[tokyoprogressive] CPN#132 War Laws, Resisting Illegitimate Authority, Spanish 9-11 News


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                               Issue 132

               Resist the Death Machine: Japan, Middle East, U.S.
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LATE NEWS: STOP THE WAR LAWS

DEMONSTRATIONS IN JAPAN THIS WEEKEND:

(1) Ueno Park (Fountain), Saturday 6-15, 14:30-16:00
(2) Large Rally, Yoyogi Park Soccer ground, Sunday 6-16, 12:00--

These are two of a number being supported by many different groups

MAP FOR 16th
http://www.stop-yuji.jp/6-16/6-16.htm

http://www.stop-yuji.jp     JAPANESE SITE
http://www.give-peace-a-chance.jp/yuji/index1.html  
http://homepage2.nifty.com/mekkie/peace/yuji/yuji.html    "
http://peaceact.jca.apc.org/    "
http://www.jca.apc.org/~kenpoweb/emerge_law/deliver.html   "
http://www.labornetjp.org/
http://www.labornetjp.org/fj (ENGLISH)
http://www15.big.or.jp/~peace/weblog.html  THERE IS AN ENGLISH VERSION 
                                            AT THE TOP OF THIS WEB SITE
                                 

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           INTRODUCTION: Resistance vs. Defeatism
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On another list, there is someone who keeps posting week after week
about Israeli atrocities, which is not my complaint, since I have
done the same. The Israeli government deserves it. What DOES bother me
is how he spends much of his time talking about how this person or that
group on the left is not being sufficently pro Palestinian. How this
hero or that is not worthy of being so highly regarded.  I wonder
if he is so enamoured of heros and gods that he is actually devastated
when they fail to live up to his expectations. Or is he really a closet
reactionary out to sow divisions amongst the opposition? The effect
is the same, if we listen to him.  I urge people to spend more time
listening to and working with those who are actively resisting the
death machine rather than kicking one another in the backside and
claiming to be more radical than the other.

Contrary to the bleak picture he paints, I see site after site of people
who, despite very real philosophical and tactical differences, have
decided to work together to fight regimes that oppress their underclass,
or export misery to other lands, or--like Japan--lend their ships and
guns to those who export misery. Well, Japan is said to be in pursuit of
nuclear weapons, so its crimes as an errand boy for the United States
are being compounded, and the need to join in resisting the folly of the
State is greater than ever before.

I would like to use THIS website to celebrate the efforts of so those
who say no, and to encourage others to find ways of resisting the death
machine. No matter how small or symbolic, collectively these acts
put the forces of oppression and reaction on notice that they cannot
expect us to go along with their muderous ways. 

Alternatively, if we are constantly denigrating those who should be our
allies, as he is doing, then we are allowing the death machine to
triumph, betraying those we should be defending, and wasting everyone's
time and energy. 

Here are some stories you may find helpful:

(1) Stop Yuji-ho (also above)

(2) Not in Our Name--American citizens resisting the lie they call the
"WAR AGAINST TERRORISM"> Signatories include Edward Asner, Russell Banks,
William Blum, Noam Chomsky, Ossie Davis,C. Clark Kissinger, Boots Riley,
Edward Said, and Howard Zinn

(3) Israelis Resisting State Terrorism- Israeli "refusniks" speak out

(4) Two on "Activism and Heart": The Least of These, Ted Glick reprinted
from last December and Inner and Outer Liberation, by Dave Edwards
(Media Lens).  

(5) Global Internet Liberty Campaign (U.S., Turkey, China, Jordan, Egypt...)

(6) Spanish version of the 9-11 Peace Bulletin 

(7) Why the Palestinians don't want separation -By Danny Rubinstein
                                     --and-- 
Israel and Intl. Community Tacitly Support Threatened Assassination of 
Palestinian Leader 
(The same behaviour they condemn when it is done by a Palestinian)--Jewish 
Voice for Peace 
http://www.arenson.org/2002_06_12_backnews.html#85163093
Alternatively, at
http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/2002_06_11_backnews.html#85163262


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