Birgitta Jonsdottir wrote:
Call To The People Of The World To Support Iceland Against The Financial Blackmail Of The British And Dutch Governments And The IMF
January 6th 2010
Introduciton: Birgitta Jonsdottir is the leader of The Movement, a group within the Icelandic Parliament which has emerged from the mass struggle of Icelanders against the financial blackmail brought to bear against their country by the governments in London and The Hague, with the backing of the IMF, in the wake of the insolvency of three large Icelandic banks in the midst of the Lehman Brothers-AIG world financial panic of September-October2008. Birgitta Jonsdottir is a courageous leader in the fight for national sovereignty, independence, dignity, and the economic well-being and future of her country.
January 5, 2010 is a historical day for Icelanders. The Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson had a tough decision to make, and difficult choices to make. To listen to the 23% of the nation that signed a petition calling on him to put the state guarantee for 5.4 billion dollars to be paid to the British and Dutch governments to a national referendum.
Or to ignore the nation and sign the bill for the government, after the bill had been passed through the parliament with a narrow vote on December 30, 2009 after months of acrimonious debate, tainted with secrecy and dishonesty on the part of the government. Every day throughout the debate, new information would emerge and documents would leak to local media or wikileaks.
Yesterday, the people of Iceland finally had a chance to have something to say about their fate, because if the state guarantee is accepted it will mean that Iceland will become like a third world country, spending its GDP largely on paying interest on foreign debt. Last summer, a bill for a state guarantee was passed that had a significant meaning not only for Iceland, but also for other nations around the world facing the same problems of private debt being forced on taxpayers.
The bill included a reasonable and fair way of handling the interest and the debt: Icelanders would pay, but only a certain percentage of their GDP, and if there were to be another financial black hole, they would not pay during that time. Thus it comes as no surprise that the Dutch and British governments reacted so swiftly with a condemnation of Iceland's citizens for having the audacity to think they have the right to exercise their democratic rights in deciding for themselves what is in the best economic interests of their nation.
Let's also put this debt into perspective: 320.000 people live in Iceland, each and every person on the island, including children and the elderly, the disabled and the poor, would have to pay around $30,000 under the bill. The danger if Icelanders will accept this enormous burden is that the entire welfare system would simply collapse with no money to run it. On January 5th the Icelandic president had the courage, backed up by his nation, to place the interest of the people before that of the banks.
Of course there has been an incredible spin by the government controlled media, attacking the nation and the president for this simple and fair demand. The UK and Dutch media were also full of misleading news, saying the nation had demanded not to pay, and that we would become isolated and there were even suggestions that the British navy should flex its muscles against this nation which has no military. As if the terrorist act they imposed on us was not enough during the darkest hour of our crises to bring us further down!
The spin is failing because people around the world are finally starting to hear our side of the story, and other suppressed nations have perhaps seen this as a sign that they can also rise up against the corpocracy in our world where those with the money have as a rule always won. Let's hope the nation will not been coaxed into fear of isolation and let's hope the people of the world will join in this experiment of letting the interest of the peoples rise above the interests of banks, corporations, and international bullies such as the IMF. We need your support. I will soon issue a comprehensive report on the entire Icesave saga.
Love and rage from Iceland
Birgitta Jonsdottir
Party group chairman for The Movement in the Icelandic Parliament
Documentation: I append links to the files about Icesave that were leaked to wikileaks, and which show how the EU member states blackmailed Iceland into the same corner the government helped push into by accepting the Icesave bill. This file also contains letters between the main financial adviser to the Iceland Finance Minister and Mark Flanagan of the IMF:
Source:
http://file.wikileaks.org/leak/icesave-eu7.pdf1. Iceland says NO to Debt-Slavery
"22 Aug 2009 ... Here in Iceland people say, that if the country´s government agrees to give ... how the British and Dutch government subservient to their country´s private financial institutions blackmailed the Icelandic government ... ask the IMF to pressure Iceland to reimburse depositors in Kaupthing affiliates. ..."
www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php ... bt-slavery2. The Icesave dispute – The view from Iceland « In These New Times
"6 Jan 2010 ... The collusion of the IMF in this blackmail has been publically ... Governments all over the world took drastic .... British and Dutch governments is a testament to the ... provide crucial safeguards against the draconian Icesave ... The mood of the Icelandic people and parliament is defiant and ..."
inthesenewtimes.com/2010/01/06/the-icesave-dispute-%E2%80%93-the-view-from-iceland/
3. Iceland says NO to Debt-Slavery - Wikileaks
"22 Aug 2009 ... Here in Iceland people say, that if the country´s government agrees to give in to British and Dutch blackmail to pay the debts of ... if it succeeds to be implemented, change the world's financial environment. .... to ask the IMF to pressure Iceland to reimburse depositors in Kaupthing affiliates. ..."
secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Iceland_says_NO_to_Debt-Slavery
4. Icesave results “humiliating for Iceland” | IceNews - Daily News
"18 Oct 2009 ... The mood of the Icelandic people and parliament is defiant and resolute. They are not frightened by the blackmail tactics of British and Dutch governments and their ... If the British and Dutch governments do not accept the ... used anti terrorist laws against Iceland, Britain's financial system is ..."
www.icenews.is/index.php/2009/10/18/ice ... r-iceland/5. Dear people of the world, thank you for supporting us Icelanders ...
"6 Jan 2010 ... I am so grateful that so many of you support what the Icelandic people are trying to ... the financial elites represented in the IMF and the British Banking Empire. ... to the British imposed Icesave contract and would vote against it. ... And now the British and Dutch government is blackmailing the ..."
notsylvia.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/dear-people-of-the-world-thank-you-for-supporting-us-icelanders/
6. InDefence: The Icesave dispute – The view from Iceland (15.10.2009 ...
"17 Oct 2009 ... The collusion of the IMF in this blackmail has been publically ... Governments all over the world took drastic unilateral measures to support their failing banks and ... The solution proposed by the British and Dutch governments was .... Anti-Terrorism Act by the British Government against Iceland. ..."
www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=1542427128147. Icelanders Resist Bailout Scheme
"5 Jan 2010 ... The mood of the Icelandic people and parliament is defiant and resolute. They are not frightened by the blackmail tactics of British and Dutch governments and their improper use of ... If the British and Dutch governments do not accept the ... legislation against Iceland by the British government. ..."
www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/world- ... out-scheme8. British fury after Iceland blocks £2.3bn repayment - Europe, World ...
"6 Jan 2010 ... A repayment plan for the debt, owed after the British Government paid ... He added: "I don't think the Icelandic people would be sensible if they .... and the UK's abuse of security laws and blackmail to stick Iceland with ..... still increasing) to support a rotten and criminal financial system. ..."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe ... 58988.html9. Web of Debt - EU/IMF REVOLT: GREECE, ICELAND, LATVIA MAY LEAD THE WAY
"7 Dec 2009 ... Total financial collapse, once a problem only for developing ... which it would reimburse Dutch and British depositors who lost money in the ... Iceland, Latvia and Greece are all in a position to call the bluff of the IMF and EU. .... The argument against governments issuing and lending money for ..."
www.webofdebt.com/articles/eu_imf.php10. EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way
"Iceland , Latvia and Greece are all in a position to call the bluff of the IMF and EU. .... The argument against governments issuing and lending money for infrastructure ... British economist Michael Rowbotham suggests that in the modern world of ... Global Research relies on the financial support of its readers. ..."
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?aid=16643&context=va11. The Amazing Adventures of Joy B
"But Iceland and Latvia could call the bluff of the IMF and EU, following the ..... The sum demanded by the British and the Dutch from Iceland in an ... resigned from the coalition government in protest against the economic policies being pursued. .... many people in the world who are on your side and right now, ..."
joyb.blogspot.com/
12. EU ,imf revolt: greece ,iceland ,latvia may lead the way
"16 Dec 2009 ... Total financial collapse, once a problem only for develop. ... Question World ... which it would reimburse Dutch and British depositors who lost ... Meanwhile , the EU and IMF have told the government to borrow ... Iceland, Latvia and Greece are all in a position to call the bluff of the IMF and EU. ..."
www.sodahead.com/world-news/eu-imf-revo ... on-778827/13. AGS (IMF) EYÐILEGGUR ÍSLAND OG LETTLAND: - eeelle.blog.is
"Is there a limit, a point at which government will draw a line against by taking ... Support in Iceland for joining the EU has fallen to just over a third of the ..... in responding to British and Dutch demands for Iceland's government to ..... be supporting it's own people instead of assisting in IMF's blackmail. ..."
eeelle.blog.is/blog/eeelle/entry/959011/
14. EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way by Ellen Brown
"17 Dec 2009 ... Total financial collapse, once a problem only for developing countries .... Iceland, Latvia and Greece are all in a position to call the bluff of the IMF and EU. .... The argument against governments issuing and lending money for .... If this is all the British have to offer, maybe the world will be ..."
www.paltelegraph.com/economics/world-ec ... llen-brown15. Iceland Faces New Crisis After Bill To Repay Britain Is Vetoed
"6 Jan 2010 ... The financial crisis and Great Recession have their roots in the housing bust. .... I am a little surpised to see the support for Iceland in the comments ... The British and the Dutch governments made unilateral political decisions ... The Icelandic people deserve praise for standing up against the ..."
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/06/icela ... 13621.html16. t r u t h o u t | EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead ...
"16 Dec 2009 ... Historically, the Vikings of Iceland repeatedly repulsed British invaders; ... Meanwhile, the EU and IMF have told the government to borrow foreign ... Iceland , Latvia and Greece are all in a position to call the bluff of the IMF and EU. .... The IMF/World Bank have for far too long gotten away with ..."
www.truthout.org/121609717. How States Can Escape the Credit Crisis: Own a Bank
"18 Dec 2009 ... 12.18 EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way ... agreement in which it would reimburse Dutch and British depositors who lost money ... magistrate hired to investigate the Icelandic bank collapse, calls it blackmail. .... The argument against governments issuing and lending money for ..."
www.baltimorechronicle.com/2009/121809Brown.shtml18. EU/IMF REVOLT: GREECE, ICELAND, LATVIA MAY LEAD THE WAY | The ...
"17 Dec 2009 ... Historically, the Vikings of Iceland repeatedly repulsed British invaders; ... an agreement in which it would reimburse Dutch and British depositors who lost ... hired to investigate the Icelandic bank collapse, calls it blackmail. .... The argument against governments issuing and lending money for ..."
www.corbettreport.com/articles/20091217 ... revolt.htm19. Iceland president vetoes collapsed Icesave Bank's bill to UK ...
"5 Jan 2010 ... The British and Dutch governments had compensated savers who lost money when ... "The Icelandic people, if they were to reach that conclusion, ..... back IMF loans to Iceland, something you could almost consider blackmail. .... of institutions like the IMF and the World Bank altogether and pursue ..."
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/05 ... mpensation20. EU/IMF REVOLT: GREECE, ICELAND, LATVIA MAY LEAD THE WAY : Infowars ...
"24 Dec 2009 ... Total financial collapse, once a problem only for developing ... in which it would reimburse Dutch and British depositors who lost money in the ... Meanwhile , the EU and IMF have told the government to borrow ... Iceland, Latvia and Greece are all in a position to call the bluff of the IMF and EU. ..."
info-wars.org/2009/12/24/euimf-revolt-greece-iceland-latvia-may-lead-the-way/
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