AND NO SURRENDER TO THE FORCES OF FASCISM THAT HAVE INVADED THIS COUNTRY!
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which ” we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded — but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
Our grandfathers and grandmothers were the toughest, most principled human beings that walked this planet. The bravery and strength they showed is what gave this country the prosperity we have today.
They sent their meager paychecks home, they liberated millions of people from Hitler’s madness, they went home but were sent off to fight again in the Pacific.
They spent the rest of their lives working and saving. Creating and providing for their families and future generations. Because of their effort, our parents and us experienced wealth and comfort the likes of which a population of humans had never seen. We lived in prosperity, this nation had wealth and resources in surplus. Corporations and real leaders were held accountable, and they respected and honored that trust….otherwise they suffered consequences….the Hellhound of Wallstreet.
But just as quickly as it was all stored away and just as hard as they worked, our government, conspiring with corporate interests raided and pilfered and stole, made a mockery of all that they fought for. Today our nation is in the most grave peril, we are disastrously weak. Our government is a model of corruption, graft, greed and, increasingly, marked by fascism and brutal repression of the freedoms our grandparents spilled their blood in order to ensure our legacy.
We should all muster one tenth of the courage and one tenth of the commitment, dedication and effort that our grandparents showed. No whining about how hard you’ve got it. No giving in or quitting because, “It’s too hard!” No complaining when things don’t work the first 200 times.
“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old. “
2012 – The Army of the Casseroles
Maybe we should land 150,000 troops (volunteers with pots & pans in hand) in Quebec. Just 3000 volunteers from each state can vacation/invade/join/reinforce those already fighting our cause. A break in the enemy lines there would lead to a march to Boston in the South, then New York, and then Washington where we watch the World get turned right side up. History, for the first time ever, would be in the hands of the people. What would the redistribution of wealth look like to our grand kids? Would it be worth the small sacrifice/investment we make now?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962
Chris Hedges: Northern Light – Chris Hedges’ Columns – Truthdig
The streets of Montreal are clogged nightly with as many as 100,000 protesters banging pots and pans and demanding that the old systems of power be replaced. The mass student strike in Quebec, the longest and largest student protest in Canadian history, began over the announcement of tuition hikes and has metamorphosed into what must swiftly build in the United States””a broad popular uprising. The debt obligation of Canadian university students, even with Quebec’s proposed 82 percent tuition hike over several years, is dwarfed by the huge university fees and the $1 trillion of debt faced by U.S. college students. The Canadian students have gathered widespread support because they linked their tuition protests to Quebec’s call for higher fees for health care, the firing of public sector employees, the closure of factories, the corporate exploitation of natural resources, new restrictions on union organizing, and an announced increase in the retirement age. Crowds in Montreal, now counting 110 days of protests, chant ” On ne lâche pas”””” We’re not backing down.”
The Quebec government, which like the United States’ security and surveillance state is deaf to the pleas for justice and fearful of widespread unrest, has reacted by trying to stamp out the rebellion. It has arrested hundreds of protesters. The government passed Law 78, which makes demonstrations inside or near a college or university campus illegal and outlaws spontaneous demonstrations in the province. It forces those who protest to seek permission from the police and imposes fines of up to $125,000 for organizations that defy the new regulations. This, as with the international Occupy movement, has become a test of wills between a disaffected citizenry and the corporate state. The fight in Quebec is our fight. Their enemy is our enemy. And their victory is our victory.
https://www.truthdig.com/report/item/northern_light_20120603/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Truthdig%2FChrisHedges+Chris+Hedges+on+Truthdig
I will not be attending. I plan on being in Palm Beach at high season for the social festivities.