Dialectical Reason by the Dozen

1

Black Bart was strategic in the poetry of stage-coach robbery.

2

Pickinpah's Wild Bunch are strategic in train heists and tequila.

3

Kurasowa's Seven Samurai are strategic in solidarity and peasant resistance.

4

The Children of Soweto were strategic in arson and education.

5

The Metropolitain Indians were strategic in self-organisation and humour.

6

Morihei Ueshiba was strategic in counter-attack and centered movement. Mustapha Khayati and his associates were strategic in scandal and infiltration.

7

T'ai chi ch'uan is strategic in grounded movement and stamina. Capoeira is strategic in agile movement and disguise.

8

The revolutionary critique of urbanism is strategic in the making of history.

9

Masanobu Fukuoka was strategic in farming.

10

Female Liberation Consciousness Raising is strategic in dialogue and theory.

11

Maria Nikiforova was strategic in expropriation and leadership.

12

Paule Mink was strategic in funerals and children's names.

13

I do not use an example because I approve of its producer as a static totality. I approve of a particular aspect of any given producer because, and only inasmuch as, I can use it as a concrete example for my own purposes. There you have it. A rough baker's dozen, gathered almost at random: a feast for a famished proletarian's breakfast. Good food for thought should be well savoured. Good food for action should be well digested. Chew slowly and enjoy throughout the day.

Love,

Siddiq Khan

22 November 2014