by Michael Tivana

The core cause of destabilization in our world comes from the key components of negative Globalization aka the Market Eocnomy or Lassiez Faire economics. Its not that everyone has to be a political officinado, but everyone does have to be responsible for the actions of their country. The US is responsible for spreading the illness of Globalization around the world.

 

The setup --- last fall Colin Powell had a coalition love fest in Madrid Spain to drum up support to rebuild Iraq. What went on there was the auctioning off of Iraq. $13 billion was pledged and $10 billion were loans. This means that the US is selling off the corporations, resources and markets of Iraq leaving the big question, who is middling the deals and who is making the money?

 

As you know we live in a world that demands we have money, certain kinds of money to survive. Thus when foreign money comes into our lives and cares only for the bottom line and nothing for society then it leads to tyranny of our freedom. Iraq is a classic example of absentee landlordism where foreign money is coming in and controlling the population. In the case of Argentina and Bolivia the people rebelled after their protection against predatory loans was lost to foreign banks.

The banks are the main controlling agents of a society dependent upon money to survive; and it is the banks that get burned to the ground during times of rebellion. Here are some headlines, comments and images of recent history. Perhaps we can use these pieces of modern history to persuade ourselves to adhere to or adopt another monetary system of exchange. I am aware of such a system – the Alliance Card, but that is the next story.

3 Foreign Banks Allowed Back Into Iraq by Reuters

Iraq's central bank said on Saturday it had given licenses to the National Bank of Kuwait and Britain's Standard Chartered and HSBC, heralding the entry of foreign banks into the country for the first time in decades.

Standard Chartered (STAN.L) has been expanding in the Middle East, opening branches in Jordan and Lebanon in recent years and focusing on retail.

HSBC (HSBA.L) (0005.HK), the world's second-largest bank by market value, already operates in 12 Middle East countries.

The National Bank of Kuwait (NBKK.KW) is one of the largest Gulf banks. Kuwait hopes to act as a base for companies eyeing a share of Iraq's reconstruction.

 

 

Is this picking away at the Iraq economic carcass? Are these vultures or just people with money wanting to do some good in the world? My read is they are foreign controlling money system people that smell a great deal. So did the carpetbaggers after the Civil War.

 

CIA agents guarding a Baghdad bank. Are they open for business?

 

Argentina was the scene of an open rebellion against Globalization. Here the people went after the foreign banks.

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  and recently in Bolivia the people burned out the foreign banks and freed themselves from the control of the compound interest money managers….  The world is a complex place, but it is all tied together. I am sure the banks are counting their losses and collecting their insurance. The insurance companies are all tied together by insuring one another. A diaster in Bolivia means higher car insurnace in America. The insurance industry is the backbone of the money system which provides for our survival. Are you paying attention?

What to do?

Don’t let the truth about our world get killed. And keep striving for peace on Earth. It is as simple as not letting the bottom line get in front of knowing people.

 

Peace begins in our daily lives and the people we touch. Then it branches to every thought and every action we take. Ultimately people know how they are affecting their world and we take responsibility for: our portfolios, our country, our world. For example, do you have money invested in a mutual fund or a retirement fund that is invested in any of these banks? In any corporations that do business in unethical ways? Do we just give our money to a IRA or 401k account and let it ride without monitoring what that money is doing to the world?

 

Are we responsible enough as Americans to not allow our country to be used as the driving force for Globalization? Globalization creates poverty which is another form of terrorism. There are 15 million human beings hungry in Ethiopia today largely as a result of Globalization. Dare we want to know more about how we are personally involved in our world?

 

By supporting inventions like the solar cooker below we encourage Ethiopians to not use firewood for cooking their meals. This helps to sustain and eventually grow back their forests. By being aware of the problems and the possibilities for solutions, together we can eradicate hunger on this planet and in the streets of our city here at home.

Unfettered capitalism creates an unbalanced wealth that leads to the images we see above. Lets demand that our government stop striving to expand the WTO, NAFTA, FTAA and the introduction of Liberalized capital into our lives. Also demand that the US stop taking over coutnries and selling them off to the highest bidders as in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. We the people will no longer tolerate these treaties as we push for regulated business that protects the people form unfair labor practices and pollution. Demand fair not free trade. To learn more on this topic read the book, "Beyond Iraq, Surviving Globalization".

We are all in this together, are we looking out for each other?

Thank you for your time.

Michael Tivana
www.tribalmessenger.org