I refused to watch any of yesterday's ceremonies honouring those who were killed 10 years ago in New York. I refused, not out of disrespect for those who lost their lives and for all who still suffer tremendously as a result of that horrible attack. I did not watch because of how those senseless deaths and that tremendous suffering have been used over the years as an excuse to kill hundreds of thousands of others, sacrifice some of our best young people, and impose unspeakable suffering on untold others.
Things could have been so much different. To get a sense of how different, I encourage you to read an essay by one of my favorite critical thinkers, the iconoclastic Chris Hedges. The piece, entitled
A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe, offers some insights that rarely make their way into the mainstream press.
Please sign this
petition urging Prime Minister Harper to stop threatening Michaela Keyserlingk and to stop exporting asbestos.
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