eye.blog.AWAY!

i think i needed this. i think parrish writes well on how it's necessary to channel your anger and your outrage into something productive and lasting. i do believe in "no business as usual," but i believe for people who have always been working for social justice--as a teacher, as a community worker, etc.--their "business" needs to go on. but... not as usual, of course. by that, i think it's necessary that now, more than ever (mao... more than ever--this was one of the most hilarious t-shirts i had ever seen... well. it's second to, "free the bound periodicals!") the connections need to be made between this racist war and the other inequalities existent in this society. (yes! this war is racist. would the corporate US war machines be as bold to attack france or england if they had the second largest reserves of oil in the world? by playing on the already-existent anti-muslim hate in this country and this country's stellar track record in hostility against all-things brown, it is "easier" to wave your flags for the "liberation" of some far-away brown brother in... in... "somewhere ober der in da middle east.") i believe that what makes the world go 'round for those in power is money; racism and the imperialism to which its married, just makes it much easier. in other words, it's not financially sound for those already with the wealth and power to create that "level playing ground," so shit. "let's bomb 'em." and let's bomb 'em with the brown and black brothers and sisters that we so artfully kept out of higher education and job opportunities on the front lines. if they don't want to fight, there's plenty of work in the prison system. now, that's action. and that's an affirmative.

so back to the plan.

how do i connect teaching with this war and my opposition to it? this guy, napoleon (and i don't mean the short, french guy) once said: "there's a lot of work to be done. but then again, there always was." to be continued...