Category: Philosophy

Chile: Remembering the US-Inspired Tragedy of 911! (15.9.2023)

U.S.-BACKED COUP

Chile on Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the coup as people marched by the presidential palace and laid flowers for the victims. “We commemorate a date that is painful and that, without a doubt, is a turning point in our history,” said President Gabriel Boric.

In the 1970s, there were stark signs of a crisis looming large in Chile, from a divided government to soaring prices and frequent protests. The CIA financing and covert operations to destabilize the country cannot be ignored, either. For half a century, a trove of historical studies and declassified archives have shown that the United States went to great lengths to prevent the leftist Allende from coming to power and to topple his government later.

Allende had been the target of America since the 1960s when the Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union was at its height. The United States, which regarded Latin America as its “backyard”, was reluctant to see the left-wing leader be elected the Chilean president.

Declassified documents show that between 1962 and 1964, the CIA spent millions of dollars financing the campaign of Allende’s rivals and anti-Allende propaganda. These behind-the-scenes maneuvering worked as Allende lost the 1964 presidential election.

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Mexico: Are Aliens Illegal? (15.9.2023)

Instead of ‘Take Me To Your Leader!’ – it is more apt to suggest ‘Take Me To Your Dealer!’ – such is the blurring of the line that usually separates fact from fiction. It would seem that the US anti-intellectualism that believes (literally) in life on other planets has spread to Mexico and as taken on ‘Catholic’ proportions of stupidity and ‘faith’ without ‘evidence’! In the meantime, whilst the US continues to ‘smart’ over the just under 3000 people who died when the Twin Towers were struck in 2001 – a US academic report states that since 1945, the US military has killed between 20-30 million people around the globe enforcing its system of predatory capitalism! If we are talking body counts (as the Americans like to do) in just an 18-month period between 1940-1941 – the Nazi German Luftwaffe inflicted 70,000 deaths on the population of the UK – 40,000 being in London alone! This was at a time when many Americans held pro-German views and were not that keen on coming on the side of the UK!

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Russia: Kim Jong Un & President Putin Hold Constructive Meetings! (14.9.2023)

In addition, in a common front to crush the military threats, provocations, coercion, and tyranny of imperialists who seek to invade humanity’s independence, progress, and peaceful life, strategic and tactical cooperation between the two countries will become closer, and the two countries will join forces through strong support and solidarity. Both discussed openly the important issues and matters of immediate cooperation that arise in protecting the country’s sovereignty and development interests, regional and global peace and security, and international justice, and reached a satisfactory agreement and consensus of opinion.

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Russia: Historic Milestone Meeting Takes Place Between Comrade Kim Jong Un & Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin at the Wostotzny Space Launch Complex! (14.9.2023)

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un toured the transport rocket assembly and testing complex with President Putin and listened to an explanation of the specific technical characteristics and assembly and launch processes of transport rockets including “Soyuz-2” and “Angara.”

In addition, whilst exploring the launch complex of the transport rocket “Soyuz-2” and the launch complex construction site of the transport rocket “Angara”, we learned about the operation and construction status, the achievements and experiences created by Russia in the space industry, and the prospects for future development.

Comrade Kim Jong Un highly praised the excellent development of the Warstogni Space Launch Complex and achieved valuable achievements in accordance with Comrade Putin’s strategic space development plan, and expressed hope that the noble spirit and traditions of mighty Russia, which pioneered the path to space, will continue to shine. He expressed his sincere congratulations.

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US: Lawsuit Accuses Beverly Hills Police of Racially Pofiling Black Motorists AP: (14.9.2023)

Out of a total of 1,088 black motorists stopped, only two were convicted of crimes, attorney Benjamin Crump said at a news conference, adding about a third of all arrests made during the period involved blacks, who make up only 1.5 percent of the city’s population. The suit seeks 500 million U.S. dollars in damages.

The city denied the allegations, saying in a statement that “the statistics presented referencing the number of convictions is a mischaracterization of the evidence in this case.”

“In addition, the 1,088 arrests referenced include people cited and released, not just custodial arrests,” the statement said.

“The City of Beverly Hills is an international destination that always welcomes visitors from across the country and around the world,” it noted. “The role of the Beverly Hills Police Department is to enforce the law, regardless of race.”

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EU: Von der Leyen Anti-Socialist Speech! 14.9.2023)

Qin Yan, a carbon analyst based in Oslo with financial data provider Refinitiv, said Von der Leyen emphasized staying course on Green Deal, but did not mention many concrete measures.

“Instead, she has continued to tone on ‘de-risking’ from China and solid supply chain etc, and the launch of an anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese EVs, as France requested,” Qin said.

“So this is more of a campaign speech with lots of China bashing than delivering concrete measures regarding the Green Deal.”

Ryszard Legutko, co-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists, lashed out in front of von der Leyen.

“Is the EU in better shape today than 15 years ago? The answer is an emphatic no,” he said. “Something is rotten in the State of the Union. There is more than ever instability, tension and uncertainty.”

“As expected lots of self-congratulatory statements,” Bas Eickhout, a Dutch MEP of the Greens Group, wrote on X.

“But for the future? Very meager on Green Deal, lots of competitiveness bullshit bingo and very many dialogues. This is more an EPP Spitzenkandidatin speech …” he said, clearly referring to von der Leyen who has come under great pressure under her own European People’s Party on climate and migration policies.

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