'THAT'S RIGHT, LET'S GET TOGETHER
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN GOT SOUL, WE GOT SOUL, THEY GOT SOUL, REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS, WHEN THERE WAS A FAMILY THING, AND NOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS CHANGING Y'ALL, IT'S FUNNY WHAT YOU CAN BRING, NOW WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH PEOPLE TODAY?'
THAT WAS A YOUNG LADY NAMED DOROTHY MORRISON OF THE COMBS SISTERS, WHO SANG THAT, IN CASE YOU FORGOT
I LIVED IN THE HAIGH-ASHBURY BEFORE I MOVED TO TELEGRAPH HILL, AND ALONG THE WAY I MADE ACQUAINTANCES AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT LASTED UNTIL TODAY (INCREDIBLY FEW HAVE), OR THEY LASTED UNTIL SOMEONE DIED FROM AIDS, OR OD'D ON HEROIN, THE MAJORITY, I'M SAD TO SAY
ALL THE GUYS I KNEW WHO WERE SENT TO VIETNAM DIED THERE, I REMEMBER A BIG 2 WHO DID NOT
I BURNED MY DRAFT CARD IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, AT A MARIO SAVIO DEMONSTRATION,
I FAILED TO REPORT TO MY DRAFT BOARD AS PROTEST, I WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THEN, GOT AN FBI FILE, WAS ARRESTED FOR DRAFT EVASION BY THOSE GENTLEMEN (TWO YEARS LATE, BECAUSE NO ONE IN THE FBI THOUGHT ANY DRAFT EVADER WHO HADN'T RUN OFF TO CANADA HAD THE NERVE TO WORK FOR UNCLE SAM TOO, SO THEY DIDN'T CHECK THE US GOVERNMENT PAYROLLS, UNTIL
THEY WERE STUMPED BY MY 'DISAPPEARANCE' INTO THIN AIR)
I'LL HAVE Y'ALL KNOW, I WASN'T, OR ANYONE ELSE I KNEW (BECAUSE WE ALL HAD BUDDIES WHO
ENDED UP IN VIETNAM AND DIED THERE) EVER DISRESPECTFUL TO ANY VETERANS WHEN THEY RETURNED, THAT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SLURS OF AMERICANS BY THEIR GOVERNMENT,
WHO, I REMEMBER, NEVER HELPED THESE GUYS OUT, AND FORCED MOST OF THEM ONTO THE STREET TO BE HOMELESS
TO THIS DAY THEY NEVER ACTUALLY HELP ANY VETERANS, THEY JUST TALK LIKE THEY DO TO LOOK GOOD IN EVERYONES EYES, AND EVERYONE BUYS THAT SHIT, HOOK LINE AND SINKER
WE NEVER REMEMBER THE LESSONS WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM LOSING A WAR TO THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE, BUT WE SURE CAN INVENT SOME HAIRY STORIES, AND BE THE RACIST FUCKS WE ALWAYS WERE
WITH THE WORD 'GOOK' WE ERASE THE MILLIONS OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAD WITH THE VIETNAMESE WHEN WE WERE LONELY AMERICANS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
WITH THE WORD 'JUNKIE' WE SLUR EVERY SERVICEMAN WE GOT HOOKED ON HEROIN IN ASIA, NEVER TO TREAT THEM FOR THEIR ADDICTIONS WHEN THEY GOT HOME
THAT, AND RAMPANT HOMELESSNESS, IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT UP TO THESE GUYS FOR THE
CARELESS MANNER WE TREATED PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR THIS COUNTRY
AND THE AMAZING THING IS, ONCE WE FOUND OUT WE COULD CARE LESS AND HIDE BY PROPAGANDA
THE CRUEL WAY WE TREATED THESE MEN AND WOMEN, WE ARE GOING TO REPEAT THE WHOLE SORDID
DEAL AGAIN, THIS TIME CLAIMING WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT ONLY TO EQUIP OUR TROOPS PROPERLY
THERE, BUT THAT WE ALSO CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF THEM HERE
THAT, AND THAT SHIT ABOUT HOW 'WE' TREATED THEM BADLY THEN, IS WHAT I HAVE TO
DECENTLY AND RIGHTFULLY PROTEST AMONG THE LONG LIST OF GRIEVANCES ONE SHOULD HAVE WITH
UNCLE SAM
IT'S TIME TO STOP THE BULLSHIT, AND GET DOWN TO THE BUSINESS WE'VE NEGLECTED FOR SO LONG:
TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN
SORRY FOR THE LONG RANT, BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE 'CHANGE' YOU EXPECTED 50 YEARS
AGO IS JUST A PILE OF SHIT INVENTED TO DISTRACT YOU WHILE 'THEY' RAKE IN THE DOLLARS
NEVER REPORTED IN THE NEWS, SO WE DON'T KNOW:
Bill Moyers on October Anti-War Demostrations
Newsreel: Anti-War March, 1967
Anti war demonstration in Tel Aviv (THAT WAS ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE)
anarchist block on anti war demonstration
Meltdown on the View
Soldier joins anti-war demonstration
Speech at anti-war demo by the Palestinian Community in the Netherlands (PGN) (ANOTHER TEN THOUSAND OR SO PEOPLE)
Peter, Paul & Mary - Washington Peace March - 1971
Protests Against the Vietnam War
