Constance Randolph   (225) 237-3065 



  Rev. Carlton " Bahiri" White (225) 778-1561 



 



Early Registration:        



 



Before February 25th :       $ 60.00  



 After  February 25th :            $ 75.00 Until June 1st                                                  Thereafter :        $ 90  



 



Convention registration includes:  



 



Program book, convention T-Shirt,  ENCOBRA Magazine, membership dues, admission to all convention events, including a tour of the River Rd. African American Museum in Gonzales.   



 



Make Check or Money Order payable to:  N'COBRA and mail to:    



 



P.O. Box 75437 *  



Baton Rouge, LA   70874-5437. 



 



Suggested Hotel Accommodations:  



 



The New Comfort Suites Airport:  Call (225) 356-6500 - Mention N'COBRA Convention 



 



Vendors, workshop panelist / leaders, performers, etc. are Welcome.  Call for arrangements.   <<See below>> 



 



RE:     N'COBRA  CONVENTION 2001 



 



We have activities for ages 3 years - 17 years (Pre K - high school) beginning Friday afternoon and concluding Saturday at 5:00 P.M.   Activities will include slide presentations, history lessons, games, songs, quiz bowl, art and craft, tour of the African American Museum  and a visit with the vendors.  Some outstanding presenters are already confirmed and a few more are needed.  Those confirmed are:     Melodye Micere Stewart, founder of Black History Works and former. 



 



Cochair of the Charlotte, NC chapter. Odinga Kambui, performing artist/historian from Dallas,TX.   Betty Wright, an arts and craft specialist from Baton Rouge 



 



 



The preschool teachers of ISED in Baton Rouge The fee for the youth program is $25.00.  This will partially defray the cost of supplies, printing and refreshments, and the tour.   



 



Pre registration is strongly recommended and it is required for the tour.   It is suggested that you give your child shopping money (about $10) to spend with the vendors who will explain their products and the entrepreneurial concept.  The children will get a lesson in shopping with black businesses and also shopping within their budget. 



 



If you wish to register children for the youth program, you may list them on a sheet of paper, giving ages, address, telephone, email.  Print your name and sign your registration sheet. Mail with your check made to N'COBRA to Baton Rouge N'COBRA PO Box 75437   Baton Rouge, LA 70874.   



 



If you would prefer having the official info/registration sheet mailed to you leave your address at this email address. <<105216.150@compuserve.com>> 



 



Remember you have a few more days to get in on the early bird registration discount for yourself.  Registration will remain at $ 60.00 for elders, full time students and life members only after 2/25. 



 



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"If you are thinking one year ahead, sow a seed. 



if you thinking ten years ahead, plant a tree. 



If you thinking one hundred years ahead ... 



educate the people." 



 



A Manchurian Proverb 



Compliments of Shakira A. Ali 



 



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NOT EVERYONE SUPPORTS SLAVERY FOR  



DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES, ESPECIALLY NOT THE 



DESCENDANTS OF THE SLAVE MASTERS WHO BENEFITTED FROM THIS ATROCIOUS CRIME AGAINST BLACK HUMANITY! 



 



 



 



FROM:     James Younkin <jay31@gte.net> 



 



TO:         webmaster@ncobra.com 



 



RE: Slavery / Why American Blacks DO NOT AND DO Deserve Reparations 



 



To Who ever: 



 



How dare the Blacks even to think that I a white male pay them for reparations for Black Slavery.  The Blacks sold their own into slavery on the coast of Africa and are still dealing in the slave trade today.  My Ancestors never owned any slaves and fought and bled in the Civil War to free those same people who were sold into slavery by their Black brothers. 



 



It is documented that around 1200 Blacks were black slave owners.  What about them, these Blacks who want me to pay them reparations should check their family tree they may be guilty of being through heritage a Black Slave owner.  This is what they are  saying about the White's.  They are implying that all Whites are guilty of owning slaves because Whites owned slaves but Blacks also owned slaves therefore by their reasoning Whites and Blacks are quilty. 



 



So then who should pay and should the brave men who fought in the Civil War be paid for doing the right thing in fighting to free their Black brothers or as demanded by Black leaders be forced to pay reparation for exactly what they were fighting to stop and did just that they ended Black Slavery. 



 



It's people like this who want to make a fast buck that is going to start the Civil War all over again and with their constant triad about oh wo is me I am black instead of getting along with their lives and making the best of a situation that no one living today had anything to do with. 



 



If  they think we the ancestors of the Whites and Blacks that fought and died in the Civil War to free the Blacks are going to do that again they are as dumb as a rock.  We are all brothers and should start to act like it.  A divided house will fall. 



 



This great land was stolen from my ancestors (I am part American Indian) the American Indians by not only the White man but also the Black man.  And they have the audacity to want me to pay them for freeing their ancestors.  Think about it. 



 



Every place I have worked the Blacks were given special treatment to their favor because they were Black.  There is no White college fund, no White miss USA, no White Caucasus, no White students union, no lower college entrance exams scores for Whites as there is for Blacks, no White colleges.  No association for the advancement of White people, no White conventions. 



 



Yes I have heard the saying that I as a White man have all "these" privileges because I am White.  The only privilege I have is that I was not raised to think that I was a victim and should work for what I wanted and not to set on my ass and cry. 



 



Reparations no way! 



 



Any way thank you for providing a forum for me to express my feeling.  And if I sent this to the wrong people please over look all. 



 



Jim 



 



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TO:     James Younkin <jay31@gte.net> 



 



FROM: Robert Hazard <RHazard988> 



 



Please let me say your research into black history is refreshing.  It isn't everyday I run across a white person who seeks knowledge about Black involvement in the American story other than from his/her own status.  I must say that your view of the issue is from an individual perspective.    



 



Reparations is not being sought after from any individual. True there were black slave owners and true they may not have been as kind as some white masters.  But it is just as true that slavery was and is a crime against humanity no matter who is its benefactor.  True also that it was the Government of the USA that participated in, gave sanction to, and perpetuate the heinous crime of chattel slavery.  It is just as true that the same government, allowed to fester and grow for generations after, Jim Crow LAWS, Discrimination LAWS, Segregation Laws, Laws, we still view as slave laws hidden in the vestiges of slavery.  Driving while black, the crack cocaine laws, red lining, disproportionate punishment policies, etc.   



 



The government of the USA created and currently owes the debt.  Just like you inherit items from your ancestors.  I inherited a debt for work done by mine.  Just like you expect to be paid.  I expect to be paid.  The only difference is you don't have to demand payment.   The government has sanctioned your inheritance.  They have denied me mine.  Remember, those Blacks who owned Slaves were sanctioned by the same government as those whites who owned slaves.   So too, are they being held to the standard.  It is the sanctioning body of government who owes the debt - not the individual.  Be he white or Black, let them pay for it.  You should be telling them that.   



 



"It is your debt.  Pay it" and relieve yourself of the guilt. 



 



Robert 



 



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TO: Robert Hazard <RHazard988 



 



FROM: James Younkin <jay31@gte.net> 



 



First they don't.  I know the deep pocket theory.  The Americans are thought to have money and the other countries including your ancestors are not.  If you rob for money do it where the money is. Your ancestors would not give you a dime and you know it, and if you were to ask them they would probably make a slave of you today and? 



 



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    TO: James Younkin <jay31@gte.net> 



 



FROM:  Robert Hazard <RHazard988 



 



Whatever money the Amerikkkan WASP society has (either the richest or fifth richest) was accumulated from the ideas, work, and land belonging to someone else.  They either stole, corrupted, or manipulated the wealth from a people with color or a country of people with color. They sure didn't come here wealthy. The written word and the gun are great manipulators in the hands of WASP. They sophisticated stealing early in their crime to glory advancement.  When they claimed the knowledge from the Pharaohs as their own, it was just stealing. They developed their thievery by stealing Afrika and Afrikans for several centuries.  WASP,  Puritans, Pilgrims, and Pioneers moved on to stealing land in Amerikkka.  The Amerikkkan colonist not only stole land. They stole labor. They stole human dignity and esteem. They stole language, culture, religion, family continuity.   



 



WASPS originally came to these shores as ostracized invaders without the means to survive by themselves.  They stole the land from the indigenous peoples. Manipulated Afrikans here for free labor.  And corrupted their children to think that "might is right" for control of other countries, their inhabitants, and [their] natural resources. And if you cannot manipulate 'em, fight 'em.  At least have the biggest gun to conquer the wealth.  In my opinion WASPS owe more than just Blacks in amerikkka a Reparations Settlement.  But that isn't my issue.  I support struggle for reparations from any people with a legitimate case against violations of their human rights.  But they must fight their own cause out front as leaders.  Again not my issue.  Some of the Afrikan countries involved in the theft of Black people are indeed offering reparations to Blacks in the Diaspora.  The reparations are available within the borders of these countries.  White Amerikkka should learn from those third world Afrikan countries offering reparations for their part [in the African Slave Trade], i.e., Ghana.  And pay reparations to the descendants of those Black Afrikans brought here as slaves who reside within USA borders.  



 



P.S. In the mid1860's Ethiopia gave the US of A 3 million dollars for the benefit of the newly freed black people.... The government could not agree as to how to dispense the money.  So that put it in Fort Knox.  It later disappeared.  More thievery ???? 



 



 



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THE REPARATIONS DEBATE AFRICA UNLIMITED 



 



REPARATIONS: FINAL WORD?  



 



K_Paiva@hotmail.com  has found some fascinating data on reparations for us. She notes that it was conservatively estimated, in 1972, that the value of the labor of enslaved Africans to the accumulated wealth of the nation was between 500 billion and 1,000 billion (1 trillion) dollars. By 1997 that figure had compounded itself to 5 to 10 trillion dollars! (Do you want to see her full report? Let us know, or contact her directly.)  



 



Jahkure@hotmail.com writes: I think that reparations has two heads. On the one hand, I agree with Brown33_65@hotmail.com  By granting us reparations "White America" may feel like they gave us our little handout, and then throw our rights out the window. On the other hand, though, we could use that money and do something constructive. Invest in our communities and our education to ensure a brighter future for our people. I am all for reparations, IF we are going to take that money and do something with it. Even though, yes, we are owed far more than the value of any dollar.  



 



Darwin04@hotmail.com  is right, "No money nor apologies could ever make up for the tribulations that our people endured." It will be up to us to remember what they went through and fought for and died for and NEVER FORGET! Let that be our motivation to better ourselves. Let that be our motivation to enrich ourselves spiritually and economically! It doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you're a Black Woman or a Black Man, our people endured the same trials and tribulations, and persevered, all over the world.... Jahkure@hotmail.com  



 



The following are excerpts from the responses to the statement by Darwin04@hotmail.com rejecting the call for reparations:  



 



I didn't realize fightin' for something that so many others were rewarded for would be such a problem, or is it just pride?  



 



Baerocity@hotmail.com  It is very sad to hear another black person's lack of faith in their brothers and sisters. I am glad we are not asking for trinkets.  True equality, respect, and yes, forty acres and a Lexus(Ha-Ha). In my opinion there can never be a CON side in the reparations "debate", just a capital N for narrow minded individuals who can't see anything but their own success.  



 



briankar@msn.com  Let's say we are granted $3 billion in reparations. THEN WHAT! I'll tell you what. "White" America will then say we've paid our debt to your people now back off. No more "affirmative action" (we paid you). No more tax breaks for the poor, which include African Americans (we paid you). No more funding to bridge the digital divide (we paid you). No more NOTHING (WE PAID YOU). Reparations? Thanks but, no thanks. I'll make it with or without a damn reparation. I'm not depending on "them", let them depend on me.  



 



brown33_65@hotmail.com  Just suppose they give us what we want. A ton of money and acknowledgments of our contributions. Does that mean that they are no longer responsible for this "...misdeed..." so now we have all of this money and all of these apologies. Two or three generations from now the money is done.  Chances are we will still be where we are now, and the two or three or how many ever lawyers' generations will still be living off of the windfall of their ancestors!  B.R. RICHMOND 



 



K_paiva@hotmail.com : In response to Darwin04@aol.com, I am amazed that he believes that reparations for Black America is of no consequence to him because he is West Indian. An essential element of reparations is setting the historical record straight.  Hearings on the many lynchings and wrongful persecutions of our people (I am also West Indian, but I still say "our" people) is what we need.  Everyone needs to know what we have been through to understand where we are today...ourselves included. Everyone needs to know how we came from the palaces to the projects. When you talked about education, my brother, this is exactly what reparations will do, EDUCATE the American people and more importantly the world about our story.   



 



(She continues) Our people have been wronged in the Americas, Europe, the Caribbean and around the world.  Bringing this issue to light creates awareness among our people in different nations other than United States. There are organizations in the UK who have started organizing around this issue.  This is a topic of international debate everywhere.   It has been taken to the UN. Please see the bigger picture here!! k_paiva@hotmail.com  



 



AMEN to Darwin04@aol.com on reparations, but let the reparation effort go forth.  I am not schizoid.  It's just that that he expresses my sentiments on the issue.  Perhaps our views are not totally incompatible with the efforts that reparationists are extending. The effort provoked this rich discourse and dialogue in which I found a kindred spirit to my own out here.  God bless him, and more meaningful power to each of us! AMEN LanghorneV@aol.com    



 



(AFRICA UNLIMITED 1/29/1) 



 



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GUILTY OF BEING WHITE 



 



I am so sick of apologizing for the situation that I was born into.  I'm not dirt poor or a minority or disabled.  I wish I didn't have to feel guilty about this.  I strongly believe in equal rights and have never looked at, or treated, anyone differently who was born into a difficult situation.  While I'll admit I do benefit from the privileges that come with being a healthy, working class, white girl, I try to take advantage of them, and work towards equality so that in the future, the privileges will be shared by people of all races and classes.  I've donated to the Anti Racist Action, have done volunteer work for the AID's Fund, and plan to join the Peace Corps after college.  In being born into a lucky situation, I feel responsibility to work towards the advancement of people not so lucky.  I do not on the other hand feel responsible for what my predecessors have done to contribute to the prejudice and inequality that exists today.  A child cannot not be held responsible for the actions of a parent.  Or great-great-great grandparent at that. 



 



In recent years, there has been a debate on whether the United States Congress should release a formal apology for slavery.  Former President Clinton, on a trip to Uganda, apologized to the citizens for the actions of the European-Americans who had benefited because of the slave trade.  He had no right (or responsibility) to apologize to the citizens of Africa for the actions of the early Americans.  While I'm sure he is embarrassed of his ancestor's actions, I can't help thinking that this apology is merely a ploy to increase trade between America and Africa.  Africa has about 700 million potential consumers of American products.  It is so much easier to apologize for offenses that we had nothing to do with than actual faults of our own.  In fact, these expressions of regret are not apologies in any real sense at all.  They are self-righteous declarations of moral purity. 



 



In recent years Germany's government has apologized for the Holocaust, Ireland's government has apologized for the Irish potato famine and Japan has apologized for enslaving Korean women during wartime.  Why then, is it so horrendous for Clinton to express "regret" over slavery?  Why so much controversy?  People object for a host of reasons:  because slaves and slave-holders are all deceased; because an apology suggests moral complicity in the crime, as if the sins of our ancestors were our sins as well; because tens of millions of Americans, including African-Americans, emigrated to this country after slavery's demise.  I know that the repercussions of slavery are still evident in society which is why I think Americans should concentrate on contemporary issues about race including affirmative action, and the fact that black men consistently earn less than other in the work force. 



 



I am not suggesting we forget the fact that it happened, or stop teaching about it.  It is an important part of American history.  I acknowledge the fact that it happened and the fact that it was terribly wrong, I just believe that rather than dwelling on it and composing meaningless formal apologies, we should concentrate on correcting the social problems left in it's wake.  I wish the value of a human being was never questioned, but, I do my part in working towards equality, and I do not feel like I owe anyone an apology.  Most of us feel no link to atrocities committed by our predecessors.  And there is absolutely no reason that we should. 



 



Lauren Talarico, Student 



The Beacon Newspaper 



A student run newspaper serving the community  



of William Paterson University and the outlying areas 



Article in the Diversity Page dated February 12, 2001 



 



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A response to "Guilty of Being White."  



 



You're right. There is no reason you should apologize for the atrocities your predecessors committed. Nor does any other "healthy, working class, white person" like yourself have to apologize. You didn't do it. You are not to blame. Your predecessors (or ancestors?) are.  All descendants of the slave trade understand that.  In addition, not all descendants of the slave trade request your apology. We already understand your definition of "apology."  "They (expressions of regret) are self-righteous declarations of moral purity."  They do nothing for us. They don't help us deal with racial profiling, police brutality, none the less, segregation in education (which I doubt you will admit exist, have researched, or funded research of). You, the individual, don't have the power to apologize for this, nor the stature for it to mean anything. Only the collective voice of the people of this nation, the President of the United States of America, does this power lie.  When former President Clinton apologized, he had all the right in the world to do so. He is the Chief Executive Officer and Commander-In-Chief of America, speaking for every American citizen, including you.  So... Keep your apology.  We didn't want it anyway. 



 



At least, I didn't. I want something different. I want some understanding. Some empathy.  Some compassion.  Some compassion toward how my everyday life is effected by these atrocities committed generations ago. I mean, I discuss slavery with white people I know, and it scares me that they truly cannot empathize with what I deal with daily due to the impacts of the American slave trade. They often say that they didn't do it. Granted, they didn't.  They often say it is getting better. It is. They say I should be happy with that. I shouldn't. It repulses me that many of you believe (or, at least, state) you feeling no compassion for the survivors of the American slave trade because it doesn't effect you (or see how it effects us) is ok. Is it?   



 



The slave trade happened. The slave trade is over. True.  But can you put yourself in my shoes and understand why I feel this way? Why I feel taken advantage of?  Why I feel serious injustices have been committed against my people and are still being committed?  Why I feel bitter?  No, you genuinely can't, don't, and refuse to. That's what scares me. That scares me for two reasons. If you can't, the heartlessness of the slave master mentality still runs in your veins, and if you can, you are a liar.  Either way I'm screwed. 



 



Have you ever wondered why then it was called capitalism and now it is called an atrocity? Or haven't you reached that step, yet? I have. This country was built on the backs of slaves. Why? Because "Africans were not humans." They were "animals endowed" by the Creator for the economic growth of the southern bourgeoisie. There are many plantations that existed then that still exist now. Many southern white families that survived the Civil War are still flourishing in America. Families that became wealthy from the labor of Africans. Families that beat, tortured, raped, and killed Africans, just to make a profit.  



 



Are these the atrocities which you speak of? No. You only speak of the beating, the torturing, the raping, and the murdering. I understand. The dollars that were earned(?) by your predecessors (or ancestors?) is not the issue. The issue is your predecessors did something wrong and you cannot be held accountable, similar to how a child cannot be held accountable for the actions of a parent. I understand that, also.  



 



But, what I don't understand is if a parent stole money and gave it to their child, should the child be responsible in paying reparations to the rightful owner? What if the rightful owner is deceased, should the reparations go to their children? Of course.  



 



No court in this country, none the less in the world, would rule otherwise, except yours. So, where are my forty acres and a mule?  That which was promised to my great-great-great-grandfather, which he never received? How about the wages of my slave ancestors? How about the taxes collected from the profit of slave labor? How about a multi-cultural educational system that would eradicate institutionalized racism at its roots? How about a nation-wide restructuring of inner city school systems? How about a civil lawsuit against the southern plantation owners that still thrive on dollars earned from the blood of my forefathers?  



 



I know my view seems outrageous to you, but even the great Martin Luther King, Jr. was considered a radical, controversial, trouble-making, uppity negro during the Civil Rights Movement. Now, he is an American hero that was assassinated because he was trying to help African Americans overcome the institutionalized racism implemented by your predecessors.  I am sure you can't relate to this "institutionalized racism" that I won't discuss here, but ask any African American you know about the subtle hints of racism and they will tell you tales of purse clenching, little racist innuendoes, and weary looks from shopkeepers when we enter stores.  



 



This nation, by the way, is the same institution now, that it was then, with the same Constitution and the same Bill of Rights. The same institution when it declared independence stated, "...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights." The same institution that condoned and supported these atrocities. The same institution that abolished these atrocities, and the same institution that [almost] apologized for these atrocities. The same institution that collected taxes on profits earned from slave labor.  



 



I'm sure the southern plantation owners disagreed with former President Abraham Lincoln, similarly to how you disagree with former President Clinton. This disagreement is merely caused by the resentment and fear of losing your known way of life. While you admit you "do benefit from the privileges that come with being a healthy, working class, white girl."  You also benefit from the privileges that come from being a member of the oppressive class and not the oppressed.  So, you just wouldn't and couldn't comprehend the African-American experience. 



 



I'm glad that even though you were born during our oppressive times, that you donate to the "Anti-Racist Fund, have done volunteer work for the AIDS fund, and plan to join the Peace Corps after college."  Don't stop, continue to help in your own way. I'm sorry you are "sick of apologizing for the situation" that you were born into.  



 



Stop apologizing, write your Congressman, and tell him that descendants of the slave trade deserve reparations, whatever they may be. I'm glad you strongly believe in equal rights, and I'm glad you acknowledge that you are "sure he (Clinton) is embarrassed of his ancestors' actions" He should be and so should you. That's why you wrote this, don't you think? If my predecessors, ancestors, or family lineage could be directly connected to the misfortune of an entire nation's people, I would be embarrassed as well. 



 



I empathize with you wishing you "didn't have to feel guilty about this," God knows I wish you didn't, as well, but, if you didn't feel guilty, then I, undoubtedly, wouldn't feel like a victim. 



 



Neizkor Nelson, Student 



The Beacon Newspaper 



William Paterson University 



Paterson, New Jersey 



nelsonn@student.wpunj.edu (Nelson, Neizkor)  



 



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Ms. Talarico, if you feel no link to the atrocities committed against the Blacks stolen from Africa, then you are the wrong candidate to "concentrate on correcting the social problems\'85" and  "work towards the advancement of people not so lucky."  Thanks for volunteering, Ms. Talarico, but no thanks.  I have seen the peanuts thrown to the poor in Central and South America and in Africa.  I have seen the missionary work, as well as that of the Peace Corp.  We want more than running water and thatch covered huts and a place of worship.  None of this help has made us free or has created equal opportunities for Black Peoples. 



 



We want all that our forebears slaved for toward providing YOUR forebears everything that made them and YOU privileged characters.   



 



You see, you don't know our misery, and you don't know anything about our pain.  Hence, the reason for your lack of a desire to apologize for the cruel and barbaric African Slave Trade.  The founding fathers - YOUR FOUNDING FATHERS of Colonial America and these United States condoned Slavery (grim and heartless as it was) and benefited from the torment of helpless men, women, and children.  The Slave Masters drained their Slaves of hope, love, freedom, liberty, and even life, and they denied them also of a pursuit of happiness, a culture, a family, education, and prosperity, to name a few.   YOU, Ms. Talarico, do not know or understand the magnitude of what this White US society and this White World have done to descendants of Slaves, therefore, you can neither meet our needs nor speak for us.   And Heaven knows your contributions to the Anti Racist Fund and working with the Peace Corps., that has existed ever since, is not the answer to our dilemma.  If they were, justice would have been served a long time ago. 



 



However, you are so correct about Slavery being "an important part of American history."  You just neglected to mention the fact that Slaves made this country the economic giant that it is.  Hence, there SHOULD BE an apology for Slavery, and there should also be Reparations for this barbaric violation of Black human beings for 200 years and for the resulting degradation and depravity to their descendants unto this day.   



 



Admit it, Ms. Talarico, the one real reason you do not agree to an apology is that you don't want this stain on your conscience or on your progeny.  Actually, this country is to blame for the enslavement of Blacks out of Africa.  This country, along with others, built the ships to bring my people here, therefore, it is incumbent upon the United States to apologize and produce a legacy for the descendants of Slaves.   



 



And yes, "an apology suggests moral complicity in the crime."  Indeed it does, and it's no secret, Ms. Talarico, that the United States is guilty of involvement in the Triangular/African Slave Trade, so admit the crime and face the consequences.   



 



Apologize, pay Reparations, and let's move on. 



 



Tziona Yisrael 



 



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REPARATIONS, FREE OFFER & KING STAMPS 



 



Here are some responses to (an) article on the impending suit for reparations:  I agree totally with these statements. Something like this is long overdue. Baerocity@hotmail.com  



 



I think every minute of the reparations trial should be televised the same way our brothers' and sisters' trials are.  It's an historical event, and I think we can all learn something from it.  I hope the contributions that Blacks have made to this country will finally be documented and recorded accurately.  I personally would like this event to have its own WebSite, and a cable channel, so it can be followed worldwide.  Briankar@msn.com  



 



This is brilliant. Let's hope this time something constructive does happen and all concerned are dealt with equally and fairly.  These guys should team up with the reparation organisation in the UK which was supported by the late Bernie Grant MP.  Fynad@hotmail.com  



 



Also ayiti_cherie@hotmail.com tells us: it's that time of year again.  Call Anheuser Busch, the beer distribution company, to order your free Kings and Queens of Africa Calendar.   Each month the large, full color calendar features a painting of one of the legendary African monarchs by an African American artist.   The toll free # to call is 1-877-475-4647.   Leave your name and address.  And yes, it's absolutely free with no strings attached.  



 



I am staring right now at the one I got last year.   I guess it's to diminish all the guilt that the white corporate execs feel every time they poison another brother or sister with their brew....    



 



Jahkure@hotmail.com informs us that Martin Luther King stamps are available at the post office now. Get them before they disappear...    



 



(AFRICA UNLIMITED   1/26/1) 



 



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In this vein, I urge everyone to subscribe to the "Emerge" Magazine before it goes out of print.   



 



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Up You Mighty Race; We Can Accomplish What We Will!!!!   



 



I Remain to Serve,  



Senghor Baye>> 



 



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What is it going to take before Descendants of Slaves finally decide to do something about our predicament and the injustices we face?  Our children are suffering in every respect, and we have no legacy.  Let's all become "Activists" in fighting for Reparations and our human rights, before our children start asking, to our chagrin, why we have permitted this unfairness and degradation to continue for so long. 



 



Tziona Yisrael, Editor 



REPNOW Newsletter  



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WHY THE-POWERS-THAT-BE OWE US\'85BIG TIME! 



 



WHY WE MUST RECEIVE REPARATIONS:  A NEW PESPECTIVE! 



 



                                                     February 16, 2001 



 



 



     The stories of the neglect for Black cemeteries and artifacts are another example of how "The Government" has persisted in the neglected for uncovering the stories of the Chattel Slaves and Freed Black person's in America.  The elected "representatives" have continued to postpone giving us proper financial support for the recovery of The Black American story "from the Black Perspective."  



 



     I am convinced it is because of the fear for the exposure of white societies' short comings. They cannot and will not look at themselves in the mirror. Let alone pay for the opportunity or privilege.  The improper study of the historic work force that built America has left our story untold.  It is there for the researchers to uncover and it must be exposed.   



 



     It is truly an embarrassing tale to tell about the legacy those "European Outcast" wove when they settled the "New World."  His-story taught me Europe did not send its best citizen to this country.  The Pilgrims were not welcome there or here.  Many indentured servants and colonial governors where released from prisons or debts or other legal responsibilities then, offered passage to America with land to work on and time to pay off their debts.  They would then be set free. 



 



     Many of the early settlers of this country were ostracized onto these shores.  They were the white world's derelicts, unskilled poor, thieves, dead beats, murderers, uneducated lower class. (Read the words at the Statue of Liberty).  Compare them to the kings, queens, farmers, craftsmen, skilled laborers, warriors, decision makers placed on the ships for the middle leg, of the middle passage.  At least those white folks did know they needed Afrikans in the New World to do what they themselves did not have the skills or fortitude to do. 



 



     In our cemeteries and grave yards and other significant places, lie the bones and artifacts of the Afrikan builders and creators of America.  As long as they stay buried white folks can "fanaticize" about how great and powerful they were/are. What wonderful things they did and keep the truth hidden from their heirs. There is nothing to compare it to.  Ignorance is bliss. 



 



     Allowing Black educators like Dr. Blakey at Howard, Dr. Sherry DuPree at Santa Fe College, Dr. Ted Hemingway at FAMU, Dr. Howard Fuller at Marquette and others, the finances, accessibility to sites, research materials worthy of study and documentation would place the story of our ancestors in contrast to white supremacy. That is one reason why they don't adequately fund our scholars and some of our fact finding programs.         



 



     The stories of the neglect for Black cemeteries and artifacts are another example of how "The Government" has persisted in the refusal for uncovering the stories of the Chattel Slaves and Freed Black persons in America.  The elected "representatives" have continued to postpone giving proper financial support for the recovery of The Black American story.  From the Black Perspective.  I am convinced it is because of the fear that information uncovered would expose white societies' short comings. White folks try to keep things secret amongst themselves.  They cannot and will not look at themselves in the mirror offered by Black Americans.  Let alone pay for the opportunity or privilege to do so.   



 



     The historic work force that built America has left "Our Story" buried with the bones of our relatives.  The story is there for the researchers to find. It must be uncovered. It must be exposed.   



 



     The white historic story is truly an embarrassing tale to tell about the legacy  "European Outcasts" wove when they settled in the "New World."   



 



     His-story taught me Europe did not send its best citizen to this country.  The Pilgrims were not welcome there or here.  Many indentured servants and colonial governors were released from prisons (or other legal responsibilities), offered passage to America, and land to work to pay off debts.  Many of the settlers of this country were ostracized onto these shores.  They were the white worlds derelicts, unskilled poor, thief, dead beats, murderers, uneducated lower class.  (Read the words at the Statue of Liberty).   



 



     Compare them to the Afrikan kings, queens, farmers, craftsmen, skilled laborers, warriors, decision makers, packed on the ships for the middle leg, of the middle passage.  At least those white folks did know they needed Black intelligencia in the New World to do what they themselves did not have the skills or fortitude to do:  CREATE A NATION. 



 



     In our cemeteries and grave yards lay the bones of the creators and builders of America.  As long as they stay buried white folks can "fanaticize" about how great they were and think they are.  Oh my, what wonderful things they did for the heathen of the world.  Whites keep the truth hidden from themselves and their descendants. But, they couldn't hide it from the people of color. 



 



     Allowing Black educators like Dr. Blakely, Howard University, Dr. Robert Hall, Northeastern University, and others grants to study and document the story of America's Black ancestors, would be too great a threat for white supremacy.  It is clear they don't want us to know the whole story.   



 



     Studying and preserving Afrikan American cemeteries, buildings, and other artifacts, will reveal information about (both) the Afrikan American and, the white society in which they interacted. That information is just as important to the world as, what's in the tombs in Khemet, the temples in Central America, the ruins in Asia, the diggings in China, the tribal mounds on North America, and the folk lore of the dances in Australia.  



 



     A fair and equitable reparations payment by the US of A government, would give us the financial resources to pay for our own studies and to determine for ourselves, "Who we are and from whence we came."   



 



     We can no longer trust that the US government will do the right thing. Since it was with the assistance and sanction of "our" government that began the inhumane treatment of the chattel slave and his descendent, in the first place.  



 



     Why should we not expect the government to pay for its injustices and seek rehabilitation? We are capable of fending for ourselves when the resources are available.  Even when they are not, we have survived.  We are a scholarly people.  Ask Imari Obadele, read Zora Neal Hurston, remember Marcus Garvey, W.E. B. Dubois, and Malcolm X..  Look at what Carter G. Woodson produced.   



 



     When a group commits a crime against the government, a penalty is paid.  When the government commits a crime against a group, reparations are paid.  Studying "Our" cemeteries in places like New York City, Brooklyn Il., Tulsa, Ok., Rosewood, & West Palm Beach, Fl. would uncover many unknown health, economic, political, and social factors. 



  



     For example, many of us were not aware that the grave "Tea Cup" was forced to dig, in the Zora Neal Hurston' book, "There Eyes Were Watching God" is real and has been located in West Palm Beach, Fl. and has been there since September 1928.  If it wasn't for Zora's writings and the elderly Black survivor tales, that site would have been forgotten or taken for fiction.  



 



     It is still neglected by local government today. There has been no offer of monies to place a marker there.  The white grave from the same storm and story has a marker.  I was told by the elders, the government helped pay for that marker. 



 



     White folks have inherited a financial legacy from their ancestors to pay for such important designations as monuments to their past.  Black  descendent have inherited graves with no coffins, unfulfilled promise's of equal US citizenship, with "Forty Acres and a Mule."  Who will pay the debt ?  Better yet... When will it get paid?   It is generally accepted that, the government doesn't want to finance the search for the whole story of America.   



 



     Studying and preserving Afrikan American cemeteries, buildings, and other artifacts would reveal information about (both) the Afrikan American and the white society that he/she interacted with. That information is just as important to the world as, "what's in the tombs in Khemet, the temples in Central America, the ruins in Asia, the diggings in China, the tribal mounds on North America, and the folk lore of the dances in Australia."  



 



     A fair and equitable reparations down payment by this government would give Black folks the financial resources to pay for our own studies to determine for ourselves, "Who we are and from whence we came."   



 



     We can no longer trust that the US government will do the right thing. Since it was with the assistance and sanctions of tnd his descendent in the first place.  



 



     Why should we not expect the government to pay for the injustices demonstrated in the inhumane treatment of the chattel slave, as we seek identity rehabilitation? We are capable of fending for ourselves when the resources are available (even when they're not).  We are a scholarly people.  Ask Imari Obadele with NCOBRA, read Zora Neal Hurston author, look at what Madame C.J. Walker accomplished, remember Marcus Garvey's UNIA, W.E. B. Dubois NAACP, and Malcolm X.  Don't forget to acknowledge what Carter G. Woodson produced.   



 



     When a group commits a crime against the government, a penalty is paid.  When the government commits a crime against a group, reparations is paid.  Studying "Our" cemeteries in places like New York City, Brooklyn Il., Tulsa, Oklahoma, Rosewood & Palm Beach County Florida, and others, would uncover many unknown health, economic, political and social factors. Questions like: Is hog guts a healthy clean diet?  Did chopping' cotton stoop the back causing hereditary back problems? Did "Octoroons have any influence in the colonies/states political decisions?   



 



     Learning about the deaths caused by catastrophes can be used to prevent other loss of lives.  For example, The Storm of September 16, 1928 may have killed more Black Americans in Palm Beach County at one time than another event in the history of the US of A. Many of us were not aware that the grave "Tea Cup" was forced to dig at gun point, in the Zora Neal Hurston' book, "There Eyes Were Watching God" is real. A Black man named Coote Simpson was killed by gun shot for refusing to dig the grave.  The grave with 674 bodies without coffins, has been located in West Palm Beach, Florida.  It has been ignored from September 1928, until recently.  If it weren't for Zora's writings and the elderly Black tales of survival, that site would have been forgotten or taken to be fiction. It is still neglected by city and county government. There have been no offers of monies or support to place a marker on the grave from the government or any one else.  (FYI The white grave with 69 bodies in coffins from the same storm has a marker).  The government helped pay for that. 



 



     White folks have inherited large sums of money from their ancestors to pay for such important tributes as head stones, memorial parks, and monuments.  Black Afrikan descendent of chattel slaves have inherited from their ancestors an unfulfilled promise of equal US citizenship, with "Forty Acres and a Mule."  Who will pay the debt?  Better yet... WHEN !!  So that we can pay for the study of our own artifacts and significant sites. Then we will write and tell "OUR STORY." We will create a great legacy to leave the world. 



 



What's Your Opinion? 



 



By Robert Hazard 



 



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WHY REPARATIONS - A MUST READ!!!! 



 



Please read the topic below, as it is a must read and should be discussed openly and publicly.  It is the foundation for the Black Self Concept.  Truth be told, we can all see the benefits for both sides of this issue.  



 



Robert Hazard, N'COBRA 



 



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THE SLAVE CLAUSES OF THE CONSTITUTION OF  



THE UNITED STATES 



 



 



Thank you for a well thought out reply sir.  You and I disagree on many things but it is without question that I respect your intellect and your position. 



 



We are approaching the point in question from very different starting points.  I consider myself a citizen of the United States and want to remain so.  I want to claim all the rights and all the opportunities that this nation can produce as my own. 



 



You, on the other hand, wish to reject that citizenship because of the immense evil of slavery.  Yes, people were dragged from their homeland and brought as property of the white man to a foreign land.  The idea of owning another human being by a supposed Christian nation is repugnant.  It is evil. 



 



But now I am here.  I look about me and realize that I have been blessed.  I have never sufferred the whip.  And I don't think you have either.  I find myself in a nation where the rights of the "massah" I can now claim as much as he.  I can succeed, produce, prevail here in this my country of America more effectively than anywhere else on the face of the Earth. 



 



I cannot and will not attempt to justify America's sins.  But my own father was a man who did many things I was not proud of.  I loved him anyway. 



 



I also cannot and will not reject my citizenship in this land no matter how I came to be here.  I will use the freedom and opportunity to prevail. 



 



I do not preach to you and demand that you do the same. Each of us must choose our own path.  But personally, I have signed the figurative social contract you so adequately described.  America is my country, my nation, although not where my people originated. 



 



Randall Stevens 



brstvns@yahoo.com 



 



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Dear Mr. Stevens: 



 



Thanks again for your reply. I find your quote from the 14th Amendment below quite fascinating. For how could a People illegally transported to this territory by force of arms be in any way "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States? Jurisdiction is really rather a sacred matter that People bestow upon governments. In European literature it is treated as a sacred trust, as in Jean Jacques Rousseau's THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. When did we as a People make any social contract with the U.S. Government to give it legal jurisdiction over us? If you know when that occurred please inform us all, because we need to know about it.  Jurisdiction and Domicile of Origin are two of the most sacred Rules of Law in International Law, which I am aware that you reject (International Law) and Natural Common Law. We were illegally transported out of our Domicile (s) of Origin in Africa where we had given legal jurisdiction to a government, Council of Elders or whatever the particular format. It was legal. Just because you are illegally taken from your Domicile of Origin, the domicile of your fathers and mothers, and forcibly taken into another territory, does not change your legal domicile until you the People change it. This is a very strong Natural Common Law rich with case histories that support this position. Your Domicile of Origin does not change until the People illegally taken, change it via a plebiscite, thus giving legal jurisdiction to the new government in the new territory of capture.  



 



It took White People from 1776 to 1787 or 89 to fully give legal jurisdiction to the U.S. Government. When did African slaves give legal jurisdiction to the U.S. Government? It is just the opposite. That is, we were stripped of our Human Rights, of our Human Identity, of essentially our Human Identity as a People. We are walking zombies who don't know who we are and identifying with the slave master's Unilateral White so-called laws that determine us since we do not have self determination as do FREE People with their liberties! No so-called grandfather clause applies, since we are not Parties to the U.S. Constitution by Human Mutuality, the basis of all REAL law. Our rights are in International Natural Common Law. Brother, we have been "unnaturalized" in the U.S., not naturalized.  We still have a domicile in Africa until we abandon it as a People by giving legal jurisdiction to the U.S. The fact that we do not know where our specific domicile is in Africa, i.e. because the records were not kept, will be part of our Reparations Claim. Many desire to waive the rules of Human behavior to assert that we are somehow U.S. Citizens, even though the original so-called "laws" that assert this did not result from any consultation with us, nor did we request to be U.S. Citizens. But such a sham process is apparently O.K. for slaves. 



 



It is not too late for the U.S. to finally treat us as Human Beings by asking who would like to be a REAL U.S. Citizen based upon Human Mutuality, which would finally make it legal. But that would highlight Reparations, so the U.S. will never treat us as Humans of their own volition. It will be based upon or demand. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's was based upon our belief that we are U.S. Citizens but that we just weren't being treated as U.S. Citizens.  



 



Well, how could you be a U.S. Citizen and not be treated as a U.S. Citizen? Come on folks, let's face this. The difference is that White People exercised their Human Rights, using their Mother Tongue and their traditional Religion and Culture in achieving mutuality with becoming U.S. Citizens. We have legislated (by others) so-called Civil Rights in which we had no choice and we got out after 100 years to protest the fact that the legislated by others for slaves so-called rights we thought we had were not being enforced. Our error is in believing that we had any rights that were really legal. That is why they were not being enforced and that is why they still will come up for review again.  



 



When did we decide to be protected by the 14th Amendment? The historical indicators are that those of us who had not become so beaten down and made docile by slavery, wanted to be rid of White People on land of our own. That is the hole big deal about General Sherman and the 40 Acres and a Mule that was never made law. Forced jurisdiction and forced citizenship are not our only options. We can demand citizenship with Reparations. There are those who will demand Repatriation to any friendly Nation in the world but with Reparations. It is extremely doubtful in my mind at this juncture that any land deal within U.S. Territory is a viable option, i.e. considering how the Washetaw Moors have recently been seized by the U.S. But neither am I a soothsayer. It is like Geronimo told the U.S. General, that, "With all this land, why do you want all of the land?" 



 



Omowale Za 



African Reparations Activist 



 



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Free the Mind.... Peace... Hotep Folks... 



 



The two scholars above have given us two sides of an issue every Black Afrikan in America has thought about (or will) at least once in their life.  We will probably be (have been) asked by that one "true white friend, 'What do you people want?'" We have all heard this  "America, Love It or Leave It."  As I read the letters above, I noticed that while the status of Black citizenship was the topic, the fact that neither accept or rejected our ancestors, elders, and in most cases the rest of us is a credit to both.  Our ancestors are well defined.  Their origin and legal status was criminally changed.  That is the foundation on which REPARATIONS IS OWED.  The reparations' payment is a debt owed them.  We, being their descendants, are the "legal heirs" to that debt owed. It is payable to us regardless of our choice of citizenship.  I learn from the discussions of Black folks.  I also accept and encourage self determination.  The bottom line is that the masses are vast and diverse.  Information and discussions like that above will allow for individual sound decisions.  The choice is yours and eventually one must be made. 



 



Robert Hazard 



Desendent of Chattel Slaves/Servants 



Heir to Reparations 



 



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Free The Mind... Free The People... Free The Land... 



 



Robert Hazard 



N'COBRA 



Board Member 



S. E. Regional Representative 



 



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THE FOLLOWING IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND TRULY ACT TO NOT PROVE IT WRONG, BUT MAKE IT A THING OF THE PAST: 



 



(Here is an Interesting Observation: This was written by a non-black.) 



 



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THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES! 



 



We can continue to reap profits from the Blacks without the effort of physical slavery. Look at the current methods of containment that they use on themselves: IGNORANCE, GREED, SELFISHNESS.  Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. 



 



A great man once said, "the best way  to hide something from black people is to put it in a book". We live now in the Information Age. They have gained the opportunity to read any book on any subject, through the efforts of their fight for freedom, yet they refuse to read. 



 



There are numerous books  readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com, not to  mention their own Black bookstores, that provide solid blueprints to reach economic equality (which should have been their fight  all along), but few read consistently, if at all. 



 



GREED is another powerful weapon of containment. Blacks, since the abolition of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their disposal.  Last year they spent 10 billion dollars during Christmas, out of their 450  billion dollars in total yearly income. 



 



Any of us can use them as our  target market, for any business venture we care to dream up,  no matter how outlandish. They will buy into it. Being primarily a consumer people, they function totally by greed. They continually want more, with little thought for saving or investing. They would rather buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business. Some even neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU. And they still think that having a Mercedes, and a big house, gives them  "status" or that they have achieved the American dream.  They are fools! 



 



The vast majority of their people are still in poverty because their greed holds them back from collectively making better communities. With the help of BET, and the rest of their black media, that often broadcasts destructive images into their own homes, we will continue to see huge profits like those of Tommy and Nike. (Tommy Hilfiger has even jeered them, saying he doesn't want their money. And look at how the fools spend more with him than ever before!) They'll continue to show off to each other while we build solid communities with the profits from our businesses that we market to them. 



 



SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of the major ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own, Dubois, said that there was an innate division in their culture. A "Talented Tenth" he called it. He was correct in his deduction that there are segments of their culture that has achieved some "form" of success. However, that segment missed the fullness of his work, they didn't read that the Talented Tenth was then responsible to aid the Non-Talented Ninety Percent in achieving a better life. Instead, that segment has created another class, a buppie class that looks down on their people or aids them in a condescending manner. They will never achieve what we have. 



 



Their selfishness does not allow them to be able to work together on any project or endeavor of substance. When they do get together, their selfishness lets their egos get in the way of the goal. Their so-called help organizations seem to only want to promote their name without making any real change in their community. They are content to sit in conferences and conventions, in our hotels, and talk about what they will do, and award plaques to the best speakers, not the best doers.  Is their no end to their selfishness? They steadfastly refuse to see  that. 



 



TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE! 



 



They do not understand that they are no better than each other because of what they own. In act, most of those buppies are but one or two paychecks away from poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices and our boardrooms. Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they refuse to read, continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking they are "helping" their communities by paying dues to organizations which do little other than hold lavish conventions in our hotels. By the way, don't worry about any of them reading this letter, remember, THEY DON'T READ!! 



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This was a "Forwarded" message without the name or E-mail of the person who wrote it.  In any case, the writer, at first thought, would appear to be our enemy.  However, don't be angry or disheartened by these remarks, as he/she has presented  words to the wise.  The intelligent way to get a message across is to tell the "Truth."  If one could care less, then one would keep his/her mouth shut.  This E-mail has all the earmarks of truly wanting Blacks to better themselves. 



 



Tziona Yisrael, Editor 



REPNOW Newsletter 



 



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LAST BUT NOT LEAST: 



 



Dear Friends: 



 



Thanks to all of you who have disseminated information that should sound the alarm regarding a new threat designed to abort the establishment of an international criminal court.  I refer to House Concurrent Resolution 23, submitted by Republican Representative Ron Paul of Texas and colleagues on Feb. 8, 2001. (He was the only member of Congress who voted against House Res. 34  on  Feb, 13, 2001, calling for peace in the Middle East.) 



 



H.C.R. 23 expresses "the sense of Congress that President George W. Bush should declare to all nations that the United States does not intend to assent to or ratify the International Criminal Court Treaty... and the signature of President Clinton  to that treaty should not be construed otherwise."  An organization called "The Liberty Committee" (boasting that it has some 50,000 members representing every district in the USA) has launched a nationwide campaign and has reported that some 20,000 people have already signed their petition to President Bush to rescind the signature to the treaty authorized by President Clinton on Dec. 31, 2000. The Resolution has been referred to the House Committee led by Representative Hyde who is reported to have denounced the treaty as "an assault on  our sovereignty." 



 



Everyone, of course, is entitled to express their own views regarding the court.  But it should be cause for grave concern to see the  Petition of "The Liberty Committee", displaying the American flag and the heading AMERICAN JUSTICE FOR AMERICANS, list on their website a host of press releases and articles, editorial and position papers denouncing the court for  reasons that are palpably false and misleading. This is part of a well organized attempt to frighten and stampede the American public into believing that the new court would pose a threat to the United States, its military personnel and all its citizens. The arguments and goals are similar to those made in connection with the pending U.S. Service members Protection Act introduced by Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, the most outspoken critic of the Court. 



 



No one argues that the treaty is perfect - far from it - but it is an important new institution to deter major international crimes against humanity by bringing leading perpetrators to justice. The recent careful study by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences contains views of leading scholars from academia, the government and the military that support the conclusion that signing the treaty would be in the interest of the United States. 



 



The views of the so-called "Liberty Committee," are reminiscent of the "America First" positions prior to World War II. Isolationism and unilateralism can only exacerbate the growing feeling abroad that the U.S. seeks to lay down rules for the rest of the world that it is not willing to accept for itself. That would be a flagrant repudiation  of legal principles laid down by the United States and its allies at Nuremberg and hailed by the entire General Assembly of the United Nations. Helen Brady's fine article of Feb. 13, circulated by the CICC,  made plain that the ICC would not diminish national sovereignty but would reinforce a nation's "commitment to a peaceful and just world and the rule of law."  NGO's in the coalition, and nations, including America's leading allies,  that have signed on for the court, have made plain that they share the same view. We must continue to make our voices heard if this great hope is to be kept alive until a more favorable climate for its ratification by the U.S. can be created. (Please see my website for more detailed comments.) 



 



Now is the time for all good men, and women, to come to the aid of their country. 



 



Warm greetings to you all. 



 



BENFEREN@AOL.COM   



Website HTTP://MEMBERS.AOL.COM/BENFEREN 



 



Contributed by jwright@blackomahaonline.com (John Wright) 



 



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