[IMC-Editorial] Center panel: Edward Said

[ChrisGeovanis at aol.com]

Chris Geovanis from Chicago Indymedia here, urging you to center panel 
something on the passing of Edward Said, truly a giant among public intellectuals 
and voices for freedom. As you know, NYC IMC has a center panel up, as do we. We 
cribbed much of the language from NYC-IMC and added a bunch of links. I'm 
including our html below, in case you find it useful.

Please.

Chris Geovanis
Chicago Indymedia volunteer

Title: GLOBAL: FREEDOM FIGHTER
MAIN Title: In Memoriam: Edward Said, passionate voice for Palestinians
Image URL (180 wide): 
http://chicago.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/metafiles/edward-smaller.jpg

<BR><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1974.shtml">Edward Said<
/a>, one of America's leading public intellectuals, a tireless advocate for 
Palestinian freedom, and a professor at Columbia University, has <a 
href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31215&group=webcast">died</a> in 
New York City. He was 67. 
<P>According to a post on the New York City Indymedia Open Newswire, "Edward 
had been very ill for the past couple of weeks and last night he was 
re-admitted to the hospital ... For us -- and we know for the entire academic community 
as well as everyone who had believed in Palestinian sovereignty, not to 
mention the self-determination of oppressed and exploited people worldwide -- this 
is a loss that will never be overcome." 
<P>In a February 2003 speech at UCLA, Said argued that "Palestine now is <i>
the</i> progressive cause in the world today." Referring to Israel, he noted 
that "no power, no matter how horrific its past, should be exempt from censure 
if it practices starvation, torture, forced transfer. We live in a secular 
world -- there simply is no way to legitimize bombing and maiming people because 
they don't belong to the correct race." 

<P>Said was beloved in Chicago, where he had many dear friends. We mourn his 
passing. Thanks to NY IMC for the copy crib.
<P>Selected works: <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/said06142003.html">
Roadmap to where?</a> | <a 
href="http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0720-05.htm">Blind Imerial Arrogance</a> | <a 
href="http://www.counterpunch.org/said06232003.html">Rachel Corrie: Of Dignity & Solidarity</a> | <a 
href="http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/652/op1.htm">Dreams & Delusions</a> | <a 
href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/deakin/stories/s299210.htm">Said on the Role of Public 
Intellectuals</a> | <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=75709&
group=webcast">Orientalism 25 Years Later</a> | <a 
href="http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=75719">On Breaking With Arafat</a> | <a 
href="http://www.edwardsaid.org/">More Links</a>
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