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a oll “—~ “f haw. Hr 200-2625 oo CONF! ENTIAL -. "In Revolution for the He&l of It, I wrote that within six months it would be outdated. Thus, now two years after ° the event of Chicago and the thoughts expressed in the book, some comments seem in order. IZ read the book now as one thumbs v through a family scrapbook, as say Charlie Chaplin felt when years later he was asked to narrate the silent film ‘Gold Rushi and could not help but refer to himself as ‘the little fellow.' "Two years in azevolution, even a revolution for the nest of it, is a long time. The Lower East Side was 0.D.'ed _IF People's ” Park WAS born by us and crushed by them. Woodstock Nation -was born and diluted by the celluloid world of hip capitalism. The Black Panthers have emerged as the most revolutionary force in the land. The Weathermenhave unleased the rage inside each yippie, and yippies have turned on the Weathermen to digging culture. A new breed of stoned revolutionary communists sneak around he country blowing pot and blowing up pig sties. Women! s Liberation, more than any other movement to emerge during the last two years, forces us to examine our style of living. To enter the 2lst century, to have revolution in our lifetime, male supremacy must be smashed, including the chauvini in this book. A militant Gay Liberation Front has taught us that our scerotypes of masculinity were molded by the same enemies of iif that drove us out of Lincoln Park. The words ‘chick! and 'fag' and the deep rooted attitudes they imply must be purged from the New Nation. Cultural Revolution means a disavowal of the values; all values held by our parents who inhabit and sustain the decaying institutions of a dying Pig Empire. "More still has happened. An ecology movement has taught us to be hysterically impatient in our determination to smash the Vaye4 $a tha Fact4 1 af state before it poisons the planet. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed said Lenin, but dancing on broken glass or on the concrete of a world parking lot woull be the. fulfillnent. of empty dreams. : | "Then there is the WAR. Their war3 the red, white end blue war to make the world safe from the yellow communist devils. Safe for us? (Obscene)! Safe for Gulf Oil Slicks, Depont Napaln- Freaks, ReynoldsTobacco Cancer, Bob Hopeless arid his Kulture of Greed, Yale Heroin Dispensaries and Howard Johnson's 32 flavors (all of which, incidentially, turn out to be vanilla.) =- £2 « Va 7 so