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Shame! Jessie Shame!
Rev Jackson lobbies for perpetraters of racism
By: Ali Baghdadi
Rev. Jessie Jackson must be regretting the day he agreed to set foot in
Durban, South Africa to lobby for the U.S. and Israeli position at the
U.N. Third World Conference on Racism. Besides the official governmental
delegates, the conference was attended by over 10,000 participants
representing 3,900 international non-governmental groups (NGOs) and was
also hosted by the United Nation. His attendance was one of the gravest
mistakes in his political career. He has lost what little remained of his
credibility in front of the whole world. Now, Rev. Jackson stands naked
in the sunshine.
He has uncovered what he had worked hard for many years to cover. Of
course, no one should be blamed but Rev. Jackson himself.
Rev. Jackson had the opportunity to go to Durban as a champion of the
cause of the oppressed, dispossesed and down treaden. His position as a
descendent of slaves in the belly of the beast, the only super power which
is behind the new world disorder, in addition to the gifts and skills
bestowed on him, make him an effective spokesman. He could have been a
shining star among the
masses converging from every corner on the globe, demanding, among other
things, an end to descrimination, racism, bigotry and exploitation. On
the contrary, Rev. Jackson went on a mission designed to appease the
Zionists who control the American media, and to serve the imperialistic
interests of the United States government which continues its refusal to
face up to its responsibility for slavery of Blacks and virtual
extermination of American natives. His sponsers had the power, if they
chose, to get him in deep trouble, much worse and more damaging than the
recent revelation of his extra-marital activities. He is not willing to
stand and fight against evil and for the good of humanity!
Rev. Jackson, a preacher who rose to the top as a national and
international figure only after gaining the overwhelming support of the
disenfranchised, marginalized and forgotten minorities, almost won the
presidential nomination of the Democratic Party in 1984. Unfortunately,
however, he has later abandoned the principles he called for after
realizing that the cause, which he attempted to champion, is long and
difficult. The civil rights leader has chosen an easier and more
comfortable life style. Today, Rev. Jackson stands with the most hated
and despised two governments on earth, his 'friends' and benefactors,
Israel and the United States.
In his desperate attempt to regain his stature as an international leader
and to satisfy his ego, and to give the impression that the mission he had
been sent to Durban for was accomplished, Rev. Jackson must have felt an
urgent need to twist the facts almost 180 degrees. The piece of paper
that he held up to the press after meeting with Arafat did not carry the
ailing PLO leader's signature as he originally claimed. The Palestinian
statement that Rev. Jackson extracted from the Palestinian Authority did
not contain any new concessions as he bragged in front of the TV cameras.
It merely reflected the Palestinian Authority's formal position, which, to
the great disappointment of the overwhelming majority of developing
nations, particularly the Palestinians, has been already diluted to gain
Washington's acceptance. Out of respect to the Black community, who as a
victim of racism, is greatly sympathetic to the Palestinian struggle, the
Palestinian delegate chose not to embarrass Rev. Jackson. Realizing the
true role he came to play and his need for self-grandeur and credit, Rev.
Jackson was
politely described as "over zealous".
Despite the pressure, threats and blackmail exercised by the United States
and Israel, the United Nations NGO conference made a historical and
courageous declaration by calling things by their right and proper names.
Israel was found to be guilty, "a racist apartheid state", which is
colonial and commits racist crimes. Human Rights Watch and Jewish NGOs
were the only organizations that walked out in protest. However, in spite
of the rampage of terror, murder and destruction being carried out daily
against the mostly unarmed and captive Palestinians by the Israeli army,
Moshe Katsav, the President of the Jewish settler state, the only country
in the world that targets civilians with F-15 and F-16 bombers, was quoted
saying "Israel follows higher moral standards than the rest of the world".
Shimon Peres, who, as Israel's Prime Minister, a few years back, ordered
the Qana massacre in Lebanon in which over 100 elderly men, women and
children who took refuge in a U.N. compound were murdered, said, "The
Durban conference is a farce." The Rev. Jesse Jackson, attending as a
member of the Black Leadership Forum, described the tone of the conference
"inflammatory" that we must fight and change.
The NGO declaration also accused Israel of committing ethnic cleansing
against the Palestinian People and condemned it for the "inhumanity in
denying food and water to the Palestinians, the victimization of women and
children, and the discrimination of Palestinians in Israel".
Article 161 of the NGO paper supported the Palestinian's right of return
home. The paper will become one of the documents of the United Nations
governmental Conference Against Racism.
Article 168 stressed "the condemnation of those states supporting, aiding
and abetting the Israeli apartheid state, and its perpetration for racist
crimes against humanity including ethnic cleansing, and acts of genocide".
Rev. Jackson received a second blow from the National African Congress
that held to their gun and insisted not to change a single word in their
platform to please anyone. The ANC issued a statement, which warned that
the world cannot ignore the plight of the Palestinian people, and that "No
international conference against racism can avoid discussing the racist
practices of the Israeli state against the Palestinians."
After regaining consciousness, Rev. Jackson, as usual, started to work on
a damage control as a face-saving measure. He distanced himself a little
from his American and Israeli sponsers who, to his greates disappointment,
pulled out and left him stranded after their failure to hijack and derail
the conference. The United States and Israel boycotted the two previous
U.N. racism conferences - in 1978 and 1983. Hoping to be seen and heard,
Rev.
Jackson, an intelligent politician, remained and sang together with over
10,000 participant chorus, who were unanimously calling for an apology and
reparations for the descendents of victims of slavery.
It is true that the enemy is vicious; that the defense of justice requires
a lot of courage, enormous sacrifices and immense pain, and, as we have
seen through the years, may end even in murder! Malcom X and Dr. Marthin
Luther King are only a couple examples. Rev. Jackson has the energy,
talent and experience. Leadership is a heavy burden a few men and women
can shoulder. It requires much more than chanting, "We shall overcome!
We shall overcome, someday". One must be willing to pay the price. Rev.
Jackson had done it before. Surely he understands
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