Has anybody been following this year's UN circus? There's so much to talk about, but the most interesting to come out of it is Chávez's effect on book sales. He held up a copy of (Game & Abre will love this) Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival" on Wednesday, and two days later, it's become a US top seller. The biggest shock: THAT many people follow UN proceedings THAT closely!?
awmygawd wrote: Has anybody been following this year's UN circus? There's so much to talk about, but the most interesting to come out of it is Chávez's effect on book sales. He held up a copy of (Game & Abre will love this) Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival" on Wednesday, and two days later, it's become a US top seller. The biggest shock: THAT many people follow UN proceedings THAT closely!?
-- Edited by awmygawd at 16:16, 2006-09-22
With that kind of language is that? I can’t even bother myself to read that book, especially when you are referring to God. I think those two folks mentioned will love it!
Chavez must watch his back! but we certainly need that kind of ego. Bush thinks that he is overseeing the whole world. Isn’t the 50% Oil export they get from Venezuela enough? Maybe they want the whole lot of it. Americans with the help from Venezuela’s opposition have admitted the plans for wanting to play a part in a coup, so as to avoid the $400 million spent in Iraq war. Oil is now becoming the priceless war booty!
Mbeki was outspoken when he said that more attention was needed for Africa. These rich folks tend to forget us sometimes. They always put their interests at hand about which government to topple next.
With that kind of language is that? I can’t even bother myself to read that book, especially when you are referring to God. I think those two folks mentioned will love it!
Chavez must watch his back! but we certainly need that kind of ego. Bush thinks that he is overseeing the whole world. Isn’t the 50% Oil export they get from Venezuela enough? Maybe they want the whole lot of it. Americans with the help from Venezuela’s opposition have admitted the plans for wanting to play a part in a coup, so as to avoid the $400 million spent in Iraq war. Oil is now becoming the priceless war booty!
Mbeki was outspoken when he said that more attention was needed for Africa. These rich folks tend to forget us sometimes. They always put their interests at hand about which government to topple next.
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Haven't you find Chavez's mud slinging at the UN rather childish (and entertaining, but that's besides the point)? Surely there are more important things to do at a meeting of the worlds leaders than name calling (and starting book clubs)?
Oh don't be so self-rightous. You know your problem is you see things from one side. Bush says rubbish about saving the world and bringing democracy and "war on terror" and you don't say a word. But Chavez actually says the truth plain and simple and all you have to say is that it's childish? At least Chavez actually is capable of intellectualising international politics and US hegemony. It's quite a lot to say about Bush.
The UN is the only place one an say their mind it been tinged by any propaganda whatsoever. We all should be rallying around Chavez for having the balls to say it like it is. Seems a lot of leaders out there don't even know what "it" is.
Awmy,your piece had me thinking,surely there are more important things to put on the agenda than telling americans to read a book,but i think chavez was right on point,think of americas quest for global dominance,i will take you away from the topic at hand and later try to link up.lets look at the economic structure of western worlds america in particular in a revolutionary way which i think was what chavez was trying to say.you know,from an economical point of view,americas and other western countries current persuit of profit and progress which promotes giant organisations and increased spaecialisation,has resulted in gross economic inefficiency,from environmental pollution and inhuman working conditions,i think i have said this once.chavez being a product of revolutionar warfare challenges this doctrine of economic, technolocal and scientific spacialisation and tries to propose a system of intermediate technology,based on smaller working units,regional workplaces utilising local labour and resources with the emphasis on the person not the product.
since coming to these waters from saigon,have you ever thought of a world in which capital serves man rather than man serving capital?if america can sacrifice innocent lives in Iraq in exchange for oil,it can do anything to achieve global domination,and i mean anything regardless.they live in an illusion of unlimited powers,nourished by astonishing scientific and technological achievements,they fail to distinguish between income and capital,something which any one doing business adminstration will easily regard as priceless,every businessman or economist must be farmiliar with this distinction and must apply it conscietiously and with considerable subtlety to all economic affairs.america gets stronger and stronger by misusing fossil fuels which is the irreplaceable capital which man did not make and which america treat as income not capital.
chomsky saw this and tried to reason with people in his book,the world in americas eyes belong to them,whatever they do with it is unquestionable,thats why sometimes i sympathise with arabs who wage jihads on america,because come to think of it,these muslim extremists are fighting our battles,only they do it in the name of islam but its something which the who world from africa to middle east need.remember france,german and russia condemned the war in iraq,americans came with the phrase "its either you are with us or against us" this means they cannot be questioned.
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But is Chaves a global fighter or hes just one of the fanatics.I mean we had the likes of Castro who tried to make noise just to make their share.I feel they are like the hip hop guys trying to make money which can not even come to africa,and we tend to clap hands for them.
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Pope wrote: But is Chaves a global fighter or hes just one of the fanatics.I mean we had the likes of Castro who tried to make noise just to make their share.I feel they are like the hip hop guys trying to make money which can not even come to africa,and we tend to clap hands for them.
shut up pope.
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Pope wrote: But is Chaves a global fighter or hes just one of the fanatics.
Chavez is not a Global fighter, he is fighting his own battles and he simply need our support from some of us. Just like Bush and family, its not a must that we support those folks. If he thinks that Bush is a devil, then he is a devil according to his oppinion.we can never certainly call him a fanatic and when does one qualifies to be a fanatic, when he is in Mr Bush`s bad books or what?
help me if I missed the line.I would rather get ideologies close to africa than the ones from Chavez.Until when shall we feel a western is talking on our behalf instead of ourselves.Game we need to realise than our time needs our contribution,lets stop being in aclassroom for the rest of our lives.
what will a good writer do to attract your attention?
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...And you have completely run away from answering it... I don't know why you even bother to come to this forum considering that all you give are short statements and sentences that hardly make sense.
abre les ojos wrote: ...And you have completely run away from answering it... I don't know why you even bother to come to this forum considering that all you give are short statements and sentences that hardly make sense.
I dont think we would be communicating unless we share the same problem.By the way lets not fight.
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