Comments on: Rachel Corrie

By: POETRY FOR RACHEL « Desertpeace

POETRY FOR RACHEL « Desertpeace — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:18:06 +0000

[...] Rachel Corrie (b. 1979) was a member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). She went to occupied Gaza during the Second Intifada and joined protesters there. She died on 16th March, 2003. * It is a sunless day with light harsh on the dog tags of uniformed youths M16s tank turrets lone bulldozer and young Corrie’s watch-glass – with the sand running out. It is she who is standing her ground before a home to be flattened. Earthmover. It belches into the blue into suburban quiet, and on plated tracks treads to her on mound, erect, ten thousand miles from mother, conspicuous from the cab. She can see his face at the window young soldier at the gears hoping for a week-end pass thinking of the girl in his pocket – the one his mother likes – and of a larger future with this woman in the way. He’ll frighten her to make her move with time to brake miscalculate and in the evening weep at his levity. Or would he see her die in duty’s line all-pliant to Authority and having served as soldiers must shrug away responsibility? Or is his an obscured view? Now it’s one tread too late the earth’s moving and Corrie’s gone lifted first then buried without box on a demolition job. Storied houses are razed dust’s thick in the air and when it’s clear – ground zero: prostrate concrete, frenzy of wires, a wilderness without distinction except that Rachel’s there raised in insurrection her spirit risen from Rafah. [...]

By: Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord? by Chris Hedges

Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord? by Chris Hedges — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:37:21 +0000

[...] Were you there to halt Israel’s saturation bombing of Lebanon and Gaza? Were you there when Rachel Corrie died on the cross? Were you there to halt the corporate forces that have left working men and women [...]

By: Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord?

Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord? — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:04:46 +0000

By: OWS and Jesus Cleansing the Temple « Paul Surlis's Blog

OWS and Jesus Cleansing the Temple « Paul Surlis's Blog — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:37:07 +0000

By: Where Were You When they Crucified My Lord? « Through the Flaming Sword

Where Were You When they Crucified My Lord? « Through the Flaming Sword — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:37:10 +0000

By: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY MOVEMENT? « Desertpeace

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY MOVEMENT? « Desertpeace — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:56:23 +0000

By: Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord? |

Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord? | — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:48:15 +0000

[...] Were you there to halt Israel’s saturation bombing of Lebanon and Gaza? Were you there when Rachel Corriedied on the cross? Were you there to halt the corporate forces that have left working men and women [...]

By: limitless life

limitless life — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:05:34 +0000

[...] Were you there to halt Israel’s saturation bombing of Lebanon and Gaza? Were you there when Rachel Corriedied on the cross? Were you there to halt the corporate forces that have left working men and women [...]

By: Where Were You, with Whom? « Global Ethics

Where Were You, with Whom? « Global Ethics — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:59:22 +0000

[...] Were you there to halt Israel’s saturation bombing of Lebanon and Gaza? Were you there when Rachel Corriedied on the cross? Were you there to halt the corporate forces that have left working men and women [...]

By: Christ and the OWS Movement – Turning Points

Christ and the OWS Movement – Turning Points — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:39:32 +0000