Nikos Vittis on Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:42:53 +0300 |
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>> This is a very interesting opinion piece from Greece, which challenges >> environmentalists to oppose the bombing of the former Yugoslavia, and >which >> I hope will further the debate about the war on this list. >> >> >>> >> >>> Kleanthis Grivas is a Greek psychiatrist and a leading social >activist. >> >>>>He is considered a prominent spokesperson of the libertarian left in >> >>>Greece and has written articles in the Greek press about minority >> >>>rights, the media, drug policy etc. He was until his recent >resignation, >> >>>for reasons described below, a member of the board of directors of the >> >>>Greek chapter of Greenpeace. This letter was first published in the >> >>>Greek daily "Eleftherotypia" in the beginning of May 1999, but it seems >> >>>to me that it remains interesting. >> >>> >> >>> "Neutrality" equals complicity >> >>> by Kleanthis Grivas, psychiatrist >> >>> >> >>>I would like hereby to publicly dissociate my position and announce >that >> >>>I resign from the Board of Directors of the Greek chapter of >Greenpeace, >> >>> because during the past 40 days it has failed to adopt a unequivocal >> >>>position, that would condemn, name and point a finger at >> >>>the perpetrators of the gangster-like aggression against Yugoslavia by >> >>>the "gang of 19", an aggression that began on March 24 and, under the >> >>>pretext of "preventing a humanitarian disaster" (by the Milosevic >> >>>regime), has provoked and is still provoking. >> >>>a) an immense human tragedy, that affects both Serbs and Albanians >> >>>b) an immeasurable ecological disaster that affects the Balkans and the >> >>>whole of Europe, and >> >>>c) an (emergent) realignment of borders and geopolitical equilibria >that >> >>>affects all Balkan countries, including, of course, Greece.. >> >>> >> >>> Having lived in Belgrade during 20 of the 40 days that Yugoslavia is >> >>>being bombed by the mutant humanoids of the "gang of 19" (Clinton, >> >>>Blair, Cook, Schroeder, Fischer, Chirac, D' Alema, Simitis, Clark, >> >>>Solana, Cohn-Bendit and the rest of the humanoid "Dollies" such as the >> >>>prime ministers, foreign ministers and "defence" ministers of the >> >>>countries that participate in this great carnage), I am thoroughly >> >>>convinced that, under these circumstances, neutrality equals >complicity. >> >>> >> >>> Acceptance of the pretext used by the "gang of 19" in Yugoslavia means >> >>>joining the camp of the executioner, regardless of whether this is done >> >>>out of ignorance about the material incentives and goals that >invariably >> >>>lie hidden behind any such "crusades", out of naivety or out of >> >>>self-interest. >> >>> As a thinking man, I know that the sole reason for mobilizing the >> >>>greatest military machine in the world has always been and still is the >> >>>preservation and reproduction of an international framework that >> >>>guarantees the criminal exploitation of the planet by the American >> >>>Empire and allows the USA, with 5% of the global population, to >> >>>appropriate and to consume each year 50% of the global raw materials >> >>>that are necessary for maintaining the present way of life. >> >>> Greenpeace cannot concern itself solely with tomatoes, gherkins, >> >>>turtles, seals and whales and limit itself to broad condemnations of >> >>>ecological disasters without condemning the culprits precisely. >> >>> >> >> David. >> >> David Wood >> PhD Student ('The Rural Peace Dividend') >> Department of Agricultural Economics and Food Marketing >> University of Newcastle upon Tyne >> NE1 7RU >> >> 0191 222 5305 >> >> david.wood2@ncl.ac.uk >> >> >> > ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/syndicate to unsubscribe, write to <syndicate-request@aec.at> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe your@email.adress