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mahina

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10. How many DUers remember reciting this pledge by candlelight prior to the Baghdad bombing? (Aug 2013)
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 12:37 AM
Aug 2013

Last edited Wed Sep 24, 2014, 08:26 AM - Edit history (1)

Updated Sept 24 2014: hey folks, I wrote this post over a year ago. Some things have changed. Some things never do. I'm not against this air war against ISIL. I don't think leaving them alone will bring peace closer. aloha all.

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Saul Williams : : Not in my Name - Pledge of Resistance (DJ Spooky remix)

We believe that as people living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices
done by our government, in our names

Not in our name
will you wage endless war
there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions of blood for oil

Not in our name
will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more children
letting history take its course
over the graves of the nameless

Not in our name
will you erode the very freedoms
you have claimed to fight for

Not by our hands
will we supply weapons and funding
for the annihilation of families
on foreign soil

Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us

Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed evil

Not by our will
and Not in our name

We pledge resistance
We pledge alliance with those
who have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the war
or for their religion or ethnicity

We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world
to bring about justice freedom and peace

Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real

I support humanitarian war.... dtom67 Aug 2013 #1
I try to not support oxymorons. Scootaloo Aug 2013 #2
sorry, posting with my crappy phone.... dtom67 Aug 2013 #6
+1 merrily Aug 2014 #22
Do you know how many civilians were killed in Operation Noble Anvil? rdharma Aug 2013 #3
see above.... dtom67 Aug 2013 #7
I support humanitarian war.... dtom67 Aug 2013 #4
Do you know how many civilians were killed in Operation Noble Anvil? rdharma Aug 2013 #5
Err merr gerrd! rdharma Aug 2013 #8
Maybe the silence of our people is a result of feeling like there's nothing we can do. mahina Aug 2013 #9
We are responsible marym625 Sep 2014 #25
How many DUers remember reciting this pledge by candlelight prior to the Baghdad bombing? (Aug 2013) mahina Aug 2013 #10
omd! I forgot about that! marym625 Sep 2014 #26
ok, my fault; you have not seen the episode .... dtom67 Aug 2013 #11
This post describes why neocons urged an all volunteer military. merrily Aug 2014 #23
I think we should have a national day of protest gopiscrap Aug 2013 #12
Combined with a Buy Nothing Day Precisely Sep 2013 #13
I could see that..I like the sound of that gopiscrap Sep 2013 #14
Another way to "send a message" Precisely Sep 2013 #15
I agree how do we make it viral so it turns into concrete action? gopiscrap Sep 2013 #16
Would DU support it for starters? Precisely Sep 2013 #17
I don't know would probably have to ask gopiscrap Sep 2013 #18
+1 How about a separate day, or a week, for rhat? merrily Sep 2014 #24
Fasting for Peace Precisely Sep 2013 #19
But, if we don't support Al-Qaeda, the terrorists win! lol Reiyuki Sep 2013 #20
A New Campaign Against War Lead By Rock 'N' Roll! BVM Aug 2014 #21
Why stop it? jambo101 Sep 2014 #27
Thanks for your post. I wrote the post above in 2013.0 mahina Sep 2014 #28
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