I did a segment on RT this afternoon about WikiLeaks exposure of Washington’s subservience to US corporate interests, which I wrote about earlier this week on AlterNet. Here is the video:
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Also, today’s episode of Democracy Now featured an excellent interview with Kim Ives and Dan Coughlin, who have been reporting on the 2,000 classified US embassy on Haiti released by WikiLeaks. So far, they have uncovered details on how Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and Levi’s worked with the United States to block an increase in the minimum wage in the hemisphere’s poorest nation, how business owners and members of the country’s elite used Haiti’s police force as their own private army after the 2004 U.S.-backed coup that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and how the United States, the European Union and the United Nations supported Haiti’s recent presidential and parliamentary elections, despite concerns over the exclusion of Haiti’s largest opposition party, Lavalas, the party of Aristide. You can watch that interview here.
NIce job!! 😉
June 24, 2011 at 7:45 pmYou are quite right about corporatism, and I’m glad she finally pronounced your name right.
June 24, 2011 at 8:01 pmGreat job Rania! Spot on about corporate power!
June 25, 2011 at 9:15 pmI just looked at your list of articles on Alternet and I found that I read them all. You are a fantastic exposer of the truth! Keep up the good work. Well done on the interview!
June 27, 2011 at 1:38 amRania,
Reading over the kind and lucid comments here it is clear that others like me, are getting it. The respect and gratitude for your insights and efforts is nothing short of an inspiration. Were it not for people like you who take the time and energy from to tell these truths, there is no telling where we would be.
A most heartfelt thank you.
I know you’ve got to be busy so I’ll get right to it. For over 20 years I have been the one in my circle that everyone came to when they wanted to know anything about politics or economics. That’s fine with me as I have invested a great deal of myself in knowing and understanding these subjects. It hasn’t bothered me one bit to share my insights and what I have learned (even with the Republicans in the family). And yes, sometimes my circle got it even when they didn’t really want it.
I first came across one of your articles on Alternet and was struck by your writing, dedication and choice of subject matter. Let’s just say; “I feel the pain and the disgust for what is happening on our behalf.” This article on the Wikileaks and American Corporatism convinced me that I should post this here.
At some point several years ago I began to piece together the root cause of our nation’s seemingly unstoppable slide into mediocrity. In the course of this research a viable and seemingly possible solution to this base level dysfunction began to emerge. After many, many months of research and pecking away, The Informed Voter System became a tangible and legible reality. I posted it on WordPress, sent out links to everyone and pensively waited to see where it would go. Well much to my disappointment it didn’t. Save one or two like-minded folks it simply never made it out of anyone’s inbox.
That was, ahem, before the bottom of the Great Recession.
Ever since, I have been keeping my eyes open for someone who already has a voice in the world of truth who might help share this idea. I realized that the fault in my approach was not the efficacy of the idea but the overwhelming apathy of the “little people” when it came to anything political. It’s a real drag that I’m now counting on the beating that we have taken to inspire some genuine concern and if possible, ACTION. Reading over your work and the comments of your subscribers I feel a sense of community. I’d like to think there is a common connection here.
The first part of the Informed Voter System will be obvious if not a bit rhetorical. I wrote it hoping that those who had no clue would begin to see the reality and the enormity of THEIR (our) problem. The second part is the fix. It is there that I hope… well, that hope can be found. It has its roots in some of the positive things that are currently taking place. It may also contain some constitutional sticking points. I am after all, a concerned American who’s not necessarily a constitutional scholar. The point is that this is a start. I think a solution like this is as rare as the contentment so many have come to long for, myself included. I hope that you have the time to read it and I truly welcome your input. In addition, I welcome the input of the community here, even the trolls. We are clearly of a like-mind.
Honestly, if for some reason the Informed Voter System remains a forgotten page on a black, grey and white blog then at least I tried, again.
In closing, thank you for taking your valuable time and energy to focus on these issues that are way bigger than any of us, I look forward to hearing from you.
The Informed Voter System:
http://aconcernedamerican.wordpress.com/
Sincerely,
Alan Marsh
July 3, 2011 at 12:52 pm