for best response to this post
put on curtis mayfields: back to living again
while you read it
got it on, okay, lets do it:
when the magnitude of our defeat
became apparent, i went into an immediate survival mode
we will survive this, i began telling myself, weve done it before
then one of my colleagues at the job said, yeah we will survive
but what about all those who wont
that rocked me - i hope i am never so degraded
that my only concern is saving myself
after a loss of this magnitude,demoralized progressives will be tempted to
go
bush lite - in hopes of making themselves electable again
but rickydoc flowers vote for hanging
tough, for standing on principle
and intensifying our efforts to
mobilize a greater america
we cant compromise with bushs radical rightwing agenda
we cant pander to the reactionary politics
that have been essential for winning elections in america lately
this is only going to get worse
before you know it we will be at war with the world
living in a theocratic police state
and defenseless victims of corporate greed
and dont tell me it cant happen here
im watching it happen
we have got to take our country back and we got to do it
like they did it
with bottom up organizing designed to permeate its way up the ladder
im talking full service politics here – im howling organize organize organize
we must rededicate ourselves to struggle 24/7 and not just
when the next crises bubbles up - then its too late and all we can do is
protest – and im real tired of protesting
no, we got to throw down - whatever it is you do
got to do it stronger, harder and smarter
and we must continue to ask the american people
to live up to their greater dreams - their greater destiny
the stakes are higher than ever
win or lose we got to keep fighting for whats right
the american people might not know it
but they depending on us like never before
i man have blind faith that humanity will always defeat
the bushs and bin ladens of this world
one thing about having been in the struggle as long as i have
is that you take these losses in stride
you win some you lose some - you keep on playing
its the longgame that counts
play on player
for 2 generations now the rightwing been bringing the fire
now its our turn - now we got to do or die
i am a shameless child of the 60s and i miss the movement
i have long pondered, finger to the wind, how to revitalize the struggle
in a manifestation suited to the 21st century
a brand new lick aint been seen before
and now i feel the winds of change coming
i feel struggle in the air
when the angolans won their colonial war
and everybody was congratulating them
they said cautiously - struggle never ends
it just changes
they said
a luta continua: the struggle
continues
and so it does – win or lose – the struggle continues
i have looked many generations into the future
and this is what i see – i see struggle – i see generations of struggle
and in that struggle i see a great and wondrous people
with a great and wondrous destiny
hang in there yall and dont you get weary
aint nobody gon turn us around
I for one was absolutely horrified... I am praying for my people in the States... praying for the poor suffering people in Iraq. All I keep thinking is, with no one to impress, not the religious right, the 'moral majority', will Dubya's gloves come off, will he now just do exactly as he pleases? :sigh: Baba, I am worried...
Posted by: sungoddess | November 06, 2004 at 04:36 PM
im feeling you
my sungoddess of struggle
im feeling you
arf
Posted by: rickydoc | November 07, 2004 at 05:51 AM