Thursday, April 16, 2009

Countdown to Earth - 9 Days

“Pat Tillman personified all the best values of his country and the NFL,” said commissioner Paul Tagliabue. ... What values is NFL commissioner Tagliabue referring to ... the values canonized in our history texts (but ignored in reality) or the values of militarism and greed this nation has lived by for over 200 years?

Which America was Tillman standing up for ... the bosses at Halliburton or the homeless guy I see every day on the subway steps? The country personified by war criminals like Bush and Kerry? The country defined by corporate pirates? Indeed, soldiers like Tillman aren’t serving the 2 million behind bars or the 2 million locked in nursing homes against their will. The actions they chose over words don’t make our air or water cleaner or stop the suburban sprawl. If anything, they have the exactly opposite effect.

-Mickey Z., The American Way of Life: Inspired by Pat Tillman?

Join Derrick Jensen and Mickey Z. on Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m. for “Earth: A Wake-up Call for Obama Nation,” as they break through the conventional wisdom that suffocates public discourse in Washington. Along with dissecting the first 100 days of the Obama administration, they’ll offer ideas on how to avoid ecocide and resist corporate-controlled culture. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to see Derrick and Mickey together in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, only one Metro stop from Washington.

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