Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Before 9/11 I was preparing to go to the demonstrations against the IMF/World Bank in Washington. Due to the militarization of police forces in the US and increasingly violent tactics used by the police for crowd control, I was freaked out. The meetings were cancelled, but I still attended a peace demonstration that drew about 6,000 people. Allthough Al Queda doesn't deserve to get off free, the US should be responsiblely inside the bounds of international law for justice to be made. When the first reports came back fron Jenin I felt empty inside. With a feeling of helplessness, I went back to D.C. to express disapproval again. People have their opinions on the conflict, but my tiff is with the fact that Israel has hifacked the ""War on Terror"" and is using U.S. tax dollars to extend state sponsored terrorism on the Palestinians. At this demonstration, 100,000 people, almost half of Arab descent, marched on Washington. The emotion of the Palestinian-Americans were so high and their courage was amazing to show their disapproval during the civil liberties destruction of post-9/11. At this time, I'm upset. The Bush administration's inability to pass the Kyoto Protocol and Bush's unsigning of the International Criminal Coart is unacceptable. Our elected leaders decided not to sign the international children's rights treaty, this is not acceptable. The U.S. delegates that walked out on the UN Conference on Racism just before 9/11 are not acceptable. The US tuned out any oppertunity to use the UN for justice of the 9/11 masterminds. This shows how much the US cares about international law. So while so many are proud to be American, I am ashamed. Whenever I spend money I cring at what my tax money is supporting. Is it fueling state sponsored terrorism in Columbia and Palestine? On the anniversory of 9/11, I will mourn. After that, once again I will prepare for another trip to DC to express diapproval of the IMF/WB, because it is patriotic to stand up for what you believe in. Terrorism can not interupt our agendas for democracy and with leaders like George W. Bush we are heading in the wrong direction. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp91.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-28