Already in the works for 2010...
MotherFUCK the North American Union
This August, George Bush, Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe
Calderon will be just 90 minutes from Montreal, in Montebello, Quebec.
They are meeting at the Chateau Montebello, as part of the so-called
"Security and Prosperity Partnership" (aka the "Three Amigos" Summit).
They talk about "security" and "prosperity", but their agenda really
means insecurity and misery for working and oppressed peoples in the
Americas.
In brief, the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" (SPP) combines the
destructive neo-liberal policies of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) with the fear and paranoia of post 9-11 "Homeland
Security" policies. The SPP is firmly rooted within a colonial and
capitalist framework.
The SPP is described by its proponents as a "NAFTA 2.0", and is
promoted and supported by corporations and their lobby groups, like
the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.
A group of 30 corporate executives from the NAFTA countries comprise
the North American Competitiveness Council, which was set up "to fully
incorporate the private sector into the SPP process" (to cite the
SPP's own words). Moreover, because the SPP announces itself as a
"dialogue based on shared values," it is secretive process, subject to
no formal public scrutiny or open debate.
There is no mystery to the SPP agenda: murderous wars and occupations
abroad; border militarization; increased detentions and deportations;
attacks on indigenous peoples, the poor, migrants, and working people;
ecological destruction; mega-projects in the service of corporate
greed; and unfortunately, much more and worse.
The SPP reinforces the idea of "Fortress North America", whereby the
rich and privileged live in gated communities and gentrified cities,
protected by police and security, with easy movement for capital
between borders; for the rest, there's border fences, detention
centers, prisons, surveillance, and increased precarity.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=15497
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