Daily we are sedated.
Daily we are deceived.
Daily we are lulled, titillated, distracted.
It is hard to find the time to study history. Let alone revolutionary history, which might give us some insight into a way out of this habituated nightmare of no job, no money, better not break your arm, better not get another parking ticket, better not piss off your manager, landlord, teacher, or that cop in the BART station.
Better not stick your neck out demanding dignity, pressing forward toward a world where the plenty, the plenty, the plenty is made real, the plenty belongs to the masses, not the masters, and even more than *belonging* to us, it is our gift and miracle to care for, together. A far cry from the chronic insecurity, deadly indifference, or ruthless belligerence of a racist, sexist, capitalist nightmare — the waking terror of hunger, toxic food, mass imprisonment, and jobs either (1) nowhere to be found, or (2) vampirically draining our life-force, so that by day’s end, our minds are almost too tired to let us look — really look — into the eyes of our partner, child, parent, friend, and really listen to them.
That’s why it’s time for a different kind of movie night!
( In the Lounge)
6:30pm to 9pm, La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue
$5 advance / $7 door. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org
7:30pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street
8 pm Cajun/Zydeco dance lesson with Diana Castillo. $12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
8:30pm, Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center,1317 San Pablo Avenue