Saturday, April 15, 2006
The Price of Freedom
Reprisals by some businesses and schools against those participating in the recent pro-immigrant rallies, signals that the human rights movement in the US--led by indigenous peoples of the hemisphere--projects a credible threat to five hundred years of oppression and exploitation. The fact that the most marginalized and socially excluded are both aware of and willing to face these risks, should serve to inspire (and shame) the more privileged among us.