Bulletin
N° 697
Subject: BLOODIED BUT UNBOWED,
THE MOVEMENT CONTINUES, EVER COGNIZENT OF ITS OWN HISTORY.
14 May 2016
Grenoble, France
Dear Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
Most of you know the story of the farmer who asked
his university educated son for some advice: His new piglets were not getting
enough food because the big hogs were lying in the trough preventing the little
ones from eating. The son listened to his father, then smiled knowingly: “Dad,”
he said, “it’s the survival of the fittest, there is nothing you can do about
it; just let nature take its course.” But the farmer didn’t like the idea of
loosing those piglets, and he then went to his high-school age son and
explained the problem. “Pa,” said the younger son, shrugging his shoulders,
“just put more food in the trough and some will spill over on the ground for
the piglets to eat.” The farmer didn’t like this solution any better. The
additional cost for more food was a negative. Finally he went to his youngest
daughter, who had not yet begun school and he asked her advice. She looked into
his eyes and told him: “Just push the big hogs out of the trough, papa; then the little ones will eat.” He gave his daughter a big
hug for her suggestion, and it worked.
The 8 items below provide an essential
framework for an understanding of how late capitalism has managed to hang on
for years in the counter-productive stage of collapse. We see how pathetic
opportunists have jumped on board the sinking ship to get a stab at steering
the vessel as it goes down. Our corporate masters are still in charge and their
minions are still scurrying to curry favor, but let there be no doubt, the ship
is going down! The most practical activity at present might be to prepare new
vessels out of old materials before they are lost forever. What blueprints are
available?
Francis
Feeley
Professor
of American Studies
University
of Grenoble-3
Director
of Research
University
of Paris-Nanterre
Center
for the Advanced Study of American Institutions and Social Movements
The
University of California-San Diego
a.
The Empire
Files: An Unparalleled Act of Police Terror
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15755
Featuring a harrowing first-hand account with Ramona Africa, the only adult
survivor of one of the most shameful, horrific attacks by U.S. police, Abby
Martin documents an indispensable-but largely unheard of-moment in American
history.
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b.
The Art of Storytelling in Times of War
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44630.htm
by Pål Steigan
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c.
Who Rules the World?
American Power Under Challenge
Masters of
Mankind (Part 1)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44613.htm
by Noam Chomsky
(see also: “Noam Chomsky: Who Owns the World? Resistance and Ways
Forward”
@
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9CHtm2qK2g
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d.
The Costs of Violence
Masters of Mankind
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44621.htm
by Noam Chomsky
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e.
The
Real Target of the Panama Papers
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44637.htm
by
Pepe Escobar
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f.
Zionism’s Roots Help Us Interpret
Israel Today
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44628.htm
by Jonathan Cook
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g.
Obama
Granted Henry Kissinger a Distinguished Public Service Award
http://www.thenation.com/article/the-obama-administration-just-granted-henry-kissinger-a-distinguished-public-service-award/
by Greg Grandin
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h.
Why I
Love Eurovision, and Why You Should, Too
It's a campy guide to world politics. Tune in.
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLrXmTB8OaY