Yesterday there was a massive protest against ICE in Minneapolis. The good folks are rising against the oppression. They are common folk, brave, courageous, admirable American citizens, standing up for the right, and for each other. So powerful and good to see the people giving a damn, taking a stand. ABOLISH ICE NOW!
BTW - I am re-reading one of Roberto Bolano's great novels The Savage Detectives. It seems so of the moment right now, even though it is based on experiences of young poets in the 1970's & 1980's. It is the story of people searching and reaching for meaning in Mexico City and beyond. It's the kind novel I love, young idealistic people onto something, and at the same time confronting oppression, standing in opposition to vast retrograde, life-killing sources.
These lines resonated with me last night during my late read (page 372): "... the heart of the matter is knowing whether evil (or sin or crime or whatever you want to call it) is random or purposeful. If it's purposeful, we can fight it, it's hard to defeat, but we have a chance, like two boxers in the same weight class, more or less. If it's random, on the other hand, we're fucked, and we'll just have to hope that God, if He exists, has mercy on us. And that's what it all comes down to."
So yeah, I do think this present evil is "purposeful" it resides in very flawed, cruel, brutal and corrupt hearts & heads, and we know who to hold to account and who to fight, and who to bring to Justice. Yes. Indeed. We do...
