Monday, May 10, 2010
Sacred Trust
When I was in college forty years ago, I did medical research to help activists stop the Washington Public Power Supply nuclear plant boondoggle. Twenty years ago, I was involved in producing research to protect environmental activists from industry-sponsored vigilantes. Today, as official thievery thrives under the Obama Administration, earlier research on the threats of nuclear contamination and energy industry corruption come in handy, but they are only useful if communicated in a way that mobilizes effective organizing and community action.
As my generation gears up to save Social Security from Obama's thieves, we will have our hands full. Understanding that what Wall Street steals from seniors will be used to fight young people trying to save our planet, adds another dimension to our mutual responsibilities.
Ending violence against nature and humanity is a battle that is one and the same. The sacred trust invoked by this mission of peace should unite young and old.
As my generation gears up to save Social Security from Obama's thieves, we will have our hands full. Understanding that what Wall Street steals from seniors will be used to fight young people trying to save our planet, adds another dimension to our mutual responsibilities.
Ending violence against nature and humanity is a battle that is one and the same. The sacred trust invoked by this mission of peace should unite young and old.
