Peace Flag Project

Here's a great socialist project and I'm serious about doing it.

Let's replace all the national flags (at the UN General Assembly and everywhere else) with the Rainbow Peace Flag in all the languages of the world and in regions/locales.

Anybuddy want to work on that project?


In Peace/Paz, Friendship, Community, Cooperation, and Solidarity,

Mike Morin
Jefferson Westside Neighborhood
Eugene-Springfield and Vicinity
Willamette Valley Watershed
Pacific NW of the North American Continent
Finite Planet Earth
Solar System
Infinite Universe

Islam

The apparent contradiction of the rise of Islam (if it means Peace) with successive military (and now economic) victories and apostasies needs to be understood within the context of the real world. Muhammed and the Moslems certainly did not invent the concept of military aggression or economic hegemony. If we can accept the nobility of the faith, the degradation of conditions for the followers of Mohammed, and the ensuing persecution of the prophet and his followers (let me reiterate that a good leader inspires leadership in everyone else); then one may be able to understand the rise of Islam and its attractiveness to people within that context.

The concept of holy war (the sixth pillar of Islam to which not all Moslems ascribe) is counter-productive to our efforts for peace. But, what is reality, the Old Testament is rife with "Ywah's" exhortations and justifications for holy war. Even that good man Davids had to use violence to overthrow the opulent ostentasious priggish Goliath and the Philistines (the latter remind thee all of the modern day USAers?)

One only has to look at such historical examples of the Crusades and Manifest Destiny, as but a small sample of the history of human brutality associated with hypocritical religious "faith".

As Jesus was reputed to have said, "Let he who be without sin, cast the first stone.


Mike Morin
(aka Morehymmed Saddiq)

What If?

(If) I just got an e-mail from Obama.

He has seen the light. Instead of investing $30 billion of government funds in GM, which is destined to fail, Barack has promised us thirty billion for the Peoples' Equity Union, with a promise of more (unspecified - but drawn from TARP) to come and the word that he is working with other members of the G20 and the less developed nations to negotiate funding in their regions.

I want each of you to assume a position as Board Member on the Worldwide PEU and as Chair for your local community. What do you suggest that we do with the $30 billion?

Equity means ownership. it also means equality. The Treasuries (eventually to be one unified world treasury) have recognized that the ownership of assets/resources belongs in the hands of the poor and the workers. The Treasuries have decided to undertake a massive program at rebuilding communities so that all have a quality of life and ownership of their abodes and place of work and humane, sustainable occupations and lives. They have recognized that labor and natural resources are the source of all wealth and that there has been a historical record of Capitalist thievery that must be wiped cleaned and atoned for.

What would you offer to the workers and the poor? How would you assure that the $30 billion dollars, and additional funds to come, would be sustained and shared (developed, if you will, to produce a surplus that would be earmarked for distribution to other worker owned production, etc. How would you assure that you are not just creating a dependency of workers and the poor on a continuous inflow of funds from the treasur(ies)?

Given the fact that Obama is turning the corner and lifting the fulcrum towards World Socialism what immediate and more long range projects would you undertake? In other words, how we can evolve to an intelligent, planned, inclusive, equitable, humane, peaceful, sustainable quality of life for all...

With Respect to World Socialism Movement (WSM)

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Originally Posted by Post-Something

WSM clearly isn't an orthodox Marxist organisation. Just look at their beliefs:[/LIST]These guys seem pretty clearly in the libertarian socialist, verging on Anarchist, side of the spectrum.

Anyway, I have no interest in debating this further, but I'm glad that you understand my position. However, I will point out that Engels famously stated that revolution was possibly the most authoritarian and violent act that can be enacted in society.

Mike Morin replies:

Yet some of us, can appear to be quite authoritarian, though we could be mistaking such a perception for confidence in a strong belief set. I, personally, try to be vigilant about not being perceived to be authoritarian.

Anyway, we try hard to respect each other and not to quibble.

What's the difference between Anarchist and Libertarian except that Libertarians were more intelligent in choosing their name?

With respect to Engels, It should be clear from history that Nationalist/Internationalist Aggression is more authoritarian and violent than revolution.

I say, eventually:

C. Neither, unless that revolution can be non-violent.

Also, with respect to WSM, they are very naive about a moneyless system, except as an ultimate goal, and at least one has said that their objectives were to dismantle all governments, which I differ with in that I think in order to peacefully transition, the goal should be to minimize governments, and employ them to help facilitate the transition to an economic democracy.

But remember, we are human, and will never be perfect. Even in the ultimate success of the ideal, there will be need for dispute resolution. To resolve disputes there would need to be explicitly stated and inculcated principles, mission, and there would need to be organization to negotiate and determine policies, planning and the implementation modi operandis of a cooperative ecological economy. Doesn't that in some sense of the word translate into government? Perhaps someone can come up with a less unpopular term...