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When the Truth is Found,
I Hope it is the Truth
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Hoyt Axton
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Editorial
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Now & Then
JANUARY 2000
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Thoreau in Seattle
The story goes that Thoreau was jailed for
refusing to pay his taxes to support war, and when
a friend came to bail him out, he asked Thoreau,
“What are you doing in there?” and Thoreau asked,
“What are you doing out there?”
The Seattle version has a non-violent
protester asking an anarchist, “Why are you
breaking windows?” and the anarchist asks, “Why
aren’t you?”
I was taught that violence is never the
answer. I have learned that violence is always a
question. As we all know there was violence in the
streets o f Seattle committed by more than 600 law
enforcement officers, less than 100 ‘alleged
anarchists’, and a few dozen opportunists. The
questions asked by this violence are many. Who hit
what when where and why? The five basics of
‘journalism ’ have been much discussed o f late by the
alternative media and on the internet The Anderson
Valley Advertiser, as usual, has had a fine series o f
stories going for weeks, we here at the Upper Left
Edge have had a storm of e-mail on Seattle, and it
confirms our new-found hope that human beings can
on occasion rise to their better nature. In Seattle
there was much shouting, chanting, singing,
screaming, laughing, crying, and little dialogue.
Each side said, “You don’t understand, so I have to
show you how important this is to me.” Whether
it be a baby with a wet diaper in a tantrum or a 20
year old anarchist on the streets o f Seattle with a
crowbar and an attitude, or a cop on the same streets
who is on his 10th hour o f having people in his face,
and not just idiots, but guys he would drink a beer
with, asking if he’s in the union, and he hasn’t had a
break, and he’s dehydrated and hungry, and he’s
afraid he’s gonna pee his pants if he don’t get some
relief soon, and it doesn’t look like anybody else is
on his side, except the guys beside him, the obvious
happens. Violence; against property on the part o f
the anarchists and violence against people and
property on the part o f the powers that be.
So, here’s my story; Jack who builds the
beer at Bill’s said he’d be my ride I was on my
favorite stool with my favorite beverage, packed to
go. We drove to Portland and switched vehicles
(you can’t be too careful). We made a stop at the
Olympic Club Cafe, Brewery and Pool in Centrailia,
to honor the Wobblies, and yes, have a beer or two.
We reached the Emerald City in time for the late
news, Monday night. We were staying with Bill &
Kelly in Ballard and the next morning was a blur o f
sign making, coffee, meeting friends and bus rides
until we reached the Memorial Coliseum where I
lost track of them until Wednesday morning It was
here at the gathering point o f the Labor March that I
witnessed the thing that has given me hope. I
watched Labor Leaders, Human Rights Leaders,
Environmental Leaders, and just ordinary folks
come together to go into battle Before the week
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and tell their neighbors, “I was there, I was at the
Protest o f the Century .”
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There was this woman dressed in a brightly
colored dress with an umbrella to match, it had been
raining after all, with ribbons and buttons and all
manner o f things to delight the eye, and bring a smile
to the lips. She was probably in her late fifites, full
o f figure and smiling as she moved through the
crowd to her own music and greeted all she met with
words o f love. By this time the sun had come out
full and bright and warm and a rainbow appeared. (I
saw her later in the day, away from the
demonstrations, she was walking alone in front of
me when two men walking toward us stopped and
one said, “Hi, you’re the Wallingford Lady9” “Yes,”
she said with a smile, “but I’m better known as the
Rainbow Lady, I dress like this all the time.”
BASEBALL
Okay, so things have been tough on the C ubs in the
1900’s, but that's over We've got pitching, hitting,
fielding, coaching, and the owners have actually
spent a little money lately This has got to be our
year!! Go Cubbies"’ !
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