[Imc] youth liberation movement statement
Robert Dunn
prorobert8 at hotmail.com
Sun Oct 14 18:58:26 UTC 2001
all, here is a statement from the Schools not Jails group, they are part of
the youth liberation movement. This movement is an anarcho-syndicalist style
of movement.
Robert Dunn
Youth Unite and take back power!
Stop All Violence:
War Is Not the Answer
Click here to read this statement in Spanish | Haz click aqui
para leer esta declaracion en español
We join the rest of the nation in mourning those who died in the shocking
and violent attacks on Tuesday,
September 11. Our most heartfelt condolences go out to all those most
directly affected by this tragedy. In truth,
no one in this country, perhaps the world, has not been moved by this
traumatic attack. Unfortunately, now the
people of the US have experienced a reality that far too many people around
the world live with every day. We
find the targeting of civilians abhorrent under any circumstances and
condemn these attacks in the strongest
possible terms.
Stop all Violence. We call on the Bush Administration and others to cease
all inflammatory rhetoric that has
increased racist attacks on Arab, Muslim, and other communities who have
been targeted. Already we have seen
attacks on mosques and at least two deaths. History has shown how racial
stereotyping, advanced by
government leaders during times of national crisis, can result in crimes
against innocent, law-abiding Americans.
We must constantly remind ourselves of historical examples such as the
internment of Japanese Americans in the
wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, that show us the dangers of unchecked
racism in the guise of national
defense and security. If we truly value our freedoms and the principles
outlined in the Bill of Rights, then we will
remain firm in our commitment to uphold these rights for all people,
Americans and non-Americans alike. This
attack must not be used as an excuse to deny civil liberties.
Clearly, the actions on Tuesday, September 11, were inexcusable. War,
however, is not the answer. We call upon
President Bush and Congress to stop beating the drum of war and to not
respond to a criminal situation with a
military response. Justice would not be served by attacking nations or by
killing additional innocent civilians. We
remind the nation, its leaders and the world of the words of the late Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr., who said, "Those
who make justice impossible make violence inevitable." This idea, expressed
by Dr. King, can help us to reflect
upon the events of September 11, 2001 and to carefully consider the path our
nation will follow in the aftermath.
We must remember that the only possible strategy to control terrorism, must
be to eliminate terror altogether,
whether it comes in the form of a hijacked airliner or a U.S. made cruise
missile.
The United States, often through violence as indiscriminate as that
witnessed last Tuesday, has created and
maintained horrible conditions for many throughout the so-called "third
world." While U.S. corporate profits have
soared and the U.S. economy has expanded, billions have been left
impoverished and increasingly marginalized
politically and socially. We see this everyday in the United States with the
hundreds of thousands of homeless
people on our own streets, the millions of unemployed workers in this
country, and with the massive gaps in social
services. We have seen this in the war in Iraq, and the following ten years
of economic sanctions, leading to the
deaths of over one million people, mainly children. And we have seen this
through the U.S. policy of supporting
repressive regimes in places like Vietnam, Burma, El Salvador, Colombia,
Saudi Arabia, Israel/Palestine, Indonesia,
Nicaragua and many others over the past several decades.
A U.S. response that targets civilian populations will only continue the
cycle of violence. Stop all
violence! War is not the answer!
Organizations/ Individuals that have endorsed:
Inner-City Struggle (ICS)
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates (KIWA)
Community Coalition
Communities for a Better Environment
LA Catholic Worker
Pilipino Workers Center (PWC)
Southern Californians for Youth
Youth Organizing Communities (YOC)
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)
Labor Community Strategy Center
National Lawyers Guild
Action for Social Change and Youth Empowerment (ASHAYE)
California Wellness Partnership of Pomona
Great Leap
Center for Advancement of Non-Violence
Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress
Proyecto Adelante - Santa Monica
LA Eco Village
Thai Community Development Center
Cal State Long Beach - La Raza Student Association
Restaurant Workers Association of Koreatown (RWAK)
Arts in Action
Social Concerns Committee of LA Meeting of the Religious Society of
Friends (Quakers)
Luis Rodriguez (Award Winning Author of Always Running)
Reverend Angela Oh, Civil Rights Attorney/ Lecturer
Tori Osborne (Liberty Hill Foundation)
Mary Brent Wehrli, MSW (UCLA Department of Social Work)
California State University, Los Angeles:
Cross Cultural Resource Center
Women's Resource Center
Pan-African Center
Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance
Chicano/a Resource Center
Asian Pacific Islander Resource Center
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