For Marx

Camille @ 37th & Hawthorne

"What do you think about the student demonstrations in Europe?" Camille asked as I was walking home from a prolonged experience in a sensory deprivation tank.  Canvassers don't usually get much attention from me, but I was feeling floaty and the question intrigued me, so I stopped.   "I don't know too much about that.  I heard that there were some protests in France, but they're always protesting over there."  Camille informed me about the tuition hikes for students, which has rallied them to organize with workers and take to the streets.  Why don't we do that in America?  This led into a spiraling conversation about alienation, exploitation, apathy,  political alternatives to oligarchy, Socialism as a vehicle to the stateless state, May '68, The Great Babylonian Con, Sex at Dawn, on and on.  It was a fascinating and genuine dialogue; true political action.  Camille was out on behalf of the ISO, distributing a grassroots newspaper called Socialist Worker and exemplifying the effort needed for true political change.