Despair and headwear

It looks like we’ll have to get used to living in this new war, inflicted on us by greedy politicians too eager to exclude the majority from their wealth and power. I always said they (Blair & Bush) were making war on us, as well as Afghanistan and then Iraq, and now their methodology has become apparent on British soil, rather than ‘far, far away’ where most Brits don’t notice. Gunning people down in the street had been practiced, how many innocents have died in Iraq for example? And taking lessons from the Israeli’s is hardly conducive to good relations with their suicidal or moderate opponents. I utterly despair of these politicians, they say all the right words about resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict, and say they want peace, but they have done nothing to support the Palestinian cause, in fact they have armed Israel with helicopter gunships etc to use against those pitiful stone throwers (oh yeah, I noticed they’ve got shoulder-launched missiles now – hardly a match for a helicopter gunship). I despair of the generations of Palestinians growing up, unnecessarily, in refugee camps, while holiday brochures advertise Israel as a land of glistening white beaches and blue skies and seas.

I hoped to inject a sense of humour into this blog, but somehow it seems to have deserted me completely. I do have one in real life! I suppose I feel frustratingly powerless, I can see how wrong the path is that Bush and Blair have taken, I can see the solution is in reducing the sense of alienation and exclusion all sorts of people feel by creating a more equitable world, and that this would have a wider benefit, but it seems however loud we shout no-one is prepared to even start listening. You’re either with us, or against us, if you’re against us, you’re part of the axis of evil. They’ve killed all debate by refusing to listen.

For me the solution has to be in future movers and shakers, and you don’t know who that’s going to be, so working to empower young people and those who work with them is part of my solution. Writing is another, but this sort of politics doesn’t get much press.

Ask me a question and give me something else to write about!

Oh yeah, how about this for a very unworked out idea - in support of Islam we all cover our heads – we could wear any adaptation of Muslim headwear, Hijab or even full Burka, if we are women, or prayer hats for men. My concern here is that Muslims are getting harassed, some are finding themselves unable to go out for fear of attack, and I cannot support it. If we make ourselves indistinguishable from Muslims, we stand in solidarity and if the racists want to attack, or the police get trigger happy, or the government wants to start internment, they’ll be distracted and confused in their evil strategies. Personally I’m sick of seeing wobbly white flesh everywhere I look; girls could do with a bit of decorum (!!!) Also it’ll show solidarity with those who wear hoodies and baseball caps! We could all do it for a day, or as an ongoing campaign. Any volunteers to take charge of distributing the headwear (that’s my organiser speaking)?