It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.

These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread.

Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times.


 
Talking About Our Generations

Mother Davis caresses a wrinkle as she writes:

Thankfully, there's been great media coverage of the historic anti-war march in Washington last week (January 18, 2003). It's been noted that the march was even larger than the national anti-war march held last October. It's also been noted that another simultaneous anti-war protest in San Fransisco involved at least 100,000 protesters, according to official police estimates. These marches are similar in proportion to the anti-war marches during the Vietnam War, and the war against Iraq has not yet even begun!

What's not been noted so clearly is that the anti-war march held last week is the most diverse such demonstration to be held in anyone's memory. It was ethnically diverse, geographically diverse, and politically diverse. All elements of American society were represented, from military veterans to gay unitarians, all marching for peace. I was present, not just as a member of the boomer generation, but with my son and my grandson. There were people of all ages, together demanding that the Bush Administration stop its reckless rush to war.

The anti-war movement is stronger than it was during Vietnam because it represents all of America, standing united together against Bush's ever more inexplicable plans for military conquest.

Watching the tide turn,
Mother Davis


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