File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2001/postcolonial.0108, message 69


From: "Salil Tripathi" <salil61-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: If
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:06:48 +0000


The best I could come up with was Rushdie's conversation with Said, which 
appears on pg 186 of Imaginary Homelands. But I vaguely recall he has 
written a few op-ed pieces supporting Palestine.

Salil


>From: Wolf Factory <wolf_factory-AT-yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Re: If
>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 00:09:49 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Sorry I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to
>recent material regarding the current crisis. Thanks
>for responding.
>
>--- eldorra mitchell <manynotone-AT-yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> > perhaps I misread your tone. However Salman Rushdie
> > and the others have written about the Palestinians
> > on
> > many occassions. He is of course a  supporter of
> > them.
> > That is the only moral position one can take. Do
> > consult his essays.
> >
> > --- Wolf Factory <wolf_factory-AT-yahoo.com> wrote: >
> > Where exactly did Salman Rushdie et al. write /
> > > speak
> > > (?) in support of the Palestinians?
> > > I would be interested to read what he (they) had
> > to
> > > say.
> > >
> > > --- eldorra mitchell <manynotone-AT-yahoo.co.in>
> > wrote:
> > > >  If all of the rather 'well-known' authors and
> > > > intellectuals had the courage to speak up and
> > aid
> > > > the
> > > > Palestinians, as Noam Chomsky has, then perhaps
> > > > those
> > > > same intellectuals would gain the respect of
> > > people
> > > > around the world. As it is they have not, or at
> > > > least
> > > > not in these so-called lists. Now as you may
> > know
> > > > there are some reasonably 'well-known' authors
> > > > subscribed to this list i.e. there are various
> > > poets
> > > > and translators, literary critics, philosophers
> > > and
> > > > so
> > > > on. Instead of a endless self-relfective belly
> > > > button
> > > > gazing series of queries and personal anecdotes
> > > > being
> > > > the norm, perhaps one could see this list, and
> > > > others
> > > > like it organizing something like a petition
> > which
> > > > could be of some help to those peoples suffering
> > > in
> > > > the Occupied Territories and now even more than
> > > > before
> > > > in Israel itself. If this shall not be the case,
> > > > then
> > > > I say to you all as Deleuze did quoting Arafat,
> > > > "Shame
> > > > Shame Shame" If the only purpose then is merely
> > to
> > > > see
> > > > one's wasted thoughts in 'print' in cyberspace,
> > > then
> > > > God help us. So do take this as a plea for
> > action,
> > > > for
> > > > a stance to be taken against injustice and
> > against
> > > > violence towards the weak and the oppressed.
> > > >
> > > > My suggestion is: A petition organized and
> > written
> > > > by
> > > > the members of this list, and others on the
> > > various
> > > > Spoon collective lists that shall address the
> > > > situation in occupied Palestine. This does not
> > > need
> > > > to
> > > > be complex, it can be simple and there are many
> > > fine
> > > > writers on the various lists who I am sure could
> > > be
> > > > helpful if needed, and who would be glad to
> > sign.
> > > >
> > > > Have the courage of Noam Chomsky Salman Rushdie,
> > > > Jacques Derrida, Felix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze
> > > and
> > > > scores of others.
> > > >
> > > > I would be very sad if something like this
> > cannot
> > > be
> > > > organized, and if that were to be the case, then
> > > one
> > > > can only hope than that many will sign off of
> > > these
> > > > lists. They shall have proven themselves to be
> > > > utterly
> > > > unrelated to the real struggles of real men and
> > > > women
> > > > in their daily lives. I should also imagine that
> > > the
> > > > lists will lose any moral veracity they might
> > > > acquire,
> > > > and certainly I would be most happy if they were
> > > to
> > > > lose their funding as a result.
> > > >
> > > > I hope you are reading this dear members of the
> > > > Spoon
> > > > Collective.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > E.M.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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