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Rise Up Against the Empire


President Hugo Chavez, Address to the United Nations
United Nations Press Conference 09/19/06 "Information Clearing House" -- --

Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it.
Noam Chomsky, one of the most prestigious American and world intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, and this is one of his most recent books, 'Hegemony or Survival: The Imperialist Strategy of the United States. '" [Holds up book, waves it in front of General Assembly.] "It's an excellent book to help us understand what has been happening in the world throughout the 20th century, and what's happening now, and the greatest threat looming over our planet.

The hegemonic pretensions of the American empire are placing at risk the very survival of the human species. We continue to warn you about this danger and we appeal to the people of the United States and the world to halt this threat, which is like a sword hanging over our heads. I had considered reading from this book, but, for the sake of time," [flips through the pages, which are numerous] "I will just leave it as a recommendation.

It reads easily, it is a very good book, I'm sure Madame [President] you are familiar with it. It appears in English, in Russian, in Arabic, in German. I think that the first people who should read this book are our brothers and sisters in the United States, because their threat is right in their own house.

The devil is right at home. The devil, the devil himself, is right in the house.

We want ideas to save our planet from the imperialist threat. And, hopefully in this very century, in not to long a time, we will see a new era, and for our children and grandchildren, a world of peace based on the fundamental principles of the United Nations, but a renewed United Nations.

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.

Friends of the world, this takes us to a sad conclusion: The United Nations has exhausted its model, and it is not all about reform. The XXI century claims deep changes that will only be possible if a new organization is founded. This UN does not work. We have to say it. It is the truth. These transformations – the ones Venezuela is referring to- have, according to us, two phases: The immediate phase and the aspiration phase, a utopia. The first is framed by the agreements that were signed in the old system. We do not run away from them. We even bring concrete proposals in that model for the short term. But the dream of an ever-lasting world peace, the dream of a world not ashamed by hunger, disease, illiteracy, extreme necessity, needs-apart from roots- to spread its wings to fly. We need to spread our wings and fly.

I read somewhere that amazon.com has been deluged with orders for Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival.

Thanks to the Venezuelan president's surprise endorsement of ``Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" during a vitriolic address at the United Nations on Wednesday , the paperback edition of Chomsky's 2003 book has catapulted to number one on Amazon.com's list of best sellers, ahead of such eternally popular authors as John Grisham and Lemony Snicket .

The difference between [Brazilian president] Lula and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, is that Lula is more focused on solving the problems of his own people, whereas Chavez is intervening in other country's affairs.

cmartin is a huge question mark for me right now, is he just some glory hound looking for uncharted attention, or is he going to end up getting this thread locked down, continuing his recent streak, by being some fanatical and obnoxious Bush groupie who shells out one view created by millions of his mis-firing brain cells to counter any kind of defiance towards the U.S no matter how logical and truthful it may be?

I think I am leaning towards the latter at this point, but you never know!

Why is it Elvis that after I read your post I could picture you stomping up a flight of stairs, slamming your bedroom door, and crying into your pillow?