Don't be fooled by the stage managing of this intervention. Just
because Robert Gates or General Ham (now is that a name or what?) point
to the presence of bombers from Norway, Denmark and even (yes, even)
from Qatar, the fact is this is Washington's show. From the halls of
Pentagon City to the shores of Tripoli, the power behind the Tomahawks
and bombers is all American. And so is the hypocrisy. http://counterpunch.org/jacobs03252011.html
Like most other social justice activists I know, I
have been following (and taking part in) the Occupy Wall Street
movement. The encampment in Burlington, VT was in City Hall Park in
Burlington’s downtown district for over two weeks. After a tragic
suicide in the encampment, the Progressive/Democrat majority city
government shut the camp down by claiming it was unsafe. In Olympia,
WA., where my fellow dialogist Peter Bohmer resides, the campers are
occupying land near the state capital and have to this point managed to
work things out with the authorities to avoid conflict. Like Occupy
camps everywhere, the status of these camps could change at any time.
Indeed, since we began this endeavor, several have been shut down by
police and other authorities, usually using the excuse that the camps
were unsafe. Yet, the continued existence of the movement is certainly
changing the nature of certain elements of the political discussion in
the United States. This is why Peter and I decided to engage in the
dialogue below. Our conversation began on November 5th and ended at
around 2 in the morning PST on November 17th.
Peter and I go back over twenty years. The conversation that follows
is but one of many we have had since we met. We share it as a
springboard for thought and discussion. At the same time, we do not
claim any special knowledge and pretend to no higher wisdom. We hope
that the dialogue is received in the spirit of revolutionary camaraderie
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