James Douglass speaking tour: "JFK, Obama, and the Unspeakable"

[Ed Jewett]

There is, in America, at least in some quarters, a running debate which I think has been hastened upon us by those who chose to divide. There are organizations and interests in the political and cultural arena that is currently America who suggest that organized militia groups are a threat to the safety of the US and to the national interests. The Second Amendment debate ripples back and forth amidst erroneous and purposefully enraging opinions are expressed about the Right or the Left, the possibility of a third party influence, the Tea Party, the degree to which the Tea Party has been corrupted or engineered by others, a push by some to ban weapons, and a push back by others to arm against an intrusive, snooping and actively-interfering and violent government. In the midst of this, I said today that "Docility and acquiescence will not change anything; the only choice is violence or non-violence. Non-violence is the preferred way, but violence in self-defense may be necessary, otherwise it appears as docility and acquiescence."

In a situation in which any attempt to coalesce a movement, a gathering, or an organization is quickly met with surveillance, COINTELPRO and infiltration.... In a situation in which essential commodities are being bought up and privatized... in a situation which is more and more starting to make James Howard Kunstler's vision of "The Long Emergency" look prescient... in which condottieri are beginning to be commonplace... in which crime spills over borders and erupts from within ... saintliness (however preferred) begins to look foolish. Personally, I remain a student of Morihei Ueshiba's "Art of Peace" (aikido, the way of harmony of spirit) which, while not aggressive, never in attack, still uses sufficient force to protect one's self and the nearby undefended if simple or subtle avoidance and protective non-violence prove insufficient.