Jan 23: Day 1 of my fast, day 699 of our chain.
War is Peace
Slavery is Freedom
Ignorance is Strength
–G. Orwell 1984
What was it Orwell was warning us about with his words? All I know is we are watching it happen on Earth. Now.
Everywhere I look lately I see people saying “Journalism is dead.”
I live in the US so this “problem” is not India’s alone. It seems a world wide issue and India is being ignored in the major world news because of it. Reality is being ignored and a particular group of people benefit.
Modi’s recent blunder in speaking to the World Economic Forum and the way it was covered up just another example of the blind eye being given to Truth. Why not just be honest about it? I laugh at my mistakes.
There are some people who haven’t given up though. And the article Suniti posted shows this. It IS newsworthy that people are learning that “nothing matters.” For critical thinking and sharing our knowledge the only way Up and Out.
https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/the-hidden-curriculum-of-new-india
The Oppressors will not give up their position voluntarily. The only way I know is from under. Praxis. Grassroots sharing of knowledge. Getting to know our neighbors and organizing locally. Not violently.
I don’t have all the answers. None of us do. However not giving up more important than ever.
My questions today as I fast are:
How do I keep hope alive?
How do I encourage others to critically think without them immediately getting upset because my position seems so different than theirs?
What to say people who harbor hatred because of their fear and blame of a class, or race or Religion which is misguided scapegoating and the actual problem. In and of itself?
How to encourage real Love between humans on Earth?
Surely this chain fast, almost 2 years now, and what it has brought is a prime example….
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