OCTOBER 4, 2024 PEACE Day of Che Che Guevara is among the best known revolutionaries of the 20th century. He is widely honored in Cuba. Originally from Argentina, Ernesto Guevara was “Che” in Cuba from Argentinian-Spanish slang for “pal” or “buddy.” He became a top Commandante with Fidel and was the brilliant military strategist at the Battle of Santa Clara, which sealed the defeat of the Batista dictatorship. I believe the armed struggle began after Batista canceled the election in which Fidel was a candidate. I’ve already written about the attack on the Moncada barracks, which like Harper’s Ferry, was a big defeat. Unlike John Brown, Fidel was sentenced to prison rather than execution. Upon his release he went into exile in Mexico. Che was in Guatemala when President Eisenhower, at the behest of United Fruit Co., authorized the coup against the popular President Arbenz. Che, as an Arbenz supporter, was forced to flee and went to Mexico where he met Fidel. The rest is well-documented history. Luisa Yanez wrote “On the Trail of Che Guevara,” a great read from the Miami Herald; learn about the mystery of Che’s bones. Every year, hundreds of thousands make a pilgrimage to Che’s tomb/memorial in Santa Clara. Alberto Korda took the legendary photo of Che that is everywhere. It captures the pathos, perseverance and passion of the revolution. On March 4, 1960, the French freighter La Coubre exploded in Havana Harbor, killing up to 100 people and injuring several hundred more. Che participated in the rescue operation. The following day, the Che photo was taken. Jack Kenny, our Ann Arbor photographer, traveled to Cuba in the 1990s, met with Korda and came back with a good part of his collection. Jack’s work may be found at the Makeshift Art Gallery on Liberty Street. October 8 is the Day of Che in Cuba. By significant coincidence it is also my birthday. My 75th in 2017 was a great party in Cuba. This year I will be 82. We are setting up an October 6 event (the Sunday before), at the Friends Meeting House from 4 to 8 p.m. It is a potluck party with a film screening of “Salt of the Earth” at 7 p.m. This film embodies the spirit of Che as much as “The Motorcycle Diaries,” which is also a great film. I got the book “Salt of the Earth: The Story of a Film” to get a better feel for freedom of speech and the struggle for the mind of Hollywood. The witch hunts of McCarthyism, also called the Second Red Scare, sent many people to prison and exile. If you knew a communist you may have been subpoenaed and father find water with a branch that pointed down at the right spot. Please review the “People’s Peace KEN PARKS Groundcover vendor No. 490 threatened with the loss of your job. It was a replay of the Inquisition, a tragedy that plagued Europe for centuries. World War I was the context for the Russian Revolution. The first Red Scare in America came immediately after the Bolshevic Revolution took power in Russia. Violent incidents and rumors of violence were the excuse for many raids, arrests and deportations in the United States. Sacco and Venzetti were executed based on their anarchist beliefs more than any evidence of violence. The anti-communist fervor that is an undercurrent in American culture has a long history and anyone who declares themself to be a socialist, let alone a communist, cannot be surprised to find themselves under attack. The Korean War and the Vietnam war were anti-communst crusades. The prejudice that comes from othering human beings feeds on fear, scapegoating and the creation of enemies if none exist. Indigenous people become savages as supremacism goes on a rampage. I met a veteran who became an expert at kicking in doors and shooting anything that moved inside. He thought his training in Iraq would qualify him for a job with the police. The mercenaries that I saw during the Detroit newspaper strike, and again at Standing Rock, believe that peace and justice activists are the enemies and their addiction to violence motivates them to act against us. We see this same dynamic in Palestine today as children and the World Central Kitchen become targets of bombs while snipers pick off medical workers and journalists. Peace is needed. There is plenty of work to do as we begin the healing. Let us end the war on ourselves. Smile in the mirror as you see who you are in a judgment-free zone. Honest health care would get toxins out of our food and water. Food would be medicine as we tune in to the wisdom of the body. Applied kinesiology, commonly known as muscle testing, is an important skill. Water dowsing works in the context of tuning into the wisdom of the body and the wisdom of the earth. I have seen my Bank” Groundcover article (May 17) and “Move The Money” article (August 23). It’s time to put basic research about money into practice. The first law of thermodynamics will go into play – everything we need is at hand. Let’s talk and go to work as we share in simplifying our lives. Peace is the way. We will begin and end with some mindfulness practice that empowers peace of mind. A natural breath is a miracle of presence. I am looking forward to meeting you on October 6 at Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House. My writing is preparation for a discussion on money, sharing of resources and organizing the details. Jim Clark told me about auxiliary dwelling units which is an ordinance in Ann Arbor. It may be the basis for a series of tiny houses as first done in Seattle. When we love one another we live in a fresh world and can live visions of peace. "Yes" and "no" are powerful words. “How about this?” Is a phrase that introduces new options. The blessings of a fresh mind are bountiful. Remember the famous slogan, “think globally, act locally?” Try a thought experiment with your breath. The average breath has 2.5 X 10 to the 22nd power number of molecules, 22 zeros is a large number. Check Google for the probability that a goodly number of those molecules have been around the world and breathed by every plant and sentient being that ever existed. That’s just one breath. How many dinosaurs do we meet in our breath? This is an example of how intimately we are interrelated. Science is now theorizing that consciousness is connected to dimensions we cannot perceive. We need to explore mental consciousness and contemplate the Clear Light of the Void, also known as "the all-good expanse of primordial purity.” God, Allah and unconditional love are in this field of word play. As is taught, one moment of the clear light of the mind can erase eons of karmic obstacles and habitual patterns. We can forget about the need to prove anything and rest in the natural state of spontaneous activity, uncontrived and decisive. The earth invites us to be at ease and do good work. GROUNDCOVER NEWS 11 PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
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