"Make Poverty History" History becaue they didn't address the war!

international | anti-capitalism | opinion/analysis

Friday July 08, 2005 01:25

by Statin the Obvious

As the spin on the mainstream media comes thick and fast following the facist bomb attack in London, the moderate Make Poverty History has been sidelined in the discourse. They are sidelined because they didn't have the integrity or courage to address the war.

The war has come home to London today. As it came home to Madrid, Bali/Aussie tourist bars & NYC and maybe coming tomorrow to Shannon. Blair and Bush refuse to make the connection as the Texan prattles on about a War on Terror, where he assumes that the otherside won't/can't hit back.
Great work if you can get it, great war if you could have it!

The Brits had been expecting today's blowback and are managing the crisis to their interest very well. Just as they managed Bono and Bob well

This terrorist group is weak. Their record is pulling off an away from home spectacular at the rate of one every three years throughout the '90's and this decade.Their motivation is to bring the scenes of bloodstained commuters and "people going about their daily business" to the imperial centres that are waging war against their people. The collpase of the anti-war movement in the West has left a vacuum being filled by the dead end cycle of violence and vengeance.

The steady bodycount of British and American soldiers has not been enough to revive the peace movements in the West. It seems the only group who thinks the war in Afghanistan is over is the western peace movements. The Afghanis know its not, the U.S. and British militaries know its not. The mainstream Make Poverty History movement purposely took the arms trade and the war on Muslim countries off the agenda to cosey up to New Labour. They now stand sideline and tongue tied as this atrocity is used by the cheerleaders for war. The authoritarian left stay in ambulance chasing mode, taking themainstream media for their cues. The anarchist movement hasn't seen the death of playing at militant posturing and dress up.

No justice, no peace apparently!
Don't mention the war!