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A CALL FOR PEACE:
Diverse Women for Diversity
We women in all our vibrant and fabulous diversity, have
witnessed the increasing aggression against the human spirit,
human mind, and human body and the continued invasion of and
assault upon the earth and all her diverse species. The events of
September 11, which took thousands of innocent lives, are
simply an extension of the ongoing violence against the earth and
all its diverse species.
The people who planned, financed and carried out these attacks
are criminals. This was a crime against humanity and those
responsible must be found and held accountable under the rules
of international law. It is imperative for all of us to put our
voices behind peace and justice and to stop the untoward rush of
the U. S. government to armies and weapons. This is not a time
for a John Wayne cowboy response it is a time for nonviolent
responses. It is a time to commit ourselves to reason and
justice.
We are once again faced with decisions that are made not by us,
not by the people, but by the representatives of the corporate
conglomerates which rule the world. Not the least of which will be
the escalation of military spending, the demand for more fossil
fuels to fuel the war machine, the end of any consideration of
the environmental effects, and the extinguishing of civil liberties.
We have watched economic globalization destroy third world
economies and privatize in the hands of first world corporations
the resources, environment and labor of the countries of the
global south. Increasing polarization, inequality, injustice and
suppression of democracy is the ground from which terrorism
and extremism grow. The only response to terrorism is justice
and democracy and the empowerment of people.
We as women from diverse countries, religions, classes, and
ethnicities reject the use of violence by any group for any
reason. Violence against people is never justified. We call for
peace as an end and as a means.
Vandana Shiva
Research Institute for
Science and Technology
New Delhi, India
email vshiva@vsnI.
Jean Grossholtz
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA USA
jgrossho@mtholyoke.edu
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