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March 21, 2008 at 14:57:23

ODE TO RACHEL CORRIE / MURDERED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

by Allen L Roland

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Photos by Joseph Smith and Richard Purssell (ISM Handout).

Yesterday, the parents of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was murdered in Gaza by an Israeli bulldozer while protecting the demolition of a Palestinian home, marked the fifth anniversary of her death Thursday by dedicating a small West Bank memorial in her honor: Allen L Roland

On March 16, 2003 ~ An e-mailed report from the Palestine Monitor stated:

"Rachel Corey, 23 years old from the state of Washington, was killed while she was trying to prevent Israeli army bulldozers from destroying a Palestinian home. Other foreigners who were with her said the driver of the bulldozer was aware that Rachel was there, and continued to destroy the house. Initially he dropped sand and other heavy debris on her, then the bulldozer pushed her to the ground where it proceeded to drive over her, fracturing both of her arms, legs and skull. She was transferred to hospital, where she later died. Another foreigner was also injured in the attack and has been hospitalized - at this stage his nationality is unknown." (16 March 2003)

Here is the updated poem I wrote about Rachel Corrie's act of heroism in 2003 which has not been forgotten by myself or countless Americans who continue to abhor the illegal occupation and treatment of the Palestinians by Israel.

On Thursday, about 150 Palestinians and foreigners attended the memorial, gathering in a street in the West Bank city of Nablus, led by Corrie's parents, Cindy and Craig. http://tinyurl.com/2ax78k

Rachel Corrie,

We have not forgotten you

I can still see you now

Standing unarmed

feet apart

in your orange fluorescent jacket

bullhorn to your lips

making

your stand

against oppression

It was five years ago

March 16, 2003

that you stood before

that 60-ton

Caterpillar bulldozer

trying to protect

the illegal demolition

of a Palestinian

home

The Israeli soldier

and his

commander

ran over you

crushing your

body and life

beneath the

tractors

awesome

weight

Run over by a Caterpillar

bulldozer

made in the

United States

and sent to

Israel as part

of its 4 billion

dollar annual aid

package

A bulldozer

destroying civilian

homes and violating

U.S law ~ which

prohibits the use of

military aid against

civilians

Your Death ignored

by the both the

Israel Army

who

self-aquitted itself

and the Bush

Administration

which turned its

head away

in cowardice

.
After one year

neither the FBI

or any U.S.- led

team had done

anything to

investigate your

death

Yet it took only

24 hours four years ago

for the

FBI to investigate

the deaths

of three

Americans

by a

Palestinian

suicide bomber

To the U.S,

the Palestinians are

terrorists

and you seemingly

became

one yourself

by your humanitarian

act of courage

But you are not a

terrorist

Rachel Corrie

You are a hero

and an

inspiration

all of us

All of us who

resist the bulldozer

of lies and deception

from the Cheney / Bush Administration

and like you

are standing

feet apart

bullhorn to our lips

making our

stand

against civil

and

political oppression

Thank you

Rachel Corrie,

Your body and

life may have

been crushed

but your indomitable

spirit

lives on.

At five years old, your dream

was to make a

difference ~ and

you did.

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=fUGjzxG5r9Q&;feature=related

Allen L Roland

http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2008/03/21.html

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Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net

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john riggsSW Texas ultra-liberal

A child with a dream

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by john riggs (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 425 comments) on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 8:23:09 AM

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Video interview of Rachel

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by Rady Ananda (109 articles, 259 quicklinks, 25 diaries, 866 comments) on Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 6:00:33 PM

Bia Winter is an Artist/Writer from Maine,
and has been an activist and letter-writer since the 60's.
In 2004 she received the Roger Baldwin Award from the Maine American Civil Liberties Union for furthering Democracy after she got a Resolution Against the USA"Patriot"Act passed in her small home town of Mount Vernon, by overwhelming show-of-hands vote at Town Meeting. She continues to Write, Activate and Cartoon for Progressive causes. Her Letters are often seen in the Baltimore Ch...

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Bia WinterBia Winter is an Artist/Writer from Maine,
and has been an activist and letter-writer since the 60's.
In 2004 she received the Roger Baldwin Award from the Maine American Civil Liberties Union for furthering Democracy after she got a Resolution Against the USA"Patriot"Act passed in her small home town of Mount Vernon, by overwhelming show-of-hands vote at Town Meeting. She continues to Write, Activate and Cartoon for Progressive causes. Her Letters are often seen in the Baltimore Ch...

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How long?

How long are we going to put up with these racist (Isreali) Bastards who thumb their noses at us while greedily lapping up our tax money and polluting our Democracy in OUR Congress, via AIPAC and their dirty bribes!?

If ANYONE else had done that to one of OUR citizens abroad, we'd be dropping bombs on them!

by Bia Winter (1 articles, 2 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 169 comments) on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 10:13:39 AM

Censorship on this site

...and you think "Zionist" is "Hurtful!!?/?

Get a GRIP!

by Bia Winter (1 articles, 2 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 169 comments) on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 10:15:08 AM

Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on Conscious talk radio www.conscioustalk.net
Allen L RolandAllen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on Conscious talk radio www.conscioustalk.net

THANK YOU, JOHN

Thank you, John ~ your link to her fifth grade speech was the perfect ending for my ode to Rachel ~ she dreamed of making a difference and she certainly did.

Allen L Roland

by Allen L Roland (877 articles, 7 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 346 comments) on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 11:39:48 AM

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Eileen is the Reporter and Editor of wearewideawake.orgProducer of "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" Author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory" She has been to Israel Palestine five times since June 2005.
She is currently working on "The Boom Boom Benny Story"
Eileen FlemingEileen is the Reporter and Editor of wearewideawake.orgProducer of "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" Author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory" She has been to Israel Palestine five times since June 2005.
She is currently working on "The Boom Boom Benny Story"

one in Rachel's footsteps:

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by Eileen Fleming (146 articles, 51 quicklinks, 266 diaries, 579 comments) on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 2:22:26 PM

Former Lawyer, current Business Consultant,history buff, Christian, father of 2 sons and a supporter of democratic government.
ArchieFormer Lawyer, current Business Consultant,history buff, Christian, father of 2 sons and a supporter of democratic government.

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by Archie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1128 comments) on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 2:54:22 PM

Nobody special.
WatchingNobody special.

Maybe this will wake up some supporters of Israel

This just goes to show you the type of people you are dealing with in Israel. They care for nobody but themselves.They will kill anybody and destroy anything to get their way. They think the whole world was made just for them and the rest of us don't count. They deserve none of our foreign aid money or political support.

by Watching (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 313 comments) on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 9:06:18 PM