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Mickey Z
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Saturday, October 30, 2004
A "Left Hook" to the Gut: The Mickey Z. Interview
I was recently interviewed by M. Junaid Alam for Left Hook...and here’s a sample:
MZ: The public, it seems, wants to write a check to some charity, buy a “Free Tibet” t-shirt, or run in a 5K race to raise money for some useless research...and feel really good about how much they care. It’s no fun to discover what’s really going on and I’d imagine most Americans will avoid it at any cost. However, I also believe that putting it in their face and making it difficult to avoid awareness of the death and destruction they are funding and supporting with their tax dollars and voting choices is something we all must do...because once the truth is known, I think the public will want to change things. They will do everything in their power to avoid the truth but, when confronted with reality, many of them will demand change. That’s why my work is all about empowerment: putting knowledge into the hands of the restless many; seeing past the illusions by shattering myths and rocking foundations in the areas of politics, health, economics, culture, activism, and the media; looking for ways to cultivate solidarity beyond race and gender lines, across national borders, and through class barriers; and doing my part to encourage the subversive pleasure of thinking for yourself. As Proust said, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
To read the complete interview, please click here:
http://www.lefthook.org/Reviews/AlamZ102904.html
To read a review of “The Seven Deadly Spins,” at the same site, please click here:
http://www.lefthook.org/Reviews/Alam102904.html
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