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hylife vol. 27
This Friday March 3 @ The Independent in SF, hylife 27: why I chained myself to a bench
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HYIM SOLO
This Friday, March 3
8:30pm doors. I play at 9pm sharp!!!
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Box Office - 415.771.1422
21+
I am opening for:
The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
and Samba Da
www.theindependentsf.com/march2006.htm
Come celebrate last week's adventure with me with
one of New Orleans' killer crews who combine
New Orleans hype with Klezmer spirit. You will be glad you came.
And Samba Da is tight too!!
aaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnd d d nnnnnnnnnnoooooow ww w w
(((hylife 27)))
An American, A Chain, And A Bench.
By: Hyim
Why would an American chain himself to a bench? Didn't want to give Uncle Sam
his two cents.
Why did I chain myself to a bench for 5 days and juice fast? Some people are
kind to ask me. That was a non-violent vigil for peace and economic
democracy. Spend money on kids here at home, not on war in another place -last
week my student's 16 year old cousin was shot dead in the face. Use our
resources to help take care of the needs of our own children here on US soil,
our own place.
Imagine this: a window is broken in your house and say your neighbor's window
is also broken. You fix your own house before you fix your neighbor's house,
right? A nation's government's job is to first and foremost serve its
citizens needs. I have students who come to school hungry. It's hard to
learn or be nice on an empty stomach. That is a hard reality for some of us
to stomach.
Why would I chain myself up to a bench? Because it gets people's attention.
It goes against our basic intuition. Because I call 'em as I see 'em. A bit
of urgency. A bit of life, and a bit of death. Last Tuesday a 10 year old
Richmond girl was shot by a stray bullet in the chest. And this is the
democracy we want other countries to think is the best?
Our government parlaying our tax dollars into arsenals and 19 year olds not
trained for teaching our children firm tenderness but for killing in battle
abroad. If you believe in G*d, why are children in Golden California hungry
for food - every day over 2 million children go hungry in California .
Over 2 mill.
Over 2 mill.
The fact that my time at work and my dollars spent
are taxed to fund a government
that makes this kind of error
it's hard to swallow that truth pill. Over 2 mill.
242 billion dollars spent on this war in Iraq.
Violence it seems is as addictive as crack.
I refuse to be the war's henchman.
It's the chained-to-the-bench-man.
So why would an American chain himself to a bench?
Didn't want to give Uncle Sam his 2 cents.
I didn't spend a dime all week, my hands were clean. Now I know at least for
that time I didn't contribute anything to our war-killing machine.
And the people who gathered out there. Many hundred. School children took
field trips to come see and talk to me. High school students doing video
interviews and directors of documentaries. Channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 14, KFOG and
hella newspaper and internet media folks. My friends and family, the late
night crew crackin' jokes. Music and candles and reunited friends. A lot of
old folks on down to babies and children.
I do it for our children and our children's children yet to come.
We are all living here on this earth under the same sun.
Peace to all my peoples out there in the world!!!
Take good care of yourselves…
Selah, selah.
Paz, shalom, namaste, asalaam.
HYIM
(((hylife 27))) 2006
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