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Here's one of the emails from Joan. Will send the other one next.
Love, Sandy --------- Inline attachment follows --------- From: <kingfisher@humboldt1.com< To: sandy taylor <Sandyteb@aol.com< Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 9:08:06 GMT Subject: Hi Sandy, I'm sure you're as haunted and scared by what is going on as I am. A friend sent the following message from someone in Ghana. She found it quite moving and so do I. I have a children's book agent. Did I tell you? I am very optimistic. Joan <PLEASE <PLEASE <PLEASE <PLEASE < <READ THIS... IT MAY BE SHOCKING.... BUT IT IS THE SAD TRUTH... < < < <<Bonjour tous le monde... Je crois que cet article repr?sente tr?s <<bien ce <<que je pense. Si vous avez une minute, prenez le temps de le <<lire... <<La vie est trop courte pour perdre son temps ? se battre... Qu'est <<ce que <<vous en pensez? Je crois que si l'on s?me le bien, on r?colte le <<bien... << <<Hi everybody, this article is a little long, but exactly expresses <<what I <<think and also what a lot of people think... Please don't take me <<wrong, I'm <<not against America or American, I'm just against injustice... << <<enjoy! << <<Josianne << <<---------- <<From: "Herod, Chris" <<Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:58:10 -0500 <<Subject: FW: Statement from Ghana: "Injustice Anywhere.........." << << << < Injustice anywhere . . . << < << < Knowing the risk of fighting against the currents of seemingly <<popular << < sentiment, this is a suggestion that while we pray for the <<innocent << < victims of the events of last Tuesday, let us also think very <<seriously << < about where we are in history and what we should be doing with <<our lives. << < << < Here in Ghana, across Africa, and around the world, every day, <<mothers and << < fathers, sisters and brothers, and daughters and sons are dying <<as a << < direct result of American created, directed, and imposed <<policies and << < actions. Daily, American imperialism kills, maims, devastates <<and << < terrorizes the lives of normal, innocent, average people. We are <<killed by << < policies which require that we pay a manufactured debt to a Wall <<Street << < banker before we pay to provide immunizations for our children. <<We are << < killed by policies that require us to sell our businesses and <<resources to << < "investors" resulting in layoffs, slave wages, and our 10-year <<old << < children selling water and oranges on the street for pennies. We <<are << < killed by the dumping of American-made weapons into the hands of << < American-trained soldiers gone crazy in the support of <<American-controlled << < oil in Nigeria, sugar cane in Haiti, diamonds in Sierra Leone, <<and rubber << < in Liberia. << < << < In the very same way, on September 11, 2001, many normal, <<average, << < innocent people lost their lives as a direct result of American << < imperialism. Although it can be shocking, it should not surprise <<us. As << < Malcolm X said on another occasion, "Chickens come home to <<roost." << < << < Perhaps, more and more of us will continue to see that the <<masses of << < people --- normal, average, everyday folk, all over the world <<--- are << < linked in our humanity. We are linked in our reaction to the <<tragedy of << < innocent lives lost. As a result of Tuesday's events, many of us <<may also << < begin to see ourselves becoming increasingly linked in our <<susceptibility << < and vulnerability. I also hope that we may also begin to see <<that wherever << < we may live in the world, whatever language we speak, whatever <<God we << < worship, our lives are shaped in the extreme by the inhumane <<policies of a << < system which tremendously benefits just a few while leaving most <<of us << < clinging desperately to the vestiges of our humanity. << < << < This same despicable system now attempts to continue its massive << < oppression of humanity by encouraging, fostering and maintaining <<our << < ignorance: keeping humanity divided and then distracted from the <<real << < cause of our suffering. After highlighting the justifiable and << < understandable shock of average folk who have lost their <<innocence and << < their innocents, we will also be shown images of people who <<celebrate the << < events that occurred in the US on September 11, 2001. As usual, <<they will << < simply show crowds rejoicing and the burning of American flags. <<There will << < be no attempt to show or explain why so many in the world feel a << < justifiable and understandable hatred of America and its <<policies. Many of << < us have lost our innocence long ago. Many of us lost our land <<and control << < of our lives long ago. We are fighting against America to get it <<back, << < even within America. Many of us have lost and continue to lose <<our mothers << < << < and fathers, sisters and brothers, and daughters and sons every <<day. << < Whether we loose our neighbors or loved ones to malaria, a <<crack-overdose, << < AIDS, dysentery, zionist missiles or NATO bombers, we understand <<the role << < that America and American policies play in these tragedies. We <<have to << < understand why some people now celebrate when there is at least <<a sense << < that some consequence has fallen on America, that the Goliath of <<the world << < does not always have its way. This is not the first war of the <<21st << < Century but rather a continuation of a war that started long <<ago. Whether << < we know it or not, whether we accept it or not, we are in the <<midst of an << < ongoing war against injustice and oppression. << < << < Despite imperialist attempts to portray everyone they kill as a <<crazed or << < fanatical demon, most people in America do not celebrate the <<fact that << < Palestinians are losing their loved ones on a daily basis at the <<hands of << < Israelis with American-made weapons and an American financed <<military. << < Most do not even know, much less celebrate, the fact that <<millions have << < been killed in the Congo and Central Africa as a direct result <<of first << < Europe's and now America's need to have unfettered access to its << < invaluable minerals and labor. In the same way, those who are <<rejoicing << < around the world today, are not celebrating the death of <<innocent people << < in America. Some are celebrating the possibility that maybe our <<own daily << < suffering and loss of life will soon end because of the recent <<events in << < America. However, this will not likely happen unless we are able <<to see << < through the cloud of dust imperialist media will use to hide the <<real << < human tragedy of our suffering. The real commonality we all <<share as << < people, even more now than we did a week ago. << < << < When America's imperialist leaders try to convince us to direct <<anger and << < vengeance toward this individual or that, this group or that, <<this nation << < or that one, let us try to look at the real cause of the <<tragedy. If we << < can get past the Voice of America, CNN, the New York Times, BBC, <<and all << < their satellite outlets, maybe we can look for the root of the <<problem. It << < is only then that we even have a chance of finding a cure. The <<challenges << < of humanity can never be solved by trying to bomb or kill people <<into << < submission. In the same way, attempts to use the United Nations, <<the << < International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization or <<other << < so-called world bodies to legislate the majority of the world <<into << < accepting injustice will never succeed. << < << < Elimination of human suffering can only come about through <<legitimate and << < honest human-centered education. We have to seek an education <<that will << < enable us to truly understand our global interdependence: an <<education << < that will lead to a new level of human enlightenment. An <<enlightenment << < that enables us to see that when we lose loved ones to political <<violence << < in New York, it is no different than when we lose loved ones to <<political << < violence in Freetown, Belfast, Sudan, Somalia, Palestine, Iraq, << < Afghanistan, Panama, Grenada, and so many other places around <<the world << < where people have suffered at the hands of American-led <<imperialism. << < << < So, as we rightly pray for and console the families of those <<innocents who << < lost their lives in New York, let us also remember that as Dr. <<Martin << < Luther King so eloquently stated, "Injustice anywhere is a <<threat to << < justice everywhere." As long as there is injustice, no one is <<safe. We << < must fight to eliminate injustice, only then will the violence <<subside. << < When you kill someone's mother or father or child, is it not <<likely that << < some or one of the survivors may one day be bold enough to <<strike back at << < the one that they believe responsible? Even to the point of <<killing his or << < herself in the process. << < << < When we are bombarded with images, rhetoric, newspapers and even << < messages that encourage us to raise American flags and sing the <<praises of << < America, we are witnessing and participating in a well <<orchestrated script << < designed to prepare us to blindly support retaliation against <<someone, << < anyone. Let us remember that those who will be killed in <<America's next << < bombing exercise will be someone's child, someone's mother, <<someone's << < fiancee, someone's school teacher. Most people around the world <<would call << < it terrorism when bombs and missiles are mercilessly dropped on <<innocent << < people in Bagdad, Kabul, Tripoli, Khartoum, Hanoi or Hiroshima, <<not only << < when they fall on America. When we say terrorism must stop, let <<us remind << < the American government and the people of America that all lives <<are << < sacred. Please burn a candle for all of the victims of <<American-led << < imperialism, not just those killed in New York, Pennsylvania and << < Washington, DC on September, 11, 2001. If we want peace, we must <<have << < justice. Work for justice. << <
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