Occupied New Orleans and Homegrown Resistance

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2 Oct 2005 04:33:57 -0000

Occupied New Orleans and Homegrown Resistance

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Occupied New Orleans and Homegrown Resistance

Mike Whitney

 

 

 

October 1, 2005

 

The appearance of fully-armed mercenaries on the streets of New

Orleans tells us that the city is currently under occupation. Whenever

foreign troops are deployed within an urban area it can only mean one

thing; the loss of sovereignty. It's no different here. Blackwater

mercenaries are part of a privately owned army that has seized control

of the streets from their rightful owners, the people of New Orleans.

They are an integral part of a much broader plan to militarize the

nation and turn America into a garrison-state.

 

Blackwater employees may work for the United States government, but,

in fact, they represent the exclusive interests of an elite cadre of

corporate globalists who are transforming America into a base for

future operations. New Orleans is simply the testing-grounds for their

radical theories of establishing order. It provides a pilot-program

for working out the kinks that inevitably arise from revamping society

from the ground up. So far, the project is moving ahead better than

anyone could have expected, mainly due to the media's skillful

diversion of the public's attention from the militarization-process to

the many human-interest stories of suffering and rebirth. It is a

cynical way of exploiting misery and obfuscating the truth.

 

Just like Iraq, the propaganda-system has been the most successful

part of the entire campaign; working flawlessly to provide a storyline

that runs counter to the facts as we know them.

 

New Orleans is the first American city to come under the direct

control of the global-corporate oligarchy. By taking advantage of

loopholes in the current law created by terrorist legislation,

Rumsfeld has been able to insert both the military and private

security organizations into a major metropolitan area without as much

as a peep from his critics. There's simply been no opposition from any

quarter to a draconian move that will have sweeping affects on the

future of liberty in the US.

 

We can only imagine the gleeful reaction to these new developments at

America's many elite-bastions, like the American Enterprise Institute,

the Federalist Society, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the

others, who have worked so tirelessly to overturn the basic principles

of personal freedom and representative government. The emergence of a

militarized police-state is the victory they have sought for decades.

Now, it has materialized in the wreckage of the South's main port-o-call.

 

The soldiers and mercenaries will be part of a permanent military

contingent in New Orleans performing routine policing activities,

assisting NGOs, and executing various disciplinary functions. The Red

Cross is already being assisted by Blackwater employees; ensuring that

vital assistance is meted-out according to strict guidelines rather

than mere need. These same restrictions have been applied in

Afghanistan and Iraq to make sure that victims meet certain political

criteria before they can get aid. This is how the Pentagon enters NGOs

into the overarching military goals of the operation and turns relief

into a subtle form of coercion.

 

Realistically, New Orleans can no longer be considered a part of the

United States. It now belongs to that confused jumble of quasi-states

like Kosovo, Afghanistan, Haiti and Iraq that toil beneath the

corporate banner of the new world order.

 

The pattern emerging in New Orleans is no different from the one we

see wherever the corporate globalists extend their grip. The social

safety-net is savaged, the public infrastructure is destroyed, and the

path is paved for the multinational parasites to descend on their prey

and reap their windfall profits from " no-bid " contracts.

 

The shifting political realities in New Orleans are bound to create a

growing sense of unease and horror among the public. In Iraq,

Afghanistan and Haiti, that disquiet has evolved into indigenous

resistance movements. We expect the same will take place in New

Orleans. The deployment of troops is a deliberate provocation and a

direct threat to the fundamental principles of a free society. It

cannot stand. Democracy is incompatible with occupation; whether it's

in Iraq or New Orleans. Any talk about freedom in America is pointless

until every soldier and mercenary is removed from the streets of our

cities.

 

Courtesy & Mike Whitney