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Re: protest suicide and the alternatives… In April 2000, four Indigenous members of the Colombian legislature began a hunger strike. One week later, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia wrote this letter asking them to "stop the collective suicide" Here's why…On twitter.com
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"We read in the stars that in the thought of the government there is space neither for the word indigenous nor the words tolerance, diversity, and loyalty; and that the hard times, the times of struggle and union remain."Permalink On twitter.com
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"We waited for a signal, a sign that would point the way to follow, we sang our songs without stopping our dance and at the end of several hours of wait, a shooting star crossed the sky leaving its color in a stele through the night. It was the awaited signal."Permalink On twitter.com
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"The spirits warned that our Congress representatives were going to die, in the same manner in which our indigenous brothers die every day — and throughout the centuries …Permalink On twitter.com
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"-— at the White hands, this time dressed in silk, speaking with entangled phrases and riding luxurious cars, this time with the name of National Government."Permalink On twitter.com
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"We continued singing and from our soul came the answer: we must give the order to our Congress representatives in hunger strike to stop their action and center their efforts in actions of fact…Permalink On twitter.com
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"…we must stick to our principles and fight for what is ours and, if necessary, die like the ancestral warriors and not sitting in a cold chair of the National Capitol."Permalink On twitter.com
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"The singing became silence and the response flowed to give the order to our comrades: stop the hunger strike to continue a strategy more persuasive and definite, a strategy that will break the indifference of the government …Permalink On twitter.com
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"… the blindness of the secretaries of government and the accomplice hand of the multinationals and the media which continue weaving their trap to destroy the indigenous peoples and keep the hidden richness under Mother Earth, who for centuries has provided life."Permalink On twitter.com
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"We looked at each other again, chewed coca, and continued singing. The green star warned us that the struggle keeps on and that we must continue to be alert in the unequal battle before a narrow-minded enemy, intransigent and genocidal.Permalink On twitter.com
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"We must confront, from the center of the country, but especially from our own regions, the national government." National Executive Committee National Indigenous Organization of Colombia April 11, 2000 [my translation]Permalink On twitter.com
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Note there is nothing here denouncing the suicide protest, and especially not the willingness to die for the cause. But instead a call to exercise power from below, together.Permalink On twitter.com
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