Iraq & Afghanistan, A Drawing-Down of Blinds.(Full View at http://themcglynn.com/?p=30756
And silence permeates our country. Nor any voice of mourning except the choirs, family and friends.
America’s military industrial complex and many of her national leaders have found a way to wage war in a manner that leaves the majority of Americans directly unaffected by its horrors (and ignorant of the negative indirect effects on their common good). The absence of a draft, the use of high tech, impersonal killing machines (such as drones), and the failure of the mainstream media to adequately cover such a war result in a citizenry totally oblivious to the devastation that we are inflicting on foreign lands and their peoples and to the misery that such a war produces for that relatively small sub-set of Americans who are its foot soldiers. Shame on us for tolerating such a condition and for our silence.The anti-war movement currently is, for all practical purposes, defunct. It is possible that a peace movement rising from such a clueless and careless population cannot sustain itself effectively against endless war. Our streets are empty, our protestors are few. What, if anything, will awaken our outrage? The O'Leary
New Quotes
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. — Blaise Pascal
Neda
Shall We, Let rest another child, whose innocence falls beneath Hate and Fear, Shall We, Trust in Neda’s hope, or Shall We, see that man raised this hand, Shall We, Honor all The Fallen, or Shall We wait for thousands more to be taken by our hand, Shall We, Stand With Neda or Shall We, stand with man…
Quotation Of The Week
“Maybe one day when we remember that we are animals, we will stop killing each other like human beings.”
“All war is anathema, unnecessary war is sacrilege.”
“I am more the patriot today as I march in protest and dissent than when I wore the uniform of a United States Marine. Nor am I less the warrior, armed with a bullhorn rather than an automatic weapon.”
“Memorial Day is the occasion this nation sets aside to remember, to grieve, and to honor those who chose or were compelled to sacrifice their lives in behalf of a cause they believed or were told was just. Those of us who have known war hear the cries of the dying forever echo in our minds and suffer the pain and loss each day of our lives. We need no holiday to remind us.”
Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison for demanding political change in South Africa.
First Nelson Mandela interview, May 21, 1961
Nelson Mandela, already a leading figure in resistance to apartheid, was asked by ITN’s Brian Widlake, for his views about the campaign to secure the franchise.
Invictus, the story of former South African President and Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience, Nelson Mandela will hit theatres on December 11th, the day after International Human Rights Day.
Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison for demanding political change in South Africa. Just 4 years later, in the country’s first fully democratic election, he was elected as the first black President of South Africa.
The torch that Mandela carried for human rights nearly 20 years ago is kept burning by countless other human rights leaders today, including Aung San Suu Kyi. For 14 of the last 20 years, Suu Kyi has been punished for calling for political change in Myanmar.
Only time will tell, how human rights history will continue to be written.
During World Habitat Day, Monday, October 5th, we reflect on the basic right that all people have to adequate shelter.
This year, Amnesty International is shining a light on the crisis of forcible evictions in Africa. Years after being forcibly evicted, millions of people remain homeless and destitute. Governments across Africa have acted in violation of regional and international law, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
With little hope of receiving compensation or re-housing in the near future, many families are driven deeper into poverty every day.
Three years after the murder of an American video journalist, Amnesty International still believes that the truth about his death has not yet come out.
Brad Will was shot and killed in Oaxaca City, Mexico, on October 27, 2006 as he filmed a clash between members of a local protest movement and officials of the local governing party.
According to the latest forensic evidence, it is highly unlikely that Juan Manuel Martínez – the man who has been held in custody for Will’s death for over a year – could have committed the crime. Amnesty International believes that the Mexican government is using Martínez as a scapegoat so it will appear that progress is being made in Brad Will’s case. Such actions at best violate international fair trial standards, and at worst, allow Brad Will’s real killer to remain at large.
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