Re: Requesting support for a community-wide open le
"Afdhere Jama" <[email protected]>
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salam, sister charmi, the anti-war movement is a worldwide thingy :) not just american. many times, i think many jewish americans became zionists simply because of anti-semitism launched on jews by supposed "peace" and "freedom" loving people. it is certainly a reactionary of the first order... but one that can be understood. the thing is that the first thing to justice... must be consistency. one of the main reasons why arabs - for example - are not easily *won* by america is that america is not consistent. and the same goes for all sides of the coins. the anti-war movement becomes a joke... if it concentrates on palestine more than it does on -- say -- kashmir or kurdistan. i usually smell anti-semitism when people want to concentrate on the horrible things israel does... completely ignoring the horrible things other people do. all pain is the same. if that is not the way the soup is made, something is smelling... and it is not the fish :) afdhere Afdhere Jama Editorial Director HURIYAH Publications S A N F R A N C I S C O [email protected] http://www.huriyahmag.org >From: Charmi Miller >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] Requesting support for a community-wide open le >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:01:25 -0500 > >hi br afdhere, > >well, i absolutely agree with you that it is a situation of a people >being warred upon like any other people being warred upon. i wasn't >saying emphasize it over any other situation of occupation and war. > >what i read in what br na'eem posted -- and i may have mis-read it >because i don't feel all that well and was kind of scanning -- was that >there were people who wanted the war on palestine to be removed from >anti-war work. i might have just misunderstood. > >but, in terms of why this situation appears to eclipse other situatio ns >in the minds of americans: you always have to keep in mind that one of >the reasons why what's happening to palestinians is so terribly >intolerable to americans is that WE are the ones warring on them - our >money, our weapons, even our citizens in many cases. > >(not to mention the hidden funding from US citizens and organizations >that makes the funds for the war machine pretty much limitless. i just >can't stop wondering WHEM they are going to get around to freezing the >funds of US individuals and organizations that launder such huge amounts >of money which are funneled to support IDF/fringe group "terrorism"? << >i'm opposed to the use of that word since it has now lost all meaning. >this willingness to overlook money-laundering if it's bound for israel >is one of the biggest twilight zone aspects of this to me... i wouldn't >be surprised if the IRS switching their focus to this area of fraud >wouldn't result in a big dent being made in the national debt.) > >being citizens of a supposed democracy, we should have the means to put >a stop to our money being used in these ways. this is only what "should >be", obviously. the reality of our government and its selective >definition of "democracy" is a whole different story.... > >charmi > >p.s. br afdhere i hear ya where you ask the question "what if it were >jews?" things have gotten so bad here in the US about palestine/israel >that i find that many if not most of my jewish friends have so easily >slipped into newfound zionism, though they tend to call it other things, >such as "finding their roots", that i am actually scared by things they >say. as a result of what i see right around me, i try extra hard to >const antly keep a watch on myself for reactionary responses to things i >read or hear about israel. and there's a certain 'tone of voice' which >causes some automatic filtering when i read or hear certain phrases, >such as anti-semitism. yes, we all have to keep an eye on our own >biases, whether they're new ones or old ones, no matter where they came >from. no doubt. ;) > > >_______________________________________________ >ProgressiveMuslims mailing list >[email protected] >http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims ---------- Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful tips here.