Hell of a week.

Hello, my friends. I have been extremely busy of late; I just finished all of my midterms yesterday. Tomorrow I get to leave with my family and go to Mont Tremblant for the weekend to go skiing. I'm coming back on Monday. My last post wasn't much of a post. I've just been swamped, so I haven't had time to really work on the blog. I've been learning an unbelievable amount though. Last week I posted the first part of a documentary that we watched in one of my classes. The whole thing is on Youtube; it's entitled "The New Rulers of the World" by John Pilger. He's a British Journalist, and it focuses on Indonesia, but really just uses it as their example for what's going on all over the world. The worst part of what is going on in the world is that the international, World governance bodies that are claiming to be promoting wealth and equality and ending poverty are the ones creating those things and manipulating countries, information, and media to gain control over countries and their economies. Those governance bodies include the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. These two claim to be trying to help poorer countries, but really they are enslaving them economically. Their methods are incredibly devious, and horrifying. I will be continuously trying to expose their actions for what they are. But in terms of this documentary, I was particularly interested to learn that the British and U.S. governments actively participated in a holocaust of millions of people in Indonesia. They were directly involved, according to this film and the evidence it presents. They were the masterminds of the overthrow of the strong, intelligent, leader President Sukarno, who actually founded the independent Republic of Indonesia, after WWII. The most powerful countries, through financial and military backing, supported the dictatorial regime of General Suharto, and actually participated in the massacres. He was set up for this by the IMF, the U.S. and Britain. He made a shitload of money doing it for them, and encouraged the economic harnessing of Indonesia.
The economic harnessing of countries is one of the reasons that we have it so good. I actually learned in class today that 78% of starving children in "Developing" or "Third World" countries live in countries with food surpluses; but it's food they have to produce for us. When you're in a grocery store, or a mall, think about your surroundings, and what they're designed for.
So anyway, I think "The New Rulers of the World" is a documentary worth seeing; I'll be putting many documentaries on here, so I hope you watch them and think about what they're saying. It's good to remember and keep in mind how we ourselves contribute to the inequalities and injustices and problems in the world. I for one am learning how to REALLY change my life to be more sustainable and helpful.
Next week, I have a post I'm working on about population. Until then, please don't take anything I put on this blog for fact. Check some of this stuff out for yourself, and try to check your facts, give heed to the different perspectives or sides, but try to be critical and find the truth. Also, appreciate what you have, and be thankful. Peace be with you!
Brendan