Talk given to Los Angeles Peace Mobilization on January 11, 2003.

This was also my commentary for KPFK on January 13, 2003.

Blase Bonpane.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING PART OF THE GREATEST PREEMPTIVE

PEACE MOVEMENT IN HISTORY!

LA LUCHA MISMA ES LA VICTORIA

THE STRUGGLE ITSELF IS THE VICTORY

WE MUST CONFRONT OUR CONTRADICTORY GOVERNMENT.

THE HEAD OF STATE IS CONTRADICTORY TO THE HOPES DESIRES AND

ANXIETIES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS ARE CONTRADICTORY TO THE

COMMON GOOD OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

IF THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT,

THEY ARE ENEMIES OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

IF THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF LABOR, THEY ARE

ENEMIES OF LABOR. IF THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO HOUSING, THEY ARE

OPPOSED TO HOUSING. IF THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO HEALTH CARE THEY

SUPPORT THE ILL HEALTH OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF OUR CITIZENS.

IF THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO DEFENSE, THEY ARE THE WORLD'S MOST

AVARICIOUS WAR MONGERS. THEY HAVE DESTROYED THE NATION OF

IRAQ BY TWELVE YEARS OF ENDLESS BOMBING, BY CALCULATED

STARVATION, BY CALCULATED RESTRICTION OF MEDICINE BY

ENDLESS LIES AND MISINFORMATION.

THE CURRENT HEAD OF STATE IS AN IMPOSTER WHO WAS NEVER

ELECTED. HE HAS APPROVED A POLICY OF SUMMARY ASSASSINATION

AND TORTURE.

AND NOW UNDER THE DARKNESS OF AN EVER GREATER HOLOCAUST IN

IRAQ, HE CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE BLOODY OCCUPATION OF

PALESTINE.

WE ARE BLESSED THIS WEEK TO HAVE THE PRESENCE OF ADAM SHAPIRO

AND HIS WIFE ----- AS LEADERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

MOVEMENT. THEY INVITE US TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONALS IN

PALESTINE WHO HAVE PROVEN TO BE A RESTRAINT ON THE OCCUPYING

FORCES. SIMILARLY, KATHY KELLY INVITES US TO JOIN VOICES

IN THE WILDERNESS NOW STATIONED AS WITNESSES IN IRAQ.

THE FORCES OF OUR MORAL REVOLUTION WILL BE VICTORIOUS.

MILITARISM IS DESTROYING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

MILITARISM IS DESTROYING ISRAEL.

MILITARISM WILL DESTROY THIS LITTLE PLANET NOW GASPING FOR

BREATH.

WE DO NOT WANT TO MIMIC THE FORCES OF MILITARISM BY SECOND

CLASS VIOLENCE. WE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF THAT WITH THE SECOND

CLASS REPUBLICANS WHO CALL THEMSELVES DEMOCRATS.

MARK NO WAR ON EVERY DOLLAR BILL, ON EVERY FIVE DOLLAR BILL

AND EVERY PIECE OF CURRENCY OF ANY AMOUNT.

.

AND AS FOR OUR FUTURE. WE WILL GO ON TO WASHINGTON AND SAN

FRANCISCO THIS WEEK. AND WHAT OF LOS ANGELES?

I PROPOSE THAT WE CONDUCT DAILY VIGILS HERE AT THIS FEDERAL

BUILDING AND AT THE WEST SIDE FEDERAL BUILDING…

WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR GROUPS HERE. TWO GROUPS CAN TAKE

RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH OF THE BUILDINGS. LET US DIVIDE UP THE

LABOR, LET US DIVIDE UP THE DAYS OF VIGIL AND LET US BE

PRESENT TO REMIND THIS ROUGE STATE THAT WE DO NOT

INTEND TO PAY FOR THIS WAR WITH OUR MONEY, NOR WITH OUR TIME,

NOR WITH OUR THE LIVES OF OUR YOUTH WHO ARE ENDLESSLY

RECRUITED FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NON-VIOLENCE AND CONGRATULATIONS

ON YOUR STRUGGLE TO BUILD AN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF JUSTICE,

AND OF PEACE.

HASTA LA VICTORIA DE JUSTICIA Y PAZ, SIEMPRE.