You know, Candace, I confessed I cried during the reading of "the names" as part of the all 9-11 all the time hoopla we are presented to (and btw, having lived and worked in NYC for decades, it should come as no surprise that I KNEW a number of the victims MYSELF)... and I just cried again listening to Peter Gabriel sing of Steve Biko...
There is no personal, or national monopoly, on being on the receiving end of tragedy or injustice... a simple fact of the universe that we'd all be a damned site better off if we just acknowledged.
The book is out now. It is a sobering read on the plight of those men and women that we have unlawfully detained and imprisoned without trial for years by the Bush era war criminals. Peter also recounts our meeting at Guantanamo and follows some of the developments in Mr. Al-Ghizzawi's case. This is a must read.
If you have not read Ron's book then you do not have the whole story about what I have been doing to try to get my clients out ofGuantanamo. Ron kept up with my activities and even followed me around on occasion to get the full story... then he weaved my story in with the stories of other individuals who are concerned with the direction of the United States. I recommend the book to all of you out there who also care about the direction that the US has gone these past eight years and want to work to change things.
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You know, Candace, I confessed I cried during the reading of "the names" as part of the all 9-11 all the time hoopla we are presented to (and btw, having lived and worked in NYC for decades, it should come as no surprise that I KNEW a number of the victims MYSELF)... and I just cried again listening to Peter Gabriel sing of Steve Biko...
There is no personal, or national monopoly, on being on the receiving end of tragedy or injustice... a simple fact of the universe that we'd all be a damned site better off if we just acknowledged.
Thank you for posting this.
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