Achieving Our Country: Pakistan Emergency Update

The promise of the United States,

its vision and ideals, as set forth in its founding documents (the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America) are best understood as "works in progress." The United States' failure throughout its history to live up to the lofty standards codified in those founding documents in no way lessens their meaning, nor their value. The good that the United States has in fact achieved since 1776 has served to reinforce the idea of a country striving, by design, to be better than its all-too-human and very imperfect nature. Most important, those ideals exist as real, true things that We, the People can achieve. It's the hopeful intent of this site to discuss and facilitate ways of actually achieving our nation, and thereby continue to form, as the Constitution exhorts, a more perfect union.

The title ''Achieving Our Country''

is drawn from the famous last sentence of James Baldwin's ''Fire Next Time.'' There, Baldwin called on the saving remnant, ''the relatively conscious whites and the relatively conscious blacks,'' to ''end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country, and change the history of the world.'' The point of invoking James Baldwin, of course, is that he was entirely unforgiving of his country's sins and still looked forward with hope to a better future. A left that fights for the political and economic changes that will ''achieve our country'' is the left that the United States once possessed and needs as much as ever, but is hardly to be seen.
--from a book review: "The New New Left"
by Alan Ryan

15 June 2008

Pakistan Emergency Update

This arrived in my mailbox this morning. [with some minor edits to facilitate formatting]:

Faisal has left a new comment on your post "The Pakistan Emergency: Update!":

Here are some personal experiences of mine related to the historic Long March in Islamabad.

I hope you people will be interested in knowing this.

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Congratulations Pakistan for showing display of solidarity and commitment with the cause of justice and freedom - and we specially congratulate the lawyers, students, civil society and political workers who joined hands with each other under the leadership of Aitzaz Ahsan for the great cause.

I think PPP (especially Mr. 10% Zardari), Mush and company, Dogar and company and PML with ANP should realize that they don’t have time to waste and that they must act now in favor of the country and restore the judiciary (without any unconstitutional package) and get rid of that dictator Musharraf.

InshaAllah the success is near and Pakistan will experience the true justice and freedom.

Some personal experiences: I am very tired (I have arrived today at Karachi) so not in a position to write much, but would like to share some personal experiences (In a random and brain storming way).

It was great to see people coming all from Pakistan (Sind,Balauchistan, Sarhad, Punjab, Kashmir, Tribal areas) for a common cause belonging to different backgrounds.
Especially would like to thank Fastring guys(students, alumini, and faculty of FAST-NU) for showing great hospitality, especially Hasan (for picking me up and helping me with many things) and Usman of YPL (for sharing his room).
It was great to be with faculty members of FAST-Lahore and openly discussing views with them especially Dr. Durrani, Pr. Liaquat Majeed Shaikh, and their former entrepreneurship faculty member Zia sahab.
Also to CCP and SAC guys for their cooperation and support throughout the journey.
It was great to see that people were so disciplined and united.
Still feeling in my ears “Go Musharraf Go”, "Adlia ki Azadi tak Jang rahai gi , jang rahaigi”,” Ai Khuda mera CJ salamat rahai” and …
Cannot forget the warm welcome throughout the journey.
Thanks to the family of Islamabad who invited us at their home and their hospitality.

After thought: We are ready for further struggle and inshaAllah the success will be of the “Right”!

Posted by Faisal to Achieving Our Country at 15 June, 2008 11:20

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