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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Send a newsletter, share photos & files, conduct > > > > polls, organize chat events. 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