Tuesday, July 26, 2005
"Their world destroys us, let us build ours."
I found a great statement over at Flint’s space. This statement came from the anarcho-syndicalist union, the CNT, in response to the bombing in Madrid on March 11, 2004. I think it is a very sweet message, and it is very effective in saying some of the things that I have been trying to say in response to the London bombings, as well as in response to the responses, etc. (The English is a little shaky in places, but I didn’t want to do any editing, because I think the piece deserves to stand exactly as it is.) So, here it is, the Statement of the Permanent Secretariat of the CNT National Committee on the attacks of the 11th...(13-03-04):
In Madrid, we have been killed again this 11th March. We, workers, simple people, are the victims once again, this time tore to pieces and in the wildest way. We, workers, simple people, are always the victims of all sort of terrorism, the so called and the disguised one; we are victims of precariousness, of unemployment, of poverty, of manipulation, of the unapropriatedly called work casualties..., we are hostages and cannon fodder in all wars, in all confrontation of interests, of all fanatisms, of all powers. We are victims of the decisions, the interests and aims of minorities alien to us and who use us as a shield and exchange currency.
In Madrid, in Iraq, in Palestine, in Israel, in Afghanistan, in New York, in Chicago, in Vitoria, in Russia, in Chechenia... they kill us everywhere, and we have been killed for causes which are not ours.
The people behind this particular atrocity is irrelevant, they have hit the weak, the ones who are not able to negotiate, the ones who have no power of decision. They show their disdain to the working class, the simple people.
If we had any hope that such a brutality was not used, the facts have removed it. We want to say clearly that only workers, simple people, those who have no escort nor armoured car, those who do not decide on others' lives and futures, are able to mourn our dead ones; we can say, loudly and with real pain, that we are with the victims and their families, because so we are.
A hug, no words, with the heart, to all those directly affected.
Their world destroys us, let us build ours.
In Madrid, we have been killed again this 11th March. We, workers, simple people, are the victims once again, this time tore to pieces and in the wildest way. We, workers, simple people, are always the victims of all sort of terrorism, the so called and the disguised one; we are victims of precariousness, of unemployment, of poverty, of manipulation, of the unapropriatedly called work casualties..., we are hostages and cannon fodder in all wars, in all confrontation of interests, of all fanatisms, of all powers. We are victims of the decisions, the interests and aims of minorities alien to us and who use us as a shield and exchange currency.
In Madrid, in Iraq, in Palestine, in Israel, in Afghanistan, in New York, in Chicago, in Vitoria, in Russia, in Chechenia... they kill us everywhere, and we have been killed for causes which are not ours.
The people behind this particular atrocity is irrelevant, they have hit the weak, the ones who are not able to negotiate, the ones who have no power of decision. They show their disdain to the working class, the simple people.
If we had any hope that such a brutality was not used, the facts have removed it. We want to say clearly that only workers, simple people, those who have no escort nor armoured car, those who do not decide on others' lives and futures, are able to mourn our dead ones; we can say, loudly and with real pain, that we are with the victims and their families, because so we are.
A hug, no words, with the heart, to all those directly affected.
Their world destroys us, let us build ours.
