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Mickey Z
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Monday, August 15, 2005
Chomsky gets cataclysmic, Helen Keller sees more than most people, and goodbye till Thursday
Last week, Professor Noam weighed in, re: Judgment Day:
“The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.”
Every generation seems to believe it is living in the endtimes. So, is Chomsky engaging in a little Armageddon-envy…
...or is it really time to kiss our sorry asses goodbye?
I say we start a day-of-reckoning office pool called “Apocalypse when?” and make the damn Rapture a little more interesting.
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The forgotten Helen Keller
Almost a century ago, another generation thought World War I was the “war to end all wars.” Helen Keller’s critique of the government propaganda campaign to stir up Americans to support U.S. intervention in that global conflict remains more germane than ever.
“Every modern war has had its root in exploitation” Keller said. “The Civil War was fought to decide whether the slaveholders of the South or the capitalists of the North should exploit the West. The Spanish-American War decided that the United States should exploit Cuba and the Philippines. The South African War decided that the British should exploit the diamond mines. The Russo-Japanese War decided that Japan should exploit Korea. The present war is to decide who shall exploit the Balkans, Turkey, Persia, Egypt, India, China, Africa. And we are whetting our sword to scare the victors into sharing the spoils with us. Now, the workers are not interested in the spoils; they will not get any of them anyway.”
To read my article about Keller, please click here:
http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/mickeyz08132005
(excerpted from “50 American Revolutions You’re Not Supposed to Know")
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I’m outta here…
Hold down the fort, my friends. I’ll be back on Thursday (or maybe even Wednesday night).
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