How to be a successful activist

a) Find a quiet place

b) Close your eyes and breathe deeply

c) Think about animals in slaughterhouses and laboratories. Think about humans in prisons. Think about civilians in a war zone. Think about someone you love dying of cancer caused by corporate-created toxins.

d) Give a rousing speech

5. How to bring down the dominant culture

a) Ask yourself if you're content with your relatively high quality of life being possible thanks to the poor quality of life of others elsewhere

b) Ask yourself if you're content with your relative freedom being possible thanks to the oppression of others elsewhere

c) Accept that we are all accomplices to the perpetual global crime called "civilization"

d) Bring down the dominant culture

Mickey Z. is the author of two upcoming books: Self Defense for Radicals (PM Press) and his second novel, Dear Vito (The Drill Press). Until the laws are changed or the power runs out, he can be found on the Web at http://www.mickeyz.net

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