Wednesday, December 02, 2015

In a More Perfect World – 3 – v5

We should rise up
we should speak truth to power;
We should not hesitate
to think about the others
to call them out

Our hearts must be open,
standing in their shoes;
We should rise as one
crying with them
those abused by the system

We cry out with them
for their freedom
from foe and friend alike;
We stand with the people
those crying in the street

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edited December 2, 2015
In a More Perfect World – 3 – v5

(editing version 3)
edited November 18, 2015
In a More Perfect World – 3 – v4
(editing version 3)
edited November 1, 2015
In a More Perfect World – 3 – v3
(editing version 2)
edited May 30, 2014
In a More Perfect World – 3 – v2
May 20, 2011
In a More Perfect World - 3
Speech May 19, 2011 by United States President Barack Obama
on the Arab Spring of 2011
and how our country will chart a new course
holding up the people more
and not just focusing on our narrower
financial and strategic interests
&
March 17, 2011
UN Security Council approval of sanctions against Libya
&
calling on President Obama and the world
to act in the Middle East, especially in Libya and Bahrain,
to stand with the people
yearning to breathe free
and not worrying about the results,
that it is always right to stand for basic human rights
&
on the transformations since the beginning of December -
all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Syria,
Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.
and
especially the resignation of Hosni Mubarak
February 11, 2011
&
and the jubilance in Tahrir Square
versus the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.
February 18, 2011
&
hearing claim by President Obama 2/15/2011
in a news conference that when history books tell it
we will be seen as being on the right side of history
in how the United States responded
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“Our Revolution was like Wikipedia”
February 14, 2011
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
 “This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.
February 13, 2011
and see
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February 3, 2011)
by Safiyah Fosua

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