In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture, Anton Chaitkin showcases the historical backdrop to the border crisis, with a look towards oligarchical manipulations to break up the USA from within going back to the mid-19th century efforts to erase the deep history of the native americans, the launching of a civil war and the attempt to create a confederate slave empire under the Knights of the Golden Circle.
Thank you for this brilliant presentation!! It seems the polarizing of the two sides of the border debate is intentional, to keep people on both sides at each others throats and prevent them from recognizing what you point out--namely that it's our rules based order based on cheap labor and cheap resource extraction that creates conditions inducing desperate people to flee their homes and migrate north--and joining together in solidarity with each other and our cousins in the south to demand changes to those policies!
I see this exact same phenomenon happening in Haiti in particular, where I have visited several times and work to change US policy and support Haitian voices trying to uplift themselves in the face of severe US-backed repression especially since the 2004 coup d'etat. Prior to the US-backed coup, the Lavalas movement under President Aristide was making great strides in improving conditions for their people but that progress was cut off. Lavalas is still pushing for self-determination today. https://haitisolidarity.net
I'm all for treating those immigrants who are here in the US humanely, but we need to focus on changing US policies that prevent their home countries from developing their full potential for their people. Sure, you may have a certain number of adventurers who want to learn what life is like in another country, like I did for several years in my 20's and 30's, but for the most part, people who have a dignified life within their own country simply don't make the painful break from their land, culture and community in large numbers out of desperation.
As you say, retaining empathy for our fellow human beings is key to retaining our souls!
How about interviewing illegals migrants and having them tell us why they made the journey to the USA? Create a database and demographic profile.
Thank you for this brilliant presentation!! It seems the polarizing of the two sides of the border debate is intentional, to keep people on both sides at each others throats and prevent them from recognizing what you point out--namely that it's our rules based order based on cheap labor and cheap resource extraction that creates conditions inducing desperate people to flee their homes and migrate north--and joining together in solidarity with each other and our cousins in the south to demand changes to those policies!
I see this exact same phenomenon happening in Haiti in particular, where I have visited several times and work to change US policy and support Haitian voices trying to uplift themselves in the face of severe US-backed repression especially since the 2004 coup d'etat. Prior to the US-backed coup, the Lavalas movement under President Aristide was making great strides in improving conditions for their people but that progress was cut off. Lavalas is still pushing for self-determination today. https://haitisolidarity.net
I'm all for treating those immigrants who are here in the US humanely, but we need to focus on changing US policies that prevent their home countries from developing their full potential for their people. Sure, you may have a certain number of adventurers who want to learn what life is like in another country, like I did for several years in my 20's and 30's, but for the most part, people who have a dignified life within their own country simply don't make the painful break from their land, culture and community in large numbers out of desperation.
As you say, retaining empathy for our fellow human beings is key to retaining our souls!