This article touches on a note that irritates me, a pro-Capitalist, pro-gun American. The fact that many militias, 'right winger's' and so on are claiming that "global corporations, the wealthy, and ruling-class billionaires as being behind the plot to take away America's Second Amendment rights. " I'll agree that global corperations (such as lowe's) and "ruling-class billionaires" (such as George Soros) are 'behind the plot to take away 2nd amendment rights. But generalizing that to "the wealthy" is a big mistake. By allying with 'populists' and nationalists, we could see the NRA supporting protectionism, stronger Union laws, and other anti-capitalist dogma. So should libertarians do to fight the NRA's trend left, as well as the "liberal power-elite"
alpha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim May" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Pravda Propaganda On The NRA, GOA and Militias > On Friday, October 26, 2001, at 08:27 AM, Matthew Gaylor wrote: > > Matt Gaylor has forwarded this article. My profound thanks to him. This > is one of the most insightful articles I've seen on the real internal > political situation in the U.S., the "red" vs. "blue" separation. > > Truly ironic that it takes a "red" to understand the "reds" in the U.S. > > (For those outside the U.S., a word of explanation. For some reason, > political mappers showed votes for Al Gore in _blue_ and votes for Bush > in _red_. I have no idea how this came to be...I had never noticed it > until this past election. In fact, it was only in this past election > that most of the commentators glommed on this "look at the red parts of > the map versus the blue parts of the map" meme, so apparently a lot of > us got exposed to this red vs. blue mapping only recently.) > > While there's still a little bit of "propaganda" language in the > article, it is generally a more incisive analysis of the developing > trends in American politics than nearly all of what passes for analysis > by American journalists. > > I urge people to read the full article carefully. I'll only comment on a > handful of paragraphs. > > --Tim May > > > > > <http://english.pravda.ru/usa/2001/10/18/18529.html> > > > > Oct, 18 2001 > > 20:11 2001-10-18 > > > > BILL WHITE: GUN GROUPS SEE STEADY BLEED INTO MILITIAS; DOMESTIC UNREST > > STILL GROWING IN UNITED STATES > > There are three issues that motivate America's militia movement - > > support of gun rights, opposition to taxation, and opposition to the > > United Nations and the loss of America's sovereignty to global > > corporate rule - a system the militias see as socialism and > > anti-globalists label capitalism, and which is really a blend of the > > worst elements of the two. > > Amazing that a Russian publication (is it really Russian, or just > reprinted by them?) gets this so right. Nearly all American journalists > just babble about skinheads and survivalists when they talk about the > militia movement. > > > Among these issues, the most important, the one that seems most > > immediately threatening, and which has been the prime motivation for > > the existence of the militia movement, has been the possibility of > > nation-wide confiscation of firearms by the US Federal government. > > Indeed. > > > The Real Activists > > > > The Southern Poverty Law Center, a rather shady group of lawyers who > > make profit by suing organizations they label as "hateful", > > Wow. It takes a Russian to call a spade a spade. > > The SPLC is the most anti-liberty organization in the U.S. Words fail me > in describing them. > > > One militia group based in Southern values that recently drew attention > > was the Militia of Georgia, an armed formation consisting of what > > researchers claim is 300 men who operate in at least 20 cells > > throughout the state, which ordered its members to mobilize in the wake > > of the September 11 bombings, and to be on guard against attempts by > > the government to use the bombings to create a New World Order. > > This move to a police state took a big move forward this morning, > October 26th. > > > The Potential For Separatism > > > > America's Southerners aren't the only regional-ethnic groups seeking > > independence from the cosmopolitan internationalism of the nations' > > elite. Rural New Englanders have launched a "blood and soil" separatist > > movement of their own. Carolyn Chute's Second Maine Militia, a group > > that has mixed right-wing, left-wing, and green politics, as well as > > regional ethnic identity and national separatism, into a 500+ man armed > > formation based in Northern New England and Canada's eastern provinces, > > re-released a manifesto calling for people in New England and Canada to > > revolt and create a new nation - the New Atlantic Confederacy - > > independent of either government, should the impending war on terrorism > > cause the central government to lose the ability to maintain control in > > America's more remote rural areas. Her movement is explicitly pro-gun > > and anti-capitalist, and deals regularly with other "right-wing" > > militia organization active in the area. As Chute put it in a 2000 > > interview: > > No particular comment on this excerpt, but I include it to give a flavor > of this guy's detailed understanding (he knows a lot more than I do > about militia movements, that's for sure!). > > > "Behind all those urban killings are people created by the Great > > Progressive Society. These people are not revolting against the Great > > Progressive Society. They are raw imitations of the Great Progressive > > Society. We are led to believe that the professional middle class are > > the winners, the working class are the losers. As I see it, class is > > about values, dependence and ways of communicating. The working class > > person values place, interdependence, cooperation, the tribe. Rural > > working class especially values land. Many of us would kill to keep our > > land, our home, which for thousands of years was not considered a crazy > > thing to do. Middle-class professionals are into "success" and they are > > a dependent people, happily dependent on the consumer system for > > everything. You call it independence. But if you lost your electricity, > > your service people, your access to stores, you'd see how independent > > you are! Working-class people have become dependent on these things, > > too, but working-class values resent this dependency." > > Wow. > > > Conclusion: America's Militia Movement Is Not To Be Discounted > > > > It is clear that the rural people of American - the mostly white > > population descended from the original European settlers of the > > nation - have become alienated from the cosmopolitan blend of urban > > white liberals and their train of ethnically defined special interests > > that have gained control of America's cities. One only has to look at a > > map of who voted for George Bush and who voted for Al Gore to see that > > a clear divide has occurred between the values of the country's elite > > and their lackeys, and the real working people of the nation. > > Agreed. Too bad Bush is pushing the New World Order agenda, though I > suppose it was thrust upon him by events. Al Gore certainly would have > been even more internationalist. > > > America's white working class, so long reviled by the intellectuals and > > the clique that control the government, has been organizing itself into > > regional-ethnically based citizen militias that are prepared to fight > > to restore the values of their ancestor's revolution two hundred and > > twenty five years ago. For the first time in a century, more of > > America's white population lives in rural areas than in it's cities, > > and that demographic change is only one indicator of the larger, more > > widely spread divide. > > > > Should the American nation fracture, whether due to a massive terrorist > > attack, the repressive domestic policies of its government, or a > > combination of both, it is clear that there are thousands, if not tens > > of thousands, of Americans who are already organized in paramilitary > > armed formation for the goal of seizing power and restoring the > > Constitutional Republic that they feel progressive liberalism has lost > > them. > > An insightful summary. > > > > Copyright )1999 by "Pravda.RU". When reproducing our materials in whole > > or in part, reference to Pravda.RU should be made. > > Gladly. > > > --Tim May > "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a > monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also > into you." -- Nietzsche
