Imperialism And Resistance

Fidel Castro has been speaking out against the US threats to Iran over the past few weeks – and warning the world of the dangers of any imperialist attack on Iran. The leader of the Cuban Revolution puts to shame the Muslim (puppet) leadership who, out of fear of their masters, remain silent.

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 16 (acn) The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel
Castro, met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in
Havana with Cuban ambassadors to whom he spoke about the serious
dangers currently threatening mankind.

Fidel referred to the possibility of an attack against Iran or the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, reports the www.cubadebate.cu
website.

“What they are doing to Iran is a carbon copy of what they did to
Mohamed Mossadegh, the former Iranian prime minister ousted after a
coup encouraged by Washington and other Western powers when he began
a process of nationalization of Iranian resources in the 1950s,” he
said

During the meeting that lasted just over an hour and a half, he
answered questions or comments from the diplomats and reviewed news
wires and political analysis from diverse sources.

Fidel went over some of the questions he left to the specialists of
the Research Center of the World Economy during his recent visit to
this institution.

These include one that almost no one would have raised 20 or 15 years
ago: “Can the Empire survive if the market disappears and would the
dollar have any value if there were no world market?” he wondered.

Again, the Cuban leader referred to the arsenal of more than 20,000
strategic and non-strategic weapons in the hands of the great powers.

He also wondered what makes what they call today ‘conventional
weapons’ different —weapons that Washington intends to promote as an
alternative— if the weaponry technological development of recent
years gives them all similar destructive power.

Fidel warned that it is ridiculous to think of a nuclear suitcase
with a button, which was the panic of the early years of the Cold
War. In this sense he abounded that all the answers are already
programmed, as it is only a matter of seconds, he said.

He also pointed out that, although several sources exclude the data,
it is known that Israel is the world’s sixth nuclear power.

Workers with the Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX) and
neighbours from the capital district of El Vedado, who spontaneously
gathered when they heard of Fidel’s presence at the Foreign Ministry,
said good-bye to Fidel with a standing ovation.

From the crowd gathered on the sidewalk, a young college graduate
raised her diploma, and dedicated it to the Cuban leader with
gratitude.

This video on the “Palestinians” of Cuba is a good example of the kind of south – south solidarity based cultural exchange that could help in building real relationships between peoples – and not only governments of the regions. Unfortunately, especially amongst Muslims and those from Muslim majority regions, there is way too much time wasted on attempts at north – south “dialogues.” The power differentials, and imperialist mindset of much of the “progressive” and “left” of North America and Western Europe just does not allow for real solidarity. Furthermore, North America and Western Europe are on a slow to rapid (depending on the country) decline, newer economic and religio-socio-cultural models are emerging in the South. And unlike the previous failed experiments of a purely materialist socialism, this time we are witnessing a much more comprehensive notion of liberation.

(Video below is a playlist – there will be a few seconds delay at the end of the first segment for the next to load).

battle for the planet by President Hugo Chavez:

In Copenhagen, from the beginning, the cards were on the table for all to see. On the one hand, the cards of brutal meanness and stupidity of capitalism which did not budge in defence of its logic: the logic of capital, which leaves only death and destruction in its wake at an increasingly rapid pace.

On the other hand, the cards of the peoples demanding human dignity, the salvation of the planet and for a radical change, not of the climate, but of a world system that has brought us to the brink of unprecedented ecological and social catastrophe.

On one side, the victors of a mercantile and utilitarian civilisation, that is, the “civilised ones” who for a long time now have forgotten about human beings, and opted blindly for increasingly insatiable desires.

On the other hand, the “barbarians” who remain committed in believing and in fighting for radically changing the logic, that you can maximise human welfare, minimising environmental and ecological impacts. Those who sustain the impossibility of defending human rights, as raised by the comrade Evo Morales, if we don’t also defend the rights of Mother Earth, those who act with determination to leave a planet and future for our descendants.

the truth about Copenhagen by Fidel Castro

Obama’s deceitful, demagogic and ambiguous remarks failed to involve a binding commitment and ignored the Kyoto Framework Convention. He then left the room shortly after listening to a few other speakers. Among those invited to take the floor were the highest industrialized nations, several emerging economies and some of the poorest countries in the world. The leaders and representatives of over 170 countries were only allowed to listen.

At the end of the speeches of the 16 chosen, Evo Morales, with the authority of his indigenous Aymara origin and his recent reelection with 65% of the vote as well as the support of two-thirds of the Bolivian House and Senate, requested the floor. The Danish president had no choice but to yield to the insistence of the other delegations.
When Evo had concluded his wise and deep observations, the Danish had to give the floor to Hugo Chavez. Both speeches will be registered by history as examples of short and timely remarks. Then, with their mission duly accomplished they both left for their respective countries. But when Obama disappeared, he had yet to fulfill his task in the host country.

While the US is going into a tizzy with political and economic intrigues, some of the popular leaders have been speaking at the UN – and are worth a listen (…and take a break from the Bush/McCain/Obama tri nonsense).

Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia UN speech + press conference

José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President, Cuba. UN speech.

Larry King interviews President Ahmadinejad (part 1)

part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6