The Pathway Towards Peace: U.S. Human Rights Manifesto

By Janelle Marina Mendez Viera

In "The Pathway Towards Peace: U.S. Human Rights Manifesto," Jánelle Marina Méndez Viera exposes the American billionaire patriarchy's strategic takeover of democracy and delves into the intersection of two social scientific theories regarding racism thought to be conflicting and synthesizes both concepts into her theory of psychosocial racism and sexism. Through her own experiences as a child-sex slave in the U.S. Marine Corps and through her work leading the Military Sexual Trauma Movement, Méndez Viera as a human rights executive and movement leader, she shines a light on the dark side of the tourism industry and American exports, by relocating to the Dominican Republic to investigate the experiences of enslaved Haitians. She connects modern slavery in the Caribbean to the radicalization of boys and men in the U.S. military and the role mass communication plays in their indoctrination.

 

This powerful manifesto is a compelling account of one woman's resistance and fight for the abolition of modern slavery in the Western Hemisphere. Jánelle Marina Méndez Viera not only exposes the threat to democracy and the junction of racism and sexism in American society, but she also predicts the January 6th Insurrection six weeks before it occurs. On November 11th, 2020, in a speech in Washington D.C. at a press conference she organized called, "Fight for our Freedom", she warns of a looming national security issue involving veterans and Marines. Through her development of the radicalization pipeline model, Méndez Viera is able to accurately predict and assess risks in order protect herself from violent attacks on her life. Méndez Viera uses her extensive knowledge and expertise to guide and educate Americans on how to defend democracy and create lasting peace.

 

Her theory of psychosocial racism, sexism and misogyny posits that these systemic issues are psychological delusions that evolve into social constructs when mass media creates propaganda on behalf of billionaire patriarchy. Loyal audiences usually made up of male involuntary celibates are intentionally recruited on to the radicalization pipeline through google queries that respond to self-help questions such as "how do I get girls to like me or how do I attract women?" The manosphere then places bids on google searches and returns dating gurus like Andrew Tate who indoctrinate men and teen boys through mid-level radicalization by showing them misogynistic content that externalizes their insecurities to make these men and boys hate women and minorities. They become defenders of patriarchy and fight against feminism, civil rights and social justice through coordinated online harassment, threats, physical violence and domestic terrorism. Méndez Viera lays out how to spot the red flags early on and discusses what society can do to create peace and minimize the recruitment into the radicalization pipeline.

 

Méndez Viera analyses the illicit sex markets in the Western Hemisphere compared to legalized and regulated markets around the world. She investigates sexual violence, slavery and prostitution in the Caribbean and its ties to chattel slavery while discussing legalized and regulated markets in Nevada and the Netherlands that have higher levels of protection, safety and workers' rights. These areas have been able to reduce child sexual slavery through the regulated sex markets. Méndez Viera discusses the combining regulation, legalization and psychological therapy for involuntary celibate males can be a powerful tool for preventing recruitment into the radicalization pipeline and thus preventing gender violence, mass violence, modern slavery and domestic terrorism in the United States of America.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Flourish Under Fire Press
• Release date: Dec 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223415046

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The Pathway Towards Peace

U.S. Human Rights Manifesto

Jánelle Marina Méndez Viera

Certified Human Rights Consultant, CEO, & Woman Human Rights Defender

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The Pathway Towards Peace

U.S. Human Rights Manifesto

Jánelle Marina Méndez Viera

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Dedication

Future Generations of Caribbean Americans

Idedicate this manifesto to you. This collection of my life’s work in human rights and as a slavery abolitionist is my way of honoring your potential and your future. I hope that through reading this, you gain a deeper understanding of the systems of patriarchy that perpetuate oppression and enslavement. It is my belief that we cannot achieve peace in our society as long as we profit from the exploitation and enslavement of others.

To my Afro-Caribbean community: I know that your voices have been silenced and marginalized throughout history. With this dedication, I show my solidarity with you and my commitment to your liberation. I hope that my forms of resistance, inspired by African and Native American Taíno traditions, encourage you to continue fighting for justice and equality. Because if you are oppressed, then I am oppressed with you. None of us are truly free until all of us are free. You will be the ones to carry on the fight for justice and equality. I vow to use my privilege and voice to speak out against these injustices and work towards the abolition of slavery.

This manifesto is meant to educate and inspire further research into modern slavery, so that we can all play a part in its abolition. To achieve true liberation, we must fundamentally change the way we think about slavery, and recognize it as a harmful and dehumanizing practice that is rooted in the ideologies of psychosocial racism and sexism and the belief in the inherent superiority of one group over others. The abolition of modern slavery is the pathway towards peace, and I believe that together, we can create a more just and equitable world for all.

49.6 Million Currently Enslaved People

I further dedicate this manifesto to the countless victims of modern slavery, particularly those who have suffered at the hands of the U.S. military. As a survivor of child sexual slavery within the military, I have firsthand experience of the devastating impact that such exploitation can have on individuals and communities. Through this work, I hope to shed light on the ongoing legacy of modern slavery in the Western Hemisphere, and the ways in which systems of oppression and exploitation continue to perpetuate cycles of violence and conflict. By documenting the experiences of enslaved Haitian people and exposing the U.S. military’s role in perpetuating slavery, I aim to hold those responsible to account and inspire future leaders to take action towards the complete abolition of modern slavery. It is my hope that, through this manifesto, we can all work towards a world where all people are valued and treated with dignity and respect because that is the pathway towards peace.

Foreword

Dr. Kate Balestrieri, Licensed Psychologist, Certified Sex Therapist & Founder of Modern Intimacy

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and several years of intense civil unrest, the United States is facing a crisis of identity and survival. Many citizens are without appropriate or adequate resources to survive financially, let alone thrive. However, an additional casualty in the ever-growing chasm between safety and the lives most folks believed they were guaranteed is a lost sense of connection. Disconnection from self and disconnection from others is a pervasive theme in the ongoing efforts to understand the changing zeitgeist in the United States. When people feel unsafe and disconnected, basic survival instincts kick in and threat detection processes in the brain work overtime. A common consequence of feeling disconnected and unsafe is the experience of depersonalization and derealization for the individual, and on a larger scale, othering, and dehumanization.

This is where we are as a nation. A chronic state of othering and dehumanization, and wild infringement of basic human rights. As this book highlights, young men are being recruited into an army of oppressors, often unbeknownst to them and to their own detriment. While the negative consequences to men engaged by the alt-right pipeline are significant, they pale in comparison to the horrific implications for people from marginalized groups. Without intervention, cisgender heterosexual men captured by the propaganda of the alt-right stand to become the greatest threat to civil liberties and human rights in the United States. Empowered by male privilege and a surfeit of blind spots, men who find themselves without the opportunity for connection or partnered sexual experiences exhibit tremendous resentment, frustration, and a host of mental health concerns (anxiety, depression, low self-worth, etc.) However, instead of looking inward to understand their role in their current situation, and their opportunities to break free from the loneliness and disconnection they’re experiencing, they externalize the responsibility of their distress onto women.

Emboldened by other men, through homosocial bonding or through the modeling of misogyny and racism featured in the propaganda promoted by the alt-right and all along the pipeline, young men, who are desperate to fit in and find themselves valued, are tricked by the false sense of security and trappings of precarious masculinity into becoming foot soldiers for a cause that barely benefits them. The manipulation of far-right propaganda keeps young men lonely, resentful, embittered, and entitled. Operating from a place of scarcity, which elicits survival and dehumanizing mindsets, these young men serve to further the political gains of a select few while they and the rest of the population suffer.

An essential aspect of cultivating change is to meet folks where they are and help them take the steps necessary to better their lives. The Pathway Towards Peace does just that. In this book, the author, Jánelle Marina addresses the key points beleaguering the men targeted by this propaganda but offering them what it is they claim they want most: sex and connection. Bridging therapy with sex work, legalizing sex work and providing oversights through the supervision of mental health professionals trained in the field of sex therapy offers protections to sex workers (who may otherwise be targeted, exploited, and otherwise mistreated). It also provides a treatment plan for those men who need to learn social skills and emotional regulation skills, and process their fears about non-transactional relationships so they may have the hope of curating secure, healthy relationships. Human beings are relational creatures and healthy relationships are a buffer in times of financial or other strife. Fostering the opportunity for men to heal from the wounds of precarious masculinity, and therefore humanize themselves and others is the foundation for cultivating a healing and peaceful future within the United States. True power is peace, and peace is difficult to come by when your very economic or relational survival is in question. To prevent a willing militia of angry, entitled men, we must help them find alternative and sustainable strategies to feel whole, valued, and loved.

It is with great admiration for Méndez Viera’s human rights work that I recommend this book and this approach to addressing the very real crisis of the brainwashing of men, via the alt-right pipeline. We all deserve better, and this is a start.

Preface

After experiencing numerous human rights abuses in the United States, including the failure of the U.S. Government to provide me with appropriate treatment for severe nerve damage, caused by the Department of Defense during my sexual enslavement as a minor and exacerbated by the Veterans Health Administration, I decided to seek treatment abroad in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Just before my departure, physician-researcher Dr. Eugene Lipov gave me a cure for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) after my story was published in the Hudson Valley News. I am deeply grateful to Todd Bender at Hudson Valley News for his help.

It was after this that I began studying for my human rights credentials with a focus on anti-slavery and was shocked by the prevalence of slavery in the Dominican Republic, including within my own community. The high levels of child sex trafficking of young girls by white American men particularly disturbed me, and I called my father to tell him I wanted to get involved and go back to college to study human rights. I decided to relocate to Punta Cana to conduct qualitative research and write The Pathway Towards Peace: U.S. Human Rights Manifesto in order to document modern slavery in Caribbean communities and educate Americans about the situation.

As a Certified Human Rights Consultant with a specialization in institutional anti-slavery and anti-violence, and a registered woman human rights defender (credential numbers 57114778 and 57119038 issued by the United States Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights in Washington, DC), I am authorized to work with private and public institutions as sanctioned by the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (UN Resolution A/RES/53/144 of December 9th, 1998), the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN Resolution A/RES/217 of December 10th, 1948), and the Constitutions and Bills of Rights in the United States and the Dominican Republic.

Prior to my work as a Certified Human Rights Consultant, I founded and led the Military Sexual Trauma Movement, a feminist human rights organization, where I lobbied for, wrote, and helped enact the Restoration of Honor Act of 2019 in New York State—the first and only military and veteran legislation in U.S. history that meets the United Nations’ requirements for intersectional feminist legislation leading to world peace. My passion as a slavery abolitionist and human rights leader is rooted in my own experience with institutionalized child sexual slavery.

Welsh author Eleanor Wait writes about my turbulent upbringing and experiences with military sexual violence and child sex trafficking while I served as a minor in the U.S. Marine Corps in Boricua Gringa: The Biography of Jánelle Marina Méndez-Viera. Wait also details my experience and evolution into a human rights leader who founded the Military Sexual Trauma Movement, documenting my authorship and successful lobbying efforts that led to the enactment of ROHA19 and MIRA (Military Industry Regulatory Authority) which became the Independent Review Committee on Sexual Assault in the Military (Wait, 2022). The biography Boricua Gringa chronicles my journey and the evidence I gathered along the way, which has had a significant impact on the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. My story shed light on the devastating reality of state-sponsored child sexual slavery and influenced the implementation of the Department of the U.S. Navy’s Safe-to-Report Policy of 2022.

This groundbreaking policy empowers victims of sexual violence to come forward without fear of disciplinary action from their chains of command. It represents a crucial step towards creating a safer, more supportive environment for survivors within the military. This manifesto is a combination of my personal experiences and research into institutionalized slavery, based on ethnographic qualitative research.

My work in U.S. human rights

I BEGAN MY WORK IN human rights activism and advocacy while working on Wall Street in the Hudson Valley region. Making the connection between oil portfolios and their funding of human rights abuses in plains indigenous communities in North Dakota changed the trajectory of my life.

Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, that is home to the New York Stock Exchange and several other financial institutions. It is often used as a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole. It was founded in the late 18th century, and many of the businesses that originally operated there, including banks and insurance companies, were built and financed by profits from the transatlantic slave trade and the labor of enslaved people in the United States. The bond market first came into existence on Wall Street where Native American and African slaves were auctioned off to southern slave owners by major banks such as J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo, who have acknowledged and apologized for their historical ties to slavery. It became apparent to me that the human rights abuses I endured in the military had overlapping circumstances regarding indigeneity. I developed into a Wall Street activist and spent the rest of my career fighting the finance patriarchy (the financial sector has been white male-dominated since the inception of the United States) to ensure protections for women and minority communities.

It was during my time on Wall Street that I founded the Military Sexual Trauma Movement, after the U.S. Navy unlawfully denied me access to justice for the fourth and final time (Manker v. Secretary of the U.S. Navy Carlos Del Toro: Special Case MD18-1237). I had miscarried for a second time in 2018 due to the severe nerve damage I developed from PTSD from the U.S. Marine Corps, during my time in sexual enslavement. The emotional pain of that loss combined with the impossibility of finding justice domestically led me to run a human rights movement against the strongest military in the world. Since no one could help me, I decided to fight back and pursue justice no matter what the cost.

I was raised in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York where I was surrounded by the stories of local human rights icons such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Malcom X, Elizabeth Jennings, and Frederick Douglass. The lower Hudson Valley region played a vital role in their achievements. I understood that I had to rise to meet the moment to guarantee justice for those who come next. It was my time to pick up the torch of democracy and weaponize my voice for the highest good; this is how I became the human rights leader for the military division of the fourth wave of feminism. Over the last five years, my work has resulted in significant changes to policy at the state level, the federal level (within the U.S. Department of Defense) and at the international level. I organized and led sit-ins and protests, gave speeches, held press conferences, and authored key legislation. I am the author of the No Bad Paper Bills. This became the Restoration of Honor Act of 2019 in New York State after I launched the Military Sexual Trauma Movement as a feminist human rights organization at the 2019 Women’s March in Hudson, New York. I authored the MST Victims’ Bill of Rights, later revised into the Military Industry Regulatory Authority, which was signed into law via executive order by President Joseph Biden as the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault of 2021 (Weber, 2021).

I have organized veterans across the country and lobbied U.S. Congress in support of the I Am Vanessa Guillen Act of 2022, as well as for support of the Military Justice Improvement Act, which was recently approved for enactment under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023. I filed five United Nation Human Rights Complaints regarding a key discovery I made during my time as a human rights CEO for the Military Sexual Trauma Movement. The radicalization pipeline was the major breakthrough I discovered and is a process used by extremist groups and billionaires to recruit and indoctrinate individuals into extremist ideologies and communities, where they may commit human rights abuses and attempt to overthrow democratic systems. Specifically, it targets men and boys and turns them into defenders of patriarchy. The development of the radicalization pipeline model began as a way to protect myself from those who oppose my human rights work, and who had threatened me, and planned assassination attempts on my life. I grew to study the manosphere communities in the Marine Corps to gain insight into a white supremacist faction called Marines United. It was through surveillance and documenting their behaviors that I was able to develop the radicalization pipeline model to use as a risk measurement tool to protect my life and well-being so that I could continue to defend human rights in my community and fight for restorative justice for all of us.

As the radicalization pipeline matured and I created a concise identification process for risk factors, I was able to accurately predict what level of radicalization a particular community was engaging in, what their ideologies were, and what modes of violence and harassment they preferred. I was also able to identify exactly how the white supremacist billionaire patriarchy funds and promotes the radicalization pipeline in order to consolidate wealth and power through using these radicalized Americans to enforce the subjugation and enslavement of women and minorities in the United States.

While in Punta Cana, I began developing a human rights consulting firm to