A subtle change in the news?

[Agneta Setterwall]

In Swedens public Radio-channel1 , heard by many in whole Sweden, people have the opportunity to ring in smaller speeches over all kind of issues. This is banded, and a few days later some of them are chosen by the channal and could be heard in the program "Klarsprak ", which meens "clearly said" or "plain speeches" or something like that, with the meaning that you tell the truth, what you really think. People can express what they want, and are not interrupted by anybody.The same program is sent three times that day, and the next day there is a new "Klarsprak. Sometimes issues are debated in this program over days or weeks. Todays theme was reflections and reactions to last weeks attack, and to what Busch and others have said and done. They all where in a spirit of peace and conflict-resolution, with many worries about what USA  will do now. They all expressed a deep compassion with the victims and their families, but aswell with other victims in the world. I cannot resist this opportunity to tell you that my 15-year old daughter Amanda was one (the first) of todays speakers...I am so proud! 
With love
Agneta Setterwall
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Artur F. Silva 
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:00 AM
  Subject: A subtle change in the news?


  Hello all:

  I have noticed yesterday a very interesting change of "focus" in the 
  news about the terrorist attack in the Portuguese newspaper I normally 
  read ("O Publico"). Until Saturday, the news were the ones you all 
  have seen on most newspapers and TV news. But yesterday many 
  articles were trying to analyze the profound causes and were asking for 
  peace and justice in terms very close to some texts we saw on this list.  

  There were at least five articles from writers of all over the world
  (some also published in foreign newspapers) advising against 
  revenge and pointing out the dangers of an unjustified war, even
  if that conclusion was reached from many different perspectives. 
  That trend continued today with an article from an English
  author and professor.

  I have tried to see if the same trend was present in other Sunday 
  newspapers but I could not confirm that - the English, French and 
  Spanish newspapers I have tried were more information oriented than 
  oriented toward interpreting the events and searching for new 
  solutions for the real problems (if you want to do a comparison by 
  yourselves you can try the addresses of many Daily Newspapers at 
  http://www.cheetah.net/~beta2/papers.html) 

  I would appreciate to have information on what is being written in the 
  newspapers of other countries (and continents). Maybe some others 
  are also interested or can use that information...

  I will not summarize the articles from foreign authors as I suppose you 
  can find the same or similar articles in other newspapers. But there 
  was also an article from a Portuguese author that I think it can
  be interesting to share with you (the beginning).

  Lourdes Pintassilgo (the author) is a 60-to-70 year old lady, that is an 
  important member of the "Catholic Movement for Peace" (for more than 
  40 years, I think). She has also been the Portuguese representative near 
  UNESCO for many years and for a short period has been the Portuguese 
  Prime minister (she is independent of all political parties). She has also 
  been a (defeated) candidate for President of the Portuguese republic. 

  She wrote: (sorry again for my English translation -- that I will not even have time 
  to correct -- if you can understand Portuguese or use an automatic translator the 
  article will be available during one week at: 
  http://jornal.publico.pt/publico/2001/09/16/Destaque/X01OPI01.html)

  "Everything has changed in the world. But that didn't happen on September 
  11th. The world had already changed. But only now everybody noticed. All the 
  years 90 were a very quick process of change from the world we knew to a 
  new one.(...)

  That big and multiple transformation has been unnoticed for two reasons. 
  On one side, we have continued to analyze the problems with the mental 
  categories and models of the past. On the other side, attention has been 
  concentrated only on the consequences of the fall of communism, being blind 
  to a transformation that largely exceeded what has been called the "economical 
  and political transition" of the ex-communist countries. (...)

  A sign of that transformation has been clear in all the rebellions that have 
  been growing up during the last ten years of the 20th century. Where we 
  were used to hear only the categories of development we began to see
  the constant criticism of the globalization in its effects on new divisions 
  between peoples and regions. We are many in the world that wants to find 
  solutions that minimize those effects and don't allow the growing marginalization 
  of persons, peoples and nations. But we have not found yet the correct way 
  to make the political leaders of the world accept the solutions that are 
  already on the table. We have not been able to do that on time. But
  we have to continue to work hard to understand the complex causes of 
  so inhumane acts" (...)

  I don't know if I found Lourdes' article so interesting because it matched 
  so well with what I have been thinking these last few days... I would like 
  to complement her reflexions with some comments from my own. But I will 
  delay those comments not to mix them with Lourdes' quotations.

  Regards

  Artur

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