- > The rapid development toward the political / environmental
- > catastrophies has reached the stage where only those aiming
- > directly at terminating the transnational corporations are entitled
- > to call themselves progressive.
- 1. Karnataka State Farmers Association, KRRS
- The Cremation Monsanto action of KRRS in South India is a historical big leap forward,
- [EMAIL PROTECTED]< "subscribe PGA-GE (your name)".
- It constitutes the decisive transistory step from the epoch of resolutions and defensive protest demonstrations to the offensive strategy for SOLVING the problems, to the only one complying strategy, TERMINATION of the corporations.
- Numerous protests and actions against Monsanto are taking place all over the world.
- By expressly applying the appropriate superior strategy and tactics,
- http://home4.inet.tele.dk/peoples/, only KRRS however have lifted this case to the necessary higher level aimed directly at the complete solution of the problem.
- Monsanto is a special case. Dealing with the corporations in general requires a globally co-ordinating body.
- According to the Internet, at least the following other broadly and globally aiming potential TERMINATORS exist. As the list undoubtedly is incomplete, others are invited to supplement it on the same premises.
- 2. Peoples Global Action, PGA
- KRRS's Cremation Monsanto action is carried out in the name of PGA .
- Hereby PGA has left the defensive protest action level and in this case adopted the necessary offensive strategy.
- Whether or not the action will succeed, all pertinent factors will make PGA realize that only a democratically elected, mass - based and globally co-ordinating body thereafter will be able to deal with the other corporations, cf. http://home4.inet.tele.dk/peoples/
- 3. The anti - MAI groups around the world
- should be more than motivated for not being content with temporarily killing or modifying the absurd MAI - monster, but for uprooting the very cause of its existence.
- 4. Alliance for Democracy `s Take Back America campaign
- is a remarkable project for mobilizing the broad masses of people in the US.
- The initiated debate will undoubtedly conclude that only termination of the corporations can solve the problems.
- 5. The ATTAC association to campaign against the dictatorship of the financial markets
- seems to build on the right premises, but to aim rather low.
- A conference to be held next summer is supposed to clarify its objectives.
- On December 21th Yves Bajard wrote :
- Dear Fjord:
- At 14:03 17/12/98 +0100, you wrote: " The rapid development
- toward the political / environmental catastrophes has reached the
- stage where only those aiming directly at terminating the
- transnational corporations are entitled to call themselves
- progressive."
- > >
- > > My comment: I disagree with this sweeping statement. I am absolutely
- in agreement with the need to dismantle the stifling stress on our
- future resulting from the corporate stranglehold on everything we do.
- However, destroying the TNCs will not achieve anything else than
- further destruction. Rather than equating progress with destruction,
- it should be aimed at construction of a liveable world for all within
- adequate ecological conditions. If some elements of society have to be
- destroyed on the way, or deeply modified, fine. However, destruction
- per se will only
- achieve what it is set for: to destroy What has to be destroyed must
- be replaced by something else that will work for our common good.
- > >
- > > Please rethink your message and your action plan. You are just not
- credible along the path you chose.
- > >
- > > Sorry for my stern comments, but after being bombarded by your
- messages on the theme 'destroy", I could not resist. This advice is
- given in warm sympathy for your concerns and your commitment. Please
- redirect, with equal energy and commitment, in a constructive mode.
- > >
- > > Og Glaedelig Jul, imellem. (Merry Christmas, in the meantime)
- > >
- > > Yves Bajard
- >
- > > Dear Yves,
- > >
- > > Thank you for this opportunity to elaborate on these
- serious matters.
- > >
- > > If you agree on the following assumptions, I cannot
- understand your position at all :
- > >
- > > The present misery on our planet has two roots:
- > >
- > > 1. Cultur
- > > All evil on Earth derives from those parents who do not
- give their children unlimited and unconditional love, respect,
- care and freedom to natural unfolding.
- Proportionately with the degree of mistreatment, the ill-
- treated children will spend rest of their lives with striving
- for power / money (extreme examples are Hitler and Sadam
- Husein).
- > > Most of the present catastrophic global situation is the
- direct or indirect result of the last 500 years' domination
- of the white Christian / child oppressing / selfish / imperialist /
- fascist / racist / tradition, that has destroyed numerous other
- cultures.
- > > In Denmark only recently beating of children has become
- illegal, 20 years after the other Scandinavian countries.
- > > In 1st degree imperialist powers like Britain, Germany,
- France, etc., the conditions are even worse.
- > >
- > > Change of the dominating culture takes generations.
- Therefore the only realistic chance is to curb the thus
- erroneously programmed money-people's activities of exploitation,
- by changing the reciprocal structure of society:
- > >
- > > 2. System of society
- > > The long overmature capitalistic system not only fails to
- set any limits to the exploitation, it encourages and rewards
- exploitation through the state of the capitalistic dictatorship.
- > > Nowadays 70 % of the economy is concentrated in the hands
- of the transnational corporations (TNCs) owned by 5 % of the
- world population.
- > > In agreement with the system, the TNCs have only one
- objective: maximum profit without any regard to the exploited
- peoples and nature.
- > > Through their mass media monopoly they corrupt and control
- the politicians and state institutions, so that there is no
- opposition.
- > > How can anybody imagine that a humane society can be
- built on greed and profit-hunting as the superior principles ?
- > > Behind all war, poverty, hunger, destruction of nature,
- etc., are the TNCs.
- > > Therefore it is the aim of all progressive people to
- transfer the economic and political power from the TNCs, their
- mass media monopoly and their politicians, to the peoples; to
- transfer the ownership of the TNCs from a handful of wealthy
- people to the whole people and to introduce democracy.
- > >
- > > Where is the "destruction" in this ? ?
- > >
- > > With my best wishes for a
- > > Happy New Year,
- > > Ole
- > > http://home4.inet.tele.dk/peoples/
- Mon, 21 Dec 1998 00:09:33 +0800
- > Fra:
- > "Brian Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- >
- >Ole wrote in answer to Yves on Sunday, 20 December 1998 4:18
- > |Behind all war, poverty, hunger, destruction of nature, etc.,
- are the TNCs. Therefore it is the aim of all progressive
- people
- > |to transfer the economic and political power from the
- > |TNCs, their mass media monopoly and their politicians, to
- the |peoples; to transfer the ownership of the
- > |TNCs from a handful of wealthy people to the whole people
- > |and to introduce democracy.
- > |Where is the "destruction" in this ? ?
- >
- > Some progressive thinkers may prefer to civilise the TNCs rather than
- nationalise them. The ill-fated USSR experiments in democracy and
- ownership transfer have sufficiently discredited that style of
- utopianism.
- > A well-nurtured child should be capable of tolerating alternatives!
- >
- > Brian Jenkins
- >
- > 1998.12.21
- > Dear Brian,
- >
- > WHAT exactly do you mean with "civilising" the TNCs, WHO is
- supposed to do it and HOW ?
- > Is there any alternative to the democratic solution described in
- > http://home4.inet.tele.dk/peoples ?
- >
- > Ole
1998.12.26
Dear Brian,
Your reply indicates that the following
clarification will convince
you of the world parliament (WP)
as the appropriate strategy and
body to deal with the corporations.
As appears from the WP - platform, the
disputed word "eliminate"
( and the above " terminate " ) is to
be understood as a PRINCIPLE
meaning that the PRIVATE OWNERSHIP of
the corporations is to
be eliminated.
Hereby their purpose and activities will
shift from profit - hunting
to useful production 100 % benefitiary
for the peoples.
It is like taming a wild beast
or " civilising " it as you prefer
to
call it.
After WP's takeover of the individual
corporation its most environ-
mentally damaging activities will be
stopped immediately.
Thereafter an analysis will show whether
its structure and production
is to be changed in order to
become sustainable, if it should be
merged with other internationalized TNCs,
etc.
A criminal organization like Monsanto
that is far more detrimental to
our planet than any Mafia organisation
is to be literally eliminated,
wholly or partly, depending on any
possible decent branch of
production.
Thank you for your contribution to this clarification.
Ole
