Make Poverty History - a G8 Circus
Who are the G8? The Cat's Blog has this to say:
And that provides an excellent contextual backdrop to John Pilger's article in the New Statesman, explaining the full ramifications of the "Make Poverty History" scam:
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United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia. These are the countries of the G8. All of them have been colonial powers. All of them are responsible for massive crimes against humanity, from torture to war crimes to genocide. Their history (our history) has been written with the blood of their victims (our victims), slaughtered on the altar of imperialism. All of them have used complaisant writers, historians and intellectuals to justify their unspeakable crimes and hide them behind the carpet of ‘civilization’.Read more >>>
And that provides an excellent contextual backdrop to John Pilger's article in the New Statesman, explaining the full ramifications of the "Make Poverty History" scam:
Africa's imperial plunder and tragedy have been turned into a circus for the benefit of the so-called G8 leaders due in Scotland next month and those of us willing to be distracted by the barkers of the circus: the establishment media and their "celebrities". The illusion of an anti-establishment crusade led by pop stars - a cultivated, controlling image of rebellion - serves to dilute a great political movement of anger.Read more >>>
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posted by The Editor at
10:49 PM
6 Comments:
The only blood Canadians have spilt on the imperial slaughterhouse floor is that of polar bears, methinks!
/dragging your post off-topic
Canada didn't continue the mistreatment and disposession of its indigenous people after it became a "sovereign" nation?
Canada didn't take part in expanding and maintaining the British Empire?
Canadian corporations are somehow non-psychopathic? They are benign? They don't ruthlessly exploit everyone and everything in order to win profits for their shareholders?
Canada isn't part of G8 and other economic clusterfucks, pack raping the majority world in the name of "development" and "progress" when really it's all about exploitation of the poor for the benefit of the rich (in this case rich Canadians)?
Conrad Black not a Canadian? He is not a modern corporate buccaneer?
Are you sure you don't harbour a few aristocratic tendencies yourself, Kent? (Don't go getting all precious on me now, boy! :-)
Oh but Gerry, I am sure, and I'm not at all ashamed.
I grant you the Canadian point - still, I was referring to the 'unspeakable crimes', ones which happened when Canada was very much a part of the British possessions - and perhaps a little under the French. Nonetheless, the modern nation has some responsibility for its history as part of an overlying empire.
That wasn't clear - I meant I am well sure I harbour 'aristocratic tendencies'. I admit to ignoring the plight of the starving masses in the African country of the moment, and spending $68.75 on CDs. I work for an evil international superconglomerate, and love it.
What can one do but join the world of hypocrisy? There's a challenge for you, good material for a post - answer that. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that modern capitalist life ruins everything: the environment, the lives of others, etc, I admit. But it's more overwhelming to try and live any other way. How do you do it? How can you do it?
You know what I like about you, Kent? It's that you take the time to challenge me rather than just dismissing what I say as being wrong/stupid, etc. And I thank you for that.
Now, I agree that Canada is probably the least evil G8 member country. But they are participating in the evil empire which is the G8. Maybe they are an influence for good in there and maybe not. I don't know about that.
You said "There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that modern capitalist life ruins everything: the environment, the lives of others, etc, I admit. But it's more overwhelming to try and live any other way. How do you do it? How can you do it?"
Excellent point and excellent question, Kent. I raised this very issue with a couple of people at the National Nonviolence Gathering and whilst we had no answers, we recognised that it is a huge problem because not only does it turn most of us into hypocrites but it also robs us of our integrity. I still haven't found any answers to this dilemma. (And yes, I will make this a blog post - thanks for the reminder.)
Gabriele, welcome. Thanks for sharing this information with us. Your blog and your website both rock! Big time!
Your generation will have to try to fix what mine broke. On behalf of all Boomers, I apologise. We were (and still are) utterly selfish arseholes.
I have blood on my own hands, and no amount of washing will ever remove it. My blog is my attempt to do penance. Your site and your blog are an inspiration and a source of hope for the whole planet.
Now go and give your ego a cold shower! :-)
Urban Fox, thanks for the link. I now wish I'd included a link to Monbiot's brilliant piece as well.
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