INTRODUCTION: What’s an article? This is an *article*. But it’s quite an advanced piece of work, something everyone from A(lbert)) to Z(inn) would do well to take in, for it represents something deeper than what’s been reported ad infinitum. More relevant than what dominates Alternativille. What does it say about you that you still cling to the Repetition of the Grand *Teat*ons? *Teat* as in obsolete udder for suckers. Just received the email below, which was a follow-up to a previous inquiry. I’m posting it with my comments adjacent to the reader’s words…in **BOLDFACED (SHOUTING) CAPS**. Forgive the format, please. I’ve changed the reader’s name, and my responses are affected by the fact that I’m addressing more than one reader here. In the imaginary solidarity of my wildest dreams, Oxblood

Hi. Thanks for the reply. Let’s see. My original message was in response to -Not Stopping Global Warming: Earth to America!- and I suppose was prompted by a number of potent synchronicities involving the idea of some sort of impending really big change, be it the apocalypse, the collapse of civilization, economic collapse, a global evolution, ecological catastophe, or the fall of the US empire. **VERY GLAD YOU’VE WRITTEN. YOU’RE VERY INSIGHTFUL PLUS- TO SAY THE LEAST. HOWEVER, I WOULDN’T USE THE WORD -IMPENDING.- TO PARAPHRASE SARTRE, -HELL IS NOW–IF YOU CATCH THE TOXIC DRIFT.**

Re-reading the counterpunch article made me realize that, of course, I have
no idea what you have been organizing outside of what you post on oxtogrind,
but the undertone I have gleaned from your recent writings was that you had
all but given up on the approaches you had previously been pushing in
regards to effecting change. **I HAVE INDEED –FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES–
GIVEN UP ON PREVIOUSLY DELINEATED (PERSONAL) PARADIGMS FOR PROTEST (WHICH
DOESN’T MEAN THAT MY LENO/LETTERMAN PROPOSAL *COULDN’T* “WORK”); I DABBLE
PERIPHERALLY AS OPPORTUNITIES SEEM TO REAR THEIR HEADS. I DO WISH THAT I’D
COME ACROSS PEOPLE I COULD BOND WITH INTIMATELY ON CONCERNS OF MUTUAL INTEREST
SO THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING TO HIDE, TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE ON…BUT, ALAS, BLASTS
OF COLD, INDIFFERENT AIR AND/OR IGNORANCE IS ALL THAT SEEMS TO BLOW MY WAY. THAT
AND THE MOST RANCID RESIGNATION. YOUR MISSIVE IS QUITE THE EXCEPTION. THANKS FOR
RE-READING “INVITATION TO THE BODILY SNATCHED“**. And I was curious as to whether or not you have perceived some notable change in the political climate (in
between writing “The Last Window” and “Earth to America”) or if your conception of
“new paradigms” had changed. **BETWEEN THOSE TWO ARTICLES ON OXTOGRIND…NOT MUCH DIFF.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A SENSE IN WHICH –NOTICEABLE OR NOT– WE ALL SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING
RADICAL *INCREASES* IN THE NEGATIVE MOMENTUM WHICH ENVELOPES US. IT’S AS IF SOMETHING HAS
DIED –A FUNDAMENTAL GROUND PLUS– WHICH IS NOW ROTTING…AND EVERY LIVING BEING IS FORCED
TO TEARS PLUS FROM THE EMANATING STENCH**.

Although it certainly resonated with my recent thinking, I am not exactly
clear what you meant when you said, “it’s time to say it’s too late and see what happens to our collective consciousness.” Any
clarification on that point would be appreciated. **I THOUGHT THAT NO ONE
WOULD EVER ASK. MERCI X 1001. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE LIKES OF GORGEOUS SOULS LIKE LOEB –SEE THE NAME OF HIS MOST RECENT BOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF HIS NOV 27TH ZNET ARTICLE — I DO BELIEVE IT’S TOO LATE…LITERALLY. AND THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. MY WRITING WILL IGNORE THAT FACT FROM TIME TO TIME AS A FUNCTION OF…THE *DEMANDS OF LITERATURE* AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF SOUL-SEARCHING…TO PUT IT SIMPLY, IF I MAY BE PRESUMPTUOUS. TO NOT LIVE TOTALLY, CONSISTENTLY, LITERALLY IN BECKETT’S REALM WHEREIN “THERE’S NOTHING TO WRITE….” I DO BELIEVE, HOWEVER, THAT NONE OF US KNOW WHAT POSITIVE MIGHT COME FROM ACTUALLY SITTING DOWN TOGETHER AND DISCUSSING OUR COMMON PLIGHT WITH REJECTION OF THE SILLY, OUTWORN COMMON FORMS OF PROTEST/ATTEMPTS AT CHANGE AS OUR STARTING POINT. SILLINESS? TAKE A LOOK AT WHO www.stopglobalwarming.org HAS AS SPONSORS, WHAT THEIR AGENDA IS**.

On another note, it seems that one of the sectors pushing the idea of
imminent collapse is made up of the same groups of people that have been
pushing the idea of limited resources and population reduction (and
eugenics) for some time. I think that the infrastructure for martial law or
Total Control (a relative term, I know) in the US has been set in place to a
sufficient enough level for certain people to feel empowered to attempt to
implement it. **THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT, NOT ACKNOWLEDGED NEARLY ENOUGH ‘CROSS THE BOARD. VERY TRUE. VERY SAD**.
I am curious as to any thoughts you have as to how the idea of oncoming massive change (especially in terms of some sort
of impending catastrophe) can be engaged…without playing into the machinations of those attempting Total Control.
Anyway, I hope this clarifies some of what I wrote earlier. **WHATEVER CAN BE DONE AT THIS POINT –AND THIS IS TOTALLY
IN ACCORD WITH WHAT I INCORPORATED IN PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED PARADIGMS FOR FORCING CHANGE– MUST BE DONE QUICKLY AND SECRETLY.
AT THE SAME TIME PEOPLE HAVE TO PROCEED SLOWLY ENOUGH SO AS TO NOT BLOW THEIR COVER BY *BONDING* SUPERFICIALLY WITH THOSE WHO
WILL BETRAY THEM WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE. DERRICK JENSEN’S UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS –SLATED FOR THE SPRING– WILL OUTLINE SOME
ANGLES FOR ACTION. SEE www.derrickjensen.org for details. OTHER APPROACHES, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, CANNOT BE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC.
AND…TO NOT HIDE BEHIND CRYPTIC HINTS ABOUT ACTION, LET ME SAY THAT EACH AND EVERY PERSON’S CHALLENGE –IF THEY ARE CONCERNED
WITH WORKING IN SOLIDARITY AT ALL– IS TO TRY TO BOND ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS DAILY. THE NEXT STEP BEYOND THAT MIGHT VERY WELL BE
FOR A SOLID GROUP OF THREE TO CONNECT WITH ME. OR SOMEONE LIKE ME. THAT WOULD MAKE FOUR (OR MORE, IF THAT PERSON WERE CONNECTED TOO).
THAT’S ENOUGH OF A CHALLENGE FOR STARTERS, AND CERTAINLY OPERATING IN A DIFF REALM THAN WHAT OUTFITS LIKE MOVEON AND UNITED FOR PEACE
AND JUSTICE ADVOCATE, WHICH INVOLVE SILLY NOTIONS, DATED, APPALLING IN THEIR IGNORANCE AND IN THEIR COMPOUNDING OF IGNORANCE W IGNORANCE.
PEOPLE WHO DEMAND MORE DETAIL W/O ATTEMPTING WHAT I AM ADVOCATING HERE FIRST…ARE WAY OVERLY/PREMATURELY/NAIVELY AMBITIOUS, TO PUT IT KINDLY. I MEAN WHERE’S THE SOLIDARITY EVEN WITHIN FAMILIES THESE DAYS?**.

In regards to the specifics of actions you’d like to see come about (along
with any discussion of how you imagine them functioning in our collective
reality), of couse I’d love to hear whatever ideas you have, however, I do
recognize and respect any needs you see with regards to
confidentiality…and limited heartbeats. Okay, I’ll leave it at that. **THIS DIMENSION YOU ADDRESS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT READERS GENERALLY
TAKE SERIOUSLY. THE NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY IS GLOSSED OVER, GIVEN TOKEN WORDS. IF CITIZENS REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE ROLE OF BETRAYAL IN HISTORIC
MOVEMENTS. IF THEY HAD AN INKLING OF WHAT THE DOWNSIDES OF EVEN “SUCCESSFUL REBELLIONS” HAVE PRODUCED…I DARESAY THEY’D BE A BIT MORE HUMBLE ABOUT
ADVOCATING THIS OR THAT VIOLENT ACTION. AND THEY’D CERTAINLY BE RELUCTANT TO PLAY *FOLLOW THE LEADER*. REJECTING ESTABLISHED MODELS FOR CHANGE IS
MANDATORY, OBLIGATORY IF WE ARE *TO MAKE ROOM FOR* NEW IDEAS IN OUR HEADS, OUR MEETINGS OF THE SO-CALLED MINDS. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THERE
IS INSUFFICIENT CUMULATIVE VALUE IN MARTYRDOM. LET US SAY FOR NOW THAT OUR CHALLENGE IS TO BOND INDIVIDUALLY IN OR OUTSIDE OF ONE’S FAMILY FOR
SOCIOLOGICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL STARTERS. AND THAT WHETHER OR NOT ONE IS SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO…THAT THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE ACTUALLY LIES OUTSIDE OF
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. THAT OUR MYSTERY OF BEING BEGS US TO ADDRESS OURSELVES ON A PLANE THAT CANNOT BE PUT INTO WORDS, AND THAT
ZERO WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SOCIAL/ENVIRONMENTAL REALM IF WE AREN’T SIMULTANEOUSLY DIGGING AT OUR SOULS. WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT MIGHT BE**.

-JERRY

P.S. I loved Mmmerican Waterloo.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH
THIS COMMENT MEANS TO ME. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR POSITIVE
FEEDBACK. AND FOR THE DISGUSTING XMAS HOLIDAY…IF YOU WANT TO
GET ME A PRESENT, PLEASE CONSIDER TRYING TO HOOK ME UP W A PUBLISHER
OR AGENT OR SOME SUCH CREATURE IN THE NAME OF COMPLETING “WATERLOO”
OR TACKLING SOMETHING ELSE. THAT…WITH ALL THE APPALLING PUBLISHING LIABILITIES
KNOWN, WITH MY REVULSION, RECOILING VIS-A-VIS PUBLISHING/LECTURING ON THE TABLE.
WE MUST GO ON? PERHAPS A PLAY MIGHT SPRING FORTH, SOMETHING FOR THE BOARDS…
IN DIM LIGHT AMONG THE BORED AND JADED, THE BAND PLAYING AS THE SHIP GOES DOWN.
LOVE, YOUR OXIE