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I was holding my five-month-old son on the first 9/11, and I said, What kind of world have I brought this child into?
On this September 11, we must remember how we felt that day so that we live in the world and as a nation so that we prevent it from happening again.
On this September 11, we must remember how we felt that day so that we live in the world and as a nation so that we prevent it from happening again.
We must remember all those who died. As a person of faith, I must remember all the innocent people who were killed here, as well as the hundreds of thousands killed in Iraq and Afghanistan because of the decision of a few with power and weaponry.
We must develop an eternal commitment to stand against needless and senseless death.
To remember those who died on 9/11 must mean that we resolve to stand against all forms of necropolitics—the politics of death, whether it be international terrorism,
To remember those who died on 9/11 must mean that we resolve to stand against all forms of necropolitics—the politics of death, whether it be international terrorism,
the domestics terrorism of white nationalists, the terrorizing of Black & brown communities by police brutality, the nearly 200,000 deaths we’ve suffered this year because of lies & a refusal to face this pandemic, deaths from poverty & lack of health care,
deaths from raging fires because we have refused to address climate change.
We can’t hide the death. We can’t forget it. On a day like 9/11 we must not allow it to hate all Muslims and “those people,”
We can’t hide the death. We can’t forget it. On a day like 9/11 we must not allow it to hate all Muslims and “those people,”
because from the genocide towards native Americans, the Civil War to events like the race massacre in Tulsa & Wilmington, more death has come from Americans towards other Americans. We must let ourselves be horrified & pray it scares our world to life.
Our goal can’t just be revenge. Our goal must be reconstructing a new world.
Make us more committed to peace & justice. No matter how big and powerful our bonds and weaponry, this world cannot survive constant war and rumors of war; nation against nation, race against race.
Make us more committed to peace & justice. No matter how big and powerful our bonds and weaponry, this world cannot survive constant war and rumors of war; nation against nation, race against race.
In a moment when we are again dealing with the consequences of a President and his administration’s lies, we must remember the deception from a President & intelligence community that led us into Iraq, costing precious lives there & here,
because of $6 trillion that could have been invested to guarantee healthcare, living wages & a just response to the climate crisis.
