conservatives are both the property of the very, very wealthy.
And their greed is leading us all into one hell of a crash.
__________________________________________________________________
Like it or lump it, China has made huge economic progress since 1945. And, unlike the U.S., that progress has also benefited the huge numbers of Chinese who were abused and impoverished by Britain, the U.S., Germany and others.
But many western countries have used those years to create greater poverty - as in Africa, Latin America and even in their own countries. (Alberta has just announced the firing of 750 nurses and thousands of civil servants - you, know - to save money - though I've no doubt they will blame Canada for it.)
And, much worse, despite big promises in 1945, we have done nothing, nothing whatever to create a better world order. Even the UN just became a toy for major power aggression (as in the Korean War.) And so it is likely that China will become the next (and perhaps last) great power.
________________________________________________________________And, like I said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-public-service-cuts-1.5379582
________________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazilian-president-accused-inciting-genocide-1.5377622
Of course. He's following the lead of the U.S. and, to a lesser degree, of Canada. And, indeed, of much of Latin America.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-robert-fraser-leter-to-western-canada-1.5359091
Will anybody in Alberta listen to this? No.
________________________________________________________________
Canada, the U.S., Britain - like many other countries - are each governed by a ruling class.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/29/countries-from-siberia-to-australia-are-burning-the-age-of-fire-is-the-bleakest-warning-yet
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/28/the-guardian-view-on-china-hong-kong-and-xinjiang-will-the-truth-hurt
For all of China's progress, it has not moved towards any sort of democracy. And it almost certainly won't. That was very clear to me in the time I spent in China. This is a situation that can only get worst. And Trump's telling China what to do is just making it worse. It almost guarantees that China will made no concessions.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/jair-bolsonaro-international-criminal-court-indigenous-rights
And note that Trump does not give advice to his murderous friends in Latin America.
________________________________________________________________
For a century the west (notably Britain and the U.S.) has murdered and plundered all over middle east. The result is that almost all of them have been driven to desperation. At this point, even their rebellions don't have much meaning.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/26/the-guardian-view-on-irans-protests-unrest-is-crushed-unhappiness-endures
(And so we see same thing happening in Latin America.)
________________________________________________________________
ditto for Iran. I'm not at all sure Iran has a good government. But I'm quite sure it's latest crisis has a lot to do with U.S. interference in it's economy. American billionaires want all the oil - and cheap.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/26/the-guardian-view-on-irans-protests-unrest-is-crushed-unhappiness-endures
_________________________________________________________________
https://rabble.ca/news/2019/11/leaders-bolivias-right-wing-coup-will-oversee-and-control-new-elections
Of course, us broad-minded Canadians have often elected indigenous prime ministers and premiers - like----you know.
_________________________________________________________________
https://rabble.ca/news/2019/11/its-time-we-turned-our-idling-cars-suvs-and-trucks
________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/29/new-poll-finds-majority-americans-across-political-spectrum-back-warrens-ultra
This world needs more action - and fast. Allowing the wealthy to run off with their tax money makes no possible sense at all - and it causes terrible suffering
for millions in Canada and the U.S.
But we let them get away with this massive robbery every year. What's wrong with us?
________________________________________________________________
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/30/psychologically-tortured-assange-victim-of-british-rogue-state-london-conference-hears/
The spirit of Hitler lives on in the governments of the U.S. and Britain.
Assange must die, preferably before trial, for telling the truth.
_________________________________________________________________
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/29/john-pilger-visiting-britains-political-prisoner/
_________________________________________________________________
https://countercurrents.org/2019/11/when-the-world-observes-the-international-day-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people
Hitler murdered over four million Jews in Europe. The survivors left the camps knowing that we had never cared what happened to them. And no, we hadn't.
We knew what he was doing to Jews even before the war. And we didn't care. In fact, we would not even help those who escaped.
Then, when the war ended, we gave away somebody else's land to the European Jews - so that they would come to Britain or the U.S. or Canada. And we created Israel.
But the holocaust changed those who had suffered in it. They knew their enemy was not just Hitler. It was us. And it was anyone - like Palestinians - who got in their way. And so Israel was created as a holocaust for Palestinians.
And, of course, with that sort of world view, Judaism could not survive, and Israeli Jews became ---like the rest of us.
_________________________________________________________________
https://countercurrents.org/2019/11/alex-lo-tells-us-what-we-already-know-the-u-s-chooses-whose-and-what-rights-matter
I know the South China Morning Post from my Hong Kong days. And I can assure you it is not left-wing.
_________________________________________________________________
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/11/29/Government-Face-Reality-Fossil-Fuel-Industry-Collapsing/
Our oil barons know, of course, that this is happening. But they are determined to continue pumping the stuff to get as much as they can before the full collapse -
even if that means destroying the planet. And, oh, they have good friends in
Canada's Liberal and Conservative parties.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+tyee&oq=the+tyee&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l6j69i60.4480j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
________________________________________________________________
https://www.globalresearch.ca/new-york-times-long-history-endorsing-us-backed-coups/5696316
The New York Times has a great reputation as a newspaper, so great that millions would claim it to be the best newspaper in the world.
And it is great in it's number of pages and special sections on books, clothing, etc. But on foreign news, it can't be trusted. I discovered that many years ago, and it was a great disappointment.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-claims-nicaragua-national-security-threat-legitimize-u-s-economic-aggression/5696261
Yes, it is just terrible how American children on their way to school are
terrorized by naked Cubans, Guatemalans, Haitians, Venezuelans who wait to
attack them.
_________________________________________________________________
And here's the shocker of the day.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52638.htm
And it's quite true. China IS a power equal to the U.S, and still climbing. Any war between them would finish all of us.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-women-column-specatt_uk_5ddee7e2e4b0d50f329bd4af?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbmZvcm1hdGlvbmNsZWFyaW5naG91c2UuaW5mby8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMTpQDf3VN7Wvpep5aZyL7sBdcSPfUn5xu3b-Uc4RC9n--hqU6lEKEJlT7SLYbCctujTJW6q5p0wMKR0QA6EfFoxZz322LvLOw7YvJOcvNDBbX8aY9uXJbcljloNbuVG4XhIy8qqIT53cHBVgkGhbZZaE694HYqFSlgUr7JhVGf6
________________________________________________________________
__https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/28/analysis/will-kenney-budget-powder-keg-explode
But not to worry. Albertans will find somebody else to blame - perhaps Prince Edward Island.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/30/opinion/renewing-confederation-we-rise-climate-emergency-modest-proposal
An excellent idea. But Albertans are more likely to just sit around their beers, and blame Canada.
_________________________________________________________________
https://theantimedia.com/msm-spins-opcw-leak-russian-disinfo/
_________________________________________________________________
https://theantimedia.com/israel-11000-new-illegal-housing-units-jerusalem/
Israel is based on a form of Judaism that has no Judaic values. I remember the jubilation at the founding of Israel. I was sixteen or so at the time, and most of my school friends were Jewish. I remember feeling the exhilaration they felt. But it was not to be what we cheered for..
________________________________________________________________
https://theantimedia.com/iraqis-revolt-against-16-years-of-made-in-the-usa-corruption/
Well, I wouldn't just blame the U.S for that sort of thing. The British before them were pretty much the same. In fact, I'm not sure one can blame nations.
No. One has to blame the dominant economic philosophy of their time. And that has been capitalism. And it's something that millions of British and Americans have suffered under.
________________________________________________________________
https://truthout.org/articles/many-evangelicals-excuse-anything-trump-does-because-hes-the-chosen-one/
And, yes, he could win re-election.
_________________________________________________________________
Behind all this is a cold truth. Most countries have a ruling class. For Canada, the U.S., Britain that ruling class is made up of the wealthiest. And this has ALWAYS been true. We have Never been democracies. No, not even with the American revolution. The British ruling class owns the the British Conservative Party. The U.S. ruling class owns the Republicans and a majority of the Democrats. Canada's Liberals and Conservatives are both the property of the very, very wealthy.
And their greed is leading us all into one hell of a crash.
__________________________________________________________________
