sharon olds is my new hero
Posted on | September 25, 2005 | 1 Comment
So this is a week or so old, but it’s great: http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/sharonolds.asp
We went to the anti-war protest in San Francisco yesterday; you know, it always seems important to be counted. I have to say it was disappointing, lackluster even. It was the same old choir of Bay Area lefties trading flyers for mostly the same cause and Socialist Workers getting indignant that you don’t want their paper. It truly felt fruitless, unlike earlier demonstrations. Naturally, there was a Santa Cruz contingent, but where was, for example, the Vallejo group? I wanted to see some suburban moms, some of these formerly pro-war Americans who’ve finally decided the war is a bad idea, mingling and getting active alongside the ones who are always out there. And where are all the people of color? You know, when you don’t listen to or read mainstream news you tend to forget that not everyone is hearing the version of world events that you are, so when you go out in the streets, even in San Francisco, it doesn’t look quite like you imagined it would, and you lose a little hope.
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September 26th, 2005 @ 8:33 pm
Thanks for the link, Carla. I was thoroughly impressed with the letter Sharon Olds wrote. Wow.
Your disappointment about the protest is very understandable. I’m one of the guilty who never get my ass in gear and go to protests and I don’t really know why that is. I listen to the non-mainstream media outlets and I consider myself liberal/left-wing/progressive, however you want to define it.
I appreciate the food for thought and virtual kick in the ass.