A statement initially signed by
Ezequiel Adamovsky,
Vittorio Agnoletto,
Michael Albert,
Tariq Ali,
Patrick Bond,
Leslie Cagan,
Noam Chomsky,
Bill Fletcher,
Eduardo Galeano,
Susan George,
Marta Harnecker,
Boris Kagarlitsky,
George Monbiot,
Suren Moodlar,
Hector Mondragon,
Tanya Reinhart,
Carola Reintjes,
Arundhati Roy,
Lydia Sargent,
Howard Zinn and many others.
The following is a full text of the statement and it is
copyright free.
I stand for
peace and justice.
I stand for
democracy and
autonomy. I don’t think the U.S. or any other country should ignore the
popular will and violate and weaken
international law, seeking to bully and
bribe votes in the
Security Council.
I stand for
internationalism. I oppose any nation spreading an ever expanding network of
military bases around the world and producing an arsenal unparalleled in the world.
I stand for
equity. I don’t think the U.S. or any other country should seek
empire. I don’t think the U.S. ought to control
Middle Eastern oil on behalf of U.S.
corporations and as a wedge to gain political control over other countries.
I stand for freedom. I oppose
brutal regimes in
Iraq and elsewhere but I also oppose the new doctrine of "
preventive war," which guarantees permanent and very dangerous conflict, and is the reason why the U.S. is now regarded as the
major threat to peace in much of the world. I stand for a democratic
foreign policy that supports popular opposition to
imperialism,
dictatorship, and
political fundamentalism in all its forms.
I stand for
solidarity. I stand for and with all the poor and the excluded. Despite massive
disinformation millions oppose
unjust, illegal, immoral war, and I want to add my voice to theirs. I stand with moral leaders all over the world, with world labor, and with the huge
majority of the populations of countries throughout the world.
I stand for
diversity. I stand for an end to
racism directed against
immigrants and people of color. I stand for an end to repression at home and abroad.
I stand for peace. I stand against this
war and against the conditions, mentalities, and institutions that breed and nurture war and injustice.
I stand for
sustainability. I stand against the destruction of forests, soil, water, environmental resources, and
biodiversity on which all life depends.
I stand for justice. I stand against
economic,
political, and cultural institutions that promote a
rat race mentality, huge economic and power inequalities,
corporate domination even unto
sweatshop and slave labor, racism, and gender and
sexual hierarchies.
I stand for a policy that redirects the money used for war and military spending to provide
healthcare,
education,
housing, and
jobs.
I stand for a world whose political, economic, and social institutions foster solidarity, promote equity, maximize participation, celebrate diversity, and encourage
full democracy.
I stand for peace and justice and, more, I
pledge to work for peace and justice.”
If you want to sign the statement. Please visit: http://www.zmag.org/wspj