Neon Genesis of the Global Left

Dennis Robert Redmond dredmond at efn.org
Wed Nov 28 14:35:05 PST 2001


On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Kevin Robert Dean wrote:


> The Poster Police
> http://www.indyweek.com/durham/current/triangles.html
> A Durham student activist gets a visit from the Secret
> Service
> B Y J O N E L L I S T O N
>
> "Ma'am, we've gotten a report that you have
> anti-American material," the male agent said,
> according to Brown. Could they come in to have a look
> around?
>
> The wall features Brown's favorite art and mementos: a
> high-school photo project showing the perils of
> smoking cigarettes; a Pink Floyd poster ("It has that
> phrase, 'Mother should I trust the government,' so I
> had to get it"); posters for two Japanese cartoon
> shows; several pictures she took at protests and
> rallies; and a headband with "Democracy" on it. And,
> of course, the Bush-as-hangman poster.

As a radical litcritter, I just *live* for moments like this. Note the reporter didn't quite have the, um, like, mojo to actually quote the anime series in question, whatever they were. Precisely where the Resistance is most visible, it's invisible -- a huge strategic advantage for us.

-- Dennis



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