From: "Daniel Marley" <bixmarley-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Revolution - poem needed
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 06:19:05 +1100


Hi folks

I got myself into a discussion with an old, right-wing, very convincing 
professor at the university. He calls the 1964´s military coup (our 
"not-so-homemade-coup", thanx to American pals) a revolution, whenever he 
refers to it during classes. I asked him why. He said that´s the way he 
learned to call it, and that "most of the people supported it", a blatant 
lie. This response´s been given during class-time.

Now Im writing a text about the definitions of "coup" and "revolution", 
using authors he cannot ignore, like Norberto Bobbio, Hannah Arendt and a 
Brazilian theoric called Florestan Fernandes. Im also adding Hobsbawn´s 
concept, even though, as a marxist, he´ll be ignored by the so-called 
"teacher".

The text is coming out pretty good, but I must choose carefully the persons 
I quote, in order to destroy his arguments in his own terms. Also, other 
studants who read the text won´t put it away for "being about politics" as 
some arseholes do. As an open discordance with a professor, I believe it 
will cause some impact.

Following this restrictions, I need urgently a short poem about 
revolution(s), to flavor the introduction. Ive been having a tough time 
searching for it, unsuccessfully. The text is a bit big, so the poem would 
fill some space more sparcely (is that the word?), helping lazy readers 
start it. If noone helps me and I dont find anything, the text will still be 
fine, but not as good as planned. Once again, I remember you that the author 
must be famous and palatable to rightists. I hope this doesn´t sound as bad 
as I feel it, but the reason is a good, strategic one: its easier to get 
into people´s mind discreetly than not.

Hope to hear from ye

Daniel
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