The amazing (and gripping) aspect of this version is that here we see a huge audience of mostly young people, certainly no longer poor, clearly enjoying the fruits of socialism, singing and cheering the Internationale. While western kids drown in angst, nihilism and decadence, these people, who understand the meaning of this song, face the future in fraternal solidarity with vibrant optimism. How refreshing to see young faces who truly understand history!
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PATRICE GREANVILLE—Perhaps naively, President Allende had tried to make a revolution relying chiefly on parliamentarism, the “Chilean Way”, basically a top-down revolution, but the limitations of this approach, using the bourgeois state playbook and a largely bourgeois Congress to overthrow itself, soon became evident when national and international capital, led by the US, proceeded to systematically sabotage his proposals, inevitably plunging the nation into severe shortages and social turmoil. It’s worth recalling that economic and political sabotage is an old tool of imperialism to maintain its grip on any insolent nation (we see that in abundance these days in the cases of Venezuela, North Korea, Iran and even China and Russia—all subject to illegal sanctions beefed up by trade and information wars). The manufactured chaos was the pretext used by Allende’s conservative opponents at home and abroad to justify their internal coup planning. The coup option received the green light, so to speak, when Allende, despite the terrible problems afflicting the whole nation, in fact managed to increase his share of the popular vote in the Chile’s midterm elections.
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In December 1949, 12 members of Japan’s Kwantung Army faced trial in Khabarovsk for the atrocities they’d committed while developing biological weapons and testing them on prisoners of war. But Shiro Ishii, the head of the unit, never faced the tribunal. Instead, he was offered immunity and taken to the US, where he masterminded biological warfare during the Korean War. Until today, the US continues developing biological weapons in its dual-purpose labs, like the Lugar Laboratory in Georgia, and multiple facilities in Ukraine, whose activities have been causing alarm. Shiro Ishii’s successors allegedly continue their experiments on human subjects.
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COVID Relief Bill is a CRUEL JOKE.
An astonishing abomination. Theft in broad daylight, testament that the ruling class does not fear the wrath of the people, nor exposure. They feel their propaganda and police can shield them from repercussions for their betrayals. But the pandemic is accelerating the moment when the crisis of political representation and system legitimacy will hit the fan, and the problem afflicts most US allied nations. -
“The Ruling Elite Has Lost All Legitimacy” says Chris Hedges n this interview with Jimmy Dore, and we could not agree with him more. The putrid corpse of this system would be long in the ground, where it belongs, if it weren’t for the constant barrage of lies and distractions the ruling oligarchy deploys to keep Americans confused, divided, and angry at false enemies.