[Peace-discuss] [Peace] My plea, related to the Yellow Vest movement in France

[John W.]

On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 2:55 PM Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:

John,
>
> I hear you, but if the French or Americans during our revolutions, or the
> Irish had thought the same, they would still be a colony, ruled by a
> monarchy.
>

Good point, Karen.   If this was Facebook, I'd Heart you here.  :-)




> On Dec 9, 2018, at 12:51, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> This is well said, Karen.  I wish I had the slightest iota of faith that,
> in the event of a revolution, the new rulers (and yes, there will be
> rulers) would be wiser and more benevolent than the deposed leaders.
>
>
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> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 12:23 PM Karen Aram via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> This is major, governments of the world are watching in fear, because it
>> could happen to them.
>>
>> A couple months ago, Macron had no idea such a rebellion could take
>> place, he has been doing what most governments including the US tell their
>> people to do, "eat cake," while increasing profits for the rich, while
>> taxing the poor.
>>
>> The people of France understand class and class warfare.
>>
>> Between 70 to 80% of the people support the "yellow vest" movement,
>> because they tried voting, they tried the various Party's, and its gotten
>> them nowhere. They've finally banded together, the working class and poor
>> of both left and right using the power of the people, as they know they
>> have, which we have forgotten.
>>
>> No one knows the outcome, but there is no turning back, a bridge has been
>> crossed and the people of Europe recognize capitalism doesn't work, and
>> governments that oppress the people need to be taken down. It has already
>> spread to Belgium, and fires are igniting in other parts of Europe. Brexit
>> in the UK is just one such example of people wanting change.
>>
>> When GM closed down recently, putting people out of work, after we bailed
>> them out due to the crash of 2008, with no conditions, we should be
>> advocating take overs of GM properties by the workers, nationalization of
>> these corporations rather than just focusing on "he said, she said," and
>> the upcoming elections of 2020.
>>
>> As long as we allow these patriarchal governments, whether one Party or
>> the other, we will continue to massacre vulnerable people around the world,
>> bringing the death and destruction home to reign on the poor.
>>
>> Rise up America because the time is now, if not now, when? We have too
>> little time before its too late to save the planet and life as we know it.
>>
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