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(May 01, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)

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A member of the ruling National Freedom Front party, with his head covered with red cloth, takes part in a May Day march in Colombo May 1, 2011. Sri Lanka's ruling party held their May Day rally to garner a mass protest against a U.N.-appointed panel's report that accused the island nation of committing war crimes in the final phase of a 25-year conflict with the Tamil Tigers that ended in May 2009.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves as he arrives at May Day rally in Colombo May 1, 2011. Sri Lanka's government held the May Day rally to garner mass protest against UN-appointed panel's report that accused the island nation of committing war crimes in the final phase of a 25-year conflict with the Tamil Tigers ended in May 2009.

A member of the National Freedom Front party with his face covered with black cloth stands next to U.S. President Barack Obama's image during a May Day march in Colombo May 1, 2011. Sri Lanka's Government held the May Day rally to garner mass protest against UN-appointed panel's report that accused the island nation of committing war crimes in the final phase of a 25-year conflict with the Tamil Tigers ended in May 2009.

Supporters of the Sri Lanka's ruling party United People's Freedom Alliance, wear masks of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left an UN expert Marzuki Darusman during a May Day rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Thousands of flag-waving Sri Lankans used a May Day rally Sunday to protest a U.N. report on alleged crimes committed during the country's civil war.The placard left,in Sinhalese reads, " Ban Ki-moon and his three member panel to people's court."

A member of the National Freedom Front party holds up a sign of Ban Ki-Moon as he marches during a May Day march in Colombo May 1, 2011. Sri Lanka's government held the May Day rally to garner mass protest against UN-appointed panel's report that accused the island nation of committing war crimes in the final phase of a 25-year conflict with the Tamil Tigers ended in May 2009.

Supporters of the Sri Lanka's ruling party United People's Freedom Alliance burn an effigy of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a May Day rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Thousands of flag-waving Sri Lankans used a May Day rally Sunday to protest a U.N. report on alleged crimes committed during the country's civil war.The government earlier urged workers to use the rally to demonstrate opposition to the recently released report by a panel of U.N. experts.

Sri Lankan dancers perform in the backdrop of a huge portrait of president Mahinda Rajapaksa during a May Day rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Thousands of flag-waving Sri Lankans used a May Day rally Sunday to protest a U.N. report on alleged crimes committed during the country's civil war.The government earlier urged workers to use the rally to demonstrate opposition to the recently released report by a panel of U.N. experts.

A child holds up a portrait of Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse during a May Day rally in Colombo on May 1, 2011. The Sri Lankan government used a large May Day rally on Sunday to reject a United Nations report that alleged the military may have been guilty of atrocities during the island's civil war.

Supporters of the Sri Lanka's ruling party United People's Freedom Alliance carry portraits of presidents of Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Cuba, Libya, Russia and China during a May Day rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 1,2011. Thousands of flag-waving Sri Lankans used a May Day rally Sunday to protest a U.N. report on alleged crimes committed during the country's civil war.

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Jesus the Litigator

Advocate of the Poor

Jesus of Nazareth, or Jesus Christ, continues to intrigue all sectors of society, all peoples, all races, both rich, not so rich and, most particularly, the underclass and poor. In an age that emphasizes money, materialism, outright greed, and admiration for the rich and powerful, he offers an alternative.

by Andrew J. Schatkin

(May 1, New York, Sri Lanka Guardian) I've been a New York-area lawyer for more than 30 years, but I also received a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1973. My theological studies intensified my desire to help make the world a more just and equal place. The practice of law gave me the means to do so. Today, I see a strangely distorted and mean-spirited view of Christianity dominating the media.

Jesus of Nazareth, or Jesus Christ, continues to intrigue all sectors of society, all peoples, all races, both rich, not so rich and, most particularly, the underclass and poor. In an age that emphasizes money, materialism, outright greed, and admiration for the rich and powerful, he offers an alternative.

Yet Jesus is an enigmatic and troubling figure. For many people in the world, he is seen as a kind of general love figure, the ultimate nice guy. After all, that's what the world wants to see in other people - niceness, tolerance, humanity, and kindness. Far from being solely concerned with being loving and nice to people, however, he is the ultimate litigator. One might see Jesus as an advocate of the underclass. Perhaps one could see Jesus as a socialist or communist, since in the Gospels he seems to make a point of associating with and advocating for the poor and working class.

Jesus is the beginning point of advocating a new world system without class, economic, race, or sex divisions. Jesus is the ultimate litigator. But his litigation is for the poverty stricken and the underclass. Jesus was himself a working man, a carpenter, and he spent his entire life with working people or even less. He himself walked about with a group of working men, one a tax collector, and some fishermen, working miracles and making observations to the working class, for the most part. Jesus is criticized as consorting with undesirable people, or better put, tax collectors and sinners. Perhaps today, Jesus might be seen as a labor organizer, or a community organizer, opposing the forces of government and wealth.

Jesus did not respect or admire wealth or power. Quite to the contrary, he says the poor or humble - poor in spirit - are blessed, and that in future years, they will be the ruling class, replacing the present oligarchs and plutocrats. Jesus approached Jerusalem as a king, but rode on a donkey, with a somewhat disheveled appearance before the crowds. He was tried and executed as a criminal, and died beside criminals. He forgave a criminal beside him on the cross, and told him on that day he would be with him in paradise. When a woman was caught in adultery, and stood condemned, he forgave her, and told her to sin no more. He tells us not to merely love people that are attractive, friendly and nice to us, but even to love our enemies.

Jesus stands before all the world as the advocate and litigator for the poverty stricken of society and its fringe members. He tells the world that its values and attachment to the rich, famous and successful are wrong. Jesus advocates and litigates for what the world sees as the bottom of society and tells the world that he will raise them up from their poverty to the greatness that he says they deserve. Jesus litigates for a world without division, without dominance, without distinctions of class, wealth, or economic status. Jesus is the ultimate advocate for those whom the world concedes no value and no importance, for those the country clubs and mansions of the world exclude. He is the litigator for the 98% who are presently powerless before the forces of the world.

Andrew J. Schatkin has been a New York-area attorney for more than 30 years. His articles on the law and society have been published frequently in journals such as the Nassau Lawyer and New York Criminal Law News. He is the author of "Select Legal Topics: Criminal, Federal, Evidentiary, Procedural, and Labor" (University Press of America ISBN 0-7618-4644-1) and "Essays on the Christian Worldview and Others Political, Literary, and Philosophical" (ISBN 978-0-7618-5343-5).

JVP May Day ( Photos)

Supporters of Sri Lanka's Marxist JVP party wave communist flags during the annual May Day parade in Colombo on May 01, 2011. Inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index rose to 9.8 percent as at end April, the highest since January 2009, as the prices of food, fuel, transport and energy rose.

Supporters of Sri Lanka's Marxist JVP party ride on their motorcycle as they wave communist flags during the annual May Day parade in Colombo on May 01, 2011. Inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index rose to 9.8 percent as at end April, the highest since January 2009, as the prices of food, fuel, transport and energy rose. -

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