Jim Fouratt: CulturalInstigator: Schumer’s Warmongering: A Personal Reflection on the NY Senator's Opposition to Obama's Nuclear Deal

Friday, August 14, 2015

Schumer’s Warmongering: A Personal Reflection on the NY Senator's Opposition to Obama's Nuclear Deal | Alternet

Please read this intelligent and personal article by my friend Danny Goldberg.. he is one of the smartest people I know, And yes I did work for him 15 years ago. I learned a long time ago to follow the leadership of progressive Jewish friends and leaders on any discussion involving Israel and its government. In 1967 I was a part of a group that put on a forum in Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco's entitled 'Two Jews discuss Zionism" One was a secular Jew the writer Robert Scheer and the other a charismatic pro -zionism young Rabbi. I was taught my role was to act as support person when needed. This has not meant I didn't have strong feelings on the Palestinian occupation, the Israeli Prime Minister interference in US politics by speaking at the invitation of Republican leaders to Congress in defiance of the President on the boyco of manufactured goods from Israel (sodastream , etc)I do have a problem with so aspects of the cultural boycott. Eg., I did join the demo in front of Schumer's office protesting his announced plan to not support Obama's Iran Nuclear agreement , Israel . Despite his two stepping it was clear to me and others when push comes to shove he prefers war over diplomacy. Please read and pass on to any of your Jewish friends sitting on the ledge ... I did ... and also to your non-Jewish friends that are undecided

Schumer’s Warmongering: A Personal Reflection on the NY Senator's Opposition to Obama's Nuclear Deal | Alternet

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Praxis, my dear, is the only real way to succeed in the culture war.

Praxis, my dear, is the only real way to succeed in the culture war.
Yes indeed there is a culture war going .. but you know that if you have arrived here. We suggest that you put theory into practice by taking virtual you and virtual ideas into the reality of real live physical and cognitive action.

MEANING: get up and out of your chair and do something physical in real time. OCCUPY YOUR BODY. Be physical.

The fuel is love, compassion and curiosity. Anger is a result of the repression of fear and distances one from compassionate change ... do the Che Che cha cha cha .. or if you prefer the Stiegler tango! or the Shulamith Firestone death metal raga!

PRAXIS is the action of putting into practice the thoughts, theories and desires running through your bio-magnetic, nerve sensitive self. Reality propelled by the friction of input/output.

Damn it, it should be fun !

I will share with you my interaction in the real world and the theoretical world and invite you to do the same.

Politics is an everyday affair. Politics is how we live our lives Every action or non-action we do is a political act. Culture is the expression of desire in public interactive way.

So jump in please.

Join me in participating in life. Making change starts with self and ripples out. Pop culture is where I live ..not in some isolated, white tower, postmodern, distancing intellectual thought or theory. Theory in practice is praxis . It used to be called dialectics .. still a good word even if dressed up in new theory drag.

Serious fun has it consequences including changing the status quo.

We are all at the same life party. Find the door you can come through to make PRAXIS a full time act of creativity .

jim fouratt