Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Our Job
Finding ourselves in the perplexing position of living in a tyranny without an organized opposition or social support system for activist scholars, I was contemplating what common theme might unite the various elements of genuine dissent in the US.
No More Secrets--No More Lies, I think, conveys the most popular sentiment of disgust with media, big business, and politicians representing both wings of the corporate state party. Perhaps it might be worth working on disseminating that theme before civic demoralization sinks any lower.
Ultimately, we will, I suspect, be able to link up anti-war people like Cindy Sheehan with anti-corruption whistleblowers like Sibel Edmonds, as well as with moral authorities beyond the ever-stalwart Quakers, in order to fix in the public mind the idea of a united opposition. Presently, the big vacuum is a readily-identifiable religious leader or group of clergy willing to make public appearances alongside our obscured public heroes.
Another facet of the missing visible leadership are individuals who can speak with credibility in representing the increasingly scapegoated Blacks, Latinos, and American Indians. People like Tex Hall and Hank Adams come to mind, but they aren't yet known outside Indian country.
Our job for now would seem to be to create the circumstances and atmosphere of defiant resistance to tyranny across the social spectrum that will allow authentic leadership to emerge in unity.
No More Secrets--No More Lies, I think, conveys the most popular sentiment of disgust with media, big business, and politicians representing both wings of the corporate state party. Perhaps it might be worth working on disseminating that theme before civic demoralization sinks any lower.
Ultimately, we will, I suspect, be able to link up anti-war people like Cindy Sheehan with anti-corruption whistleblowers like Sibel Edmonds, as well as with moral authorities beyond the ever-stalwart Quakers, in order to fix in the public mind the idea of a united opposition. Presently, the big vacuum is a readily-identifiable religious leader or group of clergy willing to make public appearances alongside our obscured public heroes.
Another facet of the missing visible leadership are individuals who can speak with credibility in representing the increasingly scapegoated Blacks, Latinos, and American Indians. People like Tex Hall and Hank Adams come to mind, but they aren't yet known outside Indian country.
Our job for now would seem to be to create the circumstances and atmosphere of defiant resistance to tyranny across the social spectrum that will allow authentic leadership to emerge in unity.
