Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?
TRUTH&THE FALSE STORIES TOLD
WE LOVE THE MIRACLE WORKER
but we do not love the
truth.Helen Keller
worked for
progressive,pacifist and socialist views
and she visited Hiroshima
and Nagasaki in 1948.
Her education was
enlightening-socialist leaflets,political tracts,
and a variety of
suffragette leaders -which led her to advocate
for women's rights as
well as social and economic equality.
She was monitored by the
FBI for her public positions
which were against war and
capitalism's excesses.
Helen Keller died in
1968,having been witness to the founding of the ACLU
as well as participating
in many campaigns against poverty and for workers rights.
None of this is in the
movie.Little is shared in discussions of Helen Keller,
whose prodigious intellect
led her to articulate how poor people
faced the brunt of
disease,war,pollution and inequality.
Open our eyes to the truth
of her agenda.She maintained
that society itself is
rigged against the poor,the black and the dissident.
None of this is in our
history books.Especially not in the New Texas Curriculum.
link.
yesmagazine.org
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