Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist

"In this fragment, this person introduces himself and his views, and, as it were, tries to explain the causes owing to which he has made his appearance."
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground

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"Hidden somewhere in this noisy, chaotic morass of society is our fellow traveler, Waldo. A man unstuck from place and time, he travels the world on foot, his only lifeline to his friends and family a litany of dreary picture-postcards sent from arbitrary locations the world over. His postcards do nothing to convey the humanity, the madness of Waldo's adventures. For that, we must go find him."

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Rachel Corrie in Memoriam

Two years ago today, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year old American volunteer with the
International Solidarity Movement, was crushed to death by an Israeli Defence
Force bulldozer as she sought to prevent it from demolishing the home of a
Palestinian doctor. Her family's efforts to find justice have so far been
unsucessful, and her story now all but forgotten by the mainstream media.

To honour her memory, please take a moment to read the writings of, and about,
this woman who died for her conviction that we all have a responsibility to
stop preventable injustices, and who thought her body and her passport would be
enough to stop a man in a bulldozer from going forward.

Rachel Corrie Memorial

Rachel's letters home (which were published in both the Guardian and the Globe and Mail):

The International Solidarity Movement

Background on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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