<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Taliban/Birmingham</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite>But does the empire of Capital have any choice?  It seems to<br> me that its internal logic dictates its expansion by whatever<br> means necessary into any and all unexploited regions.  This<br> would include, eventually, the imposition of liberalism and<br> capitalism on the most recalcitrant areas, by seduction if<br> possible, by violence if necessary.  The being the case we<br> must expect to see feminism of the liberal variety (women<br> are differently-shaped men who can compete for the same jobs<br> and roles) in Afghanistan as in America, even while everyone<br> pays the most profound respect to cultural differences and<br> other noble savage things.  I have the vague idea that Marx<br> regarded this sort of thing as progress, in fact, speaking of<br> commies.<br> <br> -- Gordon</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>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.</div> <div><br></div> <div>At 7:54 PM -0500 11/28/01, Cathy Rakowski wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>From: Cathy Rakowski <rakowski.1@osu.edu></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>To: osuwid@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>2. Urgent Action: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) excluded from UN deliberations on the future government of Afghanistan<br> <br> Sun, 25 Nov 2001<br> Dear friends,</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>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.<br> Mr. Brahimi: tel: 917 367 3029 email: brahimi@un.org<br> Mr. Vendrell: email: f_vendrell@hotmail.com<br> Thanks in advance for your efforts.<br> Warmest regards, Mehmooda<br> Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)<br> RAWA, P.O.Box 374, Quetta, Pakistan<br> Mobile: 0092-300-8551638<br> Fax: 001-760-2819855<br> E-mails: rawa@rawa.org, rawa@iname.com</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Home Page:<font color="#0000FF"><u> http://www.rawa.org</u></font></blockquote> <div>-- <br> Yoshie<br> <br> * Calendar of Anti-War Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html><br> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html><br> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/><br> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/></div> </body> </html>