Taliban/Birmingham

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>But does the empire of Capital have any choice?  It seems to
>me that its internal logic dictates its expansion by whatever
>means necessary into any and all unexploited regions.  This
>would include, eventually, the imposition of liberalism and
>capitalism on the most recalcitrant areas, by seduction if
>possible, by violence if necessary.  The being the case we
>must expect to see feminism of the liberal variety (women
>are differently-shaped men who can compete for the same jobs
>and roles) in Afghanistan as in America, even while everyone
>pays the most profound respect to cultural differences and
>other noble savage things.  I have the vague idea that Marx
>regarded this sort of thing as progress, in fact, speaking of
>commies.
>
>-- Gordon

It is possible that a tiny number of educated & urbanized Afghan 
women of means will see their lives improve under a new dispensation 
forcibly brought about by the Empire; at the same time, lives of 
uneducated rural Afghan women will likely worsen under the same 
dispensation.  Even the former is not guaranteed, however, as even 
RAWA (whose agenda should be perfectly harmless to the Empire) is 
excluded from the Bonn Meeting on the making of a new UN protectorate.

At 7:54 PM -0500 11/28/01, Cathy Rakowski wrote:
>From: Cathy Rakowski <rakowski.1 at osu.edu>
>To: osuwid at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>2. Urgent Action: Revolutionary Association of the Women of 
>Afghanistan (RAWA) excluded from UN deliberations on the future 
>government of Afghanistan
>
>Sun, 25 Nov 2001
>Dear friends,
>The Bonn Meeting will be held without inclusion of RAWA.  However, 
>your emails/telephones/faxes to urge Mr. Brahimi, Mr. Vandrell and 
>Ms. Karen Hughes, Counselor to the President of the US, to include 
>RAWA as the true representative of the tortured women of Afghanistan 
>in the meeting will not go unheard.  At least it is worth trying. 
>Please send your emails/faxes as soon as humanly possible.  Karen 
>Hughes, Counselor to the President of the United States.  Her fax 
>number is 202 456 2983.
>Mr. Brahimi: tel: 917 367 3029 email: brahimi at un.org
>Mr. Vendrell: email: f_vendrell at hotmail.com
>Thanks in advance for your efforts.
>Warmest regards, Mehmooda
>Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
>RAWA, P.O.Box 374, Quetta, Pakistan
>Mobile: 0092-300-8551638
>Fax: 001-760-2819855
>E-mails: rawa at rawa.org, rawa at iname.com
>Home Page: http://www.rawa.org
-- 
Yoshie

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