ewee (04/26) War Talk by Arundhati Roy

Later in October, I started needing some political fiber in my diet. Something to keep me on point, and even keeled. This slim tome was thoughtful and well-written. And despite the fact that it was written a few years ago, I was blown away by how relevant it remains, especially with this election, change, and all the continued work we have ahead of us.

I'll let her words speak for themselves:

"Fortunately, power has a shelf life. When the time comes, maybe this mighty empire will, likfe others before it, overreach itself and implode from within. ...For all the endless empty chatter about democracy, today, the world is run by three of the most secretive institutions in the world: the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, all three of which, in turn, are dominated by the United States. ...A world run by a handful of greedy bankers and CEOs who nobody elected can't possibly last.
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Corporate globalism--or shall we call it by its name?--Imperialism...
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What can we do?

We can hone our memory, we can learn from our history. We can continue to build public opinion until it becomes a deafening roar.

...We can re-invent civil disobedience in a million different ways. In other words, we can come up with a million ways of becoming a collective pain in the ass.

...Our strategy should be not only to confront Empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubborness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness--and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe.

The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling--their ideas, theif version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.

Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them."

- From "War Talk" by Arundhati-kickass-Roy.