LONG BENCH

…but noone is crying out for justice [...].” from Peter Tosh’s Equal Rights on the album Equal Rights, Columbia/Legacy, 1977.

Thirty years later, we’re singing the same sankey.

There’s that saying, you can’t plant corn and expect to reap peas.

So, if you want Peace, you — yes, YOU, will need to work - sing, chant, write, blog, draw, paint, march, sew, organize, build, publish, or whatever you do best - for Justice:

for children deprived of a meaningful education…

for men denied the opportunity to love and build a family life with another man…

for women denied the authority over their bodies and minds…

for poor people who are neglected and forced to make choices nobody should have to…

for workers who trade their dignity, self-respect and autonomy for wages and food…

for families who are denied access to clean, sanitary place to live…

for all of us who believe that they can only inhabit this place by denying other persons the right to do the same…

for all of us who have forgotten that we have responsibilities to and are responsible for each other…

Work for Justice. Nothing less will do.

Thirty years from now, let’s not be singing this song.  Let’s work together to write a new, more triumphant one whose lyrics we cannot even imagine right now.