“One who stands up for the underdog, who refuses to tolerate oppression and injustice…”
(Green Left Weekly on the character of Jock Palfreeman, an Australian man currently imprisoned in Bulgaria for an act of conscience…of courage…)
Saturday, May 4, 2013By Peter BoyleA rally for Jock Palfreeman was held in Sydney on April 30.“In a different world — in a better world — Jock Palfreeman would not be in a jail serving a 20-year sentence. Instead he’d be awarded a medal for great courage, principle and instinctive support for victims of racist violence.
He would not be locked away in a jail in Bulgaria. He’d be toured around as an example of the sort of person we should all aspire to be. One who stands up for the underdog, who refuses to tolerate oppression and injustice.
His extraordinarily brave act in coming to the defence of two Roma men being attacked by a violent gang one dark night in Sofia, Bulgaria, would be discussed and studied in schools all over the world — as I believe it is studied in his old school, Riverview…
…click here for the piece in full @ Green Left Weekly…
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.
C21 hereditary tyrant
'If artists betray the social conscience and the basic principles of being human, where does art stand then?' Ai Weiwei
chamber of horrOrs...
Flickr
feel free to click on a bean…
jellybellypolies of the very recent past
the interpretOr 