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Zorra

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33. “All cultures forged by nations ~
Thu Nov 22, 2012, 05:32 PM
Nov 2012
the noble indigenous past of America, the brilliant civilization of Europe, the wise history of Asian nations, and the ancestral wealth of Africa and Oceania—are corroded by the American way of life. In this way, neoliberalism imposes the destruction of nations and groups of nations in order to reconstruct them according to a single model. This is a planetary war, of the worst and cruelest kind, waged against humanity.”

It is in this context which Subcomandante Marcos believes that the EZLN and other indigenous movements across the world are fighting back. He sees the EZLN as one of many "pockets of resistance."[24]

“It is not only in the mountains of southeastern Mexico that neoliberalism is being resisted. In other regions of Mexico, in Latin America, in the United States and in Canada, in the Europe of the Maastricht Treaty, in Africa, in Asia, and in Oceania, pockets of resistance are multiplying. Each has its own history, its specificities, its similarities, its demands, its struggles, its successes. If humanity wants to survive and improve, its only hope resides in these pockets made up of the excluded, the left-for-dead, the ‘disposable.’”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcomandante_Marcos


"Marcos, the quintessential anti-leader, insists that his black mask is a mirror, so that ‘Marcos is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Ysidro, an anarchist in Spain, a Palestinian in Israel, a Mayan Indian in the streets of San Cristobal, a Jew in Germany, a Gypsy in Poland, a Mohawk in Quebec, a pacifist in Bosnia, a single woman on the Metro at 10 p.m., a peasant without land, a gang member in the slums, an unemployed worker, an unhappy student and, of course, a Zapatista in the mountains’. In other words, he is simply us: we are the leader we’ve been looking for."
~~~Naomi Klein


You know, Haiti b/f the French colonialism was a paradise of forests MichiganVote Nov 2012 #1
more haitians = less forest, same thing applies everywhere else too nt msongs Nov 2012 #2
Actually it was the French who began denuding the country of its resources MichiganVote Nov 2012 #7
Lost their way? ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #3
They only survive by the grace of others. Its not a country that lives. MichiganVote Nov 2012 #6
Oh right. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #8
I don't think you and I have a disagreement. To read/learn the history of Haiti MichiganVote Nov 2012 #9
I'm aware of it. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #12
It's rather more "they survive despite the grace of others." (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #10
And that could be. Climate change will result in desperation in many MichiganVote Nov 2012 #11
by the grace of others? wtf? they survive *despite* the pernicious "grace" of others. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #18
I am referring to the worldwide network of foundations/churches MichiganVote Nov 2012 #22
that network makes money off the deal. despite all those helping hands, half a HiPointDem Nov 2012 #29
The way I see it LukeFL Nov 2012 #4
That's another example of no government no infrastructure and no resources.Sadly anything will help. The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #5
Sounds like Heaven, as interpreted by Grover Norquist leftlibdem420 Nov 2012 #15
hmmm. nt limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #13
why should foreign companies KT2000 Nov 2012 #14
It's just a start Teamster Jeff Nov 2012 #16
bingo!!!! We have a winner. wilsonbooks Nov 2012 #21
Look at how industry in the US began? We had child labor, slavelike wages. Yes it's not RB TexLa Nov 2012 #17
haitians have had factories where they could work for peanuts for some time. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #19
yes, it was poor wages before the earthquake newspeak Nov 2012 #27
Yep. We figured out how to export the Triangle Shirtwaist Company overseas raouldukelives Nov 2012 #24
There were factories in Haiti since the 50s---introduced by the Americans under Papa Doc. vaberella Nov 2012 #34
"it's mostly funneling back to westerners -- contractors, NGOs, religious groups" Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #20
case of .62 beats the hell out of 0 JCMach1 Nov 2012 #23
If it leads to something better bhikkhu Nov 2012 #25
getting fed in a prison may be better than starving on the streets, but who would HiPointDem Nov 2012 #30
American prisons would be superior to most of the slums in this world... JCMach1 Nov 2012 #32
WTF? marmar Nov 2012 #36
guess the answer to my question is...jcmach1 would.... HiPointDem Nov 2012 #37
It can be really, really, really bad JCMach1 Nov 2012 #38
This is the Shock Doctrine. tblue Nov 2012 #26
+1 HiPointDem Nov 2012 #31
appears our minimum standards are pretty welll.....minimum dembotoz Nov 2012 #28
“All cultures forged by nations ~ Zorra Nov 2012 #33
As a Haitian person and knowing Haitian people. They are quick to read slavery when they see it. vaberella Nov 2012 #35
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