http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/48761.php
Notes from new palestine: oh gracious israel the agressive violence of
the oppressor
b.u.t. here we are now, with israeli trained police in toronto as
the city goes crazier than the gaza on a moving day and waiting to
encrease military budgets so our gay friendly troops can go die for
israel and slaughter some iraqis and now iranians – for the same
illogical parasitic settler plantation = israel. And if we object to
this curious misadventure – we get sent to the police department,
harassed and our muslims neighbours get to be threatened and their faith
disrepected and even sent to a special prison, just like in the u.s. and
israel.
Notes from new palestine: oh gracious israel
"walkin' round thinking that the world owes you something 'cause you're
here/You goin' out the world backwards like you did when you first come
here” – staple singers
"...to me it's putting an equal sign between the opressed and the
oppressor; "it's all the same" and that's why it's so problematic.
because there is no equal sign between the defensive violence of the
oppressed and the agressive violence of the oppressor. one has nothing
to do with the other" -- Joyce Chediac (Lebanese American of the
"workers world forum") -- '"Munich" What Steven Spielberg left out
one would have to ask - does kkkanada have a hate law only for one
people claiming a monopoly of suffering, struggle and pain? and all
others are to be slaves to humilation, disrespect, harassment and
threats? and even to surrender our lives for/to them? Is this what we
are to become as we grow and join the world arena as a people and not
the quiet little joke and shadow of the u.s.?
in our time this country was one which granted a fairness to all peoples
– b.u.t. as the search for indentity – an evil word – became obsessive,
sectarianism took hold. Here we became a ornery people at each others
throats lost in the paranoia of a broken people despertaely after others
people’s lands and living the lie of historical revisionism of the
middle east and the aparthied of africa (south).
b.u.t until this call for an identity – we did,especailly after the
french said NO to colonization in quebec and faught for their culture,
respect difference and never cow towed to any one people over another.
This country was never a lap dog to any one group.
It kissed ass eqaully.
we have had irish who brought culture, like the french, natives,
puetogues, arabs, west indians and italians to montreal. The jews, prior
to being CONNED sumed in the paranoia of the middle east and
surrendering to euro fascist hate tricks, were great socialist and
taught the peoples how to be, competing with the irish, real radicals
for all peoples’ in struggle (that’s right karl marx was jews – he just
took g-d out of laws and questioned the slavery aspects of the torah).
Muslim’s questioned slavery b.u.t. never took allah/g-d out of the mix
fo social justice = marxism/socialism without the eurocentricism.
And this country was always there to clean up the errors and tragedies
other countries had maded – from hurricane carter, to stashing black
panthers and vietnam vets and going to hear an imprisoned paul robeson
sing at the boarder for them to burying the poor in anonymous graves in
halifax when our people took boats out to rescue the survivors of the
titanic -- even reclaim the drowned bodies back and give them resting
place in the native’s earth, the peoples of this country never surrender
to massive paranoia, disregard for human life and hate…
…and the chinese who were brought here as slaves to build our railroads
– and, to the lord’s grace, stayed to flouish.
…and, like most countries, we have the natives who, like palestinians,
have been displaced; their land stolen and their people ethinically
cleansed, in some instances, and with the few surviving, like radiated
sephardi child for ringwarm, experimented on, molestated and made the
victims of enviromental racism – b.u.t like the palestinians, their
youth have reclaimed their culture are making a stand where losing ain’t
an option.
we have the ukranians who struggled with poverty and the enviroment to
give this country a center and a heart…and lets not mention all the
races and ethnicities who risk their lives to make sure we have oil from
this land – not other peoples’.
the scottish who, being a bit annoying, still to this day are working
their asses off for this country. …and you gotta like the kilts and the
sweaters.
the blacks who were our first constables and militia (is that something
to be proud of? hmmmm) and who helped build british columbia after
coming up from u.s. slavery and even ended up writing a few trippy books
and some recite odd poetry….and like the irish and the french don’t like
being kicked around and die like they live ..*with pride*, inshallah.
and the arab and muslim and iranian communities who we all got along
with for decades – just FINE - until we were made to preoccupy our time
with a miscalculation of, those, south of the boarder and, their rush
for greed and a failed military arm in the middle east wrongly called a
*state* called israel.
no big -- this country welcomed the palestinians and many peoples
displaced by the u.s. imperialism and they contributed beautifully—until
we were told (recently), by a lost the paranoid broken people,
desperately after others people’s lands and living the lie of historical
revisionism of the middle east, africa (south) – and in a rush for oil –
that we were *not* suppose to love our neighbour – because a few people
got paid off to sale this country out and make sure we were divided and
at each others throats while the imperialist remained united – and scared.
…so we were to join in on the ethnic cleansing and theft of land – sorta
like what we’re guilty of with the natives -- or all the members of this
country who wished to remain true to its spirit and one time search for
freedome justice equality were subjected to holocaus logic -- monitored,
harassed, humiliated and sent off to internment camps.
i guess that's why this country has always been so noble when it came to
the palestinians during u.n. meetings -- because it knew, at one time --
a good people and a just cause -- it was a way of saying that what
happened to the natives was wrong. That it could not be, like israel and
the u.s., hypocritical about freedome, justice equality and even that
word that has two faces like nuclear proliferation – *democracy*.
b.u.t. here we are now, with israeli trained police in toronto as the
city goes crazier than the gaza on a moving day and waiting to encrease
military budgets so our gay friendly troops can go die for israel and
slaughter some iraqis and now iranians – for the same illogical
parasitic settler plantation = israel. And if we object to this curious
misadventure – we get sent to the police department, harassed and our
muslims neighbours get to be threatened and their faith disrepected and
even sent to a special prison, just like in the u.s. and israel.
…whats’ so odd is we take this insult and abuse as they laugh all the in
our faces like a spoiled brat in the sand boxes pushing us around and
running to the prinicipal when we fight back – b.u.t. their parents, in
the u.s., who own the town mill like, richard cory, won’t stop correct
the problem of the lachkey kid, and give them a good scottish wack
across the butt or knuckles, that they deserve and get them to respect
others and get along with rest to the planet. Nah, they’ll just fire
you’re parents or send the strike breaker thugs (now called *security
experts*) to break your arm, your leg, you other leg your other arm and
your head; call it *democracy* and make you say ‘thank you’.
We must love our new friends or our leaders don’t get kick backs – just
like the neo-cons. So I ask you? was our identity to become oppressive
like bad amerikkka or paranoid and sociopathic like that robber baron
bastard estate of israel?
We lost our pride along with our minds I’ll tell you that much.
Maybe, we should start building a wall around british columbia to keep
toronto out as a final act of our fear and defeat. Then we could import
othe people to do our fighting for us or like a coward in a street fight
beg his lads and the cops to come help him when he’s losing from the
mess he started after the pub.
what is further curious we are doing this all for those who claim to
have a passion for this so called *jewish state* (although christians
and muslims have lived there for centuries – and christians believe
christs tomb is there and muslim believe the prohet isa/jesus (pbuh)
taught there and kicked butt against the imperialist of that time --
those who wanted to *build a wall* of opression between the people and
their faith for the sake of monies – things shu have change, huh?) and
have the right to return (aliya), therefore; must then commit to
military service (fight PHYSICALLY-- FACE TO FACE) -- why don’t these, I
guess they are called *zionists* do so and face the palestinians they
claim are animals, ungovernable, who they laugh at when the children are
shot in the head and other lives are taken and whose religion, for those
who are muslim, mock and wish for their death and imprisonment – up
close, instead of harasseing citizens of this country, destroying our
freedome and co-opting our police dept and government?
Colonist have always imported their soldiers/poor to die for them –
soldiers have replaced slaves it’s seems.
Why can’t people who have the such wonderful right to return to such a
promised plantation, go…and kill an arab (they treat like an inferior
race – what was the lesson of the holocaust?) and raid iran and do what
this country has always believed in – pull yourslef up by your boots --
d.i.y. and get ‘er done – even if it meant manning ships, in the middle
of the night to pull the bodies of the neglected poor, trapped in sealed
lower decks to drown for the rich …from the colonies … because it’s
captain was too arogant to see that what, apeared easily moveable, had
roots deep into this world, was tough and strong of nature’s will and
could turn over the biggest bullies with all the technology. It wasn’t
casting shadows. It was the real thing up close – a mighty creation
where moving was not an option.
b.u.t. maybe if you had just listened and gone around it – it might,
have, just like saying ‘excuse me’, ‘may I please’ and ‘thank you’, have
been a bit more polite. B.u.t. your parents, despite being from the
south, what own that mill, never bothered to teach you manners or, as
sister mavis onces preached “…put your hand o'er your mouth when you
cough that'll help the solution “
…and the maybe people might have respected you more oh gracious israel.
Ta
1427 Lawrence Y Braithwaite (aka Lord Patch)
New Palestine/Fernwood/The Hood
Victoria, BC
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/_munich____what_steven_spielberg_left_out.mp3
and
"
Abramoff had nothing but contempt for his Native American clients. In
e-mails exposed a few years ago, Abramoff called tribal members
“trogdolytes” and “morons”. “I have to meet with the monkeys from the
Choctaw tribal counsel,” he wrote to Scanlon." --
http://www.victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/48667.php
and
..the fact that Jews have lived, in peace, among African people,
and Arabs, longer than they have lived among other people...The problem
of Israel stems from its European connection, Culture, and attitude. Her
problems were created in Europe by Europeans and should have been solved
in Europe by Europeans...The role of Israel deteriorated in Africa when
the African began to observe that they were not radically different from
other European people in their attitudes and their actions and their
relationship with South Africa, ...in choosing such allies the Israelis
are making one of the greatest mistakes in their history. They are
aligning themselves with the forces of white supremacy that is
diametrically opposed to the interest of most of mankind. -- John Henrik
Clarke -- "Jews and the African World International Implications;
Israel, Islam, Black Muslims, Africa and the Third World (1973) '
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/48532.php
and
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/42944.php
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/48747.php
--
Stay Strong
"Be a friend to the oppressed and an enemy to the oppressor"
--Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib (as)
"We restate our commitment to the peace process. But we will not
submit to a process of humiliation."
--patrick o'neil
"...we have the responsibility to make no deal with the oppressor"
--harry belafonte
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/7255.php
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/unner_stated__down_pressin__acapella__--_lord_patch.mp3
http://ilovepoetry.com/search.asp?keywords=braithwaite&orderBy=date
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