When they do speak out, many prefer sending emails or organizing Facebook pages. Where is the outrage and sense of solidarity or militancy? The unions are quiescent, the pols seem incapable of inspiring anyone. Has this generation been seduced by their Ipads and smartphones?
Has everyone forgotten that call to get involved, Remember that dicta, "It's not the ship that makes the waves, it's the motion on the ocean." It may take time, but it is likely in the not too distant future that American activists will emulate the movements now emerging in Europe.
Governments have the power to impose their austerity measures, but not without a fight. As things get worse, Bob Dylan's pithy blast from the past may be back to characterize the times ahead: "A Hard Rain Is Going To Fall?"
Mediachannel editor News Dissector Danny Schechter directed the film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time
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(Disclosure: I was part of the student protest movement when I attended the London School of Economics. I can testify to the impact that student protests had on European political culture in the late 1960's.)
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