<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">"TomDispatch" <<a href="mailto:tomdispatch@nationinstitute.org">tomdispatch@nationinstitute.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">November 6, 2011 5:43:48 PM CST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com">carl@newsfromneptune.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><b>Tomgram: Frances Fox Piven, The War on the Home Front</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><img src="http://e2ma.net/oz/7331698071/208730483/25612/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"> <div align="center" style="font: 10px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #696969;"> If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may <a href="http://e2ma.net/map/view:CampaignPublic/id:25612.7331698071/rid=097e7feed4d92cef6402d30b3d895a70" style="font: 10px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #696969; text-decoration: underline;">see it online</a>. </div><br> <table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr align="right"> <td> <div style="font: 12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #696969;"><span id="chosen-options" style="height:28px;"> Share This: <a href="http://social.e2ma.net/next/e/25612/97a57d571785ec7bdfeaf500a324ac71/7331698071/?mrid=097e7feed4d92cef6402d30b3d895a70" style="margin: 0;padding-left: 5px;"><img width="16" height="16" border="0" src="http://app.e2ma.net/media/themes/default/img/socialnetworks/email.png"></a></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>TomDispatch Newsletter</title> <style type="text/css"> </style> <div style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:13px;"> <table width="720" height="53" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546013/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20="><img src="http://www.tomdispatch.com/images/managed/newtomdispatch_elogo.gif" alt="TomDispatch.com: A Regular Antidote to the Mainstream Media" style="text-decoration:none;border:none"></a></th> </tr> </tbody></table> <table width="720" height="10" border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <td><img src="http://www.tomdispatch.com/images/managed/tdemail_horiz.gif" width="710" height="3"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table width="720" height="364" border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <td width="480" valign="top"> <span style="color:#962D00;font-style:italic;">November 6, 2011</span><br> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546014/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vcG9zdC8xNzU0NjMvdG9tZ3JhbSUzQV9mcmFuY2Vz X2ZveF9waXZlbiUyQ190aGVfd2FyX29uX3RoZV9ob21lX2Zyb250Lw==" style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#000000">Tomgram: Frances Fox Piven, The War on the Home Front</a><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="font-size:11pt;">It was a beautiful, sunlit fall morning when the patrol, many in camouflage jackets, no more than 40 of them in all, <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546015/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5idXNpbmVzc2luc2lkZXIuY29tL3ZldGVyYW5zLW1hcmNoLWZvci1vY2N1cHkt d2FsbC1zdHJlZXQtMjAxMC0xMSN0aGUtbWFyY2gtc3RhcnRlZC1hdC10aGUtdmlldG5hbS1tZW1v cmlhbC1vbi13YXRlci1zdHJlZXQtMQ==">headed </a>directly into enemy territory. Their ranks included one sailor in uniform, three women, and a small child named Viva in a stroller. Except for Viva, all of them were vets, a few from the Vietnam era but most from our more recent wars. <br> <br> As they headed for Wall Street, several carried signs that said, “I am still serving my country,” and one read, “How is the war economy working for you?” Many wore Iraq Veterans Against the War t-shirts under their camo jackets, and there was one other thing that made this demonstration unlike any seen in these last Occupy Wall Street weeks: there wasn’t a police officer, police car, or barricade in sight. As they headed out across a well-trafficked street, not a cop was there to yell at them to get back on the curb. <br> <br> In the <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546016/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS93YXRjaD92PU9aTHlVSzB0MHZRJmZlYXR1cmU9eW91dHUu YmU=">wake</a> of the <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546017/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nb29nbGUuY29tL2ltZ3Jlcz91bT0xJmhsPWVuJmNsaWVudD1maXJlZm94LWEm c2E9TiZybHM9b3JnLm1vemlsbGE6ZW4tVVM6b2ZmaWNpYWwmYml3PTEzMjAmYmloPTY3NyZ0Ym09 aXNjaCZ0Ym5pZD1udFI3QWs0VVlUUEw4TTomaW1ncmVmdXJsPWh0dHA6Ly9zYW5mcmFuY2lzY28u Y2JzbG9jYWwuY29tLzIwMTEvMTAvMjgvJTI1RTIlMjU4MCUyNTk4b2NjdXB5LW9ha2xhbmQlMjVF MiUyNTgwJTI1OTktaG9sZHMtdmlnaWwtZm9yLWlyYXEtdmV0LXdvdW5kZWQtaW4tdmlvbGVuY2Uv JmRvY2lkPXJmZEltbTU3dGZrXzdNJmltZ3VybD1odHRwOi8vY2Jzc2FuZnJhbi5maWxlcy53b3Jk cHJlc3MuY29tLzIwMTEvMTAvc2NvdHQtb2xzZW4tYXAuanBnJnc9NjQwJmg9NDgwJmVpPTRQQ3lU dg==">wounding</a> of <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546018/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yZXV0ZXJzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMTEvMTEvMDIvdXMtdXNhLXdhbGxzdHJl ZXQtb2xzZW4taWRVU1RSRTdBMTdUQjIwMTExMTAy">Scott Olsen</a> in the police assault on Occupy Oakland last week, that’s what it means to be a veteran marching on Zuccotti Park. <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546019/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5idXNpbmVzc2luc2lkZXIuY29tL3ZldGVyYW5zLW1hcmNoLWZvci1vY2N1cHkt d2FsbC1zdHJlZXQtMjAxMC0xMSNpbS1ub3QtZ29pbmctdG8tbWFrZS10aGF0LWNhbGwtdGhpcy12 ZXQtc2FpZC1hbmQtd2UtYWxsLXdhaXRlZC13aGlsZS1oZS1pZ25vcmVkLXRoZS1wb2xpY2UtY2Fw dGFpbi13aGVuLWhlLW9yZGVyZWQtdGhlbS10by1tYXJjaC1vbi10aGUtY2FwdGFpbi1zYWlkLXRo YW5rLXlvdS05">Scott Kimbell</a> (Iraq, 2005-2006), who led the patrol, later told me: “Cops are in a difficult position with vets. Some of them were in the military and are sympathetic and they know that the community will not support what happened to Scott Olsen.” Just before Broad Street, a line of waiting <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546020/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5idXNpbmVzc2luc2lkZXIuY29tL3ZldGVyYW5zLW1hcmNoLWZvci1vY2N1cHkt d2FsbC1zdHJlZXQtMjAxMC0xMSNwb2xpY2Utd2VyZS10aGVyZS1ldmVyeS1zdGVwLW9mLXRoZS13 YXktMg==">police on scooters</a> picked up the marchers, for once feeling more like an escort than a gang of armed avengers, while media types and photographers swarmed in the street without police reprimand. <br> <br> Suddenly, the patrol swiveled right and marched directly into the financial heart of the planet through a set of barricades. (“Who opened up the barrier there?” shouted a policeman.) It was aiming directly at a line of <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546021/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5idXNpbmVzc2luc2lkZXIuY29tL3ZldGVyYW5zLW1hcmNoLWZvci1vY2N1cHkt d2FsbC1zdHJlZXQtMjAxMC0xMSNpbi1mcm9udC1vZi10aGUtc3RvY2stZXhjaGFuZ2Utc2V2ZXJh bC1tb3VudGVkLXBvbGljZS1ibG9ja2VkLXRoZS1yb3V0ZS13ZS1oZWFyZC1vbmUtb2YtdGhlLXBv bGljZW1hbi1zYXktd2h5LWFyZS10aGV5LXRoZS12ZXRzLWFsbG93ZWQtdG8tcHJvdGVzdC1kb3du LWhlcmUtYW5kLW5vLW9uZS1lbHNlLWlzLTY=">mounted police</a> blocking the way. In front of them, the march halted. With a smart “Left face!” the platoon turned to the Stock Exchange and began to call out in unison, “We are veterans! We are the 99%! We swore to protect the Constitution of the United States of America! We are here to support the Occupy Movement!” <br> <br> Then, the horses parted like the Red Sea, like a wave of emotion sweeping ahead of us, and the vets marched on triumphantly toward Zuccotti Park as a military cadence rang out (“...corporate profits on the rise, but soldiers have to bleed and die! Sound off, one, two...”) <br> <br> The platoon <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546022/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5idXNpbmVzc2luc2lkZXIuY29tL3ZldGVyYW5zLW1hcmNoLWZvci1vY2N1cHkt d2FsbC1zdHJlZXQtMjAxMC0xMSN0aGUtZm9ybWF0aW9uLXN0b3BwZWQtYS1jb3VwbGUtb2YtdGlt ZXMtb24tdGhlLXdheS10by16dWNjb3R0aS1wYXJrLWhlcmUtdGhleS1hcmUtaG9sZGluZy1hLW1v bWVudC1vZi1zaWxlbmNlLWZvci1zY290dC1vbHNlbi1wZW9wbGUtd2F0Y2hpbmctd2hpc3BlcmVk LXRvLWVhY2gtb3RoZXItdGhhdHMtdGhlLWd1eS10aGF0LWdvdC1odXJ0LWluLWNhbGlmb3JuaWEt MTA=">came to attention</a> in front of Trinity Church for a moment of silence for “our friend Scott Olsen,” after which it circled the encampment at Zuccotti Park to <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546023/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5idXNpbmVzc2luc2lkZXIuY29tL3ZldGVyYW5zLW1hcmNoLWZvci1vY2N1cHkt d2FsbC1zdHJlZXQtMjAxMC0xMSN3aGVuLXdlLWdvdC10by10aGUtcGFyay1vY2N1cHktcHJvdGVz dGVycy1idXJzdC1pbnRvLWFwcGxhdXNlLTEy">cheers </a>and cries of “Welcome Home!” from the protesters there. (One of the occupiers shouted to the skies: “Hey, police, the military’s here and they’re on our side!”) And if you don’t think all of it was stirring, then you have the heart of a banker. <br> <br> Soon after, veterans began offering testimony, people’s mic-style, at the top of the park. <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546024/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5idXNpbmVzc2luc2lkZXIuY29tL3ZldGVyYW5zLW1hcmNoLWZvci1vY2N1cHkt d2FsbC1zdHJlZXQtMjAxMC0xMSNhbGwtdHlwZXMtb2YtdmV0cy13ZXJlLW1hcmNoaW5nLXRoaXMt Zm9ybWVyLXNvbGRpZXItd2FzLXB1c2hpbmctaGlzLWRhdWdodGVyLWluLWEtc3Ryb2xsZXItNA==">Eli Wright</a>, 30, a former Army medic in Ramadi, Iraq (2003-2004), now on military disability and Viva's dad, parked her stroller when I asked him why he was here. “I came out today to march for economic justice," he responded. "I want a future for my daughter. I want her to have an education and a job. I served seven years for our country to defend our constitution only to see it being dismantled before my eyes. I think it’s time for vets and others to stand up and fight back.” As for two-year-old Viva, “This,” he said, “is the introduction to democracy that she needs to see.” As a matter of fact, amid the tumult, Viva was soundly and peaceably asleep. <br> <br> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546025/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kYWlseWtvcy5jb20vc3RvcnkvMjAxMS8xMS8wMi8xMDMyNTI5Ly1JVkFXJUUy JTgwJTk5cy0lRTIlODAlOThWZXRlcmFucy1vZi10aGUtOTklRTIlODAlOTktTWFyY2glQzIlQTBF dmVudCwtUGhvdG8tRGlhcnk=">Joshua Shepherd</a>, in the Navy from 2002 to 2008, told me that, during those years, he came to realize "it wasn’t about protecting anyone, it was about making money.” Now a student, he was holding up a large poster of his friend Scott Olsen. He had been with Olsen when he was hit, possibly by a beanbag round fired by the police, and had flown in from San Francisco for this march. “It’s important that the people at Wall Street know that we support them. For the life of me I’m not sure why the police escalated the way they did [in Oakland], but the powers that be are threatened. Income disparities have never been higher and they want to keep it that way. It’s my intention to raise my voice and say that’s not right.” <br> <br> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546026/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nb29nbGUuY29tL2ltZ3Jlcz9xPSUyMnQuai4rYnVvbm9tbyUyMiZobD1lbiZi aXc9MTMyMCZiaWg9Njc3Jmdidj0yJnRibT1pc2NoJnRibmlkPWZyWmFlWnpIeFIxOEZNOiZpbWdy ZWZ1cmw9aHR0cDovL21hcmtiZWJhd2kuY29tL2NhdGVnb3J5L2lyYXEvJmRvY2lkPU9tZGpEY29z QnBPVTFNJmltZ3VybD1odHRwOi8vZmFybTMuc3RhdGljLmZsaWNrci5jb20vMjEwMi8yMzA3NzY4 OTQ5XzU3MzhkMzBkZjIuanBnJnc9NTAwJmg9NDIxJmVpPVZlLXlUcnVmSy1uNDBnSFh2UDJpQkEm em9vbT0xJmlhY3Q9aGMmdnB4PTE4MiZ2cHk9MTUzJmR1cj01ODk3Jmhvdmg9MjA2Jmhvdnc9MjQ1 JnR4PTEzMiZ0eT0xMTYmc2lnPTEwMjUzNDU3MjAxNzM1MjkyOTQxMiZwYWdlPTEmdGJuaD0xNTMm dA==">T.J. Buonomo</a>, 27 and unemployed, a personable former Army military intelligence officer, told me that he had come up from Washington specifically for the march. “Seeing what happened to Scott Olsen made me feel like we had to stand up for Americans getting their democracy back. If this country keeps going like this, we’re going to look like Latin America in the 1970s.” <br> <br> Of course, as with so much else about Zuccotti Park, there’s no way of knowing whether these vets were a recon outfit preparing the way for a far larger “army,” possibly (as in the Vietnam era) including active-duty service people, or whether they were just a lost American patrol. Still, if you were there, you, too, might have felt that something was changing in this country, that a larger movement of some kind was beginning to form. <br> <br> And speaking of such movements, if you’ve read the final essays in the remarkable new book <em> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546027/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2RwLzE1OTU1ODcxOTUvcmVmPW5vc2ltLz90YWc9dG9tZGlz cGF0Y2gtMjA=">Who’s Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?</a></em>, an essential guide to the writings of the activist and professor “Glenn Beck loves to hate,” then you know that no one came closer than her to predicting the rise of OWS. Having covered the fate of the poor memorably for almost half a century, Piven, whom Cornel West calls “a living legend,” has a bead on the “war” these vets are now facing on the American home front. (To catch Timothy MacBain’s latest Tomcast audio interview in which Piven discusses Glenn Beck’s bizarre fascination with her click <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546028/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3RvbWRpc3BhdGNoLmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbS8yMDExLzExL3Bvb3ItYXJndW1lbnQuaHRt bA==">here</a>, or download it to your iPod <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546029/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL2NsaWNrLmxpbmtzeW5lcmd5LmNvbS9mcy1iaW4vY2xpY2s/aWQ9ajBTUzRBbC9pVkkm YW1wO3N1YmlkPSZhbXA7b2ZmZXJpZD0xNDYyNjEuMSZhbXA7dHlwZT0xMCZhbXA7dG1waWQ9NTU3 MyZhbXA7UkRfUEFSTTE9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRml0dW5lcy5hcHBsZS5jb20lMkZ1cyUyRnBvZGNh c3QlMkZ0b21jYXN0LWZyb20tdG9tZGlzcGF0Y2gtY29tJTJGaWQzNTcwOTU4MTc=">here</a>.)<em> </em><em>Tom</em></p> <blockquote><p><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">The War Against the Poor </span><br> <span style="font-size: medium;">Occupy Wall Street and the Politics of Financial Morality </span></strong><br> By <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7331698071/208730483/226546030/25612/b64/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vYXV0aG9ycy9mcmFuY2VzZm94cGl2ZW4=">Frances Fox Piven</a></p><p>We’ve been at war for decades now -- not just in Afghanistan or Iraq, but right here at home. 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