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RADICAL ACTS presents
Of the FEw, By the Few, for the few
A reflection on the Electoral Process
Presented by Radical Acts of Iron Age Theatre
Designed and Directed by John Doyle
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE by HOWARD ZINN
Zinn, dedicated to freedom and justice, questions the power structure established in the constitution as a representation of oligarchical rule rather than the democracy suggested in the Declaration of Independence. He examines the way power and wealth in the hands of the few create and perpetual power and wealth in the hands of the few as manifest in the electoral college.
presented by Bob Weick
AN Introduction by Bob Weick
Bob Weick shares some thoughts on his mentor Howard Zinn and the text we have included in our reflection on Election Day
SPEECH ON FREEDOM SUMMER AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY by ROBERT P. MOSES 1964
Bob Moses gave this address on the plans for Freedom Summer at Stanford University on April 24, 1964. Moses described the violence civil rights organizers encountered in Mississippi, and he was candid about the initial opposition of his local staff to bringing in white volunteers from outside.
Moses spoke at Stanford for more than an hour. He said that bringing in the mostly white young volunteers to the Deep South would help get the civil rights story out to the rest of the country.
presented by Richard Bradford
NO WAR - KNOW PEACE
Two Voices on the ideas of War and Warriors for Veteran’s Day
STRIKE AGAINST WAR by HELEN KELLER, 1916
Helen Keller’s radical, passionate speech challenges our preconceptions of the purpose of war and the lives that fuel it.
presented by Mary Tuomanen
TO DRAFT BOARD #1 by KURT VONNEGUT. 1967
Vonnegut’s letter to the draft board in support of his son’s decision to conscientiously object to Viet Nam echoes with a warm passion and love for the heroic nature of the non combatant. This letter takes war to task while presenting a perspective on how we should consider those who have not gone to war.
His love and respect for his son may help us broaden our definition of heroism and rescue our youth from the war machine
presented by Adam Altman
DISABLED by WILFRED OWEN. 1917
Normally, we only include voices from the American experience but this poem by Wilfred Owen, the greatest of the British World War I poets provides such a potent, emotionally rich portrait of the consequences for a wounded veteran, we could not sharing it. Owens use of assonance, alliteration and images of pity pain encapsulates the need to consider the value of war, the perverse draw of the military, and its implications for those who engage.
read by John Doyle
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Designed by John Doyle and Richard Bradford and Bob Weick