Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Iraq...you name it, and today there are protests fighting for the right to human dignity.
In Iraq 13 have been killed and the governor of Basra has resigned. There are hundreds of thousands of protests saying we are not sunni we are not shia, we are Iraq...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/24/AR2011022403117.html?hpid=topnews
This is about democracy people, so can much of the popular discourse on these protests stop obsessing over Islamic fundamentalism. This is about the rights and values that we SHARE with these people. This is a chance to cultivate our common humanity, but instead we focus on differences and extremes, rather than what brings us together as human beings.
In this WP article, we see how people in Iraq are demanding more electricity, clean water, less corruption in government, and more jobs. This is about the rights of people everywhere, and it is a fight against the injustice,oppression, and poverty that has plagued this world for far too long.
Libya, the courage of these people just leaves me speechless...They are winning a war against one of the most brutal regimes of the 21st century....They, as in the people...and they are sacrificing everything in order to implement the values that we claim to hold in America and the west. I was watching aljazeera earlier today, and they were talking to a resident of Tripoli....and what happened? A security official took the phone and started shouting, "You can't be on the phone, you can't talk to aljazeera." He takes the phone and hangs up. hear the oppression and watch it live....
In Iraq 13 have been killed and the governor of Basra has resigned. There are hundreds of thousands of protests saying we are not sunni we are not shia, we are Iraq...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/24/AR2011022403117.html?hpid=topnews
This is about democracy people, so can much of the popular discourse on these protests stop obsessing over Islamic fundamentalism. This is about the rights and values that we SHARE with these people. This is a chance to cultivate our common humanity, but instead we focus on differences and extremes, rather than what brings us together as human beings.
In this WP article, we see how people in Iraq are demanding more electricity, clean water, less corruption in government, and more jobs. This is about the rights of people everywhere, and it is a fight against the injustice,oppression, and poverty that has plagued this world for far too long.
Libya, the courage of these people just leaves me speechless...They are winning a war against one of the most brutal regimes of the 21st century....They, as in the people...and they are sacrificing everything in order to implement the values that we claim to hold in America and the west. I was watching aljazeera earlier today, and they were talking to a resident of Tripoli....and what happened? A security official took the phone and started shouting, "You can't be on the phone, you can't talk to aljazeera." He takes the phone and hangs up. hear the oppression and watch it live....
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