OPINIONS
A call for a revolution
In the 1960’s, many were convinced that the Vietnam War was immoral and even illegal. Countless protestors flooded the streets, everyday, year after year, opposing it through organized activism, sit-ins, and conventions.
It was believed that the government was lying and misleading the public for political and powerful gains. It brought about activism that was blatant and bold, it was national, it was even, dare I say, on the news!
Now, fast forward to 2006 and evaluate the state of our country as it exists today. The state of the war that was launched based on falsehoods and misleading information, that has now killed nearly 3,000 young Americans.
History will show that it is impossible to perpetually prevent ill willed fascists to obtain power. My anger lies not there, but with my generation’s complete disregard for the subject matter; their apathetic stance on anything at all political.
In the sixties, activism on campuses nation wide were stewing with those convinced that their voice and their protests could change the world and, in essence, it did.
Yet today, I see little mobility with kids on campus, I see a generation too busy uploading new images of themselves on myspace to care about anything beyond disgusting hip hop fashions and whiney indie rock bands.
I am not a misanthropist (well, sort of) and I am not a revolutionary, but I care enough to be politically aware, to assert my attention to something beyond, and to protest what I believe to be wrong. It is the job of the young, of college students, to educate yourself on what needs to be done to improve your life, and the lives of future generations.
Those grown, with families, and jobs in cubicles, and SUVS, have too much to lose, no time to spare. That is why it has always been the job of the students to stand up. Our nation is in the midst of change, and it is up to us, even here, on this tiny campus, in this huge city, to start the revolution.
Visit worldcantwait.org for information and November 7th, exercise democracy just a little bit, and VOTE.
Volume
44, Issue 3. Today is
Jaime Fernandez
Mesa Legend