Some years ago a poster on this list offered an estimate of the "surplus deaths" around the world that could be reasonably attributed to IMF austerity programs. I don't remember the number, but it was substantial.
Of course in a couple of years or so surplus deaths will undoubtedly be rising in the U.S. & the EU. Carrol On 5/16/2011 4:03 PM, Patrick Bond wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68zccrskOqQ > > > Bruce Cockburn > <http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdJ_e0JklQk1Wnzh8v_mbI3&feature=watch_video_title> > > > Live . Call It Democracy > > *tarkineWild* <http://www.youtube.com/user/tarkineWild> > Loading... > *58,879* > > Uploaded by tarkineWild <http://www.youtube.com/user/tarkineWild> on > 11 Sep 2008 > > "Call it Democracy" is perhaps the only song ever written about the > International Monetary Fund, which Cockburn accuses of fostering > "insupportable debt" in Third World countries. Typically not pulling > any punches, Cockburn charges that the IMF doesn't "really give a > flying fuck about the people in misery." That earned it a few bleeps > on radio and video channels, but no one seemed to notice the chorus, > "IMF, dirty MF." We won't spell out here what "MF" stands for, but it > can easily be imagined." > > > > Padded with power here they come > International loan sharks backed by the guns > Of market hungry military profiteers > Whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared > With the blood of the poor > > Who rob life of its quality > Who render rage a necessity > By turning countries into labour camps > Modern slavers in drag as champions of freedom > > Sinister cynical instrument > Who makes the gun into a sacrament -- > The only response to the deification > Of tyranny by so-called "developed" nations' > Idolatry of ideology > > North South East West > Kill the best and buy the rest > It's just spend a buck to make a buck > You don't really give a flying fuck > About the people in misery > > IMF dirty MF > Takes away everything it can get > Always making certain that there's one thing left > Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt > > See the paid-off local bottom feeders > Passing themselves off as leaders > Kiss the ladies shake hands with the fellows > Open for business like a cheap bordello > > And they call it democracy > And they call it democracy > And they call it democracy > And they call it democracy > > See the loaded eyes of the children too > Trying to make the best of it the way kids do > One day you're going to rise from your habitual feast > To find yourself staring down the throat of the beast > They call the revolution > > IMF dirty MF > Takes away everything it can get > Always making certain that there's one thing left > Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
