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Humanity For Peace Aug 6, 2023 – NYC (Part 2)

Part Two continues covering the Humanity for Peace Memorial (Part 1)

“Was this a peace memorial or a political campaign, crusade, drive, grassroots movement, lobby, and/or a popular front.

Aug 6, 2023 in Dag Hammarsköld Plaza, across from the U.N. with Hiroshima/Nagasaki as the forgotten step-child.

One of the many sponsors was Caleb Maupin (Center for Political Innovation)

“The crisis facing the United States, exacerbated by the pandemic, is rooted in the capitalist system. The US has embraced insane, libertarian neo-liberal economics. [ …] The public is viewed by the ruling elite as an obnoxious horde to be controlled and managed. The United States and the rest of the world are being reduced to greater poverty, in order to ensure that a clique of big bankers and international monopolies can stay at the top of a global high-tech economy. The danger of a new world war hangs over the USA, as it threatens countries like China, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.”

 Caleb Maupin represents the younger generation and their dedication to Socialism. Caleb seems to be one of the many who supports La Rouche/Schiller in tandem with hard Left / Socialist/Communist cohorts.

He is a widely acclaimed speaker, writer, journalist, and political analyst and has traveled extensively in the Middle East and in Latin America.

A previous post re Socialism and the Left (2018) Caleb for 16 minutes walks the streets of NY while tracing the economic history of socialism and why capitalism is the problem . [@RealCalebMaupin] 

IN CONCLUSION,We need to tell people in the United States that Socialism will make your lives better and it’s capitalism that’s causing so much misery and insecurity.” (15:36 to 16:10)

Caleb T. Maupin has been involved in many struggles for social justice (as) an outspoken advocate of international friendship and cooperation, as well 21st Century Socialism. CPIUSA.org : Center for Political Innovation [@RealCPIUSA]

= A flash back to “Caleb 2012”: a long-haired, NoKo sycophant ranting on the streets of NY, (video clip at link)
defending North Korea from defamation while defending North Korean  Communism to the Times Sq passersby [and riffing
on this reporter at the top of the clip [riff 0:11 to 00:47]
This is a far cry (hair-wise) from Caleb Maupin 2023. Now so clean cut as he moves from street agitator to suited reporter at Press (Iran ) TV and  RT- Russian TV, claiming to love America, even though he believes Capitalism is the problem.
Why do I have “right-wing” friends now? Because most of my “left-wing” friends stabbed me in the back, and turned on me out of Trump Derangement Syndrome. My beliefs have remained the same. I want to stop WW3. I support all anti-imperialist countries. I oppose Western Capitalism. I advocate empowering the US working class to create a Socialist Society in America.”
“The “woke” left does not believe this, and signing on with them means turning on anyone who does. I refused to change. I’ve been to global communist gatherings. I’ve met with youth from DPRK, China, Vietnam, Cuba and other socialist countries. I know what this stuff is really about and I’m down for the whole thing. I won’t be “wokified.” I’ll build @realcpiusa and work with anyone I can to carry out our minimum, maximum and transitional program.”
 
Caleb asks: Will the Trump MAGA crowd open a path to Socialism?MAGA and the Crisis of Capitalism.
China, Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua are showing how growth can actually be achieved…. Controlled means of production to ensure economic growth. It is what the MAGA people want, but they revolt against it because of the term “Socialism”…. the “fight” will be between Fascism and Socialism.’
The Next Generation Communists/Socialists are nurtured in our schools and colleges – they do not chose their path, they are CHOSEN with relentless propaganda …. Watching Caleb march up the ladder of totalitarianism, seems a waste of brains and talent, yet so many like him are also dedicated to this New Normal: SOCIALISM.
…. that confuses, then claims the next (victim) convert.

Flickr Slide Show Part 2 – More banners posters the crowd was promoting. (see Part 1 for more pics)

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END WAR. END NATO

Hands Off UHURU Peoples African Socialist Party

Uyghurs                        Glass – Steagall

 A Reparation demand made by one protestor : Japan/Korea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES

  • To  unite all democratic minded, peace loving people in the USA into a national united front against fascism and war.
  • To provide a peoples’ response to state sponsored terrorism and violence in our communities.
  • To demand an agenda for social justice
  • To fight corruption
  • To demand accountability and transparency from our elected representatives.
  • To bring corporate domination of our economy to an end.
  • To establish peoples’ councils in every community with authority to enforce laws that protect the people from abuse of authority
What happened to Nord Stream 2 pipeline?

Gas deliveries ceased in September 2022 following the destruction of three of the pipe lines and sanctions linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of February 2023, there is no conclusive evidence of who carried out the sabotage despite three separate investigations by Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.

Six commercial maglev systems are currently in operation around the world. One is located in Japan, two in South Korea, and three in China. Jul 13, 2023

 There are several disadvantages to maglev trains:
– Maglev guide paths are more costly than conventional steel railway tracks. Because the magnetic coils and material used in this setup are very costly.
– Maglev trains require an all-new set up right from the scratch. It is hard to be done as well as costly.
– As present railway infrastructure is of no use for maglev, it will either have to be replaced with the maglev system or an entirely new set up will have to be created; both of them will need a huge amount of cost for initial investments.
– Although maglev is pretty quiet, noise caused by air disturbance still occurs.
– Maglev trains are feasible only in urban areas.

China is now the proud parent of a National Maglev Transportation Technology Research Center. The revered Chengdu Aircraft Industry Cooperation (CAC) in South Central China is also dedicating significant resources to maglev.  China now has its own research programmes and says that it can do maglev better and cheaper than Germany or Japan. The growing number of maglev enthusiasts hope that its optimism is not unfounded. For now, the future of maglev seems likely to rest on these Oriental entrepreneurs” (These trains are very costly )

The BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa has emerged as a formidable economic and geopolitical power.

BRICS Countries

In 2006, the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, and China met for the first time … marking the beginning of BRIC cooperation…. In 2011, with South Africa officially becoming a member, BRIC was enlarged to BRICS.  …in 2017, China successfully hosted the BRICS Xiamen Summit.

How long will the dollar last as the world’s default currency? The BRICS nations are gathering in South Africa this August with it on the agenda.

Across from the park I saw these dissenters

and their flyers [1] [2]
Not happy with Scott Ritter- NY Times 2012


Scott Ritter
, a former UN weapons inspector in the 1990s,
and a Marine Corps analyst during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan a decade prior, is among the cohort of Americans courted by Russian propaganda sources.

Recently, he launched a tour of his new book, “Disarmament in the time of the Perestroika,” in Russia, and presented it in cities such as Kazan, Irkutsk and Yekaterinburg. The book, he claims, aims to warn the US public about not seeking out escalations with Russia which could lead to a nuclear attack and insists the Western public has forgotten how difficult it was to achieve these agreements in the first place. [Euro-News  2023]

“Recently, he launched a ferocious debate after publishing an article alleging the US had bombed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The controversial gas route through the Baltic Sea was supposed to circumvent countries like Ukraine and Poland – Russia’s main political opponents even before the invasion — in delivering gas to the western part of the continent.

Good People
Hoping for PEACE
Embracing Socialism
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Are we there yet.
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[Where indicated pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

Humanity For Peace – Aug 6, 2023 – NYC (Part 1)

The New World Order/ The New Normal.
Are we there yet?
Part 1 of 2
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Aug 6, 2023. The Humanity for Peace Memorial in Dag Hammarsköld Plaza across from the U. N.,”Was this really a memorial, or politics as usual.

This year the speeches from survivors
 of Hiroshima/Nagasaki, were missing.

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Past memorials to Aug 6, 1945 I attended
“No More Hiroshimas/No More Nagasakis”
You knew why you were there.
In 2023 they began with a familiar monk.


. I arrived about 15 min late and saw this monk as he left … he always rings a prayer bell and says a prayer. (picture from 2022)

But,  as the event continued, the list of speakers (and signs) seemed to be more politically focused. Opposed to nuclear war, yes, but promoting La Rouche/Schiller and Socialism in tandem with Communism and hard-left politics was the prevailing theme. (which seems schizo when linking to their odd history)


.There was another opening prayer from the Rev. Dr. Terri L. Strong. She also warned of the potential for Nuclear War on this the 78th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki. (video)

And then, on to politics. Lots of politics

Gerald Celente is the speaker in this next clip (born 1946) publisher of the Trends Journal, business consultant and author who makes predictions about the global financial markets and other important events. (video) He was an engaging speaker- so New Yawk.

Gerald describes himself as a “political atheist” and “citizen of the world.” He has dedicated his life to finding meaningful change for peace and is also the founder and driving force behind OccupyPeace.us/

Created in 2015  …. “…. designed to stir grassroots initiatives across the country to demand peace by holding elected officials accountable for senselessly prompting war to build other nations and regime change while, at every turn, stripping We The People of our rights at home – invading our privacy, limiting our right to free speech, and subjecting us to military tactics imposed by our local police department.”
International Peace Coalition & World Wide Peace           

The La Roche- Schiller Institute presented solutions for Peace Though Development and ending nuclear conflicts with the World Land Bridge- The New Silk Road.[let CHINA lead the way]

Or, perhaps the answer to World Peace was creating a New Paradigm?

“The timing could not have been more propitious for the Schiller Institute conference in 2018, just as momentum was building for the consolidation of a New Paradigm, driven by the diplomatic and economic policy direction defined by China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI).[ …] the new strategic geometry centered on a U.S.-Russia-China alliance, which was emerging in spite of massive resistance from those British and U.S. networks acting to preserve the dangerous old world defined by geopolitics.”
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Nuclear POWER not Nuclear War 

Beam Defense, an alternative.
The Iron Beam is intended to work in tandem with Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system — also made by Rafael — as “another layer in our air defense strategy and deployment, Operators will be able to choose whether to neutralize threats using traditional kinetic missiles or the Iron Beam’s laser.”
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Caught one anti-Israel t-shirt….
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Flickr slide show: Part 1 of 2  –
leads off with
More PLATO Less NATO”
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What is the basis of moral and social obligation?”
Plato’s well-known answer rests upon the fundamental responsibility to seek wisdom ….  justice is obtained when knowledge of how to fulfill one’s moral and political function in society is put into practice.”
Begin slide show:

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Our HOSTS
HUMANITY FOR PEACE Mission Statement :
From the La Roche Schiller Institute (@4peacehumanity)

“The danger of nuclear war has escalated to a point that no thoughtful person on the planet can ignore it any longer. … It is clear that those who provoked the war, and continue to escalate it, do not care about the lives of the people of Ukraine or any other nation on the planet. This is NOT acceptable to those who care about the well-being of ALL humanity — [End Global NATO)

“… show our respect for those who lost their lives in the unnecessary and genocidal nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States … We remind humanity that nuclear war … the final and biggest crime against humanity … must (not) become the dominant voice in the world …. Peace …  an urgent necessity for humanity’s survival and progress.”
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The Schiller Institute is a German-based political and economic think tank founded by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, (the widow of American political activist Lyndon LaRouche)The institute’s stated aim is to apply the ideas of the poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller to what it calls the “contemporary world crisis.”

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Their global positions:
In 2015, Zepp-LaRouche  described climate change as a “Satanic swindle”. In her opinion, it “supplies the argumentation to establish a global eco-dictatorship whose results, and whose declared intention is to eliminate six billion human beings”.
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In July 2016,
Zepp-LaRouche spoke at the first panel on the Think 20 Summit, which was organised by three Chinese academies and institutes…”

The producer/director of the film, 8:15 Hiroshima, From Father to Daughter” – J.R. Heffelfinger. spoke  “…. giving voice to the voiceless and making the invisible, visible. ”

He promoted his film and shared that on Jan 24, 2023 “the Doomsday Clock was moved to 90 seconds before midnight. The closest it’s been since its creation in 1947.  And quoted author John Hersey”What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in a sense of fear of specific weapons so much as it’s been memory; the memory of what happened at Hiroshima.”


Ending Part 1 so many opinions, statements, goals.

The LaRouche movement has attracted devoted followers and developed some specific and elaborate policy initiatives, but has also been referred to variously as Marxist, fascist, anti-Semitic, a political cult, a personality cult, and a criminal enterprise.[

The LaRouche movement has often been considered a far-right political movement.[..] The Heritage Foundation called it “one of the strangest political groups in American history”, and The Washington Monthly called it a “vast and bizarre vanity press”.

The LaRouche movement is seen by some as a fringe political cult.[

Part 2 next:

Will they create that New Paradigm.
(And more about the Humanity for Peace sponsors)

[Where indicated Pictures and Videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

Tianneman Sq Remembered 2011 as Red China Buys up America

August 16, 2015. Going through some old pictures files from 2011, that I hadn’t posted on The Peoples Republic of China, left me asking, “How are things in China since the 1989 murders in Tiananman Square?”

“How is that New (Communist) Economic Model working out?” For “The People” and for the U.S. Are we  concerned? Should we be?

US Abandons Waldorf-Astoria UN Tradition After Chinese-Owned Company Buys Hotel – Breitbart https://i0.wp.com/news.waldorfastoria.com/assets/WALD/properties/Americas/TheWaldorfAstoria/WaldorfAstoriaExterior_HR.jpg?resize=256%2C330

“According to current news reports the Chinese are making major acquisitions in the U. S., even with their stock market concerns. New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel n midtown Manhattan has been sold to a Chinese insurance company company for nearly $2bn… causing some concern amongst the UN as well as the US government.” (Worried about ‘hacking of emails? Spying. Eavesdropping on phones?)

Part One –  Is There Hope For “the People” in this “Free” Market?

With the Chinese people in mind, I revisited more files taken with my circa 2011 cell-phone (the cell-phone that skipped). Files from  June of 2011.Chinese students (just like those murdered by the Chinese government in 1989) gathered in Times Square for a memorial on the Red Steps of Duffy Square because they CAN’T in Red China. Remembering those murdered by the Communist Chinese; massacred in Tian An Men Square on June 4, 1989.1989 was a very Big Year. The Fall of the Berlin Wall – a big fail for The Hammer and Sickle – giving HOPE to so many, including the students in Red China. But, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) autocratic rule shut their student protests down. Quickly. Murderously.b1-china-tank-ggWhether in 2011 or 2015, the CCP continues to rewrite history, Communist-style. Today. Every day. Denying the massacre at Tiananmen ever happened.


” Six weeks of protests (in 1989)  ended with the Beijing massacre. The exact number of fatalities is still disputed. Some say a few hundred, others say a few thousand.”

                                       …”the 25th anniversary…
(and) we’re still not allowed to speak. It’s despicable. It’s because they’re guilty and afraid,
” said activist Zhang Xianling, referring to the Chinese authorities’ attempts to contain her dissent ahead of the 25th anniversary in 2014.

The Peoples Republic of China has effectively erased this ’embarrassment’, their Crimes-Against-Humanity, from the collective consciousness. With government control of the history books and the media: Obfuscating. Denying the murders in Tiananmen.

The Chinese students gathered in Times Square were calling for “FREEDOM of Speech”, “Freedom of Conscience”, “FREE INTERNET”, Freedom from a despotic government, just like the students in 1989.I couldn’t understand the speeches, almost all were in Chinese, but near the end, the man in the wheelchair also spoke and must have been a student in 1989. As a young man, his legs were probably crushed by a tank in Tiananmen Square. imag82

 

 

(You can see in the video that one of the hosts gestures towards  his “legs”)

 

 

 

 

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Tiananmen Freedom fighters speaking now to a new generation of young Chinese – VIDEO 

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Books that record what actually happened in Tiananmen Square are NOT available in China.  Rallies that attempt to commemorate the 25th and 26th years anniversaries are NOT allowed. No Google allowed in The Peoples Republic. (Google is where I easily looked for this book, that recorded the TRUTH about Tiananmen.)

A book, “The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited” By Louisa Lim. Oxford University Press; 248 pages; $24.95. Amazon.com,
ON THE night of June 3rd-4th 1989 the Chinese army unleashed its tanks in the centre of Beijing to crush a protest that had begun seven weeks earlier against the Communist Party’s autocratic rule. Ever since, Chinese officials grow nervous in the run-up to the anniversary of the crackdown.…. a new generation of young Chinese has since grown up that knows little of what happened, and appears not to care. The party’s memory-eradication campaign has been so effective that only 15 out of 100 of them correctly identified  the iconic photograph of the man standing in front of a column of tanks ... many young Chinese see today’s prosperity as justification for the crackdown.

 From the mother of a murdered student:

“The students were peacefully protesting on June 4. They loved their country. However the government is choosing to ignore the facts, using lies to cover the truth,” said Zhang, who is now 76 years old.

Zhang’s 19-year-old son Wang Nan was shot in the head on June 4, 1989, while taking photographs of the clash between students and soldiers on Chang’an Avenue. Almost three decades later, Zhang is still waiting for answers to her son’s death.

Part Two – Still No Hope For Some

The Chinese Communist Government has destroyed the lives of millions. Murdered millions. The Tibetans, Falun Gong. The Citizens of Shanghai and Hong Kong.  I have seen them desperately protest the despotic policies of the Communist Chinese Government. Here. In The U.S. (Where they CAN protest) They want Freedom from Tyranny.

The Falun Gung is a post from UN -Friday, 23rd of September, 2011.  Protesting at the  very racist Durbin 3 (aka “meeting- of-tyrants”) at the very corrupt U.N.

From their brochure, “A traditional Self-Cultivation Practice to Improve Mind and Body.” The Falun (Dafa) Gong (always quiet)

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Falun Gung
demonstrations are very peaceful ….yoga-like…

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Yet  the Chinese Communist government is imprisoning them; murdering them with the intention of eradicating them.

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I saw a FREE Tibet protest on 42nd St (walking from the U.N. to Chinese Consulate)

Bhod Rangzen! (Independence from China) Support the March! “Tibet was a fully functioning and independent state before the Chinese invasion in 1950.”

“Foreign Military Invasion by China is Not “Peaceful Liberation

More from the U.N. protest in 2011Protect Tibetan Nomads (NomadRights.org)


slide show of a few pictures

Shanghai (HOME to China’s Stock Market) protest across from the U.N. in 2014

 (a short VIDEO)

A slide show of pictures

In Conclusion – China’s investing in the U.S. (good or bad)

The Chinese take Manhattan: replace Russians as top apartment buyers

For the first time, the Chinese have become the biggest foreign buyers of apartments in Manhattan, real estate brokers estimate, taking the mantle from the Russians – Wealthy Chinese are pouring money into real estate in New York… as they seek safe havens for their cash and also establish a base for their children to get an education in the West. “They’re looking for trophy properties,”

Does Chinese Land-Banking Activity Pose A Threat To The US Housing Recovery?

The motivation for purchasing by Chinese buyers appears to be driven by a need to ‘park’ cash in an appreciable asset. Buying land in high quality property markets is akin to keeping savings in a bank, thus ‘land-banking’ is a term often used to describe the activity… the underbelly of China’s high net worth investment industry.

It’s Time to Stop Pretending Beijing Is a Partner building made from money

Chinese hackers penetrated the U.S. government’s personnel files in 2014, potentially gaining access not only to the files of nearly every government employee, but also to the sensitive and private information of Americans holding government security clearances. Some believe that American intelligence has been gutted by this invasion.

China has been hacking US officials’ Gmail for 5 years

Chinese cyber spies have been accessing the private emails of top US national security and trade officials since April 2010, according to an NBC News report on Monday, citing a U.S. intelligence official and top secret document…

the US official… said it was still going on… saying all top national security and trade officials were targeted.

The targeted officials were not publicly identified. (but…) The hacking coincides with Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

Really? In 2010… 2014 … and we’re only just hearing about it?

And now that the Chinese are moving in to the Waldorf- Astoria … Perhaps, we should start solving the China problem.

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