Thanks Noam

Submitted by Maire Leadbeater in Auckland,
on 12/02/2008

Dear Noam,

A very happy birthday from Aotearoa/New Zealand!

I tried to think about all the innumerable articles, chapters, books, speeches of yours that I have read. What has been most significant to me?
I think perhaps it was the raft of urgent articles and interviews from the that terrible time in 1999 when East Timor was in flames. You talked about the leverage that the US and its major allies have over the Indonesian government and how this leverage could have been used to stop the atrocities in East Timor at any point since the ivasion was contemplated. And of how pressure can force a positive course of action when the social costs of not doing so can be raised.
That is a good reminder for all of us who live in the rich nations!
Thanks for your enormous contribution to a more just world and for your wonderful visit here a few years back,
Maire Leadbeater

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Noam is particularly
12/03/2008 — Boogie67

Noam is particularly courageous speaking out in the US - as he acknowledges the power the States exerts in the world - why hasn't the CIA 'disposed' of this security threat, as they would see it? Is it precisely because of the complacency of the ruling class? They can't be challenged?

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