This article is adapted from one of the same name that originally appeared on
the website of Soldiers
For Peace International on June 8, when the newly elected Spanish
government was arguing for favorable loan terms from EU bankers. Given the
recent massive protests against austerity measures imposed anyway, it seems
even more appropriate now.
Spanish leaders initially attempted to resist the imposition of the same
austerity measures that have sent shock waves throughout the European Union.
The lesson from the voters in recent elections to governments that accepted
austerity as the price to pay for subservience to European banksters was not
lost on government leaders in Madrid. In Italy, Greece and other nations where
leaders submitted to Merkel's IMF-inspired austerity measures ,
those politicians and there parties lost power when the people resisted.
Unfortunately, in Greece the anti-austerity measures failed in the face of
threats by creditor banks.
Spain was in a unique position to resist attempts by European titans of banking
to impose the Shock Doctrine throughout the EU.
In the case of Europe, the idea is to extort taxpayer money by lending it the
funds to pay back debts resulting from the fallout from the derivatives scam
from which these bankers profited handsomely. The quid pro quo is the adoption
of economic "reforms" that benefit international investors at the
expense of the citizens of those nations who are then made to pay tribute to
them in perpetuity. These payments constitute an ever-growing proportion of the
GDPs of these nations because the austerity measures cripple the economies of
debtor countries.
Spain's initial rejection of the "generous" offer of the Central Bank of
Germany and other lenders to provide loans at low interest in exchange for
crippling austerity measures could have been a milestone in the fight
against austerity and the war against the workers of the world. It fell short of
the daring open revolt against austerity in Iceland
but could have been the first step toward renouncing debt there and in other European
nations.
With the fourth largest economy in the European Union, Spain could have put
real pressure on European banksters to lend money without austerity conditions
that have proven a disaster in Greece, Ireland and elsewhere. It is a simple
maxim of economics that the only sane response to economic contraction in the
private sector is expansion of the government's role in providing jobs. That is
a notion that seems difficult for banksters and other international corporate
terrorists to understand. To them, life is a game of Monopoly and
helping others achieve and maintain a decent lifestyle at the expense of their
bottom lines is cheating.
The Greek economy continues to collapse and with it Greek society is falling
apart. With soaring unemployment and a shredded social safety net, the suicide
rate is dramatically increasing. Those who can afford it are hoarding money in
anticipation of default and a return to a drachma drastically reduced in value
by the debts a profligate government has accumulated. It is ironic that in the
birthplace of democracy the People's voice has been drowned out by the cries of
foul of the banksters in other EU nations. The same is true in the US, the
birthplace of the experiment in modern democracy that appears to be failing
since corporations were handed the reins of government there.
It can truly be said that we are all Greeks now , at risk of
having the wealth produced by the worker stolen by the parasite class who
control government in nations around the world. Those who profit from the sweat
of others do so by bribing politicians to put the interests of multinational
corporations over those of their own citizens. In the US and some other
nations, this has been accomplished by financing the campaigns of those willing
to be their Puppets in return for wealth and power. That is why the people of
the United States must come together to Take Back America for the People, if
not for the sake of the Peoples of the world then in their own self-interest,
which are in the end are one and the same.
It will require constitutional change to ban all expenditures by special
interest groups in American elections. That is why we are all Egyptians now as well.
Egypt's bid for democracy has been stymied by their military rulers' defiance
of calls for fundamental constitutional change that would allow for democratic
elections and lead to a government of, by and or the People of Egypt. Having
become dependent on US taxpayer money used to bribe them to guard Israel's
southern border, the leaders of the Egyptian military are understandably
reluctant to allow real democracy to undermine their privileged positions.
The only way that the Peoples of Earth will ever gain sovereignty in their own nations
is for them to come together to build a united international front against
fascism and war. Having suffered decades of fascist rule, Spaniards have a
special responsibility. Descendents of the victims of the massacres in the Spanish Civil War have a moral
responsibility to lead the effort to create a democratic New World Order.
Together we can end the dreams of the international corporate terrorists who
seek to establish a permanent fascist New World Order in which we are all
economic slaves of a small cabal of elites.
There is hope that we will be aided by the blindness of those who would become
Masters of the Universe. It is clear that they cannot foresee the imminent
demise of their plans for conquest in the global game of Risk as the long game
of Monopoly winds down to its predictable end. The leaders of the war against
the workers of the world do not seem to understand a fundamental principle of
warfare: The aggressor has no real allies, only other nations that will play
along when it suits the purposes of their leaders. As the global economy
collapses, expect to see these self-appointed Masters of the Universe turn on
one another in a feeding frenzy . As in any game of Monopoly, there is after
all only one winner. If we refuse to play by their rules, it is we who will
come out winners.
It may be a good time to invest in popcorn. It should be quite a show.
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