“It’s only words and words are all I have”
In Ceuta,
my home-town, we also celebrated the public reading called “WRITERS FOR CIUDAD JUAREZ” like in
more than 130 cities in 25 countries of 4 continents on September 1st, 2012.
… Using
simply the written word against violence and injustice.
MANIFESTO FOR CIUDAD JUÁREZ
SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2012
On January 6th, 2011, the poet Susana Chavez was murdered in Ciudad Juarez,
Chihuahua, Mexico. In her name, and in the name of all the other victims that
organized crime has taken (more than 9.000 in Ciudad Juarez since 2007), we
raised our voices against violence and against fear, against murderers and
injustice; against those who want to bend our faith in life and our dreams of
freedom and peace.
From the first edition of the Assembly (September, 2011) we fight with the
only weapon we know: the written word. With it, we denounce the accomplice
silence of those who support crime and at the same time we seek to recover
public spaces and gather to give the world another message and another image of
Ciudad Juarez that has nothing to do with murders nor drug-dealers. We will not
honor our dead with indifference; it will be words and our generous actions
which will build their last resting place: we will never forget them for they
are a part of us.
Today, we want to raise our voice within our pain, within the heart of the
desert, our faith in the strength that the written words carry, our capacity to
dream and fight to become a free, fair society. Today, we want to tell the
world that, in the midst of this absurd and useless war, men and women all over
Mexico do not give up nor they bow their heads in resignation to the stigma of
crime.
Today, we want a city in which working, studying, or having fun are not considered
a high-risk endeavor; a city that does not force people to migrate, in which
people can build projects and realities. We want back the future that violence
attempts to take from us.
Today, on September first, we celebrate a public reading that has no
comparison in the world’s cultural field. Today, more than 1200 authors from
133 cities in 25 countries of 4 continents are joining their voices together to
be the voice of those who are no longer with us, amongst them Susana Chavez,
whose murder has been the hardest lesson silence has taught us.
(…)
THANK YOU
You can read the whole text here
(Spanish
Version)
MANIFIESTO POR CIUDAD JUÁREZ
1 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2012
El 6 de
enero de 2011 asesinaron —en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México a la poeta Susana
Chávez. En su nombre, y en nombre de todas las víctimas que ha cobrado el
crimen organizado (más de nueve mil en Ciudad Juárez) en apenas seis años,
alzamos nuestras voces contra la violencia y contra el miedo, contra los
asesinos y la impunidad; contra quienes pretenden doblegar nuestra fe en la
vida y nuestros sueños de paz y libertad.
A partir de
la primera edición del Encuentro —en septiembre de 2011— luchamos con la única
arma que conocemos: la palabra. Con ella denunciamos el silencio cómplice de
quienes amparan el crimen y, al mismo tiempo, buscamos recuperar los espacios
públicos y la convivencia para dar al mundo otro mensaje y otra imagen de Ciudad
Juárez que nada tienen que ver ni con los asesinatos ni con el narcotráfico. No
honraremos a nuestros muertos con el mutis indiferente, será las palabras y
nuestras acciones generosas y solidarias la morada que resguarde su memoria: no
los olvidamos pues son parte de nosotros.
Hoy queremos
proclamar desde el dolor, desde el corazón de este desierto, nuestra fe en la
fuerza de la palabra, nuestra capacidad para soñar y luchar por una sociedad
libre y más justa. Hoy queremos decirle al mundo que, en medio de esta absurda
e inútil guerra, los hombres y mujeres de todo México, los niños, los jóvenes y
ancianos no se rinden ni se resignan al estigma del crimen.
Hoy queremos
una ciudad en la que trabajar, estudiar o divertirse no sean actividades de
alto riesgo; una ciudad que no obligue a la migración, en donde se puedan
construir proyectos y realidades, que nos devuelvan el futuro que la violencia
pretende secuestrar.
Hoy, 1 de
septiembre, celebramos una lectura pública que no tiene comparación en el ámbito
cultural del mundo. Hoy 1200 autores de 133 ciudades en 25 países en cuatro
continentes, unen sus voces para ser la voz de quienes ya no están, entre ellos
Susana Chávez, cuyo asesinato ha sido la lección más dura que nos ha dado el
silencio.
(…)
Puedes leer el texto completo aquí
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The author of "English@Edrissis", Jesús Canca,
also participated in this event.
... THE POST & SOME MUSIC ...
Please, go back at the beginning of this post
again, and have a look at the opening sentence...
“It’s only words and words are all I have”
“It’s only words and words are all I have”
Do you know any song with that sentence on it?
…
If not, continue reading…
Because the
answer is next …
Watch the
following video, listen to the song “Words”, by Bee Gees, and even (why not?)
you can practice the Karaoke version of the song –if you wish.
Have a look
at the lyrics of the previous song and answer to the question:
How
many times can you find the sentence…
“It’s only words and words are all I have”?
“It’s only words and words are all I have”?
Can you see
any connection between that sentence and this post?
(Please,
let us know your comments. Thank you!)
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JUST TO REMEMBER THAT DAY !
One month later, my friend Mª Jesús Fuente sends to me 2 links related to
"WRITERS FOR CIUDAD JUAREZ"; a blog and a video.
The blog:
http://enceuta.blogspot.com.es/
The video:
http://enceuta.blogspot.com.es/
.
***
JUST TO REMEMBER THAT DAY !
One month later, my friend Mª Jesús Fuente sends to me 2 links related to
"WRITERS FOR CIUDAD JUAREZ"; a blog and a video.
The blog:
http://enceuta.blogspot.com.es/
The video:
http://enceuta.blogspot.com.es/
.
