MEMBERS
STORY BOARD
 
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The Unseen Holocaust, There IS a war. by John Doe There is a war, The unseen holocaust continues. Indigenous people in Hawai'i, Central and South America,Australia the United States, and around the globe are being robbed of their lands, their cultures, and their lives. The United States takes a predominant role in this destruction, as its racist government and economy capitalize off the resources of people wth less power. We must make people in privelaged positions in this country and others aware of our responsibility for the oppression of indigenous people. To become allies to organizations such as A.I.M.,Ka Lahui Hawai'i , that are fighting hard for their survival. One out of every four women are raped. Among those numbers are our sisters, mothers and friends. We must teach men to channel our rage from our broken foundations into something useful instead of something destructive and deadly, to unlearn the lessons we are taught: that women are objects to be acted upon and dominated.To bring real justice in cases of rape and make the streets safe for our sisters. The times of violent racist attacks did not vanish with abolition and desegregation. In the past few years over 30 black churches were burned. It was not untill one attended by a national football star was burned that the media paid any attention to these atrocities. We must tell white people that we have a need and an obligation to use the privelage our skin color grants us to work against the K.K.K., the racist politicians, the Neo-Nazis. We must work alongside people of color to ensure not another church is burned, not another person of color is brutalized by racist police, that not another person of color is denied his or her rights and taken as a political prisoner. The violent attacks on gays continue. In Colorado, legislation has been passed which permits explicitly homophobic hiring practices. Same sex marriages in most states are still not recognized. We must help demonstrate to heterosexuals that gayness is natural and beautiful and it is not a threat to their existence. To make being openly gay safe and to make the pain of the closet part of a mythical past. Animals and the Earth are still thought of as resources for humans to use in any way we choose. Billions of animals are tortured and murdered each year for food, clothing and research. The clear cutting of the worlds last great forests destroys thousands of species of life that are rare, beautiful, and centuries old. We must demonstrate to mainstream environmentalists that we must save the earth and animals not only so we we will have nice things to look at, but because these beings have their own inherent value. To illustrate that, in the context of industrialized nations, the use animals for food, clothing and product research is unnecessary and it is therefore, unjust. We must bring the Earth and its animals deliverance from destruction. This is a weapon, not only to destroy all forms of oppression, but also to celebrate the beauty of all of our different cultures, races, sexualities, genders, religions, species.But the war goes so much deeper than all of these things.This is a weapon to strike down every demon, to end every form of oppression, to stop the destruction before we, as humans, become an endangered species. By any means necessary. By tommorow. The time to act stares us in the face of every moment we are awake. There IS a war. Eco Boots |
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