Hi there,
You must have read hundreds of these, but here we go again. I have just read your article, "Poor, White and Pissed". It's the best fucking piece of good literature, accessible to just about any dimwit, I have read that encapsulates just about every thought I have harbored about America since I moved here in '95 from Sierra Leone, West Africa. One of my college professors forwarded it to me. And the last part, about the revolution, well here is what I have always said, it's partly informed by Bob Marley's "Revelation". I am sure you have it, if you don't go pick it up, please.
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Dear Mr. Bageant,
Even though I feel like I know you after last Saturday's talk at the
Trinity Presbyterian Church here in Denton, Texas, I was brought up by
extremely well-educated but really really poor grandparents in
Westminster, Vermont (town of 200 people, hasn't changed much in 73
years) who insisted on calling people "Mr." and "Mrs." so and so -- so
I don't feel like I know you well enough to call you "Joe." Though I would like to.
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Here is the biography of Joe Bageant for the October 14-16, 2005 Peace-In
at the University of Texas at Denton, where he was a speaker.
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"So," you might ask, "what's a redneck Marxist doing on the French Riviera?" Well, the same thing that millions of French workers have been doing for the past three-quarter's of a century: not much, other than drinking, eating, breathing clean air, and talking to friendly folks. And, anyway, Karl Marx stayed for a month here in 1882 -- three times longer than my vacation.
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Joe,
I have read your article, "Poor, White, and Pissed." I live in the same
kind of town. I couldn't agree with you more! I want to ORGANIZE, as
you suggested. (I tried to get a job with the DART Center, for example,
and I've asked the DART Center for assistance.) Got any ideas how to go
about this? The DART Center works extensively through the churches. My
impression is that most of our local churches are basically country
clubs -- with no swimming pool.
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