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So, yesterday I was on the rally in Berlin for to show solidarity with the victims of the nature and political catastrophe in the Southeast of the U.S. Only few people joined the rally which was held in the near of the U.S. embassy. But actually it was not the fault of the organizers – they just had 3 days time to inform the people.

Anyway, one speech of a Afro-american citizen from Detroit was very impressive. He life in Germany since long time, before this, in the 60s he was serving the U.S. Army in Germany and after that he was sent to Vietnam. Now he’s active in the anti-war and social movement in Germany.

I recorded and typed the speech. And here it comes (everything in parenthesis comes from me):

Dear Friends

I’m personally effected by this tragedy. My 93 year old cousin, Mrs. Odille Kenner Williams, was just recently rescued from a nursing home there. I have a multitude of relatives in New Orleans and neighboring communities.

My entire family comes from Louisiana. My father and mother came North during the Second World War to seek work in Detroit and escape the vicious system of racism which was everyday experience of Black people living there (in the Southeast) as direct descendants of slaves. My grandmother was a slave. That may come as a shock to some of you, but I’m that close to the history of institutional slavery in America. Millions of Black during and after WW II migrated to other parts of the U.S. with the one thing in the mind: freedom. Yes, while people were fighting against the Axis Powers (the German, Italian and Japanese fascists, militarists) here in Europe and elsewhere Black people in America were fighting for the right to Human dignity and real freedom (– and they’re still fighting for it).

My mother often told my brother and me that she didn’t want us to grow up in that environment of intimidation, racism and lynch justice. There were no more than refugees, strangers in their own country of birth. So she left her family and started a new life in Detroit, 1700 Kilometers away from the place called home. Torn from family and friends.

What we see happening in Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia is symptomatic of what’s wrong with America. When the authorities ordered the population to evacuate New Orleans they made no preparations to evacuate those who could not respond to the call. The poor, the sick, the imprisoned, the less fortunate.

Many of there victims living below the poverty level, whatever that means. The overwhelming majority of there people in this situation are Black. They were deserted, left to fend for themselves. Lied to by the people who were supposed to assist them in times of danger and emergency.

The U.S. has a history of oppression and disregard for people’s human rights and up until now they’ve been able to maneuver and more less hide their treachery. Abu Ghraeeb (the infamous prison in Iraq) is not unique.

These pictures of people’s suffering don’t lie! They lay bare the hypocrisy of the system built on exploitation of the world and ist own citizens. They have no shame! The U.S. is the UNITED STATES OF SHAME!

People here (in Germany) ask, “What we can do?”. Donate... Find out what’s really goes on! DEMAND YOUT GOVERNMENT STOP SUPPERTING THE CRIMINAL UNDERTAKINGS OF THE BUSH REGIME! Stop this insane war on the Iraqi people!

[Right now people are preparing to vote (in Germany), thinking that will somehow changes their lives. The real issues are being ignored. The Chancellor likes to pass himself and his party off as the peace party that couldn’t further from the truth. They speak with a forked tongue! They have blood on their hands too, they support the war by giving the USA back door support. The U.S. conducts many of its military adventures from German soil.]

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Some may ask what do that have to do with the present situation in America and the people’s suffering. A great deal. Billions of Dollars and valuable resources have been wasted on this terrible war (on Iraq), money and resources that could have helped those people in need right now. The government is already crying about not having any idea about how they’re going to pay for all this.

When you wage war you don t worry about the costs because you count yourself as the winner, and “to the victor goes the spoils”.

They ve miscalculated at every turn and we, all of us have to suffer.

Freedom, we re only free to follow their orders and plans (or not!). Nothing more nothing less!