{"id":984,"date":"2005-08-03T14:23:38","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T18:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=984"},"modified":"2005-08-03T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2005-08-03T18:23:38","slug":"i-think-the-word-is-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=984","title":{"rendered":"I think the word is dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Glantz appeared<\/a> on C-Span<\/a>‘s Washington Journal<\/em> today to discuss his book, How America Lost Iraq<\/em><\/a>. If Glantz is afforded more opportunities like it<\/a> the dialogue on moral clarity would be well served. <\/p>\n

Rahul Mahajan
\nAugust 1, 2005<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Moral clarity is what’s needed to cut the Gordian knot of conflicting strategies for pacifying Iraq, Pentagon announcements of a vague desire to withdraw troops within vaguely the next year, questions about whether Arabs want democracy, and all the other nonsense that constitutes the public debate.<\/p>\n

The planned protests on September 24-26 will be the first ones since February 15, 2003, that drop into a favorable political climate. Hollywood celebrities, liberal newspaper columnists, and progressive Congresspeople will all be poised to use those protests as a launching pad. If the ground is prepared with a moral critique that does not stop at Bush but expands to implicate 21st-century America, then the bump we get after the protests may be the beginning of a sustained shift in consciousness; otherwise, it will be just another flash in the pan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clayton E. Swisher, authour of The Truth About Camp David: The Untold Story about the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process<\/em><\/a>, should have a seat at that table<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those in the antiwar movement<\/a> seeking to marginalise the Palestinian struggle for liberation are unconscionably kneeling in supplication to politicians funding a racist occupation. Unless the lies of that occupation are unravelled and condemned how will Iraqis realise a different fate? <\/p>\n

The Skies are Weeping<\/strong><\/a>: a new cantata by Philip Munger, in memory of Rachel Corrie. Its world premiere will be at the Hackney Empire, London, 1st. November 2005.<\/p>\n

Chorale with soprano solo. Rachel’s words (edited by Philip Munger)<\/p>\n

Feel sick to my stomach a lot
\nfrom being doted on all the time,
\nvery sweetly,
\nby people who are facing doom.
\nYou can always hear the tanks and bulldozers
\npassing by.
\nI have had bad nightmares about tanks and bulldozers
\noutside our house
\nand you and me inside.
\nTanks and bulldozers destroyed 25 greenhouses
\nthe livelihoods for 300 people.
\nThen the bulldozers come and take out
\npeople’s vegetable farms and gardens.
\nThis happens every day.
\nI think that I should at least mention that
\nI am also discovering a degree of strength
\nand of basic ability for humans to remain human
\nin the direst circumstances.
\nI think the word is dignity.
\nI wish you could meet these people.
\nMaybe, hopefully, someday
\nyou will.<\/p>\n

“The second movement of the work is dedicated to Tom Hurndall.<\/p>\n

The Skies are Weeping<\/strong><\/em> had to be withdrawn from its premiere in Alaska due to safety concerns for the student performers after threats had been sent. In the belief that British society is more tolerant, we see this as a real second chance for the work to be premiered.”<\/p>\n

Jews for Justice for Palestinians<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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