Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The U.S.-Created Child Migrant Crisis

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, June 22, 2014

The U.S.-Created Child Migrant Crisis

Click here to access article by Hector Luis Alamo, Jr. from Latino Rebels.

...now that child migrants from Honduras and other Central American countries have begun appearing on America’s doorstep, the formerly negligible crises in the region has suddenly been upgraded to an “urgent humanitarian situation” by President Barack Obama.

The writer lists some of the US promoted crimes against the people of Central America, but seems to be blaming the American people for their lack of interest until it impacts them. Well, there is plenty of blame to go around, and we ordinary Americans share some of it.

But the most blame must be put on the doorsteps on ruling class media which does not report the crimes that US and Canada corporations, paramilitary armies, and US puppet governments commit against Central American populations. You see, it's bad for business, for the business of these corporations is to get access to the silver, gold, and other minerals that lie beneath their lands. I know generally what is going there because I receive almost daily reports of atrocities committed against these people, all of which goes unreported here.