Santi Suthinithet

I signed this statement to express solidarity with those throughout the world who fearlessly resist fascism and intimidation.

We here in the US mourn the loss of one of our own sons in the July 7 bombing of London. Michael Matsushita from the Bronx, NY had just recently moved
to London to be with his fiancee, when he and fellow subway commuters were senselessly murdered that morning.

There is no justification for these types of crimes. Terrorists that set bombs in subways and trashcans are horribly misguided fools and extremists, not
heroic soldiers of Islam.

Nor of course, do these criminals represent the many valiant Muslim people who oppose their terrorist actions. If we are truly fighters for democracy and
justice than we must see these individuals for what they truly are, suppressors of freedom and imposers of a medieval authoritarianism.

Let us recognize that murderers and oppressors come from all corners of the globe. But likewise, so do the heroes that rise up to oppose them.

Santi Suthinithet
Writer, USA