Once More Into the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More… (archive)

(archived from May 31, 2009)

by Scott Creighton

As the forest burns and flames leap from tree to brush, the wildlife stampedes to safety ignoring the clarion call of those they left behind.  Cowardice is their only recognizable feature after their mask of courage melts away.

We who were once the few who stood against the tide of imperialist America’s baseless wars of aggression will stand alone again soon enough. The writing is clear. Our support, our colleagues, our brothers in peace have left us on the battle fields so that they may still scratch out their own secure place in the ghetto that awaits us all.

A once proud and fearless voice for revolution, now panders for “votes” and donations so to secure a seat at the corrupt table of congress… for himself.  Change the system from the “inside”?  Hardly.  “Votes” will not save this land, but may yet still save him a place as an anointed servant to the oligarchy.

It is a sad day for revolutionaries everywhere.

The Miracle of America (archived from 2007)

(archived from Oct. 5 2007)

by Scott Creighton

By every right this President and his corrupt administration should have been impeached and then incarcerated years ago. But what do you expect from a group of people that we have, by concession, allowed to steal the White House, not once… but twice?

In Chile in 1973, when Nixon and the Chicago Boys wanted to implement the Friedman Doctrine of savage capitalism as a test case, their candidate also lost the free election to Salvador Allende and therefore they had too resort to a military coup to install the Augusto Pinochet led junta.

“Pinochet assumed power on Sept. 11, 1973, in a bloody coup supported by the United States that toppled the elected government of Salvador Allende, a Marxist who had pledged to lead his country "down the democratic road to socialism." Washington Post, Dec. 2006.

Chile was not simply drawn out of a hat in a random manner as the nation where this test case would take place. No, the ousted ruler (freely elected President Allende) had been in power for over two years and had been enacting sweeping social and economic reforms through-out the nation. He had nationalized the banking systems and monetary systems as well as the main national export; copper.

“In 1970, Salvadore Allende became the first Marxist to be democratically elected president in the Western hemisphere. In the course of his sweeping socialist reforms, he nationalized not only the copper mines but banks and other foreign-owned assets as well.” Chile: The Laboratory Test.

The copper mines had been bought up in the 60s by vast US corporations, and of course the banking systems had been held by US interests as well. So when Nixon was elected he owed some of these multinational interests some payback and since he wasn’t about to force the Friedman economic model down the throats of the American people, having then stated “We are all Keynesians now.” he threw them Chile as a sort of consolation prize. 

Biden warns that an oligarchy is forming that threatens US democracy

(The ultra-rich oligarchs gained an additional 1.5 trillion dollars in wealth during the Biden administration.)

from Reuters

President Joe Biden said an oligarchy is forming in the U.S. that threatens democracy, issuing the bleak warning on Wednesday in his final Oval Office speech as he prepares to hand over power to Donald Trump next week.

Biden opened his speech with a familiar message - asking Americans to join together - but quickly warned about a dangerous concentration of wealth in the United States.

 

"Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that really threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedom, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead," Biden said.

 

He warned of a "tech industrial complex" that is bringing an "avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power." The free press, he added, "is crumbling."

 

Biden's farewell address, capping half a century in politics, sought to bolster a legacy that has been overshadowed by Democrats' failure to stop the Republican Trump from returning to the White House.

 

Trump, who takes office at noon (1700 GMT) on Monday, has enlisted billionaire Elon Musk, who helped his election efforts, as a special adviser charged with cutting costs from the federal government.

 

Trump has nominated a slate of cabinet members who have pledged to upend traditional American alliances and governing norms. The November 2024 election left the Democratic Party with little leverage in national politics...

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Welcome to the world of oligarchy.

from Bernie Sanders