A STATEMENT OF CONCERN ABOUT A HIT LIST INCLUDING WALDEN BELLO

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and other activists.
Out of deference to the more than 160,000 victims of the tsunami tragedy that engulfed South Asia on December 26, 2004, we in Focus on the Global South (Focus) have refrained until now from pointing to an alarming development bearing on the security and well being of our Executive Director, Walden Bello.

For us in Focus, the listing of Walden and other Filipino activists as counter-revolutionaries deserving of elimination comes as a shock. Walden's writings, books, and contributions speak for themselves: a recipient of the prestigious Right Livelihood Award, he is acknowledged to be one of the most articulate critics of US intervention and corporate-driven globalization.

Please go to www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=1&ItemID=7072 to learn more about what you can do and to sign the online petition.

I appeal to the moderators to leave this up for a time so as folks could sign the petition. thank you.