i want to change the world
i had that dream again last night. the same one i have ever so often. in it i am giving a speech, it usually varies on what i'm speaking about - one of the many subjects i feel strongly about. woman's choice - gay rights - the institutionalization of religion... but the result of the speech is always the same. i have inspired people. i have inspired them for a change. i have begun a domino effect of strong powerful people protesting, speaking out, and shouting for change. i desperatly pray that this is my destiny, my fate. if i can change something i will be happy. if i can erupt a larger scale social change... then i have done something worth talking about.
i want americans to question why we are still in iraq, i want women to question why so many women and increasingly men are subjectified in the media, i want youth to question why romance has left the equation of hooking up, i want people to feel beautiful and be happy with their real bodies, on the same token i want people to question why american society promotes super anerexic thin models and mcdonalds, i just want our society to be aggressive and politically active - save the trees not the politians - not passive.
spread in adbusters magazine:
AMERICA MUST PAY A PRICE FOR ITS IRAQ ADVENTURE (this is painted in blood red on a wall)
Whether you originally supported or opposed the invasion is now irrevalant. the time has come to forget the old divisions and throw your support behind the emerging democracy in iraq. this is the argument that bush and blair are using to get the world on side. but should we forgive an act of war that has killed 100,000 iraqis, most of them women and children? should we forget Abu Ghraib and FAllujah? No... at the risk of having this kind of US triumphalism repeated in the future, we cannot forgive, we cannot forget.
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i want americans to question why we are still in iraq, i want women to question why so many women and increasingly men are subjectified in the media, i want youth to question why romance has left the equation of hooking up, i want people to feel beautiful and be happy with their real bodies, on the same token i want people to question why american society promotes super anerexic thin models and mcdonalds, i just want our society to be aggressive and politically active - save the trees not the politians - not passive.
spread in adbusters magazine:
AMERICA MUST PAY A PRICE FOR ITS IRAQ ADVENTURE (this is painted in blood red on a wall)
Whether you originally supported or opposed the invasion is now irrevalant. the time has come to forget the old divisions and throw your support behind the emerging democracy in iraq. this is the argument that bush and blair are using to get the world on side. but should we forgive an act of war that has killed 100,000 iraqis, most of them women and children? should we forget Abu Ghraib and FAllujah? No... at the risk of having this kind of US triumphalism repeated in the future, we cannot forgive, we cannot forget.
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