Part 1
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
Bertrand Russell
I must interrupt this program to make an important announcement: American imperialism, is taking control of the world. It is no good appealing to your government for help as most western, governments are to be involved in the plot. It is believed that the United Nations, has been taken over by protection racketeers and is in need of rescuing.
Nations in the western hemisphere have been sprayed by a gray mist substance. The effect of this has been to rendered most of the populations of the countries, whose leaders are colluding in this event, unable to act, even to put the simplest facts together.
In the western states, most people are wandering about aimlessly moving commodities from one place to the other, then moving them back again, as if nothing has happened. The slaughter of people who do not conform to giving up their land and possessions, has started in areas all over the world, but this seems to be confined to democratic regions, that haven't been sprayed by the strange dust.
There have been unconfirmed reports, that this taking-over process, has been going on for tens of years. Although it is rumored that the masses of documentation that proves the subservience of our leaders to American Imperialism, are false, or don't exist. Governments are asking their people to stay calm and trusting them to sort something out. And warn, "it would be stupid for citizens to try anything on their own."
All City Strolls, have been canceled for the near future as people are not to be seen in the street for fear of public communication. (A homeland security package has been transferred from our administration headquarters in the United States, explaining all.) It is recommended that citizens, who have not been sprayed yet: stay indoors as much as possible; watch television for instruction and enlightenment and stay optimistic. The dust will reach them some how...
More fantasy
Paul Wolfowitz (deputy to Rumsfeld in the department of defense), came up with the "Defense Planning Guidance” - a first laying out of a post cold war era strategy, in which America would become the sole superpower, to rule forever. When Wolfowitz, first came up with this plan in 1992, people in the American administration, thought he was crazy, people in Europe, thought he was really crazy.
His idea is now government policy in the United States, and the same policy is now being adhered to and implemented by the British government.
How did we arrive here...
"In his introduction to his biography of Hitler, the British historian Ian Kershaw writes that he is not so interested in the character of the German dictator, but more in "the question of how Hitler became possible." He writes: "If a satisfactory answer to this question cannot be found on the basis of the given characteristics of Hitler, then one must look instead principally to German society - the social and political driving forces that made Hitler possible." [Schwarz]
So what are the social and political driving forces that made Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, Blair, possible. Big Question, with many answers, the main one being, I believe, is, the dislocation of working people from their politics. The working classes political perspective has been diluted, from one of a vision of truer socialism, equality, cooperation and solidarity, to one of, getting rid of one corrupt party and replacing it with a hopefully less corrupt one.
In Britain voters ejected the tory party and installed, what we thought, was the labour party. Did anyone really believe that anything would change for working people. Maybe you could be forgiven for not realising how bad it could get, but there is worse to come and unless some hopeful vision can be restored and acted upon, working people will bear most of the brunt of it.
The media controls the message
"Not even during the Second World War, when Britain did face a real threat of invasion, have so many basic democratic freedoms been jettisoned." [SEPB]
If we ignore the psychopaths who control America for a moment and concentrate on the ones who are in power in Britain - namely Tony Blair's Government. Where does one start, or end in describing the morass of intertwining lies, deceptions and out and out shameful, acts of inhumanity that constitutes our present Government. These acts are nothing new, in global, and even domestic politics, but something that rogue states [USA Britain] have been building on for centuries. What is different today is the scale of destruction and death and the speed in which it is being executed.
Another frightening aspect of our present global situation, is the acquiescence of most of academia and the media monopoly, in misinforming the public of how bad the situation is and will get and for how long it has been going on. Plus the lack of coverage and views of the mass of dissenters, to the carnage, called US/British foreign policy.
Credulity meets farce
The farce of the Hutton enquiry, where the government was absolved of mass murder is typical of the acquiescence mentioned above; where government ministers continuously lie and deceived and one line of criticism can mean disaster for democratic opinion and free speech, as in the case of Gilligan.The blatant contempt for judgment and freedom of the press, is, or should be an insult to anyone even with the slightest knowledge of what is happening in Iraq. A SEP (Socialist Equality Party) article outlines the damaging repercussions to free speech and the right to be informed by this political farce:
“Gilligan was found to have committed the cardinal sin of impugning the integrity of the government and the security services, especially by his remark that the government "probably" knew its claim that Iraq could launch WMD within 45-minutes was wrong. The BBC's board of governors was found to have "defective" editorial structures because it had allowed his story to stand and was condemned for having defended their reporter from Campbell's witch-hunt. Hutton also concluded that Kelly was "partially responsible" for his own misfortune, underscoring the ruthlessness of the British state, even against one of its own
Thus, reality has been turned on its head.
Gilligan and the BBC are held to an exacting account for a never repeated remark made during a one minute, early morning radio broadcast. In contrast, the government and its spy chiefs are not required to answer for using untrue statements to drag the country into a war that, has killed thousands of innocent people,
as well as nearly sixty British soldiers, and reduced a country to ruins. The verdict against the BBC has major implications for the future of the corporation and more broadly for press freedoms in Britain. The entire future of the BBC as a public broadcaster may be thrown into question when its charter is due for renewal in 2006. The commercial stations may be allowed a greater share of the market, with one of the major beneficiaries being the government's most fervent supporter—Rupert Murdoch.”
Out of the frying pan...
As the right deconstruct democratic process, left wing saviors, are lining up to extricate working people, from the jaws of capitalism. As always, there is some blind faith to contend with, and some principals to jettison - in order that we can be led
Two wrongs don’t make a right and two rights don’t make a party. Because you do not agree with how George Galloway, was ousted from the labour party, or for that mater, if you are anti Blair, that Galloway is a viable answer to your problems. It means that you do not agree with the way someone was expelled from a so called democratic party. It means that the labour party use illegal means to rid themselves of people who do not toe the party line.
Because millions of people agree that they are against the war in Iraq, it doesn't mean that the these same people can form an all encompassing political idea [Respect] to challenge Blair, and more important, to forward socialism. It only means that millions of people are against the war in Iraq.
The tried and tested?
"Not surprisingly given the hypocrites and liars who fill the parliamentary benches, there is huge disillusionment with all three main parties. That is why Respect has begun to break through. We stand in the tradition of the Old Labour values of solidarity, community, justice and decent public services. Respect was founded by people like George Galloway who have been tried and tested and who have taken a principled stand when others like the Lib Dems ran for cover. Now we have shown that we can win, many more can be won to voting for us and joining us.
The above is from Respect, Election Breakthrough leaflet Which states "NEW LABOUR, LIBDEMS, TORIES ARE ALL THE SAME"
The question is how different is Respect, and which principled stance does George Galloway, take...
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Excerpts from 1992 draft Defense Planning Guidance
Hutton Inquiry: A black day for democracy in Britain
Respect election breakthrough leaflet PDF