A people's history and the horror of war: Howard Zinn meets
Apocalypse Now. Political autobiography. March 1972, about to
graduate from NYU. A journey: two days and nights in the New York
subway. Love it or leave it. A decision: become a Great Academic
Marxist; blow up the Williamsburg Bridge; go into exile. Vietnam
Veterans with placards, for and against the war. Seven placard-men
at the seven gates of Thebes, brandishing their shields. A
decision. Political or personal? Or pure Zen? Mind or no-mind? Kill
for peace! Dylan, Hendrix, or the Fugs. The two Suzukis, or Dogen.
Monk and Coltrane! The relation between Hegel's logic of thinking
as such and his logic of practice, which does not exist. The
screech of the subway stops. A fork where three roads cross, the
realm of shadows, what is to be done? A Chinese menu? Stab it! Stab
it with your fork! But what I, myself, decide is not the point. The
point is the question of 'what a decision is and what making a
decision means.' The answer is 'never stop asking.' Ask yourself.
Ask FDR, JFK, LBJ, McNamara and his band, John Kerry, or a Vietnam
War veteran of your choice. Ask Nixon, Kissinger-Trump! Ask Trump!
Ye great decision-makers, have you ever asked yourselves what a
decision is and what making a decision means! That is the question.
The Empty Shield asks it. Repeatedly, repetitiously, abysally, and,
possibly, once and for all.
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