-Secrecy was-essential from the start for absolving subsequent generations of the obloquy heaped upon their ancestors, as well as of responsibility or knowledge of what their capital was doing on the ground. Increasingly sophisticated instruments distanced the possessors of Old Money, as aqueducts did their cities, from the consequences of its getting and perpetuation.- — Gray Brechin, Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin

“When Buddha laid out that non-attachment thing he didn’t really intend to be taken literally; he was simply trying to counteract the extreme nature of what he was up against in society.” — N’djamena, the author’s old friend

I recently had the horrifying pleasure of interviewing Shiv, the self-appointed -Defender of Mother Earth,- founder of ASBS (Anti-Sick 'n Little Society). The details of the interchange are not for U.S. children-which means most of the people who reside on our degraded/doomed Native American/Hawaiian land.

In fact, this piece is primarily intended for The Ten –*very* different from DuBois' -Talented Tenth- (A1)– who Shiv believes are out there-waiting to be directed, potential candidates to head a Hit Squad for The Privileged. Ten ordinary, killer souls.

Shiv, I assure you, is as serious as the cancer caused by The Privileged. (A2)

As serious as the ecocidal momentum and facts of life which we –all of our token and inefficacious *alternative* gestures aside– do not acknowledge-guaranteeing the end of Mother Earth.

Before reading the highly controversial interview, readers might want to consider the following premises which serve as the Ground of Being for Shiv's *shove*:

1. Big disasters aren't decades away, they've been in force for decades.

2. One doesn't become like one's ecocidal enemy by employing violence. (B1)

3. Ultra-violence is increasing so quickly that only (select) violence –in contrast with all of the popular politically-correct paradigms for change– has a prayer of *working*.

4. We must make the disgusting decision whether or not to tolerate guaranteed oblivion or embrace selective violence against persons-on the outside chance that the ongoing incorporation of previously prohibited tactics will shock the general populace into self-educating about matters they currently refuse to consider-beyond the *academic* level.

5. There is no Universal Injunction which forces one to reject violence in all forms, for all occasions.

6. The fact that no one can predict that *Alternative* Violence won't lead to a worse condition worldwide than what is currently in place is neither here nor there, considering that horrors 'cross the board increase daily, and seem slated to escalate-without end. Or until The End.

7. Violence against, say, police is not anywhere near as desirable as violence directed against the (hidden) people who ensure that *middle management* (such as police and military personnel) remain employed in their current capacity. To protect them.

8. The violence proposed not only cannot be put to a democratic head count, it must be taken on by a very small percentage of the U.S. population. Voluntarily. Individually. Without the formation of any -units- beyond two or three core members (at most). Sans contact among the perpetrators.

9. Anonymous efforts/accomplishments must include untraceable -messages- to the media, educating those interested in a) what is being done, b) *why*, and c) who the violence will be directed at in the future.

10. *Fear* –normally something to avoid like the plague in trying to encourage -healthy growth- of any kind– is an essential ingredient in forcing today's public to reconsider status quo stances. Their dances may or may not change over time, but the fact remains (as per Jonathan Swift) -one cannot reason a man out of what he didn't reason himself into.- As things change radically, if they do, the bases for particular fears can subside-on a case by case basis. *No attachment to the manipulation of fear is mandatory*.

11. All pre-conceived notions respecting what Human Nature is must be put aside, as must all thinking which points toward fairly neat conclusions, premised on *fair* means and the possibility of satisfying ends which don't entail the sad demise of resistant millions-firmly ensconced within the status quo. (B2)

Long sentence, that last one. Is it grammatically correct? That's the kind of talk/ interrogative that passes for enlightening the public, encouraging amelioration. (C)

Targets? Look to the so-called heroes who are the subjects of most American monumental sculpture. The ones who accumulated –and still do!– fortunes off the backs of The Intentionally Bent. Apparently, Shiv wants us to stick it to the descendants of the greatest thieves and murderers from the Grand U.S. Past. Perpetuaters of infernal, eternal racism. *Extreme filibusters* of land and all else. The people who have (monetarily and power-wise) benefited the most from our *Hidden* History, their secret shenanigans. People who work for them are also candidates, according to confidential contacts I made with ASBS.

The above would be above and beyond anything ever undertaken in U.S. History as far as *attempted reform* goes. (D) An undertaker's dream from a narrow perspective, I guess. It has zero to do with traditional concepts of revolution. And less to do with any notions of being able to control the outcome of what the violence might lead to; in that sense it has much in common with Anarchism-but (very definitely) without *any* basis for declaring alignment with any Ism.

No organization necessary. No platforms required. Simply a horrid venturing down a very dark road in desperation. Not Via Vengeance, but, rather, Via Obligatory. A path dictated by perversions which have been accepted now for too long by unthinking, insensitive supporters of The Privileged. Those who –without shock therapy– are slated to work against their own interests, our mutual interests. Shock Troops routinely administering shock therapy to the world's minions *on automatic*.
This, from a writer whose mom was subjected to electroshock therapy, and detests it.

Open to moving laterally myself, on second thought, I think I'll save the interview I promised for those who request it directly from me.

Why ruin a good thing prematurely? Why give more than what's asked for-?

**Footnote Alphabet Soup**:

A1) See http://www.duboislc.org/html/DuBoisBio.html ? You don't hear much about his love for John Brown, do you?

A2) It's the silliest, saddest thing in the world to see well-meaning money collectors for Cancer Research ignoring -causes (as per Privileged-based causation), isn't it?

B1) See Derrick Jensen's **Endgame** when it is released by Seven Stories Press in June?

B2) But perhaps no more than the Farmer Suicides http://www.counterpunch.org/sainath04012006.html and other -murders- in India http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=66&ItemID=10017 slated for this *season*-sans Shiv's shove.

C) Do Left leaders and followers have even a clue as to what I am blue about here? I don't think so. They insist upon discussing how many angels can fit onto the end of a pin-leisurely. Claiming, all the while, that the seeds they sow make a difference in many lives, ignoring The Big Picture-quite conveniently. No drastic personal change required, no *disgusting* decisions demanded. Simply cite Jesus and bodhisattvas, and move on sans discussion. With deep, dark coffee.

D) See that you don't confuse earlier attempts vis-Ã -vis revolution fantasies with what's proposed here. Ditto regarding any rogue assassinations and/or short-lived programs of violence organized along traditional lines. Important fine distinctions must be made. This all has zero to do with risking the kind of drawbacks/fallout inherent in any previous forms of -protest- violence; elaboration (only/by design) upon request.

Richard Oxman, info@parisgraves.com, knows that much opposition to this article will come from those who don't really know the depths of depravity on which the U.S. was created, the degree to which it is guaranteed to remain immune to change. Regardless, he *prays* that anyone embracing violence will adopt the same attitude that Native Americans do when they-kill buffalos or enemies. Or that some-did-at one time.