Democratic Underground - Where is Arundhati Roy ?--A quiet call to reach a powerful woman

I was thinking about Arundhati Roy this morning and remembering her speech Instant-Mix-Imperial Democracythat she gave at the Riverside Church a while back. It was powerful and directed toward Bush.

Instant-Mix-Imperial Democracy
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/051803H.shtml

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The battle to reclaim democracy is going to be a difficult one. Our freedoms were not granted to us by any governments. They were wrested from them by us. And once we surrender them, the battle to retrieve them is called a revolution. It is a battle that must range across continents and countries. It must not acknowledge national boundaries but, if it is to succeed, it has to begin here. In America. The only institution more powerful than the U.S. government is American civil society. The rest of us are subjects of slave nations. We are by no means powerless, but you have the power of proximity. You have access to the Imperial Palace and the Emperor's chambers. Empire's conquests are being carried out in your name, and you have the right to refuse. You could refuse to fight. Refuse to move those missiles from the warehouse to the dock. Refuse to wave that flag. Refuse the victory parade.

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Hundreds of thousands of you have survived the relentless propaganda you have been subjected to, and are actively fighting your own government. In the ultra-patriotic climate that prevails in the United States, that's as brave as any Iraqi or Afghan or Palestinian fighting for his or her homeland.

If you join the battle, not in your hundreds of thousands, but in your millions, you will be greeted joyously by the rest of the world. And you will see how beautiful it is to be gentle instead of brutal, safe instead of scared. Befriended instead of isolated. Loved instead of hated.

I hate to disagree with your president. Yours is by no means a great nation. But you could be a great people.

History is giving you the chance.

Seize the time.

This war is global in it's reach and ultimate outcome. What is happening in Crawford is taking on a life of it's own throughout the nation, and is being given notice and receiving validation from many people around the world.

Where is Arundhati Roy now to speak out about the current events and a democracy that has gone south? Her quiet power, her way of speaking eloquently and clearly, would lend much to supporting the Peace Movement in Crawford.

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