Philippines’ Hopeful Struggle to Break Away From Desperate US Cyclops

Contrary to capitalism media propaganda:

  • about 1/2 the Philippine military want the US out
  • Duterte has at least 75% approval ratings
  • most of the military is supporting the recovering population

The real geopolitical cause for US problems with the Philippines is that Duterte is making creating with China and Russia and making noises to curb the transnational mining industries.

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About Bruce Lerro

Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his five books: "From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning", "Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World" (co-authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn), "Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present", "Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized", and "The Magickal Enchantment of Materialism: Why Marxists Need Neopaganism". He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia, WA.

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