In
the United States, we stare down cruelty by a Congress that has lost
its way, its policies shaped by ignorance, thuggery, threats, and
extortion. As a hearty survivalist, Occupy Wall Street has begun chopping at the roots of the real problem -- an economy stolen by what Marx and Lenin called "financial organizations." Still less than a year old, OWS has broadened its strategy and gained broader appeal, a response to the crimes committed against the 99%.
Still, many of us are mystified by the actions of a President who seems mesmerized by
corporate power and stonewalled by a Congress whose principle objective is to 'block Obama.'
We
are served by a media that nurtures stories (real and fictional)
designed by the hegemony of culture, stories that encourage us to think short-term, grow impatient, and throw
up our hands to mutter "What's the use?"
Surrounded
by a society addicted to over-extended technology and shrinking global
resources, in a nation that no longer has an industrial economy and
cannot even afford to fill its downgraded role as Cops of the World. In
short...
We are sitting in a darkened theater, still transfixed by the denouement of the Marx and Lenin Show -- Empire's Last Gasp.
Lights
down. Applause. Lights up, curtain call, final curtain. The stunned
audience files out, sad, cowed, and obedient, leaving a darkened theater
-- silent, empty, and smelling faintly of cologne, perfume, sweat,
cruelty, and tired breath.
That's where The Empire's at these days. And that's where the next show begins...
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Harvard Square Editions recently published Charles Degelman's award-winning novel, Gates of Eden, set in the anti-war movement of the 1960s.
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