Written by a Howard University student: Wake Up There are warships in the Mediterranean Sea called destroyers. They are armed with missiles designed to remove the flesh from human bones with a single flash of fire. We bought them. You did when you pumped your gas, bought your milk, ordered your new shoes. I did when I rode the bus and picked up a Gatorade before class. We shipped them across the ocean. We aimed them at civilians. People. Mid-joke. Taking their children to school. Sitting at the park. Bang. That one was for freedom. Bang. That one was for democracy. Blood running through the streets like children. The president is standing at a podium preaching about peace and prosperity. Bang. Howard University, we must wake up. Our planet is under attack by humans. The life style perpetuated by a global capitalist struggle is not sustainable for the planet we live on. This is about who will have access to food, water, shelter, healthcare, and leisure time to pursue happiness. Not in the context of an “American” society, but a global one. Brazil, India, and China have economies that are moving at a pace that makes the United States economy look stagnant. The problem is -- Earth has enough resources for everyone to have enough, not for everyone to have everything. If countries with massive populations try and compete with America, everyone will lose. If we want our children to have ground to walk on, air to breathe, and water to drink, we must begin to take seriously the political climate we find ourselves in. The future belongs to the nation of people that can innovate and provide everyone with access to resources without harming the ecosystems and social systems that provide those very resources. Let us strive to create creatively and consciously. Let us build a society in which peace is the only thing aimed at another person, where love fills the air like nerve gas, and where the Truth washes into your shore like a fleet of warships.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:04:07 +0000
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