Publisher's Synopsis
State of The Union: A Nation Under Siege. Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. were all assassinated again on January 6, 2021 as we watched armed thugs and insurrectionists storm our nation's Capitol. Their deadly attempt to overthrow the United States Government was as much a violation of the terms of surrender accepted by a defeated Confederate States of America at Appomattox in 1865. The terrorist carrying a confederate flag through the building came across the wire. This disgracefully iconic image was for me among the most maddening. My teeth gritted, my eyes welled up with tears, I tried my best to explain to her exactly what was going on- and the enormity of the scene. "Do you see that?" I asked my kid, astounded. "You see that flag?" "Those mxxxxx xxxxxxs are xxxxing criminals, every xxxxxxg one if 'em," I roared! My kid winced as my eyes glistened with tears of rage. I don't usually get so emotional in front of them - but she needed to understand the gravity of that heinous act. "Sorry, kid. But this...this," is all I could muster. I told her of the building's significance to our nation, and moreover, our democracy, way of life, and of what it means to be an American. We watched insurrectionist carrying Blue Lives Matter flags up the Capitol steps, a mere twenty minutes after Cruz had spoken." -excerpt from one of thirty essays written between January 2020 and January 2021, titled: "The January 6th Putsch is Not Over. " Twenty-nine essays accompany this sentiment, and document my rationalization with Covid-19, school closures, business shutdowns and an authoritarian at the helm of a nation in flux.A Look Back at 2020: America's Swan Song Whatever rises from the ashes of 2020 will not be America. Forget your history books. They were lies. Away with your superstition, we need all eyes on the real enemy: The Evil Empire. America, the Great Harlot. Babylon. Right now, millions of us are meditating, chanting, and levitating this mad cadaver off the ground. We are shaking it, and you feel that. The feeling you have that nothing is certain is real, but not new. We have collectively slaughtered and bombed millions of innocent lives in the name of conquest. Only now does the earth shake beneath your feet. You hear the coming thunder. I envision the birth of a new nation. We need a new flag, a new name, a new constitution. Those of you who choose to cling to ragged Old Glory will soon be thrust upon the pyre like cordwood. Forget all the small-minded talk of another Civil War. What we all need is a New American Revolution. This anthology of essays is about rebuilding a nation. This is about National Reconstruction, not just a Green New Deal. This is about eradicating poverty from the inner city to the hollow, treating mental illness, criminalizing police brutality, and hate. This is a call for fairness, equity, and equal Justice for all. This is about revolution. I am a revolutionary. All power to all people.#AmericanRevolution#waronpoverty#FeedTheStarving#universalhealthcareisaright#BlackLivesMatter#ReconstructionNow#GreenNewDeal#PunishInsurrectionists#AccountabilityBeforeUnity#AmericanViolence2021#oneNationOnceWeAreAllGood-- I am a revolutionary. All power to all people!
