A la revista Seattle Weekly va sortir la setmana passada un interessant article sobre els Moviments Anti-Guerra que es pot encara llegir sencer a
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11669 http://www.alternet.org/index.html Per facilitar les coses al lector he copiat al peu la part m�s significativa on s'insinu�n algunes propostes per evitar la guerra i sentar les bases per evitar-ne d'altres en el futur. Com a base de treball encara que senzilles no est�n malament. Fins ara a la llista tot han sigut queixes i dir NOS. AlterNet.org correspon m�s o menys a l'estil que aqu� en diriem premsa alternativa d'esquerres. Ja sabem el que als EUA es ser d'esquerres, el que s� es cert �s que no hi ha propaganda, i no reben cap mena d'ajuda oficial, si no �s la dels propis lectors. Han sigut molt cr�tics amb en Clinton i ara ho s�n, i molt, amb en Bush, sobre tot despr�s de la retallada que va fer a la seguretat social, pensions no contributives, increment de sous, ensenyament i l'augment de la despesa militar i d'exportaci� d'armes. Dom�nech R. Jara -------------- THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT'S CHALLENGE Geov Parrish, Seattle Weekly Public agitators now have U.S. attacks to decry, but so far they've failed to answer the most obvious question attached to criticisms of the War on Terrorism: "Well, what, then?" Many people, including many Pentagon generals, doubt that full-scale military action is the best way to succeed. But by implying that nothing should be done, peace signs and "no war!" posters run counter to the sensibilities of nearly everyone, alienating what are in fact oftentimes potential allies. We need not just a demand for "peace," but sound bite language advocating positive steps that would combat terrorism far more effectively than bombing Kabul. That program might look like: - Better domestic security, without sacrificing civil liberties; - Better global police and intelligence cooperation, without giving covert operations freedom to act illegally; and - Demanding that all governments, including ours, act in ways that promote the ideals of freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity that the U.S. wants to stand for, so as to address many of the conditions that incubate terrorism. The ambitious might throw "religious tolerance" on to that last list, or suggest a role for the U.N. or World Court in trying crimes against humanity. But the point is that, as never before, activists must begin by rallying support for what they favor, not simply emphasizing what they're against. In these times, war is a failure of imagination -- and so is the traditional peace protest. Folks need to hear the better alternative. Without it, what should be a massive street movement risks sliding, week by week, into irrelevance. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --------------------------------------------- La llista de correu CARDEDEU �s una iniciativa del Cardedeu Online Club <http://www.cardedeu.org/club/> amb el suport de Thesaurus Serveis Documentals <http://www.thesaurus.es/>. Instruccions de participaci�, altes i baixes a <http://www.thesaurus.es/c10/llista/>
