Man From The North

Man From The North: The Dawn Of Tomorrow Is Today

March 30, 2014 Rivera Sun, www.dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Strategize! Man From The North

Look beyond this night of darkness to the dawn of tomorrow. There is a world beyond the apocalypse, a world beyond war, a world of music and dance; a world where the children are laughing and time stretches slowly; where the Earth lives in the hearts, minds, and souls of our people. There is a world where the gaping wounds of today close into scars, and then those scars heal over and vanish. The crying of the Earth returns to a love song. Lamentations give way to rejoicing. The wealth of the people breaks through the dam of the elite. Fallow fields burst with life. The deserts bloom, fertile. The concrete cracks into green. The roar of destruction falls silent. The churning smokestacks of today topple like dictators’ statues. Pipelines are dismantled and destroyed. The financing of war is diverted into peace. Schools are rebuilt, bridges repaired, and health is restored to us all.

Man From The North: The Sabotage Of Division

March 2, 2014 Rivera Sun, www.dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Strategize! Man From The North

Enough! Enough of this senseless criticizing of one another. A Dandelion Insurrectionist who is imprisoned and beaten by the police is no more revolutionary than the mother who gets up in the morning and feeds her child. We all have tasks that are imperatives of our times and we must do them with humility. Those of us trying to make change through civil resistance are no nobler than the plumber trying to clear the shit out of the pipes. So, enough of this criticizing one another about who is or is not a revolutionary, a radical, a cop-out, or who isn’t sacrificing enough to the cause, or who is playing it safe, or who lacks courage, or who is too middle of the road, or too extreme, or too cautious, or too colonized, or too oppressed, or who isn’t enough like you to be worthy of your respect. We will criticize ourselves to death.

Man From The North: Police State Blues

February 23, 2014 Rivera Sun, www.dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Educate! Man From The North

Another citizen was shot dead by the cops. He reached inside his coat. The officer pulled the trigger. But it was his ID – not a gun – that the man’s fingers sought. The Chief of Police says it was unfortunate, but it happens. His officers are trained to look for dangers, to stop threats in their tracks, and what if the man had been a terrorist headed toward a school? The kids on the street nervously pat their hidden guns and swap stories of other people shot dead by killer cops – a brother, a best friend, a cousin, somebody’s sister. Then they recite the litany of beatings they’ve received. The gun rights faction, outraged at the police, yet contemptuous of the man’s lack of self-defense, is stating that they would have shot that officer first – the Second Amendment was intended to protect citizens from the tyranny of the State!

Man From The North: Dandelions In Disguise

February 16, 2014 Rivera Sun, www.dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Educate! Man From The North

Something is happening in the halls of power. Paperwork is not being completed by the deadline. Forms are not being filed correctly. Permit applications are vanishing. It could be incompetence or . . . . . . it could be the Dandelion Insurrection. I suspect that a subtle resistance is being waged under the cover of ordinary incompetence. There are a thousand ways for civil servants and corporate employees to defy the corporate-political machine. Crucial meetings can be left off the schedule. The CEO’s airline tickets can be misplaced. The environmental review for pipelines can be bogged down for months. A single accountant alone could rewrite the course of human history by crunching the oil well numbers unflatteringly.

Man From The North: What Are We Waiting For?

February 9, 2014 Rivera Sun, www.dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Organize! Man From The North

Do we seek some further proof that our cause is just? Do we need one more slap in the face? Or another blatant abuse of privilege by the wealthy? Or the next devastating environmental disaster? No. What we await is the readiness of the people. We look around and at ourselves and see that the populace is unprepared. We are sleepy, sick, reactionary, violent, uneducated, unaware, apathetic, and frightened. This is not encouraging material for waging struggle. So, frustrated and uncertain, we wait. But, by the time an affront insulting enough slaps the populace awake, it will be too late. Our opponents will be readied and amassed on our doorsteps while we struggle to pull on our pants and stumble out of bed. By the time the next disaster strikes, it will be too late to take the wreck of our populace and rally them to sensible action.

Man From The North: Three R’s Not Taught In School

January 26, 2014 Rivera Sun, www.dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Educate! Man From The North, Revolution

Resistance, rabble-rousing, rebellion: a maturing empire such as ours has no room for these. Unquestioning obedience is required. Every standardized test, multiple choice question, regimented schedule, gold star, or failing grade trains us to obey authority. The curriculum that is laid out in yearly tests leaves no time for free thought, only a frantic rush to memorize and regurgitate the correct answer. It is boot camp for our brains. From our leaders’ viewpoint, American society no longer requires pioneers, artists, and innovators. The wealthy elite births just enough entrepreneurs to generate fresh, controllable income. Inventors are cheaper in China, where such questioning minds pose problems to other corrupt governments, not ours.

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