“The history of U.S. and European white power is a history of war and violence inflicted upon the peoples of the world. It is a history of land theft and slavery that gave rise to the dominant world capitalist economy.
“It is a history of the attack on Africa that led to the enslavement of an entire continent and its inhabitants, many of whom were forcibly dispersed throughout the world to work like beasts to create white wealth.
“It is a history of the invasion, attack and occupation of the lands now called the Americas, resulting in the annihilation of whole populations whose survivors have been forced to endure conditions of extreme poverty and brutality.
“While the various European states attempt to distinguish themselves from each other, Europe achieved its core identity in modern history through its multi-lingual, multi-ethnic unity based on enslaving and colonizing much of the world, the process that gave birth to capitalism and white power on a global scale.”
The above is a quote from Black is Back, Coalition for Social Justice, Peace, and Reparations and is an accurate accounting of the impact white culture and society have had globally.
Let us turn our attention to the 20th century and Western civilization’s struggle to spread freedom and democracy throughout the world.
World War 1 began on July 28, 1914, and lasted until November 11, 1918. Differences in foreign policies were to blame, although the immediate cause was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand. However, there were political, territorial, and economic conflicts among some of the European powers for close to 40 years prior to the actual start of the war.
Marxists typically attributed the start of the war to imperialism. “Imperialism,” argued Lenin, “is the monopoly stage of capitalism.” He thought the monopoly capitalists went to war to control markets and raw materials. Does this sound familiar?
By the end of WW1, over 9 million soldiers had been killed, and another 21 million wounded. About 116,000 Americans were killed, even though the US was only in the war for about 7 months.
The Second World War (World War 2) lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought in Europe, in Russia, North Africa and in Asia. 60 million people died in World War 2. About 40 million were civilians.
There was a worldwide economic depression in the 1930s, people were out of work and restless. Adolph Hitler to the rescue.
After WW1, Hitler gained control of the National Socialist German Workers Party. His goal was to build up his party by developing a program for the restructuring of Germany on the basis of race. He wanted to establish a super German Aryan race and was willing to fight wars to expand Germany’s territory until they dominated the inhabitants of the globe.
Hitler focused on exterminating those who did not fit his stereotype of the Aryan race, creating concentration camps in which millions of Jews, people with disabilities, and the Romani people who became known as gypsies were killed.
Hitler’s wars and genocidal policies made his an infamous household name. But there are other “heroic” white men of the Second World War.
In February 1945, with the Soviets advancing on Berlin from the east and the Allies from the west, and the German army virtually defeated, the city of Dresden was bombed, killing tens of thousands of non-combatant civilians. The city was a cultural center with no military interest to the Allies. However, though the Russians were allies and played a major role in defeating the Nazis, Churchill and Roosevelt had already decided that Stalin would be a major problem after the end of the war. Therefore, as the Red Army advanced against an army that was effectively defeated, it had no idea as to what an equal and possibly superior military force could do. As a result, Dresden was bombed to show the Russians the awesome power of the Allies and to act as a warning to them not to stray from the agreements they had made at the warconferences. Another example how we, the people, are merely pawns in the political chess game.
But this human sacrifice for political purposes pales in comparison to what the U.S. was willing and able to do in Japan. The U.S. decided that they had to demonstrate further their military powers to the Russians and dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was the first and only time in human history that nuclear bombs were employed.
The official narrative claims that the bombs were used so that the U.S. could avoid invading Japan and, therefore, saved thousands of U.S. lives. However, what is not emphasized is that Japan had already signaled the U.S. that they were ready to surrender although they were reluctant to agree to an unconditional surrender.
What appears to be a more realistic goal of the bombings was the message it sent to the Soviet Union. In Hiroshima 90,000-166,000 were killed and in Nagasaki, 60,000-80,000 were killed. This does not include the deaths that were caused over the ensuing decades from the radiation.
From June 1950 to July 1953, we have the Korean War being fought. Although it was a war between North and South Korea, in reality, it was a proxy war between the U.S. and China, with the Soviet Union offering aid to the North Koreans. For the U.S., this was a war against international communism.
By the end of the war, it is estimated that 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives.
The Vietnam War officially began in 1945 when Ho Chi Minh created a provisional government and declared independence from France.
The Vietnam War, also known inside Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America, was another proxy war between the U.S. and China and the Soviet Union (Cold War). This war stretched from Vietnam to include Laos and Cambodia and lasted from November 1955 to April 1975, with the U.S. officially entering the war in 1964 after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. This was an incident in which the USS Maddox claimed to have been fired upon by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. This claim was later rescinded but was ignored by President Johnson and his advisors.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was used as a rationale to implement a full U.S. military attack on North Vietnam. As a result, we have between 2 million and 4 million civilian deaths, including over 50,000 U.S. troops.
In 1983, the U.S. led an invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean Island nation with a population of 91,000. Surprisingly, the U.S. was able to defeat this “military power” within a few days.
Grenada gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. The leftist New JEWEL Movement, which was seen favorably by much of the Grenadan population, seized power in a coup in 1979. The New JEWEL Movement was a Marxist-Leninistvanguard party in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada. The movement ruled by decree until being deposed by the US military after its 1983 invasion.
Once again, the U.S. demonstrates its respect for the sovereignty of another nation.
The United States invasion of Panama, code-named Operation Just Cause, was the invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989. It occurred during the administration of U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and ten years after the Torrijos–Carter Treaties were ratified to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama by January 1, 2000.
The United States long maintained numerous military bases and a substantial garrison throughout the Canal Zone to protect the American-owned Panama Canal and to maintain American control of this strategically important area.
Dave Alpert has masters degrees in social work, educational administration, and psychology. He spent his career working with troubled inner city adolescents.
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The white man as weapon of mass destruction—part 2
Posted on November 18, 2014 by Dave Alpert
“The history of U.S. and European white power is a history of war and violence inflicted upon the peoples of the world. It is a history of land theft and slavery that gave rise to the dominant world capitalist economy.
“It is a history of the attack on Africa that led to the enslavement of an entire continent and its inhabitants, many of whom were forcibly dispersed throughout the world to work like beasts to create white wealth.
“It is a history of the invasion, attack and occupation of the lands now called the Americas, resulting in the annihilation of whole populations whose survivors have been forced to endure conditions of extreme poverty and brutality.
“While the various European states attempt to distinguish themselves from each other, Europe achieved its core identity in modern history through its multi-lingual, multi-ethnic unity based on enslaving and colonizing much of the world, the process that gave birth to capitalism and white power on a global scale.”
The above is a quote from Black is Back, Coalition for Social Justice, Peace, and Reparations and is an accurate accounting of the impact white culture and society have had globally.
Let us turn our attention to the 20th century and Western civilization’s struggle to spread freedom and democracy throughout the world.
World War 1 began on July 28, 1914, and lasted until November 11, 1918. Differences in foreign policies were to blame, although the immediate cause was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand. However, there were political, territorial, and economic conflicts among some of the European powers for close to 40 years prior to the actual start of the war.
Marxists typically attributed the start of the war to imperialism. “Imperialism,” argued Lenin, “is the monopoly stage of capitalism.” He thought the monopoly capitalists went to war to control markets and raw materials. Does this sound familiar?
By the end of WW1, over 9 million soldiers had been killed, and another 21 million wounded. About 116,000 Americans were killed, even though the US was only in the war for about 7 months.
The Second World War (World War 2) lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought in Europe, in Russia, North Africa and in Asia. 60 million people died in World War 2. About 40 million were civilians.
There was a worldwide economic depression in the 1930s, people were out of work and restless. Adolph Hitler to the rescue.
After WW1, Hitler gained control of the National Socialist German Workers Party. His goal was to build up his party by developing a program for the restructuring of Germany on the basis of race. He wanted to establish a super German Aryan race and was willing to fight wars to expand Germany’s territory until they dominated the inhabitants of the globe.
Hitler focused on exterminating those who did not fit his stereotype of the Aryan race, creating concentration camps in which millions of Jews, people with disabilities, and the Romani people who became known as gypsies were killed.
Hitler’s wars and genocidal policies made his an infamous household name. But there are other “heroic” white men of the Second World War.
In February 1945, with the Soviets advancing on Berlin from the east and the Allies from the west, and the German army virtually defeated, the city of Dresden was bombed, killing tens of thousands of non-combatant civilians. The city was a cultural center with no military interest to the Allies. However, though the Russians were allies and played a major role in defeating the Nazis, Churchill and Roosevelt had already decided that Stalin would be a major problem after the end of the war. Therefore, as the Red Army advanced against an army that was effectively defeated, it had no idea as to what an equal and possibly superior military force could do. As a result, Dresden was bombed to show the Russians the awesome power of the Allies and to act as a warning to them not to stray from the agreements they had made at the war conferences. Another example how we, the people, are merely pawns in the political chess game.
But this human sacrifice for political purposes pales in comparison to what the U.S. was willing and able to do in Japan. The U.S. decided that they had to demonstrate further their military powers to the Russians and dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was the first and only time in human history that nuclear bombs were employed.
The official narrative claims that the bombs were used so that the U.S. could avoid invading Japan and, therefore, saved thousands of U.S. lives. However, what is not emphasized is that Japan had already signaled the U.S. that they were ready to surrender although they were reluctant to agree to an unconditional surrender.
What appears to be a more realistic goal of the bombings was the message it sent to the Soviet Union. In Hiroshima 90,000-166,000 were killed and in Nagasaki, 60,000-80,000 were killed. This does not include the deaths that were caused over the ensuing decades from the radiation.
From June 1950 to July 1953, we have the Korean War being fought. Although it was a war between North and South Korea, in reality, it was a proxy war between the U.S. and China, with the Soviet Union offering aid to the North Koreans. For the U.S., this was a war against international communism.
By the end of the war, it is estimated that 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives.
The Vietnam War officially began in 1945 when Ho Chi Minh created a provisional government and declared independence from France.
The Vietnam War, also known inside Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America, was another proxy war between the U.S. and China and the Soviet Union (Cold War). This war stretched from Vietnam to include Laos and Cambodia and lasted from November 1955 to April 1975, with the U.S. officially entering the war in 1964 after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. This was an incident in which the USS Maddox claimed to have been fired upon by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. This claim was later rescinded but was ignored by President Johnson and his advisors.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was used as a rationale to implement a full U.S. military attack on North Vietnam. As a result, we have between 2 million and 4 million civilian deaths, including over 50,000 U.S. troops.
In 1983, the U.S. led an invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean Island nation with a population of 91,000. Surprisingly, the U.S. was able to defeat this “military power” within a few days.
Grenada gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. The leftist New JEWEL Movement, which was seen favorably by much of the Grenadan population, seized power in a coup in 1979. The New JEWEL Movement was a Marxist-Leninist vanguard party in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada. The movement ruled by decree until being deposed by the US military after its 1983 invasion.
Once again, the U.S. demonstrates its respect for the sovereignty of another nation.
The United States invasion of Panama, code-named Operation Just Cause, was the invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989. It occurred during the administration of U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and ten years after the Torrijos–Carter Treaties were ratified to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama by January 1, 2000.
The United States long maintained numerous military bases and a substantial garrison throughout the Canal Zone to protect the American-owned Panama Canal and to maintain American control of this strategically important area.
Dave Alpert has masters degrees in social work, educational administration, and psychology. He spent his career working with troubled inner city adolescents.