Connecting the Dots
What is the State of Florida Hiding?
“America was founded on the biggest oxymoron. It was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free.” –George Carlin
The State of Florida is known for its beautiful beaches, the theme parks such as Disneyland, Universal and Epcot Centers in Orlando, and a haven for retirees and golf aficionados. But underneath the illusions of beauty, is an ugly underbelly—a history that includes drug and human trafficking, ponzi schemes, money laundering and the lynchings and murders of African Americans.
Does it still go on? And why are these stories covered up? What are the ‘leaders trying to hide?
Please note: Working behind the scenes and in the trenches, we are proud and honored to have been a catalyst to enable “The Poison Garden” to be secured for Amazon Prime, but to expand this important message.
Chris Mancini is the Director of “The Poison Garden” and a former U.S. DOJ Prosecutor, Southern District, Florida.
Let’s begin with your film, The Poison Garden. What was the driving force that led you into making it?
Chris: In 1968, I was 14 and working as a volunteer at a phone bank at the Rochester NY headquarters of Bobby Kennedy’s presidential campaign when we received word of his assassination. I remember looking back at the empty rows of phone tables and being the last person to leave, shutting off the lights as I went. That experience left me, naturally. with a feeling of great loss but also with the determination to see that I hadn’t spent my free time volunteering for nothing and that RFK’s promises to improve criminal justice in America still needed to be fulfilled. I am also determined to correct the false historical depiction of lawyering in the South in the 1930’s as portrayed in To Kill A Mockingbird and to show folks what the real Atticus Finch’s and Southern Sheriff’s of that era were up to.
Evellyn: My practice of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism has taught me that we need to fight injustice anywhere it occurs and my curating South Florida crime history exhibits has inspired me tell these true crime stories to inspire others to fight this form of social oppression.
How has your background as a former DOJ PROSECUTOR helped you in making it?
A. My career in USDOJ law enforcement was a natural progression from my years of Jesuit education and as a public defender in Milwaukee, one of the poorest, most over policed and segregated cities in America. I went from the trenches of street crime in Milwaukee to prosecuting large federal racketeering cases but all my experience has lead me to understand that nothing will change for the better in our criminal justice system under the false premises that every criminal had a choice and acted only out of free will and that we, under the flawed system we have designed, do not share a collective responsibility for every crime that is committed. We have never seen crime and the people who commit it as our neighbors and as clients and until we do, we will never curb it, to the fullest extent that is possible.
How can this film be transformed into action at the local, state and National level? What are the steps that you envision.
A. Once we can show the film in both blue and red state schools like Florida (where it’s been banned until recently under blatantly unconstitutional laws like the STOP WOKE Act) we can move its audiences to understand the need to overturn the Supreme Court’s 1987 Dredd Scott-like ruling in McKlesky v. Kemp and to enact a federal Racial Justice Act (RJA) like California’s. A national RJA will open our state courts to discovery processes in aid of proving the debilitating presence of racism in law enforcement and provide an adversarial courtroom process to investigate, adjudicate, expose and remedy its corrupting influences.
You currently live in South Florida. How has the current DeSantis administration suppressed your ability to show this locally? What is their concern? What are they afraid of?
A. They’re afraid of the truth. When politicians intentionally distort the truth about white supremacy and slavery by describing it as a “job opportunity” for blacks and refusing to allow our public schools and businesses to teach its true horrors because it might make students “uncomfortable” — that will only perpetuate the myths of white supremacy and “white-wash” our true history. In making the film we were mindful of Gov. DeSantis’s false claim that no one complained about slavery until the American Revolution. Well what about the slaves themselves or the many abolitionist movements that long proceeded the American Revolution? I guess they don’t count to him and that’s what you’ll get when you allow politicians to rewrite history, to ban books and to control educational principles to meet a political agenda.
Florida has been known as a place for tourists. But in addition to tourism, there exists a large agricultural industry. Sugar, fruits and vegetables. DeSantis has drawn a red line in the sand prohibiting the progress of alternative proteins and foods. But the agriculture industry, including livestock is a major contributor to climate change and environmental destruction. What is he thinking and why?
A. I can’t read Gov. DeSantis’s mind, but history in Florida is clearly repeating itself now. The true history of racism in Florida that goes back to the 1930’s (which we depict in the film) tells us that we lead the nation in lynchings during the 1930’s as part of a terror campaign to support our white agricultural growers efforts to deter blacks from leaving their fields during The Great Migration in the midst of The Mexican Deportation Act. There’s a valuable history lesson there to question what the true underlying financial motives are for the recent discussions about the mass deportation of immigrants and the power that agriculture and tourism yield over our lawmakers in Tallahassee to the derogation of basic human rights.
As a federal prosecutor, you have seen up and close, the dark side of society. How bad is it here in Florida? Drug cartels, smuggling, prostitution, money laundering and the trafficking of women and children?
How do you remain hopeful?
Yes. We have grandchildren in Florida and nothing motivates us more than our hopes for them having a better future. But Florida has always been the “The Casablanca of The South”, the last stop on the koo-koo train and the refuge for selfish scoundrels in our politics who say they are seeking office to “do good” for us all but stick around to “do well” by themselves and the small tribal groups that support them. We all want the same things, but Florida will only achieve them when we work together to end the culture that promotes the belief that in order for some of us to win, the “others” among us have to lose. Right now, Florida doesn’t feel or act like it’s learned that invaluable lesson for a better future from our dark past, and as William Faulkner once said, “The past is not dead, it’s not even past.”
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"In two weeks the sheeplike masses of any country can be worked up by the newspapers into such a state of excited fury that men are prepared to put on uniforms and kill and be killed, for the sake of the sordid ends of a few interested parties." --Albert Einstein
Dogma maintains that an old narrative–even if the story was corrupted by special interest groups–is maintained.
As children, we once played a game called “Telephone.” Ten kids could be standing in a line next to each other. A short phrase would be whispered into the ear of the first kid. Each person would then turn to the person next to them down the line, and continue trying to repeat the phrase until the child at the end of the line was reached.
On many occasions, the phrase had been altered.
Does the same circumstance happen when it comes to geopolitical news?
What happens when the truth is corrupted? Influenced. Altered.
Simple common decency. What ever happened to it? And why does this–and other crises continue to go on? Are they all tied to the same root cause? What can be done to stop this genocide?
Billions of dollars or rare earth minerals under Gaza…..that what happened to basic human decency.
PART ONE
Gaza: The Struggle for Human Sovereignty
Part 1: Roots of Resistance
Why it matters
What’s happening in Gaza isn’t random. It’s not new. And it’s not just about Hamas.
It’s the latest chapter in a long, brutal struggle over land, life, and legitimacy.
The context
Gaza has been a crossroads of empires — from Pharaohs and Romans to Crusaders and the British.
It was once part of historic Palestine — a thriving coastal hub along ancient trade routes.
Then came 1948.
What changed
▶️ The Nakba (“catastrophe”) began with the founding of Israel.
▶️ Over 700,000 Palestinians were expelled — homes demolished, villages erased.
▶️ Many were driven into Gaza — a 25 km-long strip that became a refugee prison.
▶️ Today, most Gazans are descendants of those forcibly removed.
Life under siege
Since 1967, Israel has controlled every exit and entry point — by land, sea, and air.
What that looks like:
- Military occupation
- Home demolitions
- Night raids
- Checkpoints
- Restricted food, fuel, water, medicine
- Arbitrary arrests, detentions, and extrajudicial killings
Gaza became an open-air prison. Two million people trapped — indefinitely.
The uprisings — and the fallout
Palestinians rose up in two major intifadas (1987, 2000) demanding freedom.
The response?
- Gaza’s only airport and seaport destroyed
- A security wall encircled the territory
- Borders sealed
- Caloric intake rationed by Israeli military — just enough to survive
What’s really at stake
This isn’t just about borders. It’s about sovereignty, identity, and survival.
Palestinians in Gaza are:
- Denied freedom of movement
- Cut off from opportunity
- Living under systemic apartheid
- Facing daily violence and dehumanization
This is not a conflict. It’s a crisis of human dignity.
What’s next
This is Part 1 of a 4-part series.
Up next: The colonial playbook, the oil economy, and the engineered erasure of Palestine.
Stay tuned. Share widely. Truth matters.
PART TWO
Gaza: The Struggle for Human Sovereignty
Part 2: From Faith to Force — The Birth of Zionism
Why it matters
To understand Gaza today, we must separate Judaism — a faith from Zionism — a political movement.
One is spiritual. The other is territorial, strategic, and often violent in execution.
✡️ Judaism ≠ Zionism
Judaism is a 3,000-year-old religion.
Zionism is a 19th-century nationalist movement that sought to create a Jewish state — originally pitched as a safe haven after European antisemitism and pogroms.
But…
Many Orthodox Jewish communities rejected Zionism as heretical — believing only a divine messiah, not political power, could restore Israel.
Even today, Jewish anti-Zionist voices exist — silenced, smeared, or ignored.
Enter the Rothschilds
By the late 1800s, the Rothschild banking dynasty was a global financial power — with eyes on the Middle East’s oil-rich lands and trade routes.
Why?
- The Ottoman Empire was weakening.
- Oil was becoming gold.
- Western empires needed a foothold in the region.
The Zionist project begins
➡️ Baron Edmond de Rothschild — called “Father of the Yishuv” — began buying up vast tracts of Palestinian land under the guise of “colonization.”
➡️ He funded infrastructure, agriculture, and housing to resettle European Jews, many fleeing Russian pogroms.
➡️ He created PICA — the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association. The name said the quiet part out loud.
How colonization was justified
Zionism offered a perfect vehicle:
✔️ Appeal to Jewish suffering
✔️ Leverage Biblical narratives for divine legitimacy
✔️ Secure a Western ally in a strategic location
Result:
A settler-colonial state backed by global capital and western guilt — built on the ruins of an indigenous people.
⚔️ A European Project in Arab Lands
Zionism was not born in the Middle East.
It was a European political vision, financed by elite bankers and supported by colonial powers looking to redraw the map.
Palestinians had nothing to do with the Holocaust, yet paid the ultimate price — their land, freedom, and identity.
The power of silence
Those who question the Zionist project — even respectfully — face immediate branding as “antisemitic.”
This tactic silences both:
- Palestinian voices calling for justice, and
- Jewish voices opposing Zionism.
Why this still matters
The occupation of Gaza is not an isolated act — it’s part of a generational strategy of displacement, domination, and resource extraction.
It’s not about religion.
It’s about power, profit, and control — wrapped in sacred language and sold as security.
Coming next:
Part 3: Gaza as Commodity — War, Gas, and the New Canal
We’ll unpack the profit motives behind the destruction — and who stands to gain from Gaza’s erasure.
Stay informed. Truth needs a network.
Gaza: The Struggle for Human Sovereignty
Part 3: Gaza as Commodity — Erasure for Profit
Why it matters
Gaza’s devastation isn’t random.
It’s strategic — a systematic clearing of land for control, commerce, and long-planned development.
This isn’t about Hamas.
It’s about real estate, gas fields, trade routes — and erasing Palestinian presence.
What’s really happening
The bombardment of Gaza:
- Targets homes, hospitals, schools, cemeteries
- Destroys infrastructure essential for civil life
- Displaces millions — permanently
This isn’t just war. It’s deliberate erasure.
Follow the money
Beneath the rubble lies unimaginable profit:
- Trillions in offshore gas reserves already contracted to BP — with zero benefit to Palestinians
- Luxury real estate developments planned along Gaza’s coast
- Ben Gurion Canal project in the works — a rival to the Suez Canal, cutting through Gaza to the Mediterranean
- Major infrastructure deals already in play with UAE and Saudi Arabia
Palestinians? Not consulted. Not compensated. Not allowed to return.
Settler enthusiasm on display
Israeli settler leaders have been caught on video:
- Celebrating the potential of a “Palestinian-free” Gaza
- Planning luxury beachfront communities on flattened neighborhoods
- Lobbying Netanyahu for rapid land clearance
Developers have literally camped outside the Prime Minister’s office, eager to move in once the “cleansing” is done.
The canal connection
The Ben Gurion Canal, long imagined, would:
- Provide Israel with global shipping control
- Sideline Egypt’s Suez Canal
- Reinforce Western military and commercial dominance in the region
And Gaza? It sits directly in the path.
The visual blueprint
Imagine:
- A “smart city” built on Gaza’s ruins
- Lush resorts where refugee camps once stood
- Surveillance infrastructure and corporate towers replacing homes, schools, mosques
All under the banner of “progress.”
⚠️ Apartheid meets capitalism
This is not a war for peace.
It’s a war for privatized gain — in the name of national security, wrapped in a false narrative of terrorism.
What we’re seeing is:
- Racial supremacism + military occupation
- Corporate greed + land theft
- Modern colonialism, engineered for profit
Pattern recognition
The Gaza blueprint echoes across the globe:
- Displaced indigenous peoples
- Resource extraction by elites
- Digital surveillance and gated control in “smart cities”
- The language of safety used to justify apartheid and exclusion
This isn’t an anomaly. It’s a prototype.
Coming next:
Part 4: Sovereignty or Surveillance — The Choice Before Us
We explore what Gaza teaches us about global systems, rising authoritarianism, and the fight for planetary justice.
Share if you care. Truth demands light.
PART FOUR
Gaza: The Struggle for Human Sovereignty
Part 4: Sovereignty or Surveillance — The Global Fork in the Road
Why it matters
What’s happening in Gaza isn’t isolated — it’s a mirror for the world.
If we look closely, we see the outlines of a future where sovereignty is replaced by surveillance, and freedom is traded for control.
Gaza is not just a tragedy — it’s a warning.
The Gaza blueprint
What we see in Gaza:
- Total loss of freedom of movement
- Militarized borders and lockdowns
- Access to food, water, electricity — all controlled
- Dissent criminalized
- Survivors branded “terrorists” for resisting occupation
Now zoom out.
The pattern repeats
Look across the globe:
- “15-minute cities” proposed under the guise of sustainability
- Digital IDs and social credit systems modeled after China
- Farmland acquisition by corporate elites
- Speech, movement, and bodily autonomy increasingly restricted
- All enforced through tech-driven control systems
The Gaza model isn’t an exception.
It’s a prototype for a global surveillance regime.
The shift is systemic
Under the banner of “progress,” we are seeing:
- Privatization of public goods
- Militarization of everyday life
- Replacement of human governance with automated systems of compliance
- Weaponization of crises (pandemics, terrorism, climate) to justify control
It’s not just Gaza on lockdown.
Humanity is next — unless we intervene.
✊ A different path is possible
The future does not have to be engineered by billionaires and backed by bombs.
We can build systems that prioritize:
- Local self-governance
- Human dignity over digital dominance
- Resource-sharing over hoarding
- Spiritual vision over racial or religious supremacy
Reclaiming the narrative
The Rothschild-backed vision of colonial domination was multi-generational.
Why shouldn’t justice be as relentless?
Why shouldn’t love, liberation, and neo-humanism be as strategic?
The call
Let Gaza be more than grief.
Let it be the awakening spark of a global shift toward:
- Collective sovereignty
- Decentralized power
- A future rooted in justice, empathy, and shared stewardship of the Earth
The end of vaeshyan capitalism can be our beginning.
TL;DR: The series recap
- Part 1: Gaza’s roots in displacement and erasure
- Part 2: The colonial strategy behind Zionism — and its backers
- Part 3: Gaza’s destruction as a land grab for gas, real estate, and shipping dominance
- Part 4: The global stakes — and the path to planetary liberation
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How would Albert Einstein solve our ongoing crises?
Hint: Not with the same systems that caused it.
The problem
- We’ve had 30+ global climate conferences.
- Thousands of panels, books, webinars.
- And yet… the crisis grows.
Why?
We’re applying outdated thinking to system-wide collapse.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
What we’re doing wrong
We’re fixing potholes instead of redesigning the road.
Band-aid strategies:
- Patch the economy
- Offset emissions
- Tweak policies
But the system is the crisis.
Our global economy is rooted in:
- Extraction
- Exploitation
- The illusion of independence
What Einstein understood
Nothing in the universe is independent.
Everything is interconnected, interdependent, and shaped by universal laws.
⚠️ The disconnect:
We build institutions and economies as if nature doesn’t exist.
✅ The fix:
Rebuild human systems to follow the logic of living systems.
Nature’s playbook
Einstein would start here:
- ♻️ Waste = Food
In nature, nothing is wasted. - Diversity = Resilience
Monocultures collapse. Networks thrive. - Feedback loops matter
Ignore them, and collapse accelerates. - Interdependence is non-negotiable
No species, system, or structure survives in isolation.
️ So what can YOU do?
Start by thinking differently:
- Question systems built on domination and separation.
- Learn how ecosystems function.
- Recognize your interdependence — with people, place, and planet.
Take local action:
- Build a community resilience hub
- Host a systems literacy workshop
- Audit your town’s policies — do they mirror nature or defy it?
The Einstein Move
We don’t need smarter tech.
We need smarter thinking.
- Build like a forest.
- Lead like a mycelium.
- Design like an ecosystem.
Bottom line
Einstein wouldn’t be attending the next summit.
He’d be prototyping a new paradigm — one rooted in nature’s intelligence.
Empower your inner Einstein.
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