Malalai Joya Breaks the Fear Barrier in Ottawa (Denis Rancourt)
The 28-year-old woman Afghan MP Malalai Joya spoke at the first Activism Course class of the fall term at the University of Ottawa to a crowd of more than 450 in the largest auditorium on campus. A few days of student posters and activist listserves was enough to fill the room.
Her talk was a sharp blade cutting thru the thick web of US-Canada war propaganda: We have helped to install war lords and human rights abusers in a mock democratic process characterized by power relations and geo-political design. The Canadian army serves political aims and is contributing to making life worst for the people of Afghanistan than under the oppressive Taliban regime.
I’m not proud to be Canadian in these days where my government has become subservient to US ambitions of world domination. The Liberals and Conservatives and all MPs that do not educate themselves and speak out have attempted to decide in our name that Canadians will be on the side of the oppressors and exploiters. We have already integrated the US military economy and now our government vies for top US-team cheerleader status.
All MPs need to take a lesson from Malalai Joya. These days, one MP of the stature of Joya in the Canadian Parliament would be as extraordinary in Canada as it is in Afghanistan. Joya speaks for her people without communication officers or strategists. Joya relentlessly speaks truth to power without compromise and at the risk of her life, from a position of knowledge and compassion.
In the face of a government system that has been outright high jacked by US money and power, not too unlike Canada’s own plutocracy, Joya has no choice but to denounce the lie in a desperate move to help her people. Her people are women, children, and the poor. Joya’s life is a cry for sanity and justice, one that was heard in Ottawa on September 13th.
I heard it and so did many others. Those who heard it did not ask “What can we do to help?” Those who heard it were inspired and moved to press on. They will be more fearless and more committed to truth than before.
©Denis G. Rancourt Professor of Activism Course dgr@uottawa.ca
Comment by » Blog Archive » Reality check, writing from United States on September 30th, 2006 at 1:53 pm:
[…] I invited Professor Rancourt to review these resources and consider them for future presentations. It is my conviction that the world banking cartel is the fifth column that needs and promotes war to create debt since the majority of money comes into circulation by way of debt. Furthermore, a little research clearly indicates that the ultimate component of this fifth column is the design flaw of usury which causes the exponential growth of debt whether it is exacted from individuals, businesses and/or governments. The first course was held on Wednesday, September 14th. The guest speaker was the 28 year old woman Afghan Member of Parliament, Malalai Joya. Reviews of her presentation can be read at these URLs:http://www.yayacanada.com/course0.html http://www.rabble.ca/in_his_own_words.shtml?x=52522 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2006/09/15/660 […]
Comment by Afghan Girl, writing from United Kingdom on October 16th, 2006 at 2:39 pm:
She is not voice of Afghanistan women, I dont underestand why you people doenst undrestand situation in afghanistan. that women even cant go to where she caliams represents those people in parlement,she goese every where and says the northern alience are murderer,OK, when the northern Alience and the people from thoese area was fighting againts the Taliban where were this Brave women? did they anything to help those people who suffered from war. Did they participated to resist the taliban and Al Qaeda and Pakistani ISI in Afghanistan? the Answer is NO, what they did? they Sold some film to western media, even those film was not made by their organization,RAWA, the organization that made by Pakistan and was support by them to presure Afghani resistance during the soviet time and the taliban time, even now!