Lenin

[Gordon Fitch]

Doug Henwood:
> ... 
> Speaking of thought, and its relation to action, it seems to me that 
> antiwar activists right now have to think seriously about what 
> message they're conveying. I keep hearing people mechanically 
> applying an anti-interventionist template to S11. But this isn't 
> simply an imperial adventure abroad, like Kosovo or Kuwait - we have 
> to think about just what the right response is to a direct attack on 
> us. A simple "No!" won't cut any ice.
> ...

I've been kind of surprised at the way 9/11 seemed to fit
into so many pre-existing agendas.  I'm speaking generally,
not just of the Left.  Not that anyone cares, but I have had
to go off and think about things, await events, see what the
new world looks like.  It's still not very clear.  I sometimes
feel as if someone invisible punched me out and broke all my
stuff.  I can't stand any of the media any more -- on a
recent visit I made my hostess turn off the television lest
I see the so-called news.  I have to admire people who can
still metabolize the poison usefully.

Meanwhile I'm still making anarchist oatmeal cookies
for FNB -- action, in a sense, not only preceding theory but
surviving it as well.