The United States is the chief executive organization of the world capital empire. It is in the United States that the fascist state stands in defense of globalized capitalism. The United States Government carries out drone killings, occupies foreign countries, creates and supports terrorist guerrillas around the world, such as the Islamic State. The United States government oppresses and investigates its own domestic population. It does all this for service, not for nationalist aggrandizement, but at the service of global capital.
The United States is the chief executive organization of the world capital empire. It is in the United States that the fascist state stands in defense of globalized capitalism. The United States Government carries out drone killings, occupies foreign countries, creates and supports terrorist guerrillas around the world, such as the Islamic State. The United States government oppresses and investigates its own domestic population. It does all this for service, not for nationalist aggrandizement, but at the service of global capital.
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The world was left only with single superpower the US and came to be known as the US Hegemony to show the superiority of its military power. The US hegemony also shaped world economy and emerged in the form of military domination, economic order, political clout and cultural superiority.
Brazil's economic scenario after 2015 is catastrophic because the country will be faced with the problem of stagflation meaning the negative economic growth, the retraction of the consumer market, the decline in income of the population and escalating of inflation and unemployment. Stagflation is a term used in economics that indicates, in short, a situation that may result in reduction of economic growth and simultaneously increase in the general price level. When the country reaches the state of stagflation, is established also social chaos.
The economic deceleration associated with the general increase in prices is catastrophic for the vast majority of the population because, besides increasing unemployment, reduce your purchasing power. It would be formed in this way, the culture broth to the increase of social stresses in Brazil. The catastrophic economic situation tends to lead Brazil to social chaos, and therefore to three alternative scenarios of development of the crisis, as described in this article.
Blum demonstrates how US policy, under the banners of freedom and human rights, has led to barbarous criminal acts, how the world's force for peace has acted in the most belicose form. An eye-opener for students of national security policy. -- Saul Landau, Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
Bravo Blum! A vivid, well-aimed critique of the evils of US global interventionism, a superb antidote to officialdom's lies and propaganda. -- Michael Parenti, author of History as Mystery and To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia
Critics will call this a one-sided book. But it is an invaluable corrective to the establishment portrait of America as the world's greatest force for peace. Even confirmed opponents of U.S. interventionism can find much in this important book that will both educate and shock them. -- Peter Dale Scott, former Professor at UC Berkeley, poet, and author, Deep Politics and The Death of JFK
Rogue State forcibly reminds us of Vice President Agnews immortal line: The United States, for all its faults, is still the greatest nation in the country. -- Gore Vidal, author of The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Communist Party of the Philippines
Contribution to the 13th International Communist Seminar:
"The Strategy and Tactics of the Struggle against Global US Imperialist War"
Brussels, 2-4 May 2004
Initially published on 1st December 2018 here:
https://megalommatis.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/turkey-21st-c-geopolitics-the-advice-i-gave-to-the-turkish-establishment-back-in-the-mid-90s/
Excerpt:
In fact, the astute observation that the fall of the 'Eastern bloc' would sooner or later bring forth the eradication of the 'Western bloc' had little to do with the common, yet nonsensical, assumption that the events of the period 1989 - 1991 would have a political - ideological or a financial - economic or even a social - intellectual impact. These types of impact are indeed minor, if the events are evaluated from a historian's viewpoint.
In reality, the formation of the post-WW II international order was an abnormal, artificial construction, pretty much like the establishment of the post-WW I world order. The difference is that in the period between the two world wars there appeared to still exist, act and evolve - within the context of human life - several human and spiritual forces and factors that were totally concealed out of the artificial post-WW II world. Then, the collapse of one major constituent of that fake world would automatically unleash at least part of the concealed forces and factors whose dynamics in turn would easily bring down the rest of the artificial fabrication.
So, all post 1989-1991 developments have in reality little to do with the proper impact that the event itself has had (which was minor) and are mainly due to the forceful comeback of earlier concealed forces.
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The world was left only with single superpower the US and came to be known as the US Hegemony to show the superiority of its military power. The US hegemony also shaped world economy and emerged in the form of military domination, economic order, political clout and cultural superiority.
Brazil's economic scenario after 2015 is catastrophic because the country will be faced with the problem of stagflation meaning the negative economic growth, the retraction of the consumer market, the decline in income of the population and escalating of inflation and unemployment. Stagflation is a term used in economics that indicates, in short, a situation that may result in reduction of economic growth and simultaneously increase in the general price level. When the country reaches the state of stagflation, is established also social chaos.
The economic deceleration associated with the general increase in prices is catastrophic for the vast majority of the population because, besides increasing unemployment, reduce your purchasing power. It would be formed in this way, the culture broth to the increase of social stresses in Brazil. The catastrophic economic situation tends to lead Brazil to social chaos, and therefore to three alternative scenarios of development of the crisis, as described in this article.
Blum demonstrates how US policy, under the banners of freedom and human rights, has led to barbarous criminal acts, how the world's force for peace has acted in the most belicose form. An eye-opener for students of national security policy. -- Saul Landau, Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
Bravo Blum! A vivid, well-aimed critique of the evils of US global interventionism, a superb antidote to officialdom's lies and propaganda. -- Michael Parenti, author of History as Mystery and To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia
Critics will call this a one-sided book. But it is an invaluable corrective to the establishment portrait of America as the world's greatest force for peace. Even confirmed opponents of U.S. interventionism can find much in this important book that will both educate and shock them. -- Peter Dale Scott, former Professor at UC Berkeley, poet, and author, Deep Politics and The Death of JFK
Rogue State forcibly reminds us of Vice President Agnews immortal line: The United States, for all its faults, is still the greatest nation in the country. -- Gore Vidal, author of The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Communist Party of the Philippines
Contribution to the 13th International Communist Seminar:
"The Strategy and Tactics of the Struggle against Global US Imperialist War"
Brussels, 2-4 May 2004
Initially published on 1st December 2018 here:
https://megalommatis.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/turkey-21st-c-geopolitics-the-advice-i-gave-to-the-turkish-establishment-back-in-the-mid-90s/
Excerpt:
In fact, the astute observation that the fall of the 'Eastern bloc' would sooner or later bring forth the eradication of the 'Western bloc' had little to do with the common, yet nonsensical, assumption that the events of the period 1989 - 1991 would have a political - ideological or a financial - economic or even a social - intellectual impact. These types of impact are indeed minor, if the events are evaluated from a historian's viewpoint.
In reality, the formation of the post-WW II international order was an abnormal, artificial construction, pretty much like the establishment of the post-WW I world order. The difference is that in the period between the two world wars there appeared to still exist, act and evolve - within the context of human life - several human and spiritual forces and factors that were totally concealed out of the artificial post-WW II world. Then, the collapse of one major constituent of that fake world would automatically unleash at least part of the concealed forces and factors whose dynamics in turn would easily bring down the rest of the artificial fabrication.
So, all post 1989-1991 developments have in reality little to do with the proper impact that the event itself has had (which was minor) and are mainly due to the forceful comeback of earlier concealed forces.
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Disruption of blood supply to lung alveoli due to blockage of one or more pulmonary blood vessels is called as Pulmonary thromboembolism. In this presentation we will discuss its causes, types and its management in depth.
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Tom Selleck Health: A Comprehensive Look at the Iconic Actor’s Wellness Journeygreendigital
Tom Selleck, an enduring figure in Hollywood. has captivated audiences for decades with his rugged charm, iconic moustache. and memorable roles in television and film. From his breakout role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. to his current portrayal of Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods. Selleck's career has spanned over 50 years. But beyond his professional achievements. fans have often been curious about Tom Selleck Health. especially as he has aged in the public eye.
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Tom Selleck health and fitness regimen has evolved. adapting to his changing roles and age. During his "Magnum, P.I." days. Selleck's workouts were intense and focused on building and maintaining muscle mass. His routine included weightlifting, cardiovascular exercises. and specific training for the stunts he performed on the show.
Selleck adjusted his fitness routine as he aged to suit his body's needs. Today, his workouts focus on maintaining flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular health. He incorporates low-impact exercises such as swimming, walking, and light weightlifting. This balanced approach helps him stay fit without putting undue strain on his joints and muscles.
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1. Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2009
FDR's Lessons for Obama
By David M. Kennedy
Alas for countless pundits and inspirational speakers, it is apparently not the case that the
Chinese word for crisis is spelled by joining the characters for danger and opportunity. But that
common fallacy nevertheless captures an important metaphorical truth: whatever the perils it
brings with it, a crisis can be a grand opportunity. Among those who have understood that truth
was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Writing to his fellow Democrats in the 1920s, Roosevelt noted that their party could not hope to
return to power until the Republicans led the nation "into a serious period of depression and
unemployment." The Great Depression soon brought a far longer and deeper period of woe than
F.D.R. foresaw. But the crisis of the 1930s also provided an object lesson in the relationship
between economic danger and political opportunity — a lesson Barack Obama is now trying to
follow. Obama, too, came to office in the midst of an economic crisis, and in the solutions he has
offered, it appears he has often looked to the example of F.D.R., whose presidency — and the
very idea of activist government that it represents — is very much back in the public mind this
year. Roosevelt pushed through policies that aimed not just to deal with the immediate challenge
of the Great Depression but also to benefit generations of Americans to come. Pulling off a
similar feat will require Obama to persuade Americans to see opportunities in the present crisis
as well.
A More Secure America
It's old news that F.D.R.'s New Deal did not end the Depression. On that score, there was little
difference between Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover. But unlike Hoover, F.D.R. seized the
occasion to shape a legacy of durable reforms. For that accomplishment — along with winning
World War II — historians routinely rank him among the greatest Presidents.
So what did Roosevelt's greatness consist of, and how did he attain it?
Forget about the Hundred Days of 1933, the legendary crucible in which F.D.R.'s anti-
Depression strategy was supposedly forged. The legislative frenzy of that fabled springtime gave
a stricken nation a valuable psychological boost, but many of its initiatives did not survive the
Depression decade. F.D.R.'s greatest achievements came later. Their essence can be summed up
in a single word: security.
All the major New Deal reforms that endured had a common purpose: not simply to end the
immediate crisis of the Depression but also to make America in the future a less risky place, to
temper for generations thereafter what F.D.R. called the "hazards and vicissitudes" of life. By
creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the New Deal provided more
confidence to bank depositors. With the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it
2. guaranteed more reliable information for investors. The Federal Housing Administration gave
more protection to mortgage lenders and thus more options to home buyers. The National Labor
Relations Board brought more stability to dealings between capital and labor. The Fair Labor
Standards Act ensured more predictable wages for the most vulnerable workers. And Social
Security offered at least a minimal safety net for both the unemployed and the elderly.
Those reforms constitute our most valuable heritage from the Depression era. Few of them
generated any appreciable economic stimulus in the short run. But taken together, those
measures laid the foundation for unprecedented economic growth and broadly shared prosperity
in the years after World War II — an era that the novelist Philip Roth once aptly described as
"the greatest moment of collective inebriation in American history."
A Postwar Roosevelt Boom
Roosevelt's innovations dramatically changed the character of American society. They deeply
shaped the life trajectory of the so-called Greatest Generation, as well as the fates of millions
born well after the Depression passed. It was no coincidence that African-American aspirations
for full citizenship, denied for a century, were substantially realized at last in that context of
stable economic health and almost giddy national self-confidence. By any conceivable metric,
the New Deal's reforms were a success, as gauged by the conspicuous upward social mobility of
several postwar generations of both genders and all races and ethnicities.
With the exception of the FDIC, however, none of them dates from the Hundred Days, or even
from 1933. Therein lies an important lesson. Had the Hundred Days swiftly brought about
economic recovery, a return to business as usual might have meant politics as usual as well. In
that scenario it is doubtful that any of those landmark reforms would have come to pass.
Roosevelt, in short, understood the difference between the urgent and the important. He could
hardly ignore the compelling need to steer the economy out of the Depression, but he refused to
allow that task to deflect him from his more important objective of making American life less
hazardous — and more inclusive — ever after. He aimed not merely to end the crisis at hand but
to forestall similar calamities in the future, and thereby to build a country, as he once said, "in
which no one is left out."
F.D.R. appreciated the irony that it was the Depression that made it possible for him to realize
those larger objectives. It would be too much to say that he deliberately prolonged the crisis to
preserve the possibilities for reform. But he candidly acknowledged the relationship between
peril and progress in his second Inaugural Address, on Jan. 20, 1937. He began on that day by
boasting of "our progress out of the Depression" and went on to list several signs of returning
prosperity.
But then he said something decidedly unusual in the canon of presidential addresses. "Such
symptoms of prosperity," he warned, "may become portents of disaster!" Only then did he utter
one of his most quoted and most misunderstood lines: "I see one-third of a nation ill housed, ill
clad, ill nourished."
The address in its entirety makes it clear that when he spoke of that "one-third of a nation,"
F.D.R. was not referring primarily to the victims of the Great Depression, which he thought was
3. ending. He was speaking, rather, about the accumulated social and human deficits spawned by
more than a century of buccaneering, laissez-faire American capitalism — deficits that he
considered not yet fully redeemed in 1937. Solving that problem was what he meant when he
said in June 1936 that "this generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny."
Such rendezvous are rare in American history, and not without reason. As the historian Henry
Adams wrote, among the founders of the Republic, the greatest fear "was power; not merely
power in the hands of a president or a prince, of one assembly or several, of many citizens or
few, but power in the abstract, wherever it existed and under whatever form it was known."
That's why the framers of the Constitution constructed a political order based on "checks and
balances." That arrangement has conspicuous virtues, but it also designs a measure of paralysis
into the American political system. It impedes swift adjustment to changing economic and social
realities. It sustains a chronic deadlock in which trauma and shock become the necessary
preconditions for effective political action. To a degree not found in other political cultures, it
forges a perverse partnership between danger and opportunity.
President Obama knows this. Asked by PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer in February if he did not
feel burdened by the several crises now besetting the country, Obama noted that the moment "is
full of peril but full of possibility" and that such times are "when the political system starts to
move effectively."
Roosevelt could not have said it better. F.D.R. championed a long-deferred reform agenda that
put security at its core. Obama wants to advance another set of reforms that have long been
stalled. He has already used the crisis to propose new regulatory rules for the banking-and-
finance industry. But there are many more objectives on the horizon. Universal health care was
first advocated in the platform of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party in 1912. A cogent
energy policy has been pushed by every President since Richard Nixon, to no avail. Immigration
begs for comprehensive rethinking, as do education, a host of environmental issues, and central
tenets of national-security policy and military doctrine.
Like F.D.R., Obama must take measures to turn the economy around. If he doesn't, he'll go down
in the history books as another Hoover. But to warrant comparison with Roosevelt, he will be
judged not simply on whether he manages a rescue from the current economic crisis but also on
whether he grasps the opportunity to make us more resilient to face those future crises that
inevitably await us.
Kennedy teaches history at Stanford University. He is the author of Freedom from Fear: The
American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945, which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for
history
4. FDR and Obama Name___________________________
1. Under whatcircumstance didFDR believe thatDemocratscouldonce againcontrol Congress
followingthe 1920’s?
2. Accordingto the article,whattype of governmentdidFDRrun?
3. What isthe difference the article mentionsbetweenFDRandHoover?
4. Name 3 policiesof FDRthathave had a lastingeffectonAmerica? Describe those 3policies.
5. Accordingto the article,whatevidence isthere thatFDR’sNew Deal reformswere asuccess?
6. What was FDR’saimin hisNewDeal policies?
7. Accordingto FDR,what isthe relationshipbetweenperilandprogress?
8. What problemdidFDRsee with laissez-faire American capitalism?
9. What doesthe systemof checksand balancescreate?
10. Arguably,like FDR,PresidentObamadidpushagood deal of reformmeasuresthroughinhis
firsttwoyears (ie.the StimulusPackage,Healthcare). Whydo youthinkObamalostso terribly
inthe 2010 midtermelections,whenFDRwasrewardedforhisreforms?
11. Is it possible forAmericatohave anotherNew Deal like periodof reform?