A new day dawning
1. Audit of the public debt and renegotiation of interest due and suspension of payments until the economy has revived and growth and employment return.
2. Demand the European Union to change the role of the European Central Bank so that it finances states and programs of public investment.
3. Raise income tax to 75% for all incomes over 500,000 euros.
4. Change the election laws to a proportional system.
5. Increase taxes on big companies to that of the European average.
6. Adoption of a tax on financial transactions and a special tax on luxury goods.
7. Prohibition of speculative financial derivatives.
8. Abolition of financial privileges for the Church and shipbuilding industry.
9. Combat the banks’ secret [measures] and the flight of capital abroad.
10. Cut drastically military expenditures.
11. Raise minimum salary to the pre-cut level, 750 euros per month.
12. Use buildings of the government, banks and the Church for the homeless.
13. Open dining rooms in public schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to children.
14. Free health benefits to the unemployed, homeless and those with low salaries.
15. Subvention up to 30% of mortgage payments for poor families who cannot meet payments.
16. Increase of subsidies for the unemployed. Increase social protection for one-parent families, the aged, disabled, and families with no income.
17. Fiscal reductions for goods of primary necessity.
18. Nationalisation of banks.
19. Nationalisation of ex-public (service & utilities) companies in strategic sectors for the growth of the country (railroads, airports, mail, water).
20. Preference for renewable energy and defence of the environment.
21. Equal salaries for men and women.
22. Limitation of precarious hiring and support for contracts for indeterminate time.
23. Extension of the protection of labour and salaries of part-time workers.
24. Recovery of collective (labour) contracts.
25. Increase inspections of labour and requirements for companies making bids for public contracts.
26. Constitutional reforms to guarantee separation of church and state and protection of the right to education, health care and the environment.
27. Referendums on treaties and other accords with Europe.
28. Abolition of privileges for parliamentary deputies. Removal of special juridical protection for ministers and permission for the courts to proceed against members of the government.
29. Demilitarisation of the Coast Guard and anti-insurrectional special troops. Prohibition for police to wear masks or use fire arms during demonstrations. Change training courses for police so as to underline social themes such as immigration, drugs and social factors.
30. Guarantee human rights in immigrant detention centres.
31. Facilitate the reunion of immigrant families.
32. Depenalisation of consumption of drugs in favor of battle against drug traffic. Increase funding for drug rehab centres.
33. Regulate the right of conscientious objection in draft laws.
34. Increase funding for public health up to the average European level.(The European average is 6% of GDP; in Greece 3%.)
35. Elimination of payments by citizens for national health services.
36. Nationalisation of private hospitals. Elimination of private participation in the national health system.
37. Withdrawal of Greek troops from Afghanistan and the Balkans. No Greek soldiers beyond our own borders.
38. Abolition of military cooperation with Israel. Support for creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.
39. Negotiation of a stable accord with Turkey.
40. Closure of all foreign bases in Greece and withdrawal from NATO.
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“Definitely not Greek to me.”
Dartwill Aquila
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“America is an exceptionally free country.
Anyone is free to buy a politician.”
Dartwill Aquila
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“A bud is a promise of beauty.
A flower is the fruit of a promise.
A fruit is a gift of beauty’s truth.”
Dartwill Aquila
“Truth is terrorism, because truth is the major threat to Washington.”
Paul Craig Roberts.
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Sculpture by Gunilla Tyrberg
Notes on humanity’s condition:
The fate of humanity lies in the hands of humanity. Our present situation and the conditions that brought us here have been put in place by humans, not extra terrestrials, supernatural forces, meteors, rebel viruses or Gods. We are the creators of our fate. We have created this world where a tiny proportion of humanity live in extreme abundance, opulence and decadence while 100s of millions suffer deprivation, starvation and despair. This criminal, immoral and corruptive process of building monumental inequality has progressed parallel with the deterioration of the composition of the earth; the atmosphere chokes with harmful gases, the air and water are violated with dangerous particles and micro-chemicals, the soil is ravaged of its nourishment and the earth depleted of its resources.
The soul of humanity reflects the damages done to the earth and the unjust configuration of society. It too suffers; chokes on lies, grows weak on ignorance, aches under the weight of empty entertainment, is ravaged with fear and grows stiff with obedience to the pursuit of things packaged in glittering promises of salvation. Can the sick soul be cured? Of course. We need not ask the chances of success. We either cure it or perish.
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“Of all the possible futures,
it seems that only an impossible one can save us.”
Dartwill Aquila
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Anthony Bellchamers (Global Research, Jan 24, 2015) commenting on the announcement that Netanyahu will speak to the US Congress (without the President’s approval) rings out the msm’s tale of the tail (wagging the dog.) “The current Congress follows the agenda of AIPAC.” The President will be humiliated “before an AIPAC-controlled Congress.”
Netanyahu received the invitation “without prior White House knowledge or approval”. A congressman made the invitation thereby side-stepping the White House whose spokesperson Josh Earnest confirms that this unusual bypassing of the President is a departure from “typical protocol.” This is proof of AIPAC’s power claim the tellers of the tail tale.
It isn’t. It proves the opposite while demonstrating the art of disinformation and diversion. Congress didn’t invite Netanyahu, a single congressman did. If we buy the story, we must concede that the White House is controlled by AIPAC, not the Congress. Why has the White House/President allowed this? It could have stopped it with a simple no. The President has absolute authority in question of contacts with other heads of state.
What is described as “a departure from ‘typical protocol'” is a break in the rules; not just the rules of the USA, but of every other government in the world. Ever. It’s a break in basic organization rules, without which, organizations cannot function. Subordinates cannot decide above the heads and in opposition to the leadership. That’s an unalterable rule (protocol). A colonel can’t make decisions against a general. A company executive cannot decide policy in opposition to the CEO. A waiter can’t tell the cook what food to prepare. It’s ridiculous to assume that the White House would accept this flagrant breach of protocol with merely a “whoops!” No president could be that wishy-washy and remain standing.
When a law is broken, the criminal may or may not be caught or brought to justice, but the law remains. When a rule is broken, it’s a new game. If a congressman is allowed to make presidential decisions, government loses all meaning.
So what’s happening here? Could this be the work of AIPAC? Can little Israel determine the policy of the USA? Can a tail wag the dog? Of course not. The so called “powerful” AIPAC spends about $24 million a year lobbying. Compare this to Boeing $90 million, Northrop Grumman $88 million or Lockheed Martin $79 million. These three weapons corporations are merely three players (albeit major) in the military lobbying conglomerate. General Electric, for example, weighs in with its $134 million lobbying budget. Many more corporations swim in the military pool, but this should be enough to put the AIPAC influence in perspective. Would anyone, unless thinking like the opening beneath a dog’s tail, suppose that AIPAC/Israel has more influence on the US government than the USA military and the corporations equipping it? We might also remind ourselves that most of the $3 billion that Israel receives in “aid” every year goes to the US weapons industry.
Have you ever heard anyone claim that the weapons and military corporations control congress? Probably not. Yet their power over Congress/the government is that of an elephant compared to AIPAC/Israel as an elephant’s tail.
It appears more reasonable to view Israel as a USA military garrison with Netanyahu as its commander. If the military wants the commander to speak to Congress about military options against Iran, the commander comes and speaks regardless of what the White House thinks or wants.
What does that tell us about the USA?
An RT documentary tells us that North Korea is a totally militarized country spending 17,5% of its budget on military expenditures. What does that tell us about the USA that spends nearly 50%?
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“Power takes money. Money buys power.”
Dartwill Aquila
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The heart of the empire is pure, solid evil
wrapped in layer upon layer
of shiny lies
half-truths
disinformation
illusions, delusions
traditions, conditions
beautiful words, symbols for herds
black holes, false goals
sensations, damnations
extravagant shows, prized hos
empty rules, broken schools
two-sided laws with one-sided flaws
and money
lots and lots of money.
Layer upon layer
like a pearl
lying in the dark
on a luxurious bed of slime
protected by a hard shell
formed of petrified minds
and blood.
“We are free to praise the emperors democratic clothes.”
Dartwill Aquila
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I saw the phrase violent Islamic fundamentalism. Again. We’ve all seen it. Many times. In many variations. Have you ever seen violent Jewish fundamentalism mentioned? Why not? It can’t be because it doesn’t exist. It’s just not kosher to mention it in the freedom-of-the-press-loving nations saturated with covert racism pouring down from the heights of the msm.
We have nearly 60 years of experience with violent Jewish fundamentalism in Palestine. How many Palestinians have been killed, maimed and dispersed by these fanatics?
Warning! Notice! Get this straight!
Speaking of violent Jewish fundamentalism is not anti-Semitism. I’m not speaking of Jews in general but of those who are violently fundamentalistic. If you don’t believe such creatures exist, you are as ignorant as the genuine anti-Semites.
Real anti-Semitism festers in the world, the stupid and ugly type typical of all racism. Its growth is generated by Israeli politics and will continue to grow as long as Israel, falsely claiming to represent all Jews, continues to oppress, persecute and kill Palestinians. Jews shouting about anti-Semitism without mentioning Israeli politics will merely blow on the coals of hate. As will playing the chosen victim.
More than many people in the world suffer from injustice, racism, discrimination and prejudice. We either struggle for universal tolerance, equality and justice or endure the inevitable dark fate our exclusivity merits. All or none. No exceptions.
If anyone has the slightest doubt about the depth and extent of the depravation of Jewish fundamentalism, listen to the Israeli journalist David Sheen
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“Anchored in reality we need not fear the storms of our times.”
Dartwill Aquila
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We often encounter the phrase Islamic, alt. Muslim, terrorist. The religious label can qualify a militant, suicide bomber, commander, fanatic or taxi driver. But never if the perp is Christian.
The Christian-operated drone fired two hellfire missiles into the village killing 9 civilians.
The Christian helicopter pilots killed nine unarmed men and wounded two young girls.
The Christian invaders killed over one million Iraqis and created fertile conditions for Sunnis to form the Islamic State.
Sunnis! Sometimes, instead of the religion, the denomination is employed.
Ever hear of a Methodist sniper? How about a Seventh-Day Adventist torturer?
I guess a desire for balance is foolish in a world where 1% of the people weigh more on the scales of equality than 60% of the rest.
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“The fat chicken attracts the rooster, but also the fox and the axe.”
Dartwill Aquila
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If Sam throws Joe into a den of wolves, who is responsible for the death of Joe, Sam or the wolves?
If a cabal of board directors from oil, weapons and bank corporations (acting through their well-lobbied government) throws young people into a foreign den of war, who is responsible for the deaths of the young people, the patriots defending their homes and families from foreign invaders or the cabal of corporate captains who threw the young people into the den war?
Over 4 300 American military personnel have been killed in Iraq since the (illegal) invasion in 2003. Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, they supported no terrorist organizations, had nothing to do with 9/11 and posed no threat to Americans. Who killed the Americans?
Who killed the 55 000 Americans in Vietnam? The Vietnamese who fought like fierce wolves, or the people who sent the young Americans to confront the wolves on the other side of the world?
Just asking now that a debate rages about the merits of a new film called American Sniper.
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“Simple questions can supply expensive answers.”
Dartwill Aquila
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If you see the problem as a matter of race, you’re a racist.
This includes the black people who see the whites as their oppressors.
If we look at Africa we can see black people oppressing black people everywhere,
from the village level to the national level. We can also witness blacks fighting and killing blacks.
None of us will ever be free until we see and treat each other as human beings in the family of humanity. Judging people by their color makes as much sense as judging a car by its owner. Racism is a tool of the rulers, the people in control. As long as we fight each other, they will maintain their rule and their control.
And we will remain the victims of racism.
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“Sometimes we need to fit in.
Sometimes we need to get out.”
Dartwill Aquila
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System Humanity 