Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Grieving 9/11/01 a sorrow gathered from years before Anguished for victims within and off our shore. Grieving not selecting which side to bless All life cherished, the poor, the oppressed. Grieving ""we the people"" not just the few, sharing earth, democracy renewed. Tis time to reflect, EnvisionÖthe past, present. Reflecting upon Hate unrepentant. Grieving Bloody wars Smart bombing civilians oozing mix of blood and mortar. Questioning Greedy assaults ""defensive"" armor. Grieving Before and after 9/11's torment. Demanding to know what went wrong Unanswered questions the list getting long We demand an independent checkup The right to know we'll give no let up. Grieving The ""Patriot"" Act Threatening the right to know Answers to questions We'll not forgo. We ""pledge"" the Bill of Rights To sovereignty To revolutionary-birth rights Not hounded by the watchman Nor bushed by the ranchman. History consoles uplift from greed's sinkhole Be engaged Read of rights denied, the outrage. Adopt Paine's Common Sense, His Rights of Man, Bind with Jefferson's Independence. Rights of selfhood Unalienable Of Peace and Justice Indivisible. Grieving 9/11 Mother Jones would advise Grieve not! Organize! Revising policy domestic and foreign Hear Frederick Douglass chastise No Demand Without a Struggle, Organize! And how to begin? Heed well his outcry: ""Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe."" Organize! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp160.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03