Michel Collon
After Latinos, Arabs. And tomorrow, the Africans? Why Washington and Paris were forced back to Tunisia and Egypt. How they will try to save most of the neocolonial system. And what is our role at all that the world really turns.
long time, the empire seemed invincible. The U.S. could at their discretion and under the most absurd pretexts, violate the UN Charter, apply cruel embargo, bombing or occupying countries, assassinating heads of state, cause civil wars, terrorist financing , organizing coups, arming Israel for its aggression ...
They seemed to get away with anything, and pessimism prevailed. How many times have I heard: "They are too strong, how can we stop these corrupt Arab regimes and Israel's accomplices! "The answer came in low: the people are stronger than tyrants.
But everyone feels that the fight did not end just by removing Ben Ali and Mubarak, he is just beginning. To wrest real change, it will confront those who pulled the strings behind the scenes. Hence the crucial importance of clear understanding of the mechanisms of this system that produces the tyrants, protects and replaces them if necessary. Why the Empire weakened, and how he will try to maintain at all costs.
No Empire lasts forever
No empire lasts forever. Sooner or later, the arrogance of crime causes a resistance General. Sooner or later the cost of "maintaining order" exceeds the profits that wars bring multinationals. Sooner or later, investment in the military are lacking in other areas that are losing the international competition.
And the United States are no exception to the rule. The profit rate of their multinationals decreases since 1965, and bubbles of debt and speculation have only postpone and worsen the problem. Their share in the global economy rose from 50% in 1945 to 30% in the 60's, around 20% today and about 10% in twenty years. However, no army may not be as strong as its economy, and the U.S. are less capable of being the world policeman. Today the world is becoming "multipolar" another equilibrium is established between the U.S., Europe and Russia and particularly with the major countries of the South. Particularly, China has proved that being independent was the best way forward. U.S. and Europe can not impose their will as before. Their neo-colonialism could die soon.
In fact, the decline of U.S. is increasingly visible over the past ten years ... In 2000, the Internet bubble exploded. In 2002, the Venezuelan people frustrated The coup made in the USA and Hugo Chavez began his great social reforms throughout Latin America will result in resistance. In 2003, the Bush war machine bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2006, Israel failed in Lebanon and Gaza in 2009. The losses are piling up.
After Latinos, Arabs. And tomorrow, the Africans? The marvelous rebellion
Tunisians and Egyptians worked miracles: this refers to the United States boast the "democratic transition" when for decades they have provided to tyrants tanks, machine guns and training seminars Torture! France is the same. And this rebellion plunged into the anguish of the Great Empire U.S. strategists, the Little French Empire and their proteges in Israel. Thank you, the Arabs!
Purpose of anxiety: how to change a bit for no change to the essentials? How to maintain their dominance over the oil from the Middle East on the raw materials and economies in general? How to prevent that Africa also is available?
But we must get to the bottom of things. Rejoicing of the first steps can not hide the path that lies ahead. This is not the only Ben Ali, who has plundered Tunisia is a whole class of profiteers, Tunisian, but mostly foreigners. This is not the only Mubarak who oppressed the Egyptians, an entire system around him. And behind this plan, the United States. The important thing is not the puppet, but one that draws the son. Washington, like Paris, only seeks to replace the puppets worn by more presentable.
No real democracy without social justice
The question that Tunisians, Egyptians and others want answered is not "What 'new' will be our new leader promises he will not, before we beat them like before? "Their question is," Will I get a real job with real wages and a decent life for my family? Or will I only way for a boat or go ashore in the Mediterranean in a European jail undocumented? "
Latin America until recently lived in the same poverty and even despair. The huge profits from oil, gas and other commodities went swell the coffers of Exxon and Shell for a Latino on two lived under the poverty line, unable to afford a doctor or a good school in its children. All began to change in 2002 when Hugo Chavez nationalized the oil, changed all contracts with multinationals, demanded that they pay taxes and the profits are shared. The following year, 11.4 billion came from the coffers of the state (for twenty years was zero), and put it on the way of social programs, health care and education for all, doubling minimum wage, support for cooperatives and small businesses that create jobs. In Bolivia, Evo has done the same. And the example is spreading. He will reach the Mediterranean and the Middle East? When is a Chavez or Evo Arabic ? The courage of these masses in revolt deserves an organization and a leader, honest and willing to go through.
Genuine political democracy is impossible without social justice. In fact, both problems was linked. For someone installs a dictatorship for fun or simple perversion. It is always to maintain the privileges of a small layer that monopolizes the wealth. Dictators are employees of multinational companies.
Who does absolutely not democracy?
face the wrath of the Tunisians, what "new man" suggested Washington? The Prime Minister of the former dictator! Faced with the desire to change the Egyptians, who they tried to put the post? The former army chief, a creature of the CIA! They make fun of people.
Five years ago, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vedrine, dared to declare that the Arab peoples were not ready for democracy. This theory is dominant in a French elite who practice more or less openly anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia.
In reality, it is France that is not ready for democracy. It was France who massacred Tunisians in 1937 and 1952 and the Moroccans in 1945. It was France who led a long and bloody war to prevent the Algerians to exercise their legitimate right to sovereignty. It was France who, by the mouth of a president denial, refuses to acknowledge its crimes and pay its debts to Arabs and Africans. It was France who protected bin Ali to the foot of the plane that carried the day. It was France who imposed and maintains the worst tyrants throughout Africa.
The current anti-Muslim racism can kill two birds with one stone. First shot: in Europe, we divide workers according to their origin (third French and Belgian workers are recent immigrant origin), and while we fantasize about the burqa, the bosses blithely attacking wages, working conditions and pensions for all workers, veiled or not . Second shot: compared to Arab countries, Islamophobia can avoid awkward questions. Instead of asking "Who has imposed these dictators? "And answer: Europe, Europe on high, the Europe of multinationals, we present the Arabs as" not ready for democracy "and therefore dangerous. It demonizes reversing the victim and the guilty.
But here's the fundamental debate, and it depends on us all that is conducted or obscured: why the United States, France and company - that have the word "democracy" in the mouth - do not want really absolutely not true democracy? Because if people can decide for themselves how to use their wealth and their work, then the privileges and corrupt profiteers will be in great danger!
To hide their rejection of democracy, the United States and its allies in the media agitate the "Islamic threat". What hypocrisy! We see them and alert us to conduct large media campaigns on the Islamists who are docile as their odious regime of Saudi Arabia? The means we apologize for having funded the Islamists to topple bin Laden left an Afghan government which had emancipated women?
Our role is important
The world is changing at breakneck speed. The decline of the U.S. opens new perspectives for the liberation of peoples. Major changes ahead ...
But in what direction will they go? To be positive, it depends on each of us a real flow of information, the records are widely known disgrace, the secret strategies that are unmasked. All this will create a great debate, popular and international level: how economic, social justice, what people do they need?
But the official information on all this is a disaster, and it is not by chance. Therefore, that this debate is being waged now and everywhere, each of us has a role to play. Information is the key. How? We will return in a later text, a few days ...
Brussels, 19 February 2011
Source: www.michelcollon.info
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