Sending the Right Message

A friend from the States sent me this from across the Atlantic in response to media reports on the G8 protests:

"According to CNN.com, the leaflets passed out during the protest stated the following: 'The world shaped by the dominance of the G8 is a world of war, hunger, social divisions, environmental destruction and barriers against migrants and refugees, "Another world is possible."

If such a thing as a new world order is possible, it will only be achieved through a conviction that acknowledges global injustice in all its shapes and forms as the root of our problematic state of affairs. A protest of this kind, with such a positive and simple message, is but the beginning of a whole new era in world accountability that seeks to counter the issue at its very root.

This new era calls upon the people in power to abdicate from their oppressive hierarchies for no other reason than because 'another world is possible.' This new era also calls upon the power of all people to launch all protests from places that aspire for global justice, as opposed to anger and outrage. Anger may be the catalyst, but it is the detriment, as opposed to the vehicle, for positive social change.

The fact that Germany, our global scapegoat in the discourse of in-humanity, has taken the bold position that 'another world is possible' is the beginning of such shifting tides, where we all choose to lay down our arms and stand side by side, hand in hand, in the face of the very dominance that has benefited and devastated the very fabric of human existence.

Danielle Lanyard, 28, New York City