June 13, 2016, Global Research
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Open Letter to Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
Dear Mr.
President Xi Jinping,
Dear Mr.
President Vladimir Putin,
The
re-emerging specter of nuclear catastrophe is once again haunting the world.
The West is
trying to isolate and provoke two great, proud, powerful and sovereign
countries; China and Russia. It appears that the pathological desire to gain
(or more precisely, re-gain) full control over the entire world is fully
restraining all remaining flickers of rationale and humanism inside the brains
of the politicians and business ‘elites’ in Washington, London and elsewhere.
The danger is
real. It is enough to take a brief look at the map depicting the world at the
beginning of the 20th Century, to realize that the West is capable
of enslaving almost the entire Planet, by forcing through its colonialist and
imperialist designs.
Western
imperialism has already exterminated hundreds of millions of human beings, in
all corners of the globe. And even now, it is still murdering millions,
directly and indirectly.
Both China and
Russia experienced the horrors of Western invasions. On several occasions, both
nations had to turn to steel, in order to resist and
to survive. And both
nations are now, once again, standing tall, proudly facing those who are trying
to break them, to force them into submission.
It is becoming
clear now that China and Russia will not back up. It is because they both want,
above all, peace and justice for this world. They suffered terribly from the
invasions and wars. They know how high the price of freedom and independence
is. But if attacked, they will not yield. They will fight, no matter how high
the cost. They would fight to defend their own people, and to defend the
humanity, as they already have done on several occasions, losing millions, but
in the end always defeating evil!
*
China and
Russia are not alone! They have allies all over the world. Some allies are
simple people in the oppressed countries; others consist of entire countries
from different parts of the World, like South Africa, Iran, Syria or Cuba.
Until very
recently, almost the entire Latin America stood by China and Russia and
vice-versa. Great changes were taking place in Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil,
Argentina, Bolivia and elsewhere. Politically and economically, many South
American countries began moving close, closer, towards Beijing and Moscow. The
war against imperialism (re-) gained its new front.
Attempts to
destabilize Latin American revolutions arose almost immediately. The West began
‘organizing and then supporting the opposition movements’; funding hostile
NGO’s, plotting and financing coups, demonizing new governments through
propaganda and indoctrination campaigns.
Treasonous and
morally corrupt local ‘elites’ quickly joined forces with Washington; their
loyalties were, for centuries, with Europe and then with North America, as well
as with multi-national companies.
I have been
living and working in Latin America for many years. I know some of the
continent’s greatest thinkers and revolutionaries, but I am also familiar with
their oligarchs and feudal rulers. South American elites have no mercy with
their common people. They cannot even be called “nationalists”. Just as the
Western imperialists, they would easily sacrifice millions of innocent
“un-people” (to borrow Orwell’s definition), in exchange for maintaining their
privileges.
As happened in
Chile before the 1973 US-sponsored coup against the socialist President
Salvador Allende, the local elites are now, once again, determinedly ruining
the local economies all over South America, ‘creating shortages’, organizing
and mobilizing right-wing unions, while withdrawing billions of dollars from
their countries. For them it is no longer about business or making profits
(they have plenty of money stored abroad) but about retaining control over
their countries, often on behalf of the West.
Recently,
Argentinian socialism collapsed, and the neo-fascist President Macri gained
power. Brazil was hit by a coup, which gave corrupt, mostly evangelical, and
right-wing pro-Washington politicians, de-facto control over the country. Both
Argentina and Brazil began dismantling their social policies, signing ludicrous
deals with the North, including those that will soon allow the United States to
build military bases in Tierra del Fuego and elsewhere.
The West is
achieving its goal; to torpedo BRICS, to weaken the anti-imperialist global
alliance, and to discredit the Latin American model through its indoctrination
channels.
Almost
overnight, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Cuba had lost two of their
economically most powerful Latin American allies.
And the West
will not stop. Venezuela is next on its mafia-style hit list, as well as
Ecuador, most likely followed by Bolivia!
I have just
returned from South America. Argentina is waking up to a horrible nightmare.
Brazilian people feel that they were swindled,
fooled. There are protests shaking Argentinian and Brazilian cities. But many
feel almost hopeless, faced by such Machiavellian, complex and ‘perfectly’
organized operations of their West and the local ‘elites’.
I have also
worked, recently, in Ecuador, where I got convinced that the West would never
give up its attempts to destroy all progressing governments and regain full
control over what it believes is its ‘backwater’.
The tactics
that are used to destabilize entire countries are the same everywhere. For many
years I have been travelling to virtually all corners of the world, wherever
the Empire has been trying to break the will of the people: from Ukraine and
China, to Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Iran, South Africa, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba,
to mention just a few most ‘obvious’ places. My latest book: “Exposing Lies Of The Empire”, is more than
800-pages ‘heavy’, and full of examples of how those tactics are applied, on
all continents.
But in South
America, the West is now attacking almost the entire continent, and it does it
openly, with no shame.
*
To defend the
independence of this continent – South America – is essential for the survival
of our humankind.
This is the
frontline now! But it is the frontline where one nation after another is
collapsing, under the terrible pressure of destructive, mainly foreign forces.
It goes without saying that if the Empire wins here, it will try ‘not to lose
momentum’; it will immediately move to another part of the world that is still
standing. The destructive work will continue, (while hundreds of millions lives
get ruined) until the Empire’s final victory, or until it gets decisively
confronted and stopped!
In Caracas,
Quito and La Paz we are now witnessing an epic fight for the entire continent,
but also indirectly for Moscow, Beijing, as well as for those still defenseless
countries scattered all over the world.
It is because
the fight is essentially for the survival of the basic principles of humanism,
decency and solidarity. It is a battle against the most cynical and oppressive
forces on Earth! In short, it is a battle against ‘imperialism’, which is
synonymous to ‘fascism’!
*
Venezuela is
still standing, but it is screaming, suffering, and in terrible pain.
It cannot go
on like this for too long; it cannot survive alone!
It either
receives some substantial help, or it will eventually collapse.
The economic
scavengers are already encircling its weakened body; even speculating and
betting on its foreign debt. The ‘opposition’ is so sure of its upcoming
macabre victory that it is already allocating to its members, posts in future
governments.
The point has
reached when Venezuela cannot defend itself alone, anymore. For years it topped
the hit list of the Empire. For years no effort to ruin it was spared: coups,
assassinations, economic blackmail, and a media war!
And still, for
so many years, Venezuela has been showing great solidarity with the rest of the
world. It has stood at the vanguard of the fight against imperialism. It was
spreading foreign aid all over the world, while it was flying (via TeleSUR)
those optimistic and inspiring voices of the Latin American revolution, to all
corners of our Planet (I made five documentary films for TeleSUR, in several
conflict zones of the world, under almost impossible circumstances; something
that makes me, until now, immensely proud).
Like China and
Russia, Venezuela refused to crack even under tremendous pressure.
It began
building a new, great and united South American fatherland, returning optimism,
zeal and hope to the people of the continent that has been, for centuries,
tormented and continuously raped by the West/North.
Not everything
was done ‘perfectly’, but nothing in this world is or should be expected to be
perfect. Venezuelan (Bolivarian) Revolution is called the
process; it is a long and complex journey, but a breathtaking
journey nevertheless – from slavery to freedom, to internationalism and social
equality.
Venezuelan
people are now paying an immense price for not abandoning their principles.
They are castigated mercilessly by the Empire, for making their own choices,
for defending their freedom, and for refusing to return to subservience. But
above all, they are punished for returning hope to others, for inspiring
others, millions of others, all over the world!
Because hope
is what the Empire tries to strangle, mercilessly.
Venezuela
clearly demonstrated that a different world is possible, that solidarity is
still alive, and that the revolution can serve the people.
If Venezuela
dies, at least it would die standing.
“Here, nobody
surrenders!” These were words of Hugo Chavez, printed on the iconic election
poster, after his death. Here Chavez, already gravely ill, with his face
covered by raindrops, was defiantly clenching his fist.
When the
poster appeared, I was in Caracas. I stood there, in front of it, for at least
one hour, in the middle of the square, unable to move. I thought, as many
others most likely did: “A true revolutionary should go all the way! If he
doesn’t dare to, he should better stay where he is and go nowhere at all.”
Chavez went
all the way and Venezuela followed him – a true revolutionary and his
remarkable Bolivarian motherland.
Yes, if it
would have to die, Venezuela would die standing. But it should never be allowed
to perish!
*
I have both
Russian and Chinese blood in my veins. I was born in Russia. And I spent many
years in Latin America, writing, making films, covering wars and then
revolutions. And followed then, by the Western subversions!
For me an
alliance, and even some sort of unity between China, Russia and South America,
is the essential pre-condition for the survival of the humanity.
The West knows
that such an alliance would break its monopoly on power; that all three models
are now inspiring billions of people all over the world. These models may be
different to some extent, but the bottom line is always the same: putting the
people first, while trying to deter neo-colonialism and imperialism.
If that bottom
line were to prevail, that would mean the end of a long and bloody period of
Western global dictatorship. It is that simple!
The West would
rather murder billions than to accept its defeat. Because ‘defeat’ would mean
that its countries would have to finally behave as equals towards the rest of
the world, something culturally and psychologically unacceptable to most of
North Americans and Europeans.
The world has
to finally defend itself. It has to defend its people. Too many lives have already
been lost, too many nations plundered and ruined. Now countries under the
attack should embrace each other, help each other, and not to allow each other
to fall.
The Western
propaganda machine is spreading sinister but very effective lies that “all large
countries are the same, that they have identical imperialist tendencies”.
The only way
to contradict such fabrications is to offer concrete and bright examples to the
contrary.
The world has
been drowning in the cynicism and nihilism administered by the Empire. In order
to snap out from depression, in order to erect the great flags of the
resistance again, people need a substantial dose of emotions, optimism, poetry,
and human warmth. They also need true leadership.
They need big
and powerful countries like China and Russia to show the way.
To inspire the
world, it is not enough to do “economically well”, or to be “strong” (although
those are essential pre-conditions for progress and even for survival). What
people all over the world are longing for, are solidarity, social commitments
and internationalism.
Both China and
Russia are offering exactly those, and have already been for many decades. But
it is often done in a subdued and modest way. And therefore, for the lackey
Western mass media, which still controls the flow of information in most parts
of the world, it is still easy to omit, and even to deny the truth.
To bail out,
to rescue Venezuela, would send a powerful message to both the Empire and to
the rest of the world.
It would be a
truly positive message, full of optimism, decency and pride.
In Russia, a
country that suffered immensely from countless foreign invasions, there is one
important term – “наши” (“ours”). The world is clearly divided between those
who are “ours” (our loved ones, our comrades, compatriots, friends and allies),
and enemies.
By nature, the
Russian people are immensely loyal to those whom they have already accepted as
their close ones, as “ours”. They are loyal to their comrades to the point that
they would, without even blinking, die defending them or give them their last
shirt or a piece of bread. There is no limit to the generosity towards those
that Russian people love.
And Chinese
solidarity is legendary as well. Otherwise, how could this enormous country
lift almost all of its citizens out from poverty?
If Venezuela
is defended and saved, the message to the Empire and to the world would be
powerful and clear: “Do not touch ‘our’ brothers and sisters! If you harm them,
you would be confronted.”
*
In Russia, during
the old days, the rallying cry, the call to battle was often “they are beating
our people!”
And this is
exactly what is happening now. “They are beating our people!” Venezuela, our
beautiful and proud sister, our comrade, our ally, is being tortured,
humiliated and devastated!
Let us stand
up. Let us not allow Venezuela to be violated.
I have lost
all my hope for the hypocritical, toothless Western “Left”. With some bright
exceptions, it will do nothing, absolutely nothing practical to help! As it did
nothing to rescue Cuba when Cuba was bleeding. It had to be China, after all,
which extended its powerful hand across the seas towards Havana saving the
revolution!
And now,
again, only Beijing and Moscow would be able to make that decisive and powerful
epic gesture!
As was
demonstrated when China rescued Cuba, and is now being shown where Russia is
fighting for Syria; these two great and brave nations are willing to get
engaged when the time is ripe, and therefore capable of saving Venezuela!
*
President Xi
Jinping, President Vladimir Putin, I am writing this letter with great respect
for both of you personally, and with profound admiration for your countries. In
many ways I also belong to both Russia and China, despite my determined
internationalism, and my perpetual lack of “home”.
I also write
this with great hope.
I do not know
how to resolve the situation practically – how to save Venezuela in a sensible
but also truly determined way. I cannot offer any practical political advice to
the two of you – great leaders of two enormous countries.
I have merely
outlined the global situation, the murderous drive of the Empire and the plight
of Latin America, the continent, which is so deeply engraved in my heart.
And I am
stating the obvious: now it is only China and Russia that can save Venezuela.
And I am also repeating what we all already know, in South America, in China
and in Russia: “Only if united, we will never get defeated!”
With great
respect,
Andre Vltchek
*Andre Vltchek is a philosopher, novelist, filmmaker and
investigative journalist. He covered wars and conflicts in dozens of countries.
His latest books are: “Exposing Lies Of The Empire” and “Fighting Against Western Imperialism”. Discussion with Noam Chomsky: On Western Terrorism. Point of No Return is his critically acclaimed political novel.
Oceania – a book on Western imperialism in the South
Pacific. His provocative book about Indonesia: “Indonesia – The Archipelago of Fear”. Andre is making films for teleSUR and
Press TV. After living for many years in Latin America and Oceania, Vltchek
presently resides and works in East Asia and the Middle East. He can be reached
through his website or his Twitter.
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