tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006457810642549626.post696135226413476447..comments2023-07-28T07:22:09.333-04:00Comments on Weekly News Update on the Americas: WNU #977: 2 Workers Shot in Venezuelan Plant Sit-InWeekly News Update on the Americashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816074489426901318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006457810642549626.post-84321902973108335222009-02-03T06:46:00.000-05:002009-02-03T06:46:00.000-05:00The six people on trial in Columbus, GA, participa...The six people on trial in Columbus, GA, participated in a public drama of crime and punishment. The small view of the news is that their crime was trespassing on an American military base. The larger view is the news that Americans can live up to our noble ideals of truth and justice.<BR/><BR/>For too long, WHINSEC has represented the military, economic, and political oppression that destroys people's bodies and threatens people’s souls. The news is that the trespassers on WHINSEC property believe change is possible. Americans, capable of great good and terrible destruction, can live into our better selves. We should not try to silence or ignore such messengers.<BR/><BR/>They remind us that there is a better way. The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation can be held accountable. Yes it can. Those who strive for peace, justice, love and community become messengers of good news. They nurture the hope that injustice, exploitation, greed and fear will not determine our actions towards other people.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13322493953125895142noreply@blogger.com