A Simple Question as We Prepare for the 50th

[Peter Lemkin]

Remember that Truth and Reconciliation in the South Africa was AFTER the revolution - which involved both non-violent and less than non-violent action over many decades! After a revolution, I can see it having some merit. Not before. And, who said I was very optimistic - I'm not.....but willing to die fighting on my feet, with my back and head held straight, rather than on my knees with my back bend and my head down. I think we agree on the advanced stage of decay and fascism afoot.....but are we [as a collective group] going to just watch and say 'I told you so'; or are we going to rise to the occasion and fight in whatever ways will prove the most effective in obtaining the needed goals?! America is in a very, VERY advanced stage of End-of-Empire mode....when things get very ugly [they have been for decades, and the pace is now rapidly increasing, and the rot spreading into every aspect of life]. The evil and greed of others has left us, of good faith in humanity and the Planet, very little choice....sadly. There are times when one can sit back and wait; other times in history when one must either act or be part of the problem.....as most were who did nothing to stop what happened in the rise of the Third Reich. History is full of other examples. We are now in/at such a time. Of that I am as sure as that the sun will rise in the East.