I want out

[Earth_First]

1971; Committee to Help Unsell the War (New York); offset; 40 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches

[EFerrari]

1. What a wrenching image, Earth_First.

[Truthiness Inspector]

2. What does that image mean to you? n/t

[undergroundpanther]

3. I want out too

Out of this sick human world this sick sick war, get away from all the psychopaths bullies assholes who think they are not the problem while they go hurting people and escape those macho hyper competitive pieces of shit in their big obnoxious trucks and suvs, I want to get away from the pervasive consumer"lifestyle" and the idiotic "pursuit" sickness that keeps happiness out of reach that is our national sickness,I want to get away from the killings kidnappings rapes and suffering that is everywhere from dead birds at the bus stop that have been rotting there since september and the sadism that Iraq is subjected to,and subjects itself to.. I want to get away from this kind of existence,This fucking SYSTEM of oppression and abuse ..Haves tormenting have nots..Because Life here it just hurts too much.We are all insane and we are taking down an entire planet because we are too much like slaves living leaders dreams dreams that are NOT OUR OWN but we have been broken and conditioned to think is what we exist for..I WANT OUT TOO!

[crickets]

4. Wow. I don't remember that poster.

It fits the times again, though. Unfortunately. Backtracking the image to the Sixties Project turned up lots of thought provoking historical materials and art to browse through. I googled for the Committee to Help Unsell the War and found BloodForOil.org has information on the original campaign and a "Help Unsell the War...Again" page.

http://www.bloodforoil.org/unsell-the-war/index.php

Thanks for posting this, Earth_First. I agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly. K&R.

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[Earth_First]

5. one kick! n/t

[yellowdogmi]

6. Hi Earth First!

I whole heartedly agree. I want out to. Not likely to happen anytime soon. Too many people to please. When it gets too much, I think about a river trip. Just me and a few friends floating down my favorite stream. I used to do that a lot when I was younger. Then I read a book by Ed that talks about similiar trips. I hope you have been hiking alot. Take care.

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