Pledge of Resistance
Posted: October 31st, 2009 | Author: Moonstar Silverwolf | Filed under: revolution | Tags: pledge, Resist, resistance, US, war | Commentsin the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices
done by our government,
in our names
Not in our name
will you wage endless war
there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions
of blood for oil
Not in our name
will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more children
letting history take its course
over the graves of the nameless
Not in our name
will you erode the very freedoms
you have claimed to fight for
Not by our hands
will we supply weapons and funding
for the annihilation of families
on foreign soil
Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us
Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed evil
Not by our will
and Not in our name
We pledge resistance
We pledge alliance with those
who have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the war
or for their religion or ethnicity
We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world
to bring about justice,
freedom and peace
Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real.
A campaign aimed at bringing awareness as well as building up a global resistance towards Israel due to the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian people as been posting videos online over the past few months. This group of individuals from various backgrounds working within Lebanon started their discussions prior to the Israel invasion of Gaza earlier this year. While they were trying to come up with a name for their campaign, they struggled with the idea of whether to draw parallels to other oppressive situations (such as South Africa) in our history. They decided that it was more important to recognize the power that resistance has and so they decided that this resistence was something we have not had before. “Never Before” as they coined it because they urge people to recognize our historical resistances but this time, “Resist, like Never Before.”
