Please send a message to our President and to the press:
Decrease the risk of terrorism: Immediately shift
at least 25% of the budget used to bomb middle eastern countries to helping
with situations like the one in Iran. Acts of kindness are more powerful
than intimidation, coercion and terror.
----- Original Message -----
From: espacosocialista@grupos.com.br
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003
Subject: [ESPSOC] iraque vendido
Ao assumir o Iraque, o governo Bush comprometeu-se a reconstruir o país
e a
conduzi-lo para a democracia. Sem demora, contratou os serviços
de mais de 70
empresas americanas para obras de reconstrução no valor
de 8 bilhões de
dólares. Curiosamente, não foram realizadas concorrências
públicas para a
seleção das empresas contempladas, todas elas contribuintes
da campanha de
Bush nas eleições presidenciais. Mais curiosamente ainda,
os 10 maiores
contratos foram atribuídos a firmas que têm ou tiveram
nas suas diretorias
figuras do atual governo ou do partido republicano no Congresso.
O negócio mais apetitoso, no valor de 2,3 bilhões de dólares,
foi abocanhado
pela Kellog, Brown & Root, subsidiária da Halliburton, que
foi dirigida pelo
vice-presidente, Dick Cheney. A Bechtel ficou com o segundo maior contrato:
1,03 bilhão. Seu presidente, Riley Bechtel, é membro
do Conselho de
Exportação do governo Bush. Para assumir a administração
do petróleo
iraquiano, foi constituído um consórcio anglo-americano.
Em 19 de setembro, Paul Bremer, o chefe da Autoridade Provisória
de Coalizão,
seguindo instruções superiores, editou a Ordem 39, que
privatizava 200
empresas estatais iraquianas. E estabelecia que capitais estrangeiros
poderiam deter 100% das ações de bancos, minas e fábricas
e enviar para fora
do país 100% dos seus lucros. Com isso, iniciou-se o processo
de entrega dos
produtos e serviços essenciais do Iraque a empresas estrangeiras.
Sucede que
todas estas medidas são ilegais, pois violam as convenções
internacionais que
regulam a atuação das forças de ocupação,
além do próprio código de guerra
americano.
O Regulamento de Haia de 1907 e as Convenções de Genebra
de 1947 (ambos
ratificados pelos Estados Unidos) dispõem que as forças
de ocupação precisam
respeitar, “a menos que sejam totalmente impedidas, as leis vigentes
no país
ocupado”. Ora, a Constituição do Iraque proíbe
não só a exploração privada
dos recursos básicos do Estado, como também a propriedade
de empresas
iraquianas por capitais estrangeiros.
Segundo as convenções internacionais, as forças
de ocupação devem
comportar-se como administradoras e usufrutuárias dos bens do
país hostil e
“...administrá-los de acordo com as regras do usufruto”. Ou
seja, podem
utilizar e extrair lucros, mas não podem vender o que não
lhes pertence. O
que a Autoridade Provisória está fazendo com a Ordem
39.
> > Como podem os Estados Unidos ter tanta certeza de que o Iraque
tem armas de destruição maciça?
> > Resposta:
> > Bem... Nós guardámos os recibos...
-------
> > Question to US President, Mr. Bush:
> > How are the US so sure Iraq has weapons of mass destruction?
> > Answer:
> > Well... We kept the receipts...
----- Original Message -----
From: Mestre Jeronimo
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 11:10 AM
Subject:Once you commit to WAR... without protesting!!!! Re: Protest ?
Roland, JC'S(thanks for the CHAMADA).., OTHERS...
What about me remind YOU all about what's CAPOEIRA???
Capoeira in it's full meaning = FREEDOM!
NOW, that we are in a matter of WAR GAMES, YOU WILL MAYBE HAVE TO COMMIT TO WORK MORE, as s$laves, to others... rather than... MALANDRO- Capoeira- Capoeirista... likes to work to itself first!!!
So far... I am always fighting to maintain my Freedom, my INTELLIGENCE... to... PEACE!
If one does not protest against this call to war... it will find himself in prison!
CAPOEIRA is to be allied to call for evolution... JC'S RODA on Sunday, Roda na Rua and during the South American Festival inside the Bondi Pavilion plays protesting... to achieve Freedom, to evolution of our race!
Axe'!!
Mestre Jeronimo - JC'S
Capoeira Angola School - Sydney, Bondi Beach, AU
www.users.bigpond.com/SS.Jeronimo
----- Original Message -----
From: Caracol _
To: ss.jeronimo@bigpond.com ; ptetaka@yahoo.com
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: re : Protest ?
>From: "Rol _One" <rol_one@hotmail.com>
>To: nn_os@hotmail.com, ptetaka@yahoo.com
>Subject: re: Protest ?
>Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:25:47 +0000
>
Hey Rey / Eamon,
I can't get through on Jeronimo's e-mail so please could you forward
to him.
Thanks and axe
Rol
Jeronimo,
I'm not so sure if Sunday should be under any theme except "Capoeira".
Once you commit to one protest, you then catagorise the group and where
would it stop (religion, politics, money$$ ?)
I'd be interested to know what others think.
Rol
From:Mestre Jeronimo
Axe'
Mestre JC'S 'Roda na Rua' this Sunday at 0'Cafe, 12pm up, will be a special one for many reasons, one is that we will be protesting and 'marching' with those in the city against the politics that are calling for war. We will repeat this call-chamada during the South American Festival inside the Bondi Pavilion by 3pm
People must protest everywhere for evolution of our race!
Sarava!
Mestre Jeronimo - JC'S
Capoeira Angola School - Sydney, Bondi Beach, AU
www.users.bigpond.com/SS.Jeronimo
----- Original Message -----
From: Mestre Jeronimo
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002
Subject: Roma e 11 de Setembro 2001 = Mumia Abu-Jamal
Últimas
notícias sobre Mumia Abu-Jamal em: www.mumia.org
O QUE É BOM PARA ELES,
NÃO É PARA MIM!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Raramente um poder imperial revela como se vê a si mesmo na sua relação com o resto do mundo, que na atual luta diplomática sobre se a autoridade do recém criado Tribunal Penal Internacional (TPI) afetará os casos em que se vejam envolvidos os centuriões do Império Norte-americano.
Utilizando seu vasto poder econômico e militar, os norte-americanos estão ameaçando a ONU com sua saída das forças de paz internacionais, se não se garantir que as tropas norte-americanas estejam fora da jurisdição do TPI.
Que conceito mais interessante!
Por que o exército mais poderoso e melhor armado do mundo teria que se preocupar em ser perseguido numa corte por crimes de guerra, se eles não estivessem envolvidos em crimes de guerra?
Desde os assassinatos em série de My Lai no Vietnã, aos “limpadores” étnicos de No Gun Ri na Coréia, os Estados Unidos tem alguma experiência em crimes de guerra, mas pouca em castigar os culpados. Os assassinos de crianças de My Lai foram perdoados pelo presidente norte-americano, e No Gun Ri não veio à luz até meio século depois da matança de civis coreanos.
Como explicar que a nação que clama em voz estridente sobre o "império da lei", "democracia", "direitos humanos" e "direito internacional", se encolhe diante a noção do TPI, uma instituição criada para reforçar o direito internacional, através de uma espécie de “quase democracia de nações”, como os membros do Conselho de Segurança? mais iguais que outras.
Para uma Superpotência, o que é que há para que temer?
O Império Norte-americano teme o espetáculo de um Doutor Henry Kissinger no banco dos réus, sendo questionado pelos crimes do império durante a guerra-fria contra a democracia chilena, ou as barbaridades cometidas contra o Vietnã, Laos ou Camboja.
Teme que Clinton seja requerido por causa de Al-Shifa, uma fábrica farmacêutica bombardeada até a exaustão no Sudão, que causou mortes de imediato, e mortes posteriores além de sofrimento por causa da perda dos medicamentos de baixo custo que Al-Shifa proporcionava.
Teme um exame real de como os norte-americanos atuaram em Mogadício, a capital de Somália, que se converteu em cenário posteriormente do filme propagandista "Black Hawk derrubado".
Teme que o mundo julgue os Estados Unidos pelas guerras secretas contra cada democracia na Terra, pelas sabotagens e os agentes da CIA.
Teme o julgamento do mundo que tem sido tratado como seu vassalo, um mundo onde está acostumado a perseguir com as armas da guerra, palavras ou a riqueza, e nunca a ser o sujeito da perseguição.
Teme a igualdade real entre as nações, inclusive numa estrutura onde é um "primus inter pares" como Nações Unidas.
Como a antiga Roma, o império norte-americano considera que nenhum
poder é maior que ele mesmo, e nenhuma lei é superior ao
seu capricho imperial. Como Roma, é uma lei em si mesmo.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
3 de julho de 2002
fonte: Rebelión (www.rebelion.org) 22 de julho de 2002
tradução do inglês: Casapueblos
tradução do espanhol: Alfredo dos Santos
Esta coluna pode ser reimpressa ou distribuída por meios eletrônicos, só para uso não comercial, e com a inclusão da seguinte informação: Text © copyright 2002 by Mumia Abu-Jamal. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of the author.
A War Against the BR Peacemaker
The US Wants to Depose the Diplomat Who Could Take Away Its Pretext for War With Iraq
by George Monbiot.
Published in The Guardian
http://www.monbiot.com/dsp_article.cfm?article_id=504
On Sunday, the US government will launch an international coup. It has been planned for a month. It will be executed quietly, and most of us won't know what is happening until it's too late. It is seeking to overthrow 60 years of multilateralism in favor of a global regime built on force.
The coup begins with its attempt, in five days' time, to unseat the man in charge of ridding the world of chemical weapons. If it succeeds, this will be the first time that the head of a multilateral agency will have been deposed in this manner. Every other international body will then become vulnerable to attack. The coup will also shut down the peaceful options for dealing with the chemical weapons Iraq may possess, helping to ensure that war then becomes the only means of destroying them.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) enforces the chemical weapons convention. It inspects labs and factories and arsenals and oversees the destruction of the weapons they contain. Its director-general is a workaholic Brazilian diplomat called Jose Bustani. He has, arguably, done more in the past five years to promote world peace than anyone else on earth. His inspectors have overseen the destruction of 2 million chemical weapons and two-thirds of the world's chemical weapon facilities. He has so successfully cajoled reluctant nations that the number of signatories to the convention has risen from 87 to 145 in the past five years: the fastest growth rate of any multilateral body in recent times.
In May 2000, as a tribute to his extraordinary record, Bustani was re-elected unanimously by the member states for a second five-year term, even though he had yet to complete his first one. Last year Colin Powell wrote to him to thank him for his "very impressive" work. But now everything has changed. The man celebrated for his achievements has been denounced as an enemy of the people.
In January, with no prior warning or explanation, the US state department asked the Brazilian government to recall him, on the grounds that it did not like his "management style". This request directly contravenes the chemical weapons convention, which states "the director-general ... shall not seek or receive instructions from any government". Brazil refused. In March the US government accused Bustani of "financial mismanagement", "demoralization" of his staff, "bias" and "ill-considered initiatives". It warned that if he wanted to avoid damage to his reputation, he must resign.
Again, the US was trampling the convention, which insists that member states shall "not seek to influence" the staff. He refused to go. On March 19 the US proposed a vote of no confidence in Bustani. It lost. So it then did something unprecedented in the history of multi lateral diplomacy. It called a "special session" of the member states to oust him. The session begins on Sunday. And this time the US is likely to get what it wants.
Since losing the vote last month, the United States, which is supposed to be the organization's biggest donor, has been twisting the arms of weaker nations, refusing to pay its dues unless they support it, with the result that the OPCW could go under. Last week Bustani told me, "the Europeans are so afraid that the US will abandon the convention that they are prepared to sacrifice my post to keep it on board". His last hope is that the United Kingdom, whose record of support for the organization has so far been exemplary, will make a stand. The meeting on Sunday will present Tony Blair's government with one of the clearest choices it has yet faced between multilateralism and the "special relationship".
The US has not sought to substantiate the charges it has made against Bustani. The OPCW is certainly suffering from a financial crisis, but that is largely because the US unilaterally capped its budget and then failed to pay what it owed. The organization's accounts have just been audited and found to be perfectly sound. Staff morale is higher than any organization as underfunded as the OPCW could reasonably expect. Bustani's real crimes are contained in the last two charges, of "bias" and "ill-considered initiatives".
The charge of bias arises precisely because the OPCW is not biased. It has sought to examine facilities in the United States with the same rigor with which it examines facilities anywhere else. But, just like Iraq, the US has refused to accept weapons inspectors from countries it regards as hostile to its interests, and has told those who have been allowed in which parts of a site they may and may not inspect. It has also passed special legislation permitting the president to block unannounced inspections, and banning inspectors from removing samples of its chemicals.
"Ill-considered initiatives" is code for the attempts Bustani has made, in line with his mandate, to persuade Saddam Hussein to sign the chemical weapons convention. If Iraq agrees, it will then be subject to the same inspections - both routine and unannounced - as any other member state (with the exception, of course, of the United States). Bustani has so far been unsuccessful, but only because, he believes, he has not yet received the backing of the UN security council, with the result that Saddam knows he would have little to gain from signing.
Bustani has suggested that if the security council were to support the OPCW's bid to persuade Iraq to sign, this would provide the US with an alternative to war. It is hard to see why Saddam Hussein would accept weapons inspectors from Unmovic - the organization backed by the security council - after its predecessor, UNSCOM, was foundd to be stuffed with spies planted by the US government. It is much easier to see why he might accept inspectors from an organization which has remained scrupulously even-handed. Indeed, when UNSCOM was thrown out of Iraq in 1998, the OPCW was allowed in to complete the destruction of the weapons it had found. Bustani has to go because he has proposed the solution to a problem the US does not want solved.
"What the Americans are doing," Bustani says, "is a coup d'etat. They are using brute force to amend the convention and unseat the director-general." As the chemical weapons convention has no provisions permitting these measures, the US is simply ripping up the rules. If it wins, then the OPCW, like UNSCOM, will be fatally compromised. Success for the United States on Sunday would threaten the independence of every multilateral body.
This is, then, one of those rare occasions on which our government could make a massive difference to the way the world is run. It could choose to support its closest ally, wrecking multilateralism and shutting down the alternatives to war. Or it could defy the United States in defense of world peace and international law. It will take that principled stand only if we, the people from whom it draws its power, make so much noise that it must listen. We have five days in which to stop the US from bullying its way to war.
George Monbiot writes for the The Guardian of London. Please visit his website: http://www.monbiot.com
#Do you support
terror and crimes against humanity? I don't!*
Yet, the Liberal and Labor Party (and allies) are supporting Terror. Why?!
Please check out + fw the 'Green' democratic guide bellow to enlighten our vote + educate public oppinion.
*#AUs, on November 10th 2001, Vote NO to Corruption and NO to Business War against the Human and Mother Nature.
Iconoclast JC
Jerônimo Santos Da Silva - Brazilian born. Australian Citizen.
---- Original Message
-----
From: Master Cobra
Mansa USA - International Capoeira Angola Fundation
<ficangola@hotmail.com>
<cobramansa@hotmail.com>
Dissident Voice, October 9, 2001
By Daniel Solnit
Daniel Solnit is Executive
Director for the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy. Sonoma
County Green Party.
To difference between terrorists and corrupted governments
TERRORISTS:
Supposed
leader is the spoiled son of a powerful politician, from extremely wealthy
oil family
US
GOVERNMENT:
Supposed
leader is the spoiled son of a powerful politician, from extremely wealthy
oil family
TERRORISTS:
Leader
has declared a holy war ('Jihad') against his 'enemies'; believes any nation
not with him is against him; believes god is on his side, and that any
means are justified.
US
GOVERNMENT:
Leader
has declared a holy war ('Crusade') against his 'enemies'; believes any
nation not with him is against him; believes god is on his side, and that
any means are justified.
TERRORISTS:
Supported
by extreme fundamentalist religious leaders who preach hatred, intolerance,
subjugation of women, and persecution of non-believers
US
GOVERNMENT:
Supported
by extreme fundamentalist religious leaders who preach hatred, intolerance,
subjugation of women, and persecution of non-believers
TERRORISTS:
Leadership
was not elected by a majority of the people in a free and fair democratic
election
US
GOVERNMENT:
Leadership
was not elected by a majority of the people in a free and fair democratic
election
TERRORISTS:
Kills
thousands of innocent civilians, some of them children, in cold blooded
bombings
US
GOVERNMENT:
Kills
(tens of) thousands of innocent civilians, some of them children, in cold
blooded bombings
TERRORISTS:
Operates
through clandestine organization (al Qaeda) with agents in many countries;
uses bombing, assassination, other terrorist tbing, assassination, other
terrorist tactics
US
GOVERNMENT:
Operates
through clandestine organization (CIA) with agents in many countries; uses
bombing, assassination, other terrorist tbing, assassination, other terrorist
tactics
TERRORISTS:
Using
war as pretext to clamp down on dissent and undermine civil liberties
US
GOVERNMENT:
Using
war as pretext to clamp down on dissent and undermine civil liberties
TERRORISTS:
Weapon
of choice: a three-dollar box cutter
US
GOVERNMENT:
Weapon
of choice: a billion-dollar B1 bomber
STOP THE BUSINE$$S WAR!
----- Original Message
-----
From: "J C" <SS.Jeronimo@bigpond.com>
To: <WeezerNY@aol.com>;
<president@whitehouse.gov>; <vice.president@whitehouse.gov>;
Sent: Monday, September
24, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: Puppets
don't go to war... leave the Moon to breath Life!
USA... in response to your call to WAR...: against Bob Marley -?!
<<In terms of anti-American sentiment, let me echo the words of Canadian broadcaster Gordon Sinclair:>> **words spooken by an American Patriot - stated bellow, see his E-mail.
Let's reply some echoes too, from the "Unholy Wars" - a book by John Cooley
- and meditate about Us... - ?!
I don't like Bush Jr Imperialist threats saying: "if you are not with ME
you are against my Ego president business" !! I am not against the American
public and don't agree with terrorism. But I don't like to be forced (just
like they did to colonial $laves) to join any US Unholy WAR that such stupid
ego wants to self promote. Like father Bush Jr calls tax payers to bomb
people just like a terrorist does. Let's hope that this time if the US
goes to war they will learn the lesson that did not want to take from the
Vietnam War.
Mr Hussein too is laughing after "big" Bush performed the fiasco Gulf War
and is certainly doing good business with US arms manufacturer General
Electric - the biggest in the world. Therefore NBC TV is making good business
and washes the brain of many confused US tax payers. The world MUST condemn
the US corrupted government (CIA,etc) for
There's no anti-American sentiment from the world. There's "anti-bush"
sentiment approval to Bush War against Bob Marley... - by walking the US
out of the Durban conference on racism?! Jr wants to restart the arms race
and withdraw US from the Kyoto agreement. Shame!
Let's hope the American Public can awake from the "nightmare" they voted
and do better to live rather than spread Hate and Ignorance to revenge
what the US corrupted government best terrorist graduated by the C.I.A
terrorism school performes against innocent civilians.
I also would like to remind people about the acts of terrorism that many
corrupts from BR, including the US nation and others alike support to destroy
the Amazon, other Natural environment and the native people of our world...
- by the way, why pollute the Moon?!
I can't agree with the comments bellow that the US Nation ONLY helps people
and care about Mother Nature, etc. Why?! If YOU really care about ending
terrorism why support Jr "bush" WAR to promote and endure Mr Laden Crusade
(?) - ?!
Axe' - good luck - with the result of the "seeds" that YOU US are planting!
supporting Mr Laden
as an "allied" when they had intere$t on the "bombing game" - bombing others!
Capoeira... time to vote who's the weakest link... who's voting to corruption and against Zumbi... Democracy... Marley, Luther King Jr, Gandhi...!
I Say NO to WAR Revenge. No to C.I.A./Laden Terrorism!
Iconoclast JERÔNIMO
CAPOEIRA - Professional Capoeirista
Jerônimo Santos
Da Silva: Brazilian (born) Citizen. Australian (migrant) Citizen.
--- Original Message
-----
From: <WeezerNY@aol.com>To:
<ss.jeronimo@bigpond.com> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 2:50 PM
Subject: Re:
USA + Milosevic X Think about that
In a message dated 9/19/2001 9:29:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ss.jeronimo@bigpond.com writes:
<< Bojana Novakovic
>>
Jeronimo, in response
to Bojana Novakovic:
I am not getting into semantics, or "I have, you haven't." But the picture here is clear. Over 6,000 people are dead, and not just from my country. Trivializing it would not be right by those people, and their families.
In terms of anti-American sentiment, let me echo the words of Canadian broadcaster Gordon Sinclair:
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanes technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.
You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -! not once, but several times - and safely home again. You talk about sccandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
...In other words, f--- off. This world would be garbage without the Unite States, and while everyone knows it, no one wants to admit it. And while people of other nationalities might want to pretend this is a problem for Americans, it's a problem for the entire world. You can keep trivializing it all you want, but when terrorists begin targeting Europe, South America and other places, that's when everyone will come running for American support, American aid, American intelligence, American military power, American sway over the international community.
I, like other people, have a lot of questions unanswered after last week. The one thing I'm sure of is there will be hell to pay after this. Watch it happen.
----- Original Message
-----
From: "Bojana Novakovic"
<boyzbi@yahoo.co.uk> To: "J C" <ss.jeronimo@bigpond.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September
18, 2001 1:42 PM
Subject: Re:
Think about that. Re: Capoeira USA respect and cherish life = Re: War on
A
Jeronimo, Here is a response to the letter I read. I have no idea who wrote it. But it made me react.
> "Jeronimo,You don't know anything about the American perspective. You don't know what it's like to now fear chemical warfare and nuclear bombs in your own country." >
Not everyone knows what it's like to fear nuclear bombs in their country, it's true. But if we argue on the basis of "I have" "You Haven't" then we'll all be feeding the vicious circle which is the "murder after murder after murder" that you so want to stop. I don't know what it's like to have my eye knocked out. I do know what it's like to have the hospital where I was born bombed to the ground. I know this. I don't know that... and that's the way life leads me.
How is it that the american government wants the terrorists handed over to them, when there is the option of trying them at the Hague??? Didn't the American government discourage the Serbian community from trying their own war criminal Milosevic, and PAY the Yugoslav government to hand him over to the Hague???
As for the terrorists... of you believe they should die, isn't your argument feeding itself against you worst fear of "murder after murder after murder." It's not right. It's not tollerable. And I have no solution, but i do know that THE PEOPLE can not allow themselves to fight.
Axe.
Bojana TO
REPLY 11
===================
----- Original Message
----- >
From: Robert Doerr
To: J C Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:37 PM
Subject: Hope Inspiration
and Dreams
Just a friendly message from a friend and brother. I've been dreaming of being a capoeira student for the last 3 or 4 years. In the past I had the "it's to good to be true attitude", but that has now changed. I just started taking capoeira classes 2 months ago, so it is evident that dreams do come true. It is because of people like you that I found the strength in myself to not get knocked down by the babylon mentality. I'm really excited to learn and evolve in capoeira. I've lived in san diego for my whole life (25 years) and I just had a son 4 months ago. I envision him as a young child and myself as a young man playing capoeira together. The message you wrote about Bob Marley is beautiful. I see this war situation the same way. Thank you for your inspiration. Keep spreading your love and light. THE TRUTH WILL BE REVEALED. Your san diego conection, Bobby Doerr. sddreamwalker@home.com
----- Original Message
----- >
From: ******
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001
Subject: Lista dos
países bombardeados pelos EUA depois da Segunda Guerra Mundial:
**Countries
that were bombed by the US after the II World War
China
1945-46 Coreia
1950-53
China
1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Indonésia
1958 Cuba 1959-60
Guatemala
1960 Congo 1964
Perú
1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam
1961-73
Cambodja 1969-70
Guatemala
1967-69 Granada 1983
Líbia
1986
El Salvador, década de 1980
Nicarágua,
década de 1980
Panamá 1989
Iraque
1991-99
Sudão 1998
Afeganistão
1998
Jugoslávia 1999
==============
From: J C Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 TO
REPLY 09
Subject: Everything 's gonna B all right!
Re: Pedro eh Mau + o lobo eh Bom... - ?! Re: Chora menino chorao...
Regarding the ideals from Bob Marley singing WAR ... ON USA ...?! Well... just like others... I love Marley's freedom way of living for a better productive and evolving world. But... others may not agree with Bob. Yet, as stated bellow, I too believe in the freedom of speech, therefore everybody is entitled to opinion. Yes, Capoeira says Freedom!!
JR - Ultimate Academy US - You came to our Rod@ to "play" Capoeira with me looking for to find people to professionally work with Capoeira in your country. Before farewell you from the Rod@ I would like to say THANK YOU for what you're doing to promote and evolve Capoeira in the US. Thanks for the support that you provide to BRs living in the US... and others. Some capoeiristas may be descendant from the survivor of the betrayal of Iconoclast Zumbi and "holocaust" war against the Palmares Community - War on Capoeira - War Against Freedom!
May I offer you some comfort, singing another one (Ladainha) with respect, 'cause I understand your pain caused by the atrocities committed from those "monsters" behind the [ Institutions?Governmentetc ] and fanatic religious believers, atrocities performed against the American Public, and other... nation... people... Mother Nature. Dear JR - US, mate...
everything 's gonna Be all right... (...) if (...) only...
we pray (and play Capoeira) for Love instead of Hate!
Thank you for the game. Ultimate Academy is out of my list as requested... - to Bob Marley?!
Axe'/Love and boa viagem to JR Ultimate Academy US. I wish prosperity and peace to your heart.
JERÔNIMO CAPOEIRA - Capoeirista Profissional (Mestre/Master). Escritor. Professor de Música.
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From: Ultimate Academy
To: J C Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: Pedro eh Mau + o lobo eh Bom... - ?! Re: Chora menino chorao...
JC,
I do not want to receive any e-mails. Please take our email address from your list.
By the way, regarding your answer about what happened here in the US and the song from Bob Marley, I disagree completely, but we believe in the freedom of speech, therefore you are entitled to your opinion.
Thanks,
JR
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From: Gustavo Motta
<gustavolsmotta@hotmail.com> To: J C Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
4:51 AM
Subject: Re: USA
respect and cherish life = Re: War on America
Hello to all,
It seems that some Americans do not know the real role America plays in our world. It turns clear when their leader says that now the world is faced to the war of good against evil... However, he forgot to explain exactly who plays the good and who plays the evil.
Furthermore, it’s clear to see why we still have WAR in our world. We just have to look to the globalization model that US wants to impose to the four corners of the world: a single model to be applied to a multicultural world. Every single men and women in our world are an unique individual, correct?
The masters of the Marketing already know that, that’s why they have developed the customization. A customized good or service to every single need. In the same extent, there are many nations, cultures, ethnic groups, families, and individuals longing to satisfy their needs, which most of the times are food and water.
Maybe, the American people need to remember, or know, that 80% of the wealth generated in the world is held by 20% of the world population. This gap is increasing day by day and Mr. Bush is busy trying to reactivate the "Stars War" to fight the consequences of his policy supported by the G8. Why not fight the causes?
However, the war is no longer in the space, but on the streets. Instead of atomic weapons, the "enemy" is using their heads and knives. The world now is far from the atomic holocaust and very close to the urban war. It is because our world is already globalized and it is possible to find every sort of culture or ethnic group spread in all the world. In other words, there are no longer, and I think it never happened before, a single homogeneous country.
There are 11.000.000 Arabians living in US today, and Mr. Bush wants to bomb Afghanistan. In short, we face today a huge problem of leadership. The leading country wants to spread violence and intolerance, when the world is longing for peace. So, why not "get together and feel alright", like Bob Marley used to sing?
I know why. It is because the US acts as if they were apart of our world, the chosen people. That’s why "until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is... must be... finally and permanently discredited and abandoned - otherwise - Everywhere is WAR..." sad Mrr. Marley.
We must build peace with love and understanding bricks, not with guns and racism.
I regret the dead in America as I do in Israel, Northern Ireland, Jamaica, Brazil, Angola, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, and so on.
Sincerely,
Kiodai - Brasilia BR TO REPLY 06
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From: theme <audrey@canadawired.com>
To: J C Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Capoeira
USA respect and cherish life = Re: War on America
Hi Jeronimo
I liked your original email. It was very well done. However, the American people are hurting deeply. Many innocent lives were lost. The institutions that were held sacred and dear, are forever altered. It will take them quite a while, to even begin to comprehend what happened. Unfortunately, time has run out for others.
There is a fundamental difference between the American public, and the Institutions/Government that nourish/educate/medicate their mind/body/soul. Sometimes, it is the difference between night and day. Like naive children with too many toys.
AF
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From: <WeezerNY@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Capoeira
USA respect and cherish life = Re: War on A
Jeronimo,
You don't know anything
about the American perspective. You don't know what it's like to now fear
chemical warfare and nuclear bombs in your own country. You don't know
what it's like to lose personal liberties. And you especially
don't know anyone
who died in last week's attacks.
So I would say this to you - the United States is not a perfect country, and we only need to look at how many people of other nationalities hate us to remind us of that. But the American government is giving the Taliban the opportunity to hand over the terrorists. Considering the magnitude of last week's attacks, that is as reasonable as we can be. If they don't hand him over, they deserve to die. Why? Because, as history tells us, there will be murder after murder after murder if this does not stop.
I'm sure the sandy beaches of Australia look fine right now. But my city is smoldering, people are dead and it is permanently changed. Think about that.
- Nik, aka NZA, aka
Cenoura, when I used to learn Capoeira from ABADA. ##
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From: J C To: Ultimate
Academy <ultimateacademy@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001
5:21 PM
Subject: Capoeira
USA respect and cherish life = Re: War on America
I don't understand what you mean? I know about the US and I can't agree with this < we are united as one family independently of race, gender or religion >. Bob Marley (WAR ... ON USA) isn't the only one to protest against discrimination!
I guess I may see IT from another window, the reality that you have, perhaps because I come from a multi-racial country where "some" say the same as you stated, yet, the REALity I know from my people, from the jungle invaded by multinational powers and the F.M.I. does not let me think as you do, and others that are blind.
I feel sorry for the lost of lives that were involved in this bombing, people that may deserve another way to die, yet, I do not fear death and respect the will of life do die.
I saw one of the US Generals giving an interview to the AU Media on Friday on TV. The man stated like this after the question: Yes, we will bomb those responsible - ?? but, I ask myself, others do the same, until now who knows who did it ? - He says again, we'll bomb Afghan people... -- but Sir, reply the reporter, there will be civilians if you bomb like this... Yes, I know, but this is OK, this is part of... - ???
I demand to know what's is OK to bomb people and to fit with these words you JR American citizen stated bellow on your reply to my Bob Marley ladainha: < we respect and cherish life > = ? As we say in BR... pimenta nos olhos dos outros... !!
I would like now to just sing again this "song" by an American citizen that I do respect, he says:
Darkness cannot drive
out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
iconoclast ('capoeirista')
Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
And from this point, I would just add this one from another iconoclast ('capoeirista')
You must be the change you wish to see in the world = Mahatma Gandhi
Peace to your life!
JERÔNIMO CAPOEIRA
- Capoeirista Profissional (Mestre/Master)). ##
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From: Ultimate Academy
To: J C Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: War
on America
JC,
It is with sorrow
and disbelief that I read your e-mail about what happened here in the USA
and a supposed link to Bob Marley's song.
I don't know how
much you know about our country and our culture nowadays but we are united
as one family independently of race, gender or religion.
We, the American
people, believe and strive in defending human rights not only at home but
throughout the world and, most importantly, we respect and cherish life.
What happen September
11th, 2001 will always be in our minds but we will move on and rest assured
we will find the monsters responsible for this horrible act.
Rgds,
JR ## TO REPLY 02
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From: J C
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:05 PM
Subject: War on America
War on America
Há muito tempo nosso amigo Bob já sabia as causas da guerra. Agora, os Eua querem atacar as conseqüências... E ainda tem gente que fala em Nostradamus...
Long time ago our friend Bob already knew the causes of war. Now, the US want to fight the consequences... And there are many who speak of Nostradamus...
For Immediate Release
= September 13, 2001
Terror Attacks of September 11, 2001
During this extremely sad and traumatic time, we extend our sincere and
heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of all those who lost
their life on September 11th. We also wish for the speedy and full recovery
of those who were injured, and we hope and pray that in the aftermath of
the attacks, rescue crews can find as many people still alive
as possible.
The Black Radical Congress (BRC) strongly condemns the horrific terror attacks which occurred on September 11th, 2001. The brazen murder of countless thousands of civilians cannot be supported or condoned.
It is without question that US imperialism has brought genocidal levels of death and destruction to people around the world. Whether one looks at the situation in Iraq with the continual blockade and air bombardments, the situation in Palestine where the US continues to give virtually uncritical support to the Israelis in their national oppression of the Palestinians, the economic blockade against Cuba which aims to undermine its economy and weaken its population, or any number of other places, one clearly sees the callousness and evil intent with which US imperialism treats the lives and property of others, especially non-white peoples around the globe.
Yet, even with a firm understanding of the causes of the desperation, fury,
and hatred of US imperialism, turning to terrorism to fight global
oppression and exploitation is not an acceptable strategy. A clear and
unambiguous distinction must be made between radical/revolutionary
political action on the one hand, and terrorism on the other, regardless
of whether the causes that *appeared* to inspire the terrorist action(s)
are just. Open and unmitigated attacks on civilian targets do not advance
radical/revolutionary causes and must be repudiated. Rather, such attacks
inevitably antagonize the populace, weaken any existing popular support,
and help legitimize heightened levels of repression by the imperialist
state against *all* progressive/radical/revolutionary political activity,
including increased restrictions on the civil rights
of the people.
We already hear, in the voices of those in power, calls for war and vengeance. War and vengeance without a precise target, but striking out blindly, is nothing more than self-serving jingoism. Given the track record of the US, this could include indiscriminate bombings or missile attacks, such as the attack against the Sudanese pharmaceutical laboratory two years ago, which was later found *not* to have been connected with any sort of terrorist activity.
The dangers presented by the September 11th terrorist acts do not restrict themselves to the external threat. We hear on television and radio calls for changing the laws and regulations in order to make it easier to conduct surveillance and to carry-out covert operations against potential opponents of the US. Rather than accomplishing anything in terms of reducing the threat of terrorism, such steps will eliminate basic civil liberties and strengthen the existing tendency toward a racist and classist police state. The police are already out of control and on the rampage in communities across the country. We cannot afford to further unleash their undemocratic and frequently murderous behavior in the name of national security.
We should add here that the terrorist attacks have also brought potential damage to the growing anti-capitalist globalization movement. The ruling class has been making noise for months about the demonstrations that accompany the gatherings of capitalist globalizers. They have inferred that these demonstrations will get increasingly out of control.
There is no question that the events of September 11th will be used as a pretext to both discourage activity, as well as to clamp down on any and all popular outrage with neo-liberal globalization.
It is also critical in moments such as these that we as human beings fight and resist popular impulses toward scape-goating and racism. From almost the moment of the first attack on the World Trade Center, there has been an assumption floated within the media that Arabs or Muslim fundamentalists were behind the attacks. The reaction to the attacks is reminiscent of what we witnessed immediately after the Oklahoma City bombings. There was a widespread assumption that Arabs or Muslims were behind the attack on the Federal Office building. Few establishment observers expected, or led any of the public to expect, that the terrorist could be -- and was -- a homegrown, white American right-winger.
Therefore, it is important to reserve judgment until a more thorough investigation is conducted. This is particularly important given the anti-Palestinian/anti-Arab/anti-Muslim bias of the media. The automatic assumption of the US media is that Palestinians specifically, and Arabs generally, are animals, or at best, fanatics with no concern for human life. The just and righteous Palestinian cause is rarely given credible time, and when offered, generally dismissed by allegedly objective (but really pro-Israeli) commentators. Therefore, in the current situation of horror following these criminal acts, we must actively oppose any and all witch- hunting and stereotyping which is bound to emerge.
Yet another danger we currently face will be xenophobia and, general anti-immigrant sentiment. This will almost inevitably be directed at immigrants of color and particularly those who "look" like they might be of Middle Eastern (North African) origin. The attacks on immigrants and the condemnation of entire communities must be stopped before they escalate out of control. We already see some of this happening with numerous reports of anonymous death threats sent to Arab and Muslim institutions, as well as the spray painting of racist slogans and direct, personal threats and attacks on individuals who are assumed to be from the Middle East (North Africa). We call on all clear-thinking people to be especially vigilant at this time in making sure that in the aftermath of this tragedy, another tragedy born of pain, anger, and hatred does not occur. True anti-racism may require us to put ourselves at risk physically in order to defend Arabs and Muslims from unwarranted attacks.
Lastly, Black America must not condone or be indifferent to the horrendous loss of human life resulting from this tragedy, nor can we allow these horrific acts to be used as an excuse to further repress Arab-Americans, Muslims, or those perceived to be opponents of capitalist globalization. As a people that has survived over 400 years of genocidal oppression on these shores, we are all too familiar with the human suffering caused by both terrorism and racial hatred. From the amputations, beatings, and rapes of Chattel Slavery, to the New York City Draft Riots of 1863, to the post- Reconstruction terrorism of the Klu Klux Klan, to the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921, to the government sponsored Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) of the 1960s, to the contemporary state-sanctioned police murder and brutality we are fighting today, we as Black people have lots of experience with the horrors of terrorism in the US, as it has too frequently been directed against us. That is why we must show our full and unqualified support and compassion for all those suffering as a result of this horrible tragedy, most of whom have come to experience terrorism for the first time, as we continue our 400+ year struggle to rid ourselves of this evil, both domestically and around the world.
