Denver is Light Years Away From San Diego
The Democratic National Convention is being held later this month in Denver and I'm stuck on the sidelines while the activist community is gearing up to protest the farce. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a member of the Green Party.
The Democrats masquerade as the party of the people and the people are going to be on hand in Denver to let the Democrats know what we mean by "for the people." From free food to childcare, this time around the focus is on creating an alternative future as well as disrupting the old power structures.
From Recreate 68 and Disrupt Denver to the clandestine insurgent rebel clown army the people's voice is gearing up to be seen and heard. And I'm stuck in San Diego with a new job in corporate America and a wheelchair bound mother who was born to a life a privilege and squandered her life.
My daily mind is filled with questions like how can I say I want to create a positive future for all if I throw away a human being? How can I create a positive future, when the past has me shackled? I know that most traditional cultures hold their elders in high esteem, but how does that play out when modern medicine interferes and the percentage of the population who can't go to the bathroom by themselves grows? How much can you give to the elders without taking away from the children? What about elders who have no wisdom to pass down either because they don't think or because they're too disabled too think?
It's not PC to question the sanctity of human life, but western medicine has blurred the line between life and death and now we have armies of half dead walking around and western medicine says "see you later" leaving families to stagger under the weight of the walking (or wheelchair rolling) dead. Our ability to keep parts of the human body funcationing has gone beyond our understanding of life. Now if all those doctors had to grapple daily with lifting dead weight from the bed to the wheelchair or getting woken up in the middle of the night for nine years to change a diaper, maybe there would be some level of understanding. But as long as the consequences of western medicine are divested from their so called "healing" actions, the science of keeping a heart beating will have nothing to do with living.
So I send some money to Recreate 68 in Denver to help with legal fees or food or whatever people on the ground need to spend money on when challenging the power structure of the United States. I read Indy Media and send my energy to my brothers and sisters who can be there to create the future I want for all of us.
Sitting here behind my computer, my heart breaks over the irony of life. I, who see the farce in creating a life in computers, am stuck behind one watching from afar. If you're able to make Denver, go, participate, feel the power that comes from changing the world when holding hands with new friends and old comrades. You won't regret it. I'll be doing laundry, changing diapers, washing dishes in San Diego and shedding a few tears about being stuck in isolation while you are creating the world we want.
Let's take back our future. Peace!
The Democrats masquerade as the party of the people and the people are going to be on hand in Denver to let the Democrats know what we mean by "for the people." From free food to childcare, this time around the focus is on creating an alternative future as well as disrupting the old power structures.
From Recreate 68 and Disrupt Denver to the clandestine insurgent rebel clown army the people's voice is gearing up to be seen and heard. And I'm stuck in San Diego with a new job in corporate America and a wheelchair bound mother who was born to a life a privilege and squandered her life.
My daily mind is filled with questions like how can I say I want to create a positive future for all if I throw away a human being? How can I create a positive future, when the past has me shackled? I know that most traditional cultures hold their elders in high esteem, but how does that play out when modern medicine interferes and the percentage of the population who can't go to the bathroom by themselves grows? How much can you give to the elders without taking away from the children? What about elders who have no wisdom to pass down either because they don't think or because they're too disabled too think?
It's not PC to question the sanctity of human life, but western medicine has blurred the line between life and death and now we have armies of half dead walking around and western medicine says "see you later" leaving families to stagger under the weight of the walking (or wheelchair rolling) dead. Our ability to keep parts of the human body funcationing has gone beyond our understanding of life. Now if all those doctors had to grapple daily with lifting dead weight from the bed to the wheelchair or getting woken up in the middle of the night for nine years to change a diaper, maybe there would be some level of understanding. But as long as the consequences of western medicine are divested from their so called "healing" actions, the science of keeping a heart beating will have nothing to do with living.
So I send some money to Recreate 68 in Denver to help with legal fees or food or whatever people on the ground need to spend money on when challenging the power structure of the United States. I read Indy Media and send my energy to my brothers and sisters who can be there to create the future I want for all of us.
Sitting here behind my computer, my heart breaks over the irony of life. I, who see the farce in creating a life in computers, am stuck behind one watching from afar. If you're able to make Denver, go, participate, feel the power that comes from changing the world when holding hands with new friends and old comrades. You won't regret it. I'll be doing laundry, changing diapers, washing dishes in San Diego and shedding a few tears about being stuck in isolation while you are creating the world we want.
Let's take back our future. Peace!
Labels: Activism, Caregiving
posted by Karin Zirk at
6:22 AM
1 Comments:
you are NOT alone... and I am SO proud of you, doing ALL you can, living your beliefs, channeling the energy, getting the word out, writing letters, etc. All that is important too-- that you can use the power or words and your connection to the world to speak for those "out in the field"
you are my hero.
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