From: YPFDJ SEATTLE (ypfdjseattle@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Feb 15 2010 - 23:36:17 EST
ERITREAN YOUTH IN SEATTLE HOLD MEKETE TO DENOUNCE UNJUST UN RESOLUTION 1907
Saturday, February 13, 2010
In response to Resolution 1907, calling for the imposing of sanctions on
Eritrea by the United Nations Security Council on December 23rd, 2009,
Eritrean youth in the Greater Seattle area held a mekete to denounce the
actions by the international body as unjust and unfair. The event took place
as part of the larger global E-SMART campaign, which has been working
ceaselessly to annul and repeal the sanctions immediately.
The mekete* *began with a talk* *by the esteemed guest speaker, Dr. Ghidewon
Abay Asmerom, who walked the young audience through an engaging presentation
filled with hard-hitting facts. Using history as a reference and presenting
a picture of young, defiant Eritreans protesting in the 1970's, Dr. Ghidewon
explained that Eritrea remains in a continuing struggle. He went on to
elaborate on the leading role of the United State's in passing the blatantly
unjust Resolution 1907 and the obvious double-standards inherent to the
resolution's text.
Important facts that might have otherwise been lost, obscured, and
glossed-over by the mass media, were brought to light for further
investigation using primary sources. Perhaps the greatest strength of the
presentation, according to the participants, lied in Dr. Ghidewon's
persistence to challenge the youth in going beyond his own analysis and
investigating the facts for themselves. Indeed this is now the case, as the
youth have committed themselves to holding a second youth-led mekete on
March 10th at 7 P.M. at the Eritrean Association of Greater Seattle to
further raise their consciousness of national issues and take whatever
actions deemed necessary to defend Eritrea. In addition, almost all
participants present signed-up to attend a globally-coordinated, multi-city
demonstration to be held in San Francisco, CA, USA, on February 22nd.
Contrary to the intended purpose of the sanctions--to impede the Eritrean
nation-building process--the unjust measure has only served to awaken the
dormant fire in Eritrean youth that has burned continuously in the hearts of
Eritreans for generation after generation since Eritrea's illegal annexation
1951. Thus, Resolution 1907 has only hieghtened the consciousness of
Eritrean youth the Greater Seattle environs, giving the ever-continuing
Eritrean struggle for total liberation and national development added
impetus to meets its goals.
More information at: www.eritrean-smart.org
YPFDJ-Seattle
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