This is our manifesto, simple, without a plan, just an ideal for a better future and a statement of our resolve to do our best. We simply want to make the world a better place for all. We will do what we can with what we have to make it possible for immigrants to choose a place to live where they feel safe, secure and can make a future for themselves and their families. That means to us:
- Your rights as a world citizen are not defined by your race, religion, place of birth, nationality or lack of. They are afforded to you by your existence.
- Where ever you live on this earth you have the same rights as all those who live in your community, no matter how or why you came to this place.
- A law that is unjust should be disobeyed through ingenuity and creativity not by violence or hurt those we oppose or seek to help.
This manifesto was written by a few people on their last beer midway between two suns making a commitment for a new future. This manifesto is written to urge people of conscious to join us in thought and action where and when you can. If you know that a profound injustice clouds all our lives then stand with us or make your own sense of this mess and choose to make a change.
Although I believe in ‘Human Rights’, I know too that humans, left alone, would destroy everything. By nature we are greedy and unpredictable. We have brains that have not yet evolved to the function that is needed to be human. We are still very much barbaric and untamed. So what do we do about this deficit? We try to do the best we can with what we have. What, you might be asking yourselves, what does all this have to do with the cause of immigration? I see nothing wrong with a property “owner” demanding respect of his or her property or land – no matter the history of their possession (two wrongs don’t make justice). We must try to be respectful and civilized of established laws. It is one thing to ask permission to enter another’s ‘space’, and quite another to try and conquer it. I too believe that the earth only has natural boundaries and that no one person should have sole possession over anything natural – such as land. However, for some reason, men have set up little pockets of unnatural possessions, and when someone tries to enter these little cavities, at times, the ‘owner’ can be very cruel. Now this is what I am truly interested in. No one has the right to treat others without respect and dignity — no matter the cause, and any violation to this should be served with quick and justifiable justice — but a justice being served with the same respect, compassion, and understanding appropriate for all humans.
I apologize for the windiness of my comments, but I assure you, I am on any side that with love, compassion, and honesty seeks justice and Human Rights for all. If at anytime you feel that I could be of service to your great cause, please contact me as soon as your time and needs permit.
Note: My mum was a Jew during the II World War, and my father was a Nazi officer. For 1.5 years, I lived with my mum in a Refugee camp in Shanghai, China..
“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” Howard Zinn
Pilul, I agree with absolutely everything you say. It’s easy to fall into despair and frustration when one looks at world events today, which is why I subscribe to some ‘positive’ websites to remind me that we are also capable of the most incredible selflessness, compassion and love in times of need. People lay their lives on the line for complete strangers every day, but that love and compassion is also revealed in less dramatic ways every day. That’s what we have to hang on to as we work tirelessly for a future free of fear and the intolerance it breeds, and instead recognise our brother/sisterhood in our human ‘tribe’.
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