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The passion in the essay resonated deeply with me. I've been writing to my elected officials at least weekly, sometimes 2-3 times per week. I've also written letters to the editor and editorials that were never published. What struck me most, and I can't believe I hadn't thought of it before, was the idea of writing to the mainstream media.

I have never lost hope, no matter how bleak things may seem at times. It's nothing compared to what the Palestinians are experiencing.

Thank you for writing this; I've shared your essay, hoping it reaches someone who can help end this humanitarian crisis.

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After five centuries of crimes against the rest of and against its own humanity, the West has unmistakably reached its moral nadir. Its functioning leadership has, for all to vividly and publicly see, morphed into a conscienceless bureaucratic machinery for the implementation of radical evils. While the vast majority of the world screams in rage and pain at its psychotic cruelty, we at the center of empire remain locked in narcosis, immobility, and insensate decadence.

Global fascism is no longer slouching, it has been born, and has established totalitarian regimes in its homelands to ultimately—and therefore, violently, whenever necessary-- stifle dissent, while preparing to destroy the lives and futures of untold millions to fulfill its demented, racist agendas of dominance. The full-blown global war which may well soon erupt may precipitate mass murder, impoverishment and pandemic on a scale never known in history, may eventually render large areas of the world uninhabitable for generations to come, may eventually undermine the planetary ecosystem itself.

Some insist that these are the fateful symptoms of its coming collapse. Or it may turn out to be clear that the only reason to go on pursuing truly human vocations is for the sake of conscience and principle itself, even if banished of tangible result at large, and even in the face of certain repression and death. But for those of us who retain our conscience and humanity and will to solidarity, that will certainly continue to be reason enough to steadfastly follow those who have given their all before us, to the front lines of struggle.

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