North American Union 2008 New Orleans

report back from "The Peoples Summit"
after the second sun burnt day of the gulf coast's people's summit, we here in new orleans are acting like we have months left before bush comes to town, when in fact he is here enjoying the city, comforted by air conditioning and motorcades. we are already witnessing the effects of his Security & Prosperity Partnership: with the mississippi river bridge's on and off ramps blocked, I-10 was made into an express highway, directing flows of traffic and people, conveniently out of his way, inconveniencing everyone else from having access to the city.

The canal street ferry, shuttling internally displaced traffic across the mississippi river, was circled through the day by coast guard boats fully armed and ready to fire mounted machine guns, in full show of force and what bush intends to mean by 'security,' we on the docks agreed was menacing and intimidating. the imminent, historic, and nation-altering meeting about to take place between the leaders of the "free world'' is being met with little, hardly any, noticeable resistance. Due at least in part to the crippled condition of new orleans, where 3 years after the hurricanes people continue to face daily struggles to survive, with no surplus resources, time, or active community members to lend to what would likely be, in any other city in the hemisphere, an equally historic People's protest to the executive meeting.

Civilian resistance and protest to massive free trade agreements seems to be planned for more by bush than by the american public or the "progressive left", and so new orleans is the perfect backdrop for the announcement of the spp: sweeping decisions adversely affecting millions of people are met with a strangled cry, gone unheard by the rest of the nation.

"Understanding who profits and how: NAFTA + and Katrina Profiteering" was a misnomer, a vague power-analysis turned roundcircle discussion, facilitated by the people's institute for survival and beyond. The session was attended by community organizers, international public service workers union representative, mexican trade unions, activists from chiapas, american and canadian youth, citizen journalists and media activists, farmer union representative, social workers, non-profit organizations, and new orleanians, served more as the critical race theory workshop that the Peoples Institute is known for, and not as any attempt for a coordinated approach or discussion on how to challenge bush, calderon and harper at this critical moment.

ironically, at this international summit, facilitators asked that we divide ourselves into national groups to notice similarities between new orleans and wherever we were visiting from, something that would have been manifold more useful to hear from each other, as it was a rare opportunity to hear voices from across the heavily guarded borders. discussion was derailed and became about how we are gate keepers, moving further and further away from any plan of action. the 6 hours were used as an introduction to social inequality, as if people signed up to take a class on the internalization of inferiority/superiority. in fact people came to act together in the face of big brother government.

for all of our talk on giving voices to disenfranchised people around the world, taking queues from these communities, learning from eachother, creating access to decision-making, none of the mexicans who traveled the long distance were asked what they thought should happen at this summit. there was no mention of their very successful strategies for organizing resistance to destructive neo-colonial economic policies. nobody asked "what can we do now that all of our presidents are in town?" instead was the same old, painfully ineffective naval-gazing

speaking with a gentleman from mexico after the looooong winded sessions were over, he asked what the break-out group of americans discussed, and i said they were just talking and not saying much, like americans do. and he laughed, agreeing said i should have been sitting with the mexican delegation because they were discussing that very
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[rageofhouston]

there is no nau, dumbasses

[FluxRostrum]

willfull ignorance will sustain you.

[ceomeye]

Its not that this guy took him a long time go grow up and wake up. It was that the United States of America had him asleep, sedated, maintained stupid within the matrix of american lies...

[ricky0604fh]

you say march with posters

i say we march on washington with our arms in our hands...

just because we got a new prez doesnt mean the shits gonna change

[samuraichamploo07]

i just came upon this video,but when will people learn,peaceful protest are for scared pussies and they never work,no one cares

[NENEBOY25]

This with guys aren't even native Americans lol they are a bunch of stupid Europeans wanna be they don't know the difference between they whiteness and Indian native Americans they only exist some of them so sad!!

[jorgetvilla]

lmao, its funny to see how people think their opinion matters and how they think they can prevent something like this from happening. The people at the top of the pyramid are goin to go through with this wether people like it or not because nobody is brave enough to step up to them in a real way. Americans are pussies that get bitch slapped by their government.

[LMGunslinger]

lulz, I dont know if this makes people more sympathetic to your views, seems kinda goofy to me...

[fnub]

I'm with you, but you can't win. It is written that it will happen. The sooner it happens, the sooner Jesus comes back.

[vnvfan666]

As a Canadian Patriot I am on your side..let us not war with each other..we must fight the true powers..the scum that will sell out our nations for profits..The American spirit of Independence is symbol of hope for us here in Canada..fight the Oder not our selves

[carlosmante]

If mexicans are being subject to the North American Union for a very long Time, Why no Gringos?

Remember From a Financial Point of View Gringos are the same value like a mexican or a Puerto rican or anybody else.

So don't be naive or stupid pretending gringos are more valuable to International Banksters.

YOU are the GOYIM THE CATTLE ready to Butcher TOO.

Ha Ha Ha. SAD BUT TRUE.

[MayanbloodNative]

that white people call hispani Latinos. are a mix between natives front central america south america north americas and people from Spain. they live in the land of ancestors

[MayanbloodNative]

Native Americans are the only one who can call wetback people from another continent you re stupid white