Comments on: “If Not Now, When?” http://www.eatbees.com/blog/2007/04/04/if-not-now-when/ "If not now, when?" Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:01:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: eatbees http://www.eatbees.com/blog/2007/04/04/if-not-now-when/comment-page-1/#comment-7656 eatbees Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:57:09 +0000 http://www.eatbees.com/blog/2007/04/04/if-not-now-when/#comment-7656 I agree with you that Doga is saying that people who understand the need for change must wake up the others. He told me in a later discussion (which I want to post here) that before taking action, people need to understand the roots of their problems—how things got as they are. He thinks that new organizations, free of ideology, should be formed to engage the people. He also thinks the state should give activists and intellectuals free use of the media (which will never happen). And he insists that constitutional reform needs to happen soon. I think the contradiction you mention can be resolved by asking, "ready for what"? Morocco will not solve its problems overnight, which is all the more reason to start now. Even the uneducated are ready to be treated with dignity as participants in the process. The political class must begin to trust ordinary Moroccans with the decision-making power, because they have forfeited the right. What Doga is arguing for is not a revolution, but a process of self-education which has already begun. I agree with you that Doga is saying that people who understand the need for change must wake up the others. He told me in a later discussion (which I want to post here) that before taking action, people need to understand the roots of their problems—how things got as they are. He thinks that new organizations, free of ideology, should be formed to engage the people. He also thinks the state should give activists and intellectuals free use of the media (which will never happen). And he insists that constitutional reform needs to happen soon.

I think the contradiction you mention can be resolved by asking, “ready for what”? Morocco will not solve its problems overnight, which is all the more reason to start now. Even the uneducated are ready to be treated with dignity as participants in the process. The political class must begin to trust ordinary Moroccans with the decision-making power, because they have forfeited the right. What Doga is arguing for is not a revolution, but a process of self-education which has already begun.

]]> By: Yahia http://www.eatbees.com/blog/2007/04/04/if-not-now-when/comment-page-1/#comment-7343 Yahia Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:38:33 +0000 http://www.eatbees.com/blog/2007/04/04/if-not-now-when/#comment-7343 "To start with, we need to find ways to stimulate people's consciousness in order to [...]" This sentence says that the people that are conscient of the need for change must engage the people who are still asleep. In other words, people aren't ready like it's been said. “To start with, we need to find ways to stimulate people’s consciousness in order to [...]”

This sentence says that the people that are conscient of the need for change must engage the people who are still asleep.
In other words, people aren’t ready like it’s been said.

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