Subject: MAYDAY, MAYDAY AMERICA!
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ABSTRACT: Insert published on payment on the "New York Times" of 28th
Septembre. The text contains a solicitation to join the radical party.
Lastly, it suggests the creation of an interactive link with the Radical
Party via Internet.
(THE NEW YORK TIMES, 28 september 1993)
FOR TIBET (AND CHINA): FIRST WORLD SATYGRAHA NOW BEING PLANNED FOR 1996
To prevent the Dalai Lama from standing down
The Dalai Lama has said ("International Herald Tribune", Thursday,
September 15, 1994): "If it is true my approach is becoming a factor for
demoralization, sadness and discouragement for the people inside Tibet,
then I cannot stay with that position, I cannot take that responsibility."
He added that he was being increasingly criticized by some Tibetans for
being too soft in his approach to China (...). His search for an agreement
with Beijing has brought no improvements inside Tibet, but he said he would
not back violent protest against Beijing's control.
We know and love this extremely tender man. This great, great man, whose
spiritual and intellectual strength has been honored (quite rightly; it
happens sometimes) with the Nobel Peace Prize. With these words, he reminds
us that even the Gospel, and Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, recognize and
speak of moments of doubt and bewilderment.
The Radical Party has approached the Dalai Lama, with the idea of
organizing the first, great "World Satyagraha" before the end of 1996, for
peace and freedom in Tibet, and the democratization of China. A Gandhian
Satyagraha organized with the help of the media and state-of-the-art
technologies, supported by U.N. initiatives in every country.
A large-scale hunger strike in the name of hope and dialogue, to be carried
out worldwide - indefinitely in some places - by parliaments, by the poor
and the powerful, with a sufficiently important and strong objective chosen
with great care. This objective should be compatible with China's
constitutional principles, but also implement the principles laid down in
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Resolutions of the United
Nations. It should follow the direction that the Dalai Lama has taken for
some time, which may show China how to change its history, starting with
that of Tibet, by pursuing a peaceful and democratic form of development.
A project of this dimension would take over two years to organize properly,
even with the much hoped for mobilization of the great religious and
spiritual forces, as well as the popular and political forces throughout
the world. But simply to inform, to collaborate with all the nonviolent,
Gandhian, peace-loving and Buddhist-inspired groups, there is a need for
spiritual strength, human and financial resources, wisdom and dedicated
action without precedent.
The great political philospher Karl Popper, a master of liberal thought,
was among the leading scholars of nonviolence. If we are given the means to
continue with our struggle, it will be necessary to finally take into
consideration the Western culture, including those aspects ignored by the
people in power.
The Dalai Lama is waiting for us to present, as soon as possible, the
project on which we are working and which we have promised to send him. It
is in fact unthinkable to try organizing a Satyagraha of this dimension,
that has never been conceived of before, without a real hope and a
guarantee of its being realized.
The only real Satyagrahas that were successful in history were those
undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi. We must now make it possible for them to be
held internationally: first, in the name of the Tibetan cause, and that of
democracy and freedom in the world.
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"The projects undertaken and, above all, the commitment made by the Radical
Party in the name of many just causes, have my complete admiration and make
me truly happy."
The Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Laureate, at a press conference held at the
Radical Party headquarters in Rome last June.
