Oh Nina, Where Are You Dear?

Goddamn this country. Goddamn the whole thing. A few days ago they released Edgar Ray Killen from Prison after having been finally convicted in June for the murders of Schwerner, Cheney, and Goodman in Mississippi in 1964. Oh what a wonderful message that sends about the ideology and the ethics of this country. It took forty years for them to do something about it and then he only serves a few weeks in prison. Hungry Blues has a great analysis of the situation. This just speaks to what I have said of this country, its values, and the true nature of itself. We need to get rid of the infrastructure that upholds the racism that has permeated this society for centuries. We need total, radical, revolutionary change. This puts me in the mind of a speech that James Baldwin gave at UC Berkely in 1979. We, people who believe in equality, respect, and human dignity and who are dedicated to progressive struggle need to partake in what James Baldwin calls "noncooperation." Listen to his speech here to find out what that means. James Baldwin Lecture and Open Forum,UC Berkeley: April 19,April 26 1979.