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INEQUALITY  the struggle must continue          
Inequality has been at the route of the bravest fights and nations have crumbled by it.
There are no braver souls for equality than Nelson Mandela who fought most of his
95 years, for the cause and 27 of them in prison. A Super Soul has departed.

- Colin Andrews December 5, 2013
I was about to post the article below on the serious inequality in the United States, when
news came in of Nelson Mandela's sad passing. It felt very appropriate to go ahead with it.
After all he was also listed as a terrorist for by the United States until 2008, just 5 years ago.

He fought a long and courageous life fighting oppression and inequality of his people in
South Africa. We all respect his incredible struggle and the difference this one man made to
a nation in a crisis of collusion, greed and lack of compassion - it had lost its spirit by greed
and power broking of war lords and more.  My brief article is not about South Africa but a
fractured United States of America with the same problem of unfairness - Colin Andrews
CEOs of the largest Banks at a TARP hearing in Washington D,C. after receiving huge bail out
money following the collapse of their own schemes which caused thousands of hard working
Americans to lose their homes, savings and retirement funds - many of thousands are still
homeless.
Homeless families in the United States or across the oceans, is all the same agony for
those concerned and in each land the wealth exists for it not to be so. Such inequality is
man-made and can be remedied with real politicians doing the peoples work.
The United States of America is holding its breath.
A nations fractured identity and moral compass is highlighted within its own
borders by rampant inequality.

This fracture in society is a national security issue of the highest magnitude
and yet might in part be the cause of it.!!!!

By Colin Andrews
December 5, 2013

Inequality to those with no home, no health insurance, no dignity and not enough food for their families
is no less painful in the United States than in South Africa. Yes there are, or were differences but pain is
pain and until its confronted and resolved we will see exponential distress convert into unrest and a
declining national morale and a deterioration in our health and education. When 99% of our population
do not have the cash in their pockets to buy the goods to boost the economy, the so called economic
decline will continue.

Years after the Great Recession ended, 46.5 million Americans are still living in poverty, according to a
Census Bureau report released recently and according to Berkeley Professor and former Labor
Secretary Robert Reich “The 400 richest people in the United States have more wealth than the bottom
150 million put together," -  stated on a recent CNNMoney panel on inequality. While the median wage
earner in America took home 9% less last year than in 1999.

The top 100 CEOs did great. The top of the pile was Laurence Ellison at Oracle on $96,160,696 and
the poor guy at the bottom was Alexander Smith at Pier 1 Imports, who must be feeling real bad about
life, received $18,755,923 – These rewards are obscene in any language and represent just one
marker of the level of inequality those at the top have carved out for themselves and often their political
associates.

In the early 1980s, wealthy Americans lived 2.8 years longer than the poor, according to the Department
of Health and Human Services. The wealthy and poor were defined as the top and bottom 10% on a
number of different economic measures.

But by the late 1990s the rich were living 4.5 years longer, and the gap has only widened since then,
HHS said.

The increasing disparity is a result of a variety of reasons including "material and social living
conditions" as well as access to medical care, according to HHS.

Talking health and inequality, About 44 million people in the United States have no health insurance,
and another 38 million have inadequate health insurance. This means that nearly one-third of
Americans face each day without the security of knowing that, if and when they need it, medical care is
available to them and their families.

Yes, we can do better than this but first Washington DC needs to be swept clean of the bigotry and
interest groups that are significantly responsible for the poison.  We have to get involved and put in
their place next time around people we have researched and who we will hold accountable by what they
do next time and not what they don’t do.

Time is running out for peaceful change which is what all decent people strive for. No long lasting future
is achieved by violence of any kind. Those who abuse others in that fashion don’t belong to the new
reality which awaits these dramatic changes that must now come.

– no more time to sit on that fence.  Our people are hurting bad and our country has fallen from the
commendable political visions of its European settlers and the hopes and pain of dislocated native
peoples to the current crossroads.  With the all powerful 1% and the out of control security agencies
acting as gods on hidden secret agendas, our choices for change are very limited and will call deeply to
challenge who we are as humans.

Some of the modern day Whistleblowers signed agreements to retain national or corporate secrets and
broke them. If it had not been for these courageous steps and knowing their lives would never again be
normal, we are able to see deeper into the rabbit hole of power and what levels of deception and lies
are told to us all and even to the nation’s friends, to achieve global dominance.  Global dominance by
the United States who spends more on national defense than all other countries combined - $682 Billion
(2010). And that does not include the huge multi-billion dollar lost black budgets that former vice
president Dick Cheney exposed. To achieve this level of disparity, someone has to pay and that my
friends is the 99% .

It boils down to more than greed it comes down to dishonesty and lack of passion for fellow humans.
From South Africa to The United States and all lands between should dip their collective heads in shame
for letting the 1% get away with this crime on humanity because that is what it tantamount to.

Let us all carry Nelson Mandela’s fight on, in the halls of Congress in Parliaments and in board-rooms.
Where ever and how ever this fight must be had to end this.  The United States is holding its breath and
hoping its fractured identity can be aligned again with its founding fathers dreams, one senses a real
panic to anchor in a reality that can be lived with, and based upon a transparency and trust in the 1%

The nations biggest strength, its people, has been lost and its moral compass is seriously questioned by
nations around the globe. The challenge to put all this back into order can come from those who control
the purse and a new bread of politician - an honest and fair one and one who lives by the same rules as
the 99%.

Colin Andrews

December 5, 2013   
In respect of Nelson Mandela who left us today and for those who suffer at the bottom of an
unacceptable inequality of reward for their efforts.
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In his early years, Nelson Mandela
took up arms to protect his
desperate people but moved to a
position of peace, forgiveness and
teamwork during his 27 years in
prison.  He even invited his prison
wardens to his inorgoration as
president in 1994.

He remained on the United States
Torrorist list until 2008.
Source of Nelson Mandela Quotes

Democratic and Free Society

"During my lifetime, I have dedicated
myself to this struggle of the African
people. I have fought against white
domination, and I have fought against
black domination. I have cherished the
ideal of a democratic and free society
in which all persons will live together in
harmony and with equal opportunities.
It is an ideal which I hope to live for.
But, my lord, if needs be, it is an ideal
for which I am prepared to die."

-Nelson Mandela. April 1964,
statement from the dock at the
opening of his defense case in the
Rivonia trial




Genuine Brotherhood

"Let the strivings of us all prove Martin
Luther King Jr. to have been correct,
when he said that humanity can no
longer be tragically bound to the
starless midnight of racism and war.
Let the efforts of us all prove that he
was not a mere dreamer when he
spoke of the beauty of genuine
brotherhood and peace being more
precious than diamonds or silver or
gold. Let a new age dawn."

--December 1993, Nobel Peace Prize
acceptance speech



New Era

"Today we are entering a new era for
our country and its people. Today we
celebrate not the victory of a party, but
a victory for all the people of South
Africa."

--May 1994, election victory speech to
the people of Cape Town, South Africa




Healing Wounds

"The time for the healing of the
wounds has come. The moment to
bridge the chasms that divide us has
come. The time to build is upon us."

--May 1994, at his inauguration as
president of the Democratic Republic
of South Africa.





Forgiveness

"We recall our terrible past so that we
can deal with it, to forgive where
forgiveness is necessary, without
forgetting; to ensure that never again
will such inhumanity tear us apart; and
to move ourselves to eradicate a
legacy that lurks dangerously as a
threat to our democracy."

--February 1999, opening address at
the debate on the report of the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission



Human Progress

"Your election to this high office has
inspired people as few other events in
recent times have done. Amidst all of
the human progress made over the
last century, the world in which we live
remains one of great divisions, conflict,
inequality, poverty and injustice.
Amongst many around the world a
sense of hopelessness had set in as
so many problems remain unresolved
and seemingly incapable of being
resolved. You, Mr. President, have
brought a new voice of hope that these
problems can be addressed and that
we can in fact change the world and
make of it a better place."

--January 2009, on the inauguration of
Barack Obama as president of the
United States

- - - - - - - -

No one will be left behind.
We all make it or no one does

CA: And so turns the wheel of our
human journey. From South Africa to
the United States our biggest and most
challenging time is prepared.

Is the long struggle for progress for all
our peoples been for nothing? are we
simply going to step aside and allow
the inequalities and discontentment
grow again?

One man, one woman can make a
difference and we all owe it to
ourselves and those who have given
so much to take the struggle forward.

No one will be left behind.  We all make
it or no one does.

Colin Andrews
December 6, 2013
Johnny Clegg (With Nelson Mandela) - Asimbonanga - 1999

Invited to say a word at the end, Nelson said:
"It is music and dancing that makes me at peace with the world and myself”
As a South African, I am filled with an overwhelming appreciation for a man that
gave the world so much -- freedom, love, compassion, empathy, graciousness
and of course, himself. Along the way, Mandela and his colleagues helped
pioneer the divestment tactic that many climate campaigners are now emulating. I
think the tribute he would like the most is the knowledge that people the world
over are carrying on his work.
Mandela's selfless determination is an inspiration to all of us, and we will keep his
memory close to our hearts on the road ahead.
Onwards,
Lushendrie for the whole 350.org team
P.S. Can you take a few seconds to share this video on Facebook and forward
this email to your friends and family?
Watch video HERE

"IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT IS DONE"
Nelson Mandela
Colin Andrews: "Please watch the video below and feel the welling of humanity
that we must carry forward to save our specie and survive in peace. There are two
forks in this road: One with a future under intimidation or the other by one with
mutual understanding and respect"

Below is from 350.org

Dear friends,
The last great leader of the 20th century -- and an inspiration for this new
millennium -- died here in South Africa yesterday.
Nelson Mandela touched all of us with his courage, his unyielding resistance, and
his grace. He knew how to fight, and he knew when to make peace.
Inspired by Mandela's vision, climate activists made a video last June during the
Global Power Shift convergence coordinated by our 350.org crew. Please do
watch and share the video below:
Nelson Mandela
18 July 1918
5 December 2013
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