PALESTINIANS

by Olin Tezcatlipoca on Wednesday, July 7, 2010


I saw this video that ART GAMBOA has just put up

showing
the murderous misery of the Palestinians
Apartheid, racism, discrimination, dehumanizing conditions
stealing of their lands,
savage Israeli massacres by air
and I want to cry out that I am coming to help
I am going to do something
against the Nazi-like behavior of the Zionists
I want to be there
to help the people there

But I have my people here.
And we are in some senses in as bad off and even worse in certain conditions.

I want to help the Palestinians
like I wanted to help South African blacks by telling them that they are not really free
that whites still control their land and their wealth

but I have my own people here to help, to educate, to liberate

I want to help injustices everywhere in the world
because I am an internationalist in my heart of hearts,
because I am, when all is said and done,
a brother of the human race

I do want to help the Palestinians
but I am helping my people here
with education, training, organizing,
with lectures, developing collective leadership

By helping my people I am helping the Palestinians
by educating my people I am educating the world
by liberating my people I am liberating all of humanity
by demanding truth and justice, and getting truth and justice
for my people,
I also get truth and justice for all of humanity

Justice is justice in all languages and colors
Truth is truth no matter how you spell it
Liberation is the right of all of humanity

But I can’t help thinking of the Palestinians
Just yesterday I bought a book of interviews of Edward Said.
All of what he did speak of
he could have been speaking of us

Edward Said is now dead
I met him once in Santa Monica at the Midnight Special Bookstore
He was so tired of fighting Zionism
but there he was fighting
explaining to the world the crimes of Zionists
and he was dying as he said this,
he only lived another two years

There is so much evil in the world
and so few of us willing to fight it

We of Mexica Movement have supported the Palestinians here in LA
when we can continue to help in what ways are possible
without taking away from our liberation work

We have supported fights against injustices
whenever we can

But bottom line: we gotta help our people
because in the end it is helping us
or our descendants or the grand grand kids

All of this from viewing this video
that Art Gamboa posted

Tlazocahmati Art Gamboa
for the inspiration
for the small tears
on thinking of this

Inspiration number 4 from the point of getting involved in facebook on June 4. 2010
and to think I resisted. But
after our participation in the May 29 protest in Phoenix
here I am active participant not just in the liberation of my people
but also building community on Facebook

Timexihcah

Olin Tezcatlipoca

PS I would have ebedded the video but I don't know how. I am learning little by little. See, yo tan viejo y learning more tech stuff to be a better educator, better communicator. See, in a sense I am still going to school.