Brown Dishcarge For A Kidney Infection

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Foreword

T he thing I admire about Chicano village life in New Mexico is that beneath the sleek overlay of trucks and telephones lies the still-vital infrastructure of an ancient and, until recently, undisturbed way of life. Men hunt elk and turkey. Women know plants. Curandera-healers with their potent prophetic powers live among us. Everyone knows how to build a mud house, dig the irrigation ditch, grow corn, ride a horse, and navigate through the forest on a moon-lit night. And despite the raging poverty that universally flattens land-based communities when they are conquered, colonized, and consumed, there is more happiness here than in any place I have known. Its a simple happiness, nothing fancy, a here-and- now contentment: a story told at the gas pump, an invitation to go fishing, a twist of language that illuminates the irony of history. Living here, I have learned not to contemplate a trip to the dump or village store without carrying with me an extra twenty minutes, or an hour, to give and receive.

     Such experiences reinforce what, after decades of research and dozens of social-change movements, I have long suspected. That it is not just contemporary industrial society that is dysfunctional; it is civilization itself. That we humans are born to be creatures of the land and the sea and the stars; that we are relations to the animals, cohorts to the plants. And that our well-being, and the well-being of the very planet, depend on our pursuance of our given place within the natural world.
      It is against these musings that I celebrate the coming of John Zerzan’s accomplishment of an anthology harboting the best of civilized people’s critiques of civilization. Herein the reader will discover the questions that need to be asked and the insights that beg to be nurtured if humankind and the natural world as we know it are to thrive into the future.
     This bok is that important.

- Chellis Glendinning
Chinayó, New Mexico
26th July 1998

Foreword

In ec, I admire you for Chicanskom village life in New Mexico is that the coating of trucks and sleek phones lying still alive ancient infrastructure and, until recently, untouched way of life. Men hunt elk and turkey. Women know plants. Therapists Curandera live among us with their potent prophetic powers. Everyone knows how to build a clay house, the irrigation ditch to grow maize, ride a horse, and navigate through the forest during the monthly night. And despite the terrible poverty that generally affects the communities dependent on the ground when they are conquered, colonized and consumed, there is more satisfaction than I've seen elsewhere. It's simple happiness, nothing fancy, here-and-now: a story told at the gas pump, an invitation to go fishing, a twist of language, which illuminates the irony of history. When I lived here, so I learned not to contemplate a trip to the dump or village store without carrying with me twenty minutes or an hour, give and receive.

Such experiences reinforce after decades of research and dozens of movements for social change
what I have long suspected. It's not just contemporary industrial society that is dysfunctional, it is civilization itself. That we humans are born, that we are creatures of the land and sea and the stars, that we are related to animals, related to the plants. And that our well-being and being of the planet depends on our continuing in our present location in the natural world. In
considering that celebrate the coming of John Zerzan anthology dealing with the best critiques of civilization civilized people. Here the reader will find the questions that need to be asked and the insights, seeking to be nurtured if humankind and the natural world as we know them to flourish in the future.
This book is so important.

- Chellis Glendinning
Chinayó, New Mexico
26th July 1998