Home
Refresh   Tag(s): ; ; ; ; ;
Add to My Group
December 3, 2008 at 18:06:27

Must Read 1   Well Said 1   Valuable 1   View Ratings | Rate It

Don't Expect Change: Ian Sinclair interviews Mickey Z.

submit to twitter
submit to reddit
submit to digg
Tell A Friend

By Ian Sinclair, Posted by Mickey Z. (about the submitter)     Page 2 of 2 page(s)

opednews.com     Permalink

He is also critical of the current patterns of dissent in the US. "What passes for dissent these days is the occasional weekend parade - I mean, protest," he says with a wry grin.

"Permits are granted, designated 'free speech zones' are conformed to and the targets of outrage are typically limited to Republicans," he says.

Always keen to look at the bigger picture, Mickey Z argues that "the humans - and all living things - that come after us won't care if we engaged in such 'dissent' or if we ate organic or drove a hybrid or switched to recycled toilet paper, if they have no clean air to breathe and no clean water to use. They'd probably just want to ask us this: 'Why did you stand by and let everything be consumed or poisoned or destroyed?'"

It sounds like he is pessimistic about the chances of positive change. "I don't know if people - especially in the West - will wake up and take action in time," he says. "In a way, I can't worry about it. All I can do is my part by putting my ideals into action via my writing, my public speaking and the choices that I make on a daily basis."

Mickey Z. can be found on the Web at http://www.mickeyz.net

Next Page  1  |  2

 

The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Editor

 

Book Recommendations for "Activist Change"
The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way
by Hillary Rettig

$19.95
Lowest New Price $13.57

Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Lantern Books

Change Activist: Make Big Things Happen Fast
by Carmel Mcconnell

$20.00
Lowest New Price $1.87

Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Basic Books

Southern Political Party Activists: Patterns of Conflict and Change, 1991-2001

$30.00
Lowest New Price $16.90

Number of pages: 264
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky

Organizing for Social Change: A Manual for Activists in the 1990s
by Kimberly A. Bobo

$19.95
Lowest New Price $68.92

Number of pages: 271
Publisher: Seven Locks Press

View All Book Recommendations

Share this page: (what's this?)                   Tell a Friend: Tell A Friend

FACEBOOK      DIGG THIS      Add This Page to Mr Wong!           NEWSVINE      DEl.ICIO.US      Looksmart Furl      NETSCAPE      My Web      Tag!RawSugar      Blink List     (More...)

Comments: Expand   Shrink   Hide  
1 comments
To view all comments:
Expand Comments
 

Exactly. by Jill Herendeen on Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:42:09 AM

 
Want to post your own comment on this Article? Post Comment


 

 

 

Tell a Friend: Tell A Friend

Copyright © 2002-2009, OpEdNews

Powered by Populum