[A-List] Sanitizing War: What would "Memorial Day" BeWithout The Memories?

[Paul Wright]

I'm not joking, I'm stating the obvious.

Is it easy? Of course not. The ruling class never gives up power willingly,
that's why they are the ruling class.

But that said it isn't as if we don't have examples to follow. The bottom
line is that the people in imperialist countries generally benefit from the
status quo. The most oppressed segment of the US population, literally and
figuratively, are prisoners yet their existence is objectively better than
that of say the average Bengali peasant. This is reflected by their almost
uniform wholehearted support for the very system that imprisons and abuses
them.

People don't rise up until they have no other alternative. American
individualism also plays a part in it but I think materialism is the primary
reason. Bottomline: imperialism works pretty well for most Americans and
they know it.

Paul Wright, Editor
Prison Legal News
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Effective March 5, 2010 our Seattle office is closed. All mail and calls
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-----Original Message-----
From: a-list-bounces at lists.econ.utah.edu
[mailto:a-list-bounces at lists.econ.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Nadja Tesich
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 09:06
To: a-list at lists.econ.utah.edu
Subject: Re: [A-List] Sanitizing War: What would "Memorial Day" BeWithout
The Memories?


Paul,
 Yes sure it sounds great but let's be realistic-before you have people's
army-you have to have the people.It's a big country,isolated from the world
on ideas.It's not like Russia before October.
It would have to happen state by state with a central nucleus
that would stay in touch with everyone,could never be found or
infiltrated.What about media?
 the best state to start with is Vermont for differnt reasons.
 I took you seriously and you were probably just Joking.
Nadja
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> From: pwright at prisonlegalnews.org
> To: a-list at lists.econ.utah.edu
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 22:24:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: [A-List] Sanitizing War: What would "Memorial Day" Be Without
The Memories?
>
> Form a people's army and seize power. Everyone knows that.
>
> Paul Wright, Editor
> Prison Legal News
> P.O. Box 2420
> West Brattleboro, VT 05303
> Phone: 802 579-1309
> Fax: 866 735-7136
> pwright at prisonlegalnews.org
> www.prisonlegalnews.org
>
> Effective March 5, 2010 our Seattle office is closed. All mail and calls
> should go to the above address.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: a-list-bounces at lists.econ.utah.edu
> [mailto:a-list-bounces at lists.econ.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Nadja Tesich
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 22:14
> To: a-list at lists.econ.utah.edu
> Subject: Re: [A-List] Sanitizing War: What would "Memorial Day" Be Without
> The Memories?
>
>
> Razer and everyone,
> I must be boring by now.I know all the horrors and disasters and I keep
> repeating the same fucking question --yes, we know it but WHAT DO WE DO
AND
> HOW?
> Nadja
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>> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:33:45 -0700
>> From: auntieimperial at gmail.com
>> To: a-list at lists.econ.utah.edu; rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu
>> Subject: [A-List] Sanitizing War: What would "Memorial Day" Be Without
The
> Memories?
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>> This seems like a good juncture in history, as we head into Memorial
>> Day 2010... because it's not JUST Memorial Day this weekend, it's also
>> Trillion Dollar Day... That's what the AfPakIraq war has cost us (The
>> direct cost of occupying Iraq and Afghanistan)... so far, with no real
>> end in sight, just troops moved from theatre (Iraq) to theatre
>> (Afghanistan) to theatre (See here for a list of them)
>>
>> I think we should all ruminate on what we're getting for that money.
>>
>> Corrupt colonial governments?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> Peace?
>>
>> No.
>>
>> Security?
>>
>> NOT!
>>
>> Dead soldiers?
>>
>> Absofuckinglutely!
>>
>> But the Pentagon, and the other interested parties who want you to
>> just simply play along with their murderous imperial wars like "Good
>> Americans-cum-Germans" don't want you to think about... *REALLY* think
>> about, those Absofuckinglutely dead soldiers.
>>
>> In full, with soundtrack AND video:
>>
>
http://razedbywolves.blogspot.com/2010/05/crosspost-sanitizing-war-what-woul
> d.html
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