"A New Nazism Taking Hold in the West"
The above is the title of an article I came across on Watching America that they culled from the Palestinain website Alhayat Aljadeeda. It's an editorial and whether or not you agree with it, we here at the Zoo think it's important to provide our guests with a variety of views. Here is the meat of the article:
"There is a new ideological Nazism taking control in the West, which doesn't openly declare its totalitarianism, but actually practices it nonetheless. And I see nothing in most of the major and minor Western officials except cloned copies of Hitler. It has gotten to the point that many Western institutions look as though they are run by the Gestapo and the SS [the Schutzstaffel]."
The author is making the point that he sees a sharp move towards totalitarianism in the west as evidenced by the suppression of freedom of expression. For the author, the 'straw that broke the camels back", in terms of the the west and freedom of expression, was the cancellation of a New York theatrical production about peace activist Rachel Corrie called, "My Name is Rachel Corrie". Great article HERE on the debacle. The play was supposed to run in NY after a succesful, peaceful run in London at the Royal Theatre but has been cancelled for vague 'security-inspired'...'sensitivity to Sharons illness'...'don't want to offend anyone' reasons...
Don't remember Rachel Corrie? She was the 23 year old American run over by a bulldozer while peacefully protesting the Israeli practice of bulldozing palestinian homes of suspected 'terrorists' AND their families. Why do I put quotes around 'terrorist'? Imagine the US government sends a tractor to bulldoze your families house because they don't like you...your brother...your father....your mother...any member of your family. How would you react and in doing so, would you consider yourself a 'terrorist'? It really is that simple.
The Israeli government called the incident an accident. It looks to me like a young woman wearing a bright orange jacket was intentionally run over by a bulldozer...If you click HERE, you will be directed to website dedicated to her. I warn you, it's heartbreaking stuff. She was clearly an amazing young woman and I'm going to close today with an exceprt from one of her last emails:
Feb, 28th, 2003
"Just want to write to my Mom and tell her that I'm witnessing this chronic, insidious genocide and I'm really scared, and questioning my fundamental belief in the goodness of human nature. This has to stop. I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop. I don't think it's an extremist thing to do anymore. I still really want to dance around to Pat Benatar and have boyfriends and make comics for my coworkers. But I also want this to stop. Disbelief and horror is what I feel. Disappointment. I am disappointed that this is the base reality of our world and that we, in fact, participate in it. This is not at all what I asked for when I came into this world. This is not at all what the people here asked for when they came into this world. This is not the world you and Dad wanted me to come into when you decided to have me. This is not what I meant when I looked at Capital Lake and said: "This is the wide world and I'm coming to it." I did not mean that I was coming into a world where I could live a comfortable life and possibly, with no effort at all, exist in complete unawareness of my participation in genocide. More big explosions somewhere in the distance outside."
She was killed on March 16th, 2003.
Hug your children and please...
Stay Naked.
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"There is a new ideological Nazism taking control in the West, which doesn't openly declare its totalitarianism, but actually practices it nonetheless. And I see nothing in most of the major and minor Western officials except cloned copies of Hitler. It has gotten to the point that many Western institutions look as though they are run by the Gestapo and the SS [the Schutzstaffel]."
The author is making the point that he sees a sharp move towards totalitarianism in the west as evidenced by the suppression of freedom of expression. For the author, the 'straw that broke the camels back", in terms of the the west and freedom of expression, was the cancellation of a New York theatrical production about peace activist Rachel Corrie called, "My Name is Rachel Corrie". Great article HERE on the debacle. The play was supposed to run in NY after a succesful, peaceful run in London at the Royal Theatre but has been cancelled for vague 'security-inspired'...'sensitivity to Sharons illness'...'don't want to offend anyone' reasons...
Don't remember Rachel Corrie? She was the 23 year old American run over by a bulldozer while peacefully protesting the Israeli practice of bulldozing palestinian homes of suspected 'terrorists' AND their families. Why do I put quotes around 'terrorist'? Imagine the US government sends a tractor to bulldoze your families house because they don't like you...your brother...your father....your mother...any member of your family. How would you react and in doing so, would you consider yourself a 'terrorist'? It really is that simple.
The Israeli government called the incident an accident. It looks to me like a young woman wearing a bright orange jacket was intentionally run over by a bulldozer...If you click HERE, you will be directed to website dedicated to her. I warn you, it's heartbreaking stuff. She was clearly an amazing young woman and I'm going to close today with an exceprt from one of her last emails:
Feb, 28th, 2003
"Just want to write to my Mom and tell her that I'm witnessing this chronic, insidious genocide and I'm really scared, and questioning my fundamental belief in the goodness of human nature. This has to stop. I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop. I don't think it's an extremist thing to do anymore. I still really want to dance around to Pat Benatar and have boyfriends and make comics for my coworkers. But I also want this to stop. Disbelief and horror is what I feel. Disappointment. I am disappointed that this is the base reality of our world and that we, in fact, participate in it. This is not at all what I asked for when I came into this world. This is not at all what the people here asked for when they came into this world. This is not the world you and Dad wanted me to come into when you decided to have me. This is not what I meant when I looked at Capital Lake and said: "This is the wide world and I'm coming to it." I did not mean that I was coming into a world where I could live a comfortable life and possibly, with no effort at all, exist in complete unawareness of my participation in genocide. More big explosions somewhere in the distance outside."
She was killed on March 16th, 2003.
Hug your children and please...
Stay Naked.
AD
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