Dispelling the Myths

Upstate New York

We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About

When the Declaration of Independence was read, with all its flaming radical language, from the town hall balcony in Boston, it was read by Thomas Crafts, a member of the Loyal Nine group, conservatives who had opposed militant action against the British. Four days after the reading, the Boston Committee of Correspondence ordered the townsmen to show up on the common for a military draft. The rich, it turned out, could avoid paying for the draft by paying for substitutes; the poor had to serve. This led to rioting and shouting: "Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may."

From A Peoples History of the United States

The First Duty Of A Revolutionist Is To Not Get Caught

And so you ask, "What about the innocent bystanders?" But we are in a time of revolution. If you are a bystander, you are not innocent.

The Revolution As Myth Is The Definitive Revolution

The Street has always been an intriguing symbol in middle-class American life. It was the place to avoid. There is "violence in the streets," "bad people in the streets," and "danger in the streets." It was always "let's keep the kids off the streets" as America rushed from inside to inside. It is in the streets that we will make our struggle. The street belong to the people.

The Ground You Are Standing On Is A Liberated Zone; Defend It.

Once in Japan there existed a group of warriors called the "No-Swordsmen." A Samurai and a No-Swordsman were riding on a raft with some people when the Samurai challenged the No-Swordsman to a duel. The No-Swordsman replied, "Let's jump out when we get to the next island rather than fight on the raft and possibly hurt the others." When the raft drifted by an island, the Samurai jumped out. The No-Swordsman didn't and the raft moved on. I wonder who won the duel?

They Used To Chase Guys Like Him With Around With Butterfly Nets; Now They Use Television Cameras

Do you know people were calling up the TV station in Detroit during the riots, asking if their neighborhood was being attacked? That's where most of America is. Afraid to even look out the window, so alienated they don't even know where their neighborhood is anymore.

The Only Way To Support A Revolution Is To Make It Your Own

The headline of the Daily News today reads BRUNETTE STABBED TO DEATH. Underneath in lower case letters: "6,000 Killed in Iranian Earthquake"......I wonder what color hair they had?