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Welcome to Family of the Heart Presentation. Polarization of the World Into Rich and Poor Countries. Presented By Shaukat Ansari Dr. Tahir Qazi and Javed I. Chaudry. The World Polarization into Rich and poor countries. What can be done To reduce Disparity?. ?. A Natural Phenomenon

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  1. Welcome toFamily of the HeartPresentation Polarization of the World Into Rich and Poor Countries JIC

  2. Presented By Shaukat Ansari Dr. Tahir Qazi and Javed I. Chaudry JIC

  3. The World Polarization into Rich and poor countries What can be done To reduce Disparity? JIC

  4. ? A Natural Phenomenon Or A Deliberate Design JIC

  5. World Poverty Map Less than 530 530 - 1,250 1,250 - 3,000 2004 US $ 3,000 - 9,130 More than 9,130 JIC

  6. The World - 500 years agoSocial, Economical and Military needs were simple Socio-Economic: Food, Clothes, Shelter Military: Soldiers, for hand to hand fight, Guns - a bonus Transportation: Horses and Ships JIC

  7. Three developments in Europe • The Renaissance • Discovery of the new world and Colonization of many countries • Industrial Revolution JIC

  8. Globalization Globalization started 5 centuries ago in terms of Colonization of the Globe by Britain, France, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Belgium JIC

  9. Columbus in the Caribbean waters 1492 In his journal, Columbus wrote about the aboriginals: “They are the best people in the world and above all the gentlest. Very willingly, they showed us where the water was, and they themselves carried the full barrels to the boat, and took great delight in pleasing us. Twenty years and several voyages later, the most of the locals were dead and others were either enslaved or under attack JIC

  10. European Empires JIC

  11. Milking the Colonial Cows The function of colonies was to provide cheap labor and cheap raw materials to support the colonialists manufacturing facilities. Manufacturing or development of related technologies was not allowed in the colonies. The colonies simply supplied services and materials. Colonies were not allowed to trade raw materials or products with other colonies. JIC

  12. Plunder By TradeThe Treachery of the British Raj Forced sale of the products from the imperial centers High tariffs on the colonial products Devastation of Indian textile industry to flourish it in Manchester JIC

  13. World Manufacturing Output(Relative Share) 1750 1800 1860 1900 All Europe 23 28 53 62 Britain 1.9 4.3 20 18 France 4 4.2 8 7 Japan 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.4 India 25 20 8.6 1.7 JIC

  14. . In The Discovery of India, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wrote: “If you trace British influence and control in each region of India, and then compare that with poverty in the region, they correlate. The longer the British have been in a region, the poorer it is.” What applies to British colonialism, applies to all colonialism. India and China were actually the least damaged of all colonial regions. JIC

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  16. Colonial FreedomthruEconomic Freedom The Americans recognized Mercantilism Which lead to The Boston Tea Party Recall Gandhi’s March for sea salt in India JIC

  17. Colonial trains run out of steam in 20th century By mid-20th century: The colonial population became too large. Backward in science and technology. Could not carry own weight. The colonial masters had developed themselves in the latest science and technological fields. The colonialists did not need to own the sources of raw materials and labor since the old colonies would be willing to provide cheaply as they were trained for nothing else. JIC

  18. Economic Freedom is development Former colonies do not have economic freedom The currency values are not set based on productivity but based on balance of payment Equal pay for equal work is the answer to world poverty Rich paying far less than full value of natural resources – a consequence of technological dependence JIC

  19. A star or two are born • Two great powers emerged at the end of WWII, USA and the USSR • The economists decide to call the US and the old European Imperialists, the 1st world. • The USSR and its affiliated states the 2nd world • The rest of the countries, the 3rd world JIC

  20. The surviving empire and the 3rd world The 20th century saw several empires going down the drain: The Ottoman Empire The Third Reich The British Empire The Soviet Empire The one still going strong, mainly on borrowed money – floating with a debt of over $10 Trillions JIC

  21. New games for 20th and 21st centuries • Oil, a new commodity; new applications. • The consequence of WWI, provided new opportunities to the old colonialists. • All those machines developed with the blood and sweat of old colonies now need oil to run them. • Puppets were installed in the Middle East to ensure the security of cheap raw material JIC

  22. . Only a philosophy of sharing resources, sharing productive capacity, and sharing in the wealth produced can avoid fascist military conflicts for resources America’s and NATO’s forces snuffing out resistance worldwide is only a control of resources and control of the wealth-producing-process hiding under other excuses. JIC

  23. Consumption of Natural Resources USA 30% Euro imperial countries 56% The rest of the world 14% JIC

  24. Post WW II Times changed Technologies changed New Schemes for new challenges Framework of Orientation is achieved thru Strategy of Tension JIC

  25. Viceroys Inclusion of territories Discourage Manufacturing Plunder Resources thru Unfair Trade Puppets Keep at Arm’s Length Oppose, stop Critical develoments, using threats Plunder Resources thru loans, debts Colonialists StrategiesOld vs. New JIC

  26. New Imperial World Orderhas the followingTools of the Trade World Bank and IMF CIA and its Multi-pronged Covert Activities Shock & Awe – If all else Fails JIC

  27. The Mighty Wurlitzer CIA’s Propaganda Machine Owned or subsidized dozens of newspapers, News services, Magazines, Radio Stations, Hundreds of Covert journalists Published hundreds of books All this for Frame Work for Orientation JIC

  28. USA Invades Panama-1903 President Roosevelt attacked with navy Captured Panama Installed a Puppet 1st Canal Treaty was signed JIC

  29. CIA in Iran -1951 CIA Agent Kermit Roosevelt, used payoffs, threats Organized street riots Toppled elected government Installed the Puppet - Shah JIC

  30. Gulf of Tonkin Incident-1964 A Fabricated Pretext to wage a war against N. Vietnam to Expand circle of Influence With Strategy of Tension The Region and its Population can be sacrificed if necessary JIC

  31. Panama attacked again - 1989 Omer Herrera refused to renegotiate the canal with Reagan administration Herrera ‘s aircraft got blown in mid air Noriega took over, who also did not play ball with the US Bush I administration attacked, after much massacre, One POW was brought in and imprisoned JIC

  32. The Afghan Trap for Soviets - 1985 The covert operation was an excellent idea ..… Zbigniew Broke the back of Soviet Empire Destabilized the surrounding region It will take decades before the region would recover socially and economically JIC

  33. Cuba and the US In 1959, Castro replaced the US Puppet Batista In 1962, the US planned to cause terrorism on its own soil to fabricate an excuse to attack Cuba [Operation Northwoods] JFK did not approve JIC

  34. Cuba’s Economic Isolation Soviet Union Collapsed in 1991 The US agreed to help Russia financially on condition to withdraw support to Cuba Cuba’s survival became questionable until It joined the trading block of Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay and China JIC

  35. . COLONIZATION Political and Economical is The single most important contributor for DISPERITY between countries JIC

  36. What The Developing Countries Must Do TechnologyTechnologyTechnology Create Cooperative Blocks Create Centers of Excellence Reduce the Import of finished goods and Export of raw material JIC

  37. Pakistan, Germany Currencies Against US $ . JIC

  38. India, Japan, Currencies against US $ . JIC

  39. Export and Poverty IF Africa, East Asia, South Asia and Latin America Increase Exports by 1% The resulting gains in income could lift 128 Million people out of Poverty .... Oxfam Report 2002 JIC

  40. . Is Democracy really important? JIC

  41. You can go only so far on BS . JIC

  42. Recommended Books 1. J.W. Smith, Economic Democracy www.ied.info 2. J. Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 3. H. Chang, Kicking Away The Ladder 4. W. Ellwood, Globalization JIC

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