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Re: What is to be done?



Hear hear.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stark" <BStark@CSLIB.ORG>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: What is to be done?


Forgive me for weighing in on a conversation that is becoming increasingly
incoherent, but this response sounds akin the accusing the rape victim of
asking for it.

Bruce Stark

>>> Marcus Robyns <mrobyns@NMU.EDU> 09/12/01 03:10PM >>>
In response to this terrible tragedy, the citizens of the United States
must not give in to the jingoistic nationalism offered by the media and
many on this list.  Rather than strike out with more violence and death,
the citizens of the United States must reach out for calm and
reflection.  We must take stock of who we are and understand the
consequences of our own terrible actions in the world.

We must confront the fact that we, and I emphasize WE, must accept a share
of the responsibility for this horrendous act.  Look, folks - the United
States has historically provided support and training for many of these
terrorists groups in the name of "national security;" we have maintained
(and continue to maintain) terribly oppressive and violent dictatorships in
the interest of corporate profit and greed; we support and cuddle the
criminal regime in Israel that perpetuates genocide; we provide arms and
money to right-wing death squads in Latin America that massacre indigenous
peoples who stand up to multi-national corporations destroying their lands;
we actively support efforts by multi-national corporations and their client
states in crushing labor movements that attempt to ameliorate the worst
aspects of industrial capitalism; and we arrogantly abrogate international
treaties that attempt to save our environment, end nuclear proliferation,
and bring international criminals to justice.

Is it any wonder that much of the rest of the world hates us?  Surprise! We
are not the shining beacon of "freedom and democracy" that our propaganda
and myth makers want us to believe.  Real justice and peace will only come
if we as a people take honest stock of ourselves and hold ourselves
accountable for our actions.

We must honor the memory of our fallen comrades and rise above this
terrible evil.  If we are as strong a people as President Bush's handlers
claim we are, then no greater time has come for an honest introspection
that can change ourselves and the world.


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