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
-----------------
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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