When I previewed this recording of a talk by Hakim Bey, author of “The Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ)” a couple of days ago, I was struck at how timely these ideas are right now. Although this talk was recorded in 1993, when Bey speaks about the power of art and that we as the audience must now become our own artists, well, he could have been speaking at a recent GA somewhere near you last night. It seems that the sentiments of the Occupy Movement have been bubbling just under the radar of the Establishment for a long time now. … and wait until you hear him shout, “Democratic Shamanism or Nothing!” … not to mention the part where he said that even if you are in a quilting bee you should be prepared to run guns and stage orgies. … and then he goes on to urge us to become “pirate utopians for peace” “guerillas of harmony”. Also, I have included a brief 1997 recording of Robert Anton Wilson who seems to be predicting the Occupy Movement.
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