Time For Independence From A Crumbling US Empire
TIME FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM A CRUMBLING US EMPIRE – Murray Horton
The advent of President Donald Trump in the US provides an unprecedented opportunity to take a good, hard look at Aotearoa’s place in the world. And to ask the question – why are we still a loyal member of the American Empire?
As the old saying goes, you are judged by the company you keep.
CAFCA says it’s time for this country to pull the plug, to finish the business started in the 1980s which saw us out of ANZUS; and break the chains – military, intelligence, economic and cultural, etc, etc – that continue to bind us to the American Empire.
Speaker: Murray Horton, national organiser of the Christchurch-based Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA)
When: Friday, April 7, 4.30-6pm
Where: WG126, Sir Paul Reeves Building, AUT University
I agree with the need to withdraw from military & intelligence ties with the US. It should have been done many years ago. I’d like to see NZ promote itself as a centre of conflict resolution expertise. We , at least at the citizen level to begin with , should promote ties with American peace and justice activists such as Code Pink and David Swanson’s World Without War.
Now this is interesting…
ref: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/327897/fired-trump-aide-michael-flynn-wants-immunity-to-testify-report
I am reminded of John Dean, one of Nixon’s aides, who also demanded immunity from prosecution in return for his testimony.
When someone in the US Establishment wants immunity from prosecution, all I can think of is that the rats are starting to jump from the sinking ship – the USS ‘Trump’, in this case.
The sinking ship, Frank, is U.S. Inc. and it’s merry band of lying, stealing, drug/child trafficking corporate thugs and we, as NZ Inc, are in this bed.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/list-of-countries-the-usa-has-bombed-since-the-end-of-world-war-ii/24626
List of countries bombed by China since the end of WW2 : ZERO
I’d rather “on the table” deals with China (as opposed to those currently being conducted especially where fresh water is concerned) than under the table bully boy deals with U.S. military industrial corporate thugs.
And to finish my rant … let’s get out of the Commonwealth more accurately wealth belonging to the common people. It is indeed our wealth, us not them. Independence please.
INTEL 1 ON THE SINKING US CORP SHIP: http://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.co.nz/2017/03/brief-intel-intel-update-real-news-by.html
INTEL 2 ON THE STINKING US CORP SHIP:
http://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.co.nz/2017/03/brief-intel-part-2-intel-update-real.html
INTEL 3 ON THE STINKING LOT: http://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.co.nz/2017/03/surprise-surprise-surprise-kent-dunn.html
Independence …. Bring it on!!
+1 Frank
Trump’s plan to support a resurgent coal industry will pump millions – billions! – of tonnes more CO2 into the atmosphere and hasten the death-knell of our biosphere.
Thank God the manchild and his spawn will be thrown out in 2020.
I don’t know why JK wanted to swing off the coat tails of the USA?
The Yanks were reluctant to get involved in WW1 and only came into it in the last minute when all the hard work was done.
In WW2 they only got involved when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, since WW2 and after obtaining the Atom Bombs they have marched around the world like school boy bullies.
The least we have to do with the USA the better as far as I am concerned.
Yes, yes and yes!
Absolutely bang on.
I just wish some of these other idiots would understand that…