DEMOCRACY NOW? [or] DOOMSDAY AVERTED?

We were working on our 2013 Alaska Fire summary, when current events broke in.

Thank goodness the U.S. Government has backed off on the imminent use of cruise missile bombings (amongst other modern methods of remote destruction) against the nation of Syria. One that has not directly attacked or threatened this one, any of it's neighbours, or any other country. But has been accused of using Sarin nerve gas on innocent civilians, killing anywhere from 500 to 1500. Accusations which are unproven still at this time. We are in a pivotal time in US and World History, these next few weeks and months. When people world-wide will have to think about what large-scale war(s) could do in this era, that will have global effects. And pressure their governments to stop it.  

We like David Swanson, Secretary of Peace, in the Green Shadow Cabinet's analysis of the Syrian Crisis.
 

["The Green Shadow Cabinet includes nearly 100 prominent scientists, community and labor leaders, physicians, cultural workers, veterans, and more, and provides an ongoing opposition and alternative voice to the dysfunctional government in Washington D.C.. As with shadow cabinets in other countries, the Green Shadow Cabinet of the United States responds to actions of the government in office and demonstrates that another government is possible. This cabinet is led by the 2012 Green Party presidential nominees of Dr. Jill Stein and Ms. Cheri Honkala and supports independent politics and policies. However, it is not a project of any political party."]

http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/10-problems-latest-excuse-war

The following article is a frightening look at the power of the Euro/American financial sector, at essentially running the World, driving the policies of all the major "developed countries", and in this case why Syria is being threatened.
 

http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/making-the-world-safe-for-banksters-syria-in-the-cross-hairs/

 

And this does follow right along with what other important voices have said, concerning the actual motivation for the illegal and immoral invasion and occupation of the country of Iraq, in 2003-2008.

http://akprogressive.blogspot.com/2011/03/apr-exclusive-interview-with-john.html

Keep following the alternative news sources for the best coverage of this Syrian Crisis, here are some of our mainstays. 

http://www.commondreams.org/
http://www.counterpunch.org/
http://www.truth-out.org/
http://prorev.com/
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.democracynow.org/

 We really like and respect these sites, and they also have other extensive links to useful and accurate information. It's the kind of event too, that may act to sharpen people's socio-political awareness on a large scale in many countries, and with that, enact significant changes. To move toward systems that put the rights and needs of people and the environment above corporate and short-term greed.

 

Tomorrow marks two sad anniversaries, as we know. The first being on 11 September, 1973. The right-wing coup in Chile that overthrew a freely and fairly elected left-leaning President Allende and his government. Supported by the Nixon Administration/CIA, and documented by numerous former US officials, not least Henry Kissinger.

 http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/10/remember-the-first-911/
 
What happened there was truly a tragedy, when fascism came to that country, which we've written about before. Chile is still recovering from it's violent past, but it does have a hopeful future, we are happy to say.
 http://akprogressive.blogspot.com/2010/09/victor-jaras-hands.html
 
Cheers.