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ASCISM IN AMERICA
By Dr Les Dove
Under George W Bush fascism has thrived in the United States. The
so-called free press has all but vanished. Investigative writers who
were once prominently featured in the mainstream media have mostly been
relegated to the Internet. As in the United Kingdom the press has been
taken over by the multi-national corporations and the intelligence
services, and as such it has become a managed media where conformity to
extreme right wing guidelines is rigidly enforced. Indeed, when I wrote
about Britain's democracy charade I might just as well have been
talking about America's own democracy charade. The government is
estimated to be spending around $400 million every year on manipulating
the public and the media, both in America and abroad. Many American
writers now describe the CIA as being 'their secret government',
one that selects puppet presidents and rigs elections in their favor.
Pretty much as the CIA has long been doing in many other countries all
over the world. Yet most of the American population is totally ignorant
of its own recent history. Those who are not are still naive enough to
believe that whilst the CIA may have committed unspeakable horrors
abroad over the last fifty years it would never stoop to such horrors
in the United States. But it will, and indeed it has. Yet the American
public has become so indoctrinated and controlled by insidious lying
propaganda it simply cannot conceive that the country has been turned
into a police state.
Politicians in America, who are decidedly fascist, are now described by
the 'state' press as being 'conservative', whilst moderate
politicians are described as being extremists, or outright pinko's.
As a result the content of the average American newspaper, and I use
the term 'newspaper' lightly, is little more than state propaganda.
So much so that many American writers now openly talk of the coming
police state, while some writers, myself included, believe that America
already is one. To write the truth, however, is something reporters in
the mainstream press cannot do. If they did they would be out of a job
within twenty-four hours. (1) And they know it.
Freethinking writers in Britain have long been used to being persecuted
by Britain's own security service, MI-5, indeed just as I was when I
lived there.
Now, however, the self-same persecution is happening inside the USA.
That free speech is supposedly guaranteed by the 1st Amendment of the
American constitution seems to matter not at all. If the powers that be
dislike what they write Investigative journalists who dare to expose
government abuses can now expect to be smeared, censored and persecuted
in the United States just as they are in many other countries. Indeed,
some American Web sites are clearly warning investigative writers to
expect just that.
The 'freedom and democracy' that George Bush often refers to cannot
today stand much scrutiny. The present attorney general has all but
shredded the true meaning of the American constitution. In reality poor
American's, and there are a lot of them, have almost no recourse at
all over 'state power' - again, just as in the UK. People can be
arrested, thrown into prison and have their property confiscated for
the most trivial of reasons. Indeed, the American prison population is
now bursting at the seams. A third of all Americans have no health
coverage at all, and at least thirteen million American children go to
bed hungry every night (2). Even here in the Coachella valley where I
live there are many hungry children. And God help you if you are
homeless here. Almost nobody else will. All this in spite of many
Americans working two jobs a day and often eighty hours a week.
Statistically speaking the average American is worth only about
$5.000.00 after working hard for thirty years or more. There are, of
course, many huge success stories in the United States. But, as in
Britain the many millions who live in abject poverty are all but
ignored by the mainstream press, who mostly follow a hidden agenda
pretending that poverty isn't an issue. But it is, very much so.
Money, however, appears to be the only thing that the majority of
Americans now care about, and they don't seem to care how they get
it.
Sleaze is apparent everywhere, from the very largest of companies right
down to the smallest. If companies can get away with anything that adds
to their profit margin, they do it. The rip-off is in wherever you
look. Newspaper advertising here shows it all too clearly. Very rarely
is the true price of anything quoted and the offered price is often far
below what you will pay after various ad-on's have been applied. The
so-called 'rebate' offers are amongst the worst scams of all. But
scams of all kinds have become a way of life in the US. Indeed, it
appears that almost anything you do in the 'land of the free' costs
money, and a hell of a lot of it. If you have a good job then, of
course, you can afford to pay all these extra charges. However,
millions upon millions of Americans have now lost their jobs because of
'outsourcing'. Most of these jobs have gone to India and the Far
East where labor is cheap by comparison to the United States. Indeed,
according to the LA Times (3) business bankruptcies here now outnumber
divorces.
Many workers in the American service industries suffer badly too. Most
workers are expected to work for a mere pittance. They must rely on
tips if they are to survive. Without tips they couldn't. Most of
these workers now have no health insurance at all. The average American
family of four must pay something like $10.000.00 a year for full
health coverage. So not many people can afford to cover themselves
properly. The same goes for the necessary drugs many elderly people
need. Which now cost up to 55% more than they do in other countries
(4). Many seniors simply cannot afford to buy drugs in the US so they
cross over the borders into Canada or Mexico. Or, they buy drugs
overseas using the Internet. A practice very much frowned on by the
huge American pharmaceutical companies. Who, it appears, are doing
everything they possibly can to stop citizens buying their drugs
outside of the United States. But what else can elderly people on low
incomes do? Quite a few seniors overcome this problem by going to live
in Mexico. Housing can be a lot cheaper there to start with, and if one
chooses to become a legal resident full time medical insurance can be
had for about $500.00 a year. That figure also includes any necessary
dental work. That's just one good reason for so many Americans
leaving The USA.
Another reason is, of course, crime. The police here, in spite of some
bad apples, do a very good job in trying to prevent crime. Indeed,
about sixty police officers are killed each year whilst doing their
duty. Yet crime still flourishes. Whole areas of some cities are pretty
much off limits unless you are part of a gang. So ghettos of all kinds
continue to exist. Illegal drugs cause much of the problem. But people
continue to use them and the huge profits made from dealing in drugs
make the issue pretty well unsolvable. Indeed, many people truly
believe that the 'war on drugs' can never be won.
Sport appears to be the one thing that makes Americans think of things
other than crime and their social problem
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In March 1937 Mussolini made a spectacular state visit to Libya, where
he opened a new military highway running the entire length of the
colon., He had himself declared protector of Islam and was presented
with a symbolic sword.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Libya/History
the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini arranged for Muslim notables
from Italian-ruled Libya to gird him with the "sword of Islam" during
a visit to Tripoli. "Muslims may rest assured," Mussolini intoned on
that occasion, "that Italy will always be the friend and protector of
Islam throughout the world." His foreign minister declared Muslim
values perfectly compatible with fascism: "The Islamic world, in
accordance with its traditions, loves in the Duce the wisdom of the
statesman united to the action of the warrior."74
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/90
Mussolini vows to help the Palestinian cause against the Jews.
http://www.stern.de/community/forum/thread.jsp?forum=35&thread=57402&message=840948
www.spearhead-uk.com http://www.natvan.com
http://www.thebirdman.org http://www.RealNews247.com
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