Keith Foskin,
\nTribute to a source of a quiet solidarity\u2026<\/p>\n
Quiet words filled with the consciousness
\n\tof a revolutionary.
\n\tA modern day Che
\n\tEvery strand of hair out of place,
\n\tRough, graying stubble beard
\n\tCigarette, rather than a Cuban puro, in hand.
\n\tVanilla vodka, rather than Cuban rum,
\n\tsipped in quiet pensiveness.<\/p>\n
Technological skills,
\n\tfreeing political prisoners
\n\tlike Mumia and Leonard, Assata and Mutulo.
\nKeith, like a Zapatista subcomandante,
\n\tSending messages of solidarity,
\n\tFrom somewhere in the jungle
\n\tof a politicized and conscious mind.<\/p>\n
I appreciated the many nights of
\n\tsolidarity actions at 907 LaPorte,
\nThe den of revolutionary thinkers,
\n\tHome of sumptuous pasta and radical greens,
\n\tVegetarian and vegan food
\n\tTo nurture radical thinking.
\nWhere water-wasting lawns gave way
\n\tTo composting and permacultured patios;
\nAnd anarchistic art instilled a revolutionary fervor
\n\tin the minds of young, enthusiastic thinkers.<\/p>\n
Keith, demonstrating a quiet leadership,
\n\tSharing political space at 907 with the Amory\u2019s
\n\tof the world, young Starr\u2019s
\n\tWho shine a needed light on the path of revolution.<\/p>\n
Keith at 907\u2026
\nWhere hierarchies of class and gender oppression
\n\twere crushed by anarchistic zeal.
\nWhere Foskin artwork adorned the walls
\nalong with Noam Chomsky, Emma Goldman,
\n\tZinn, and Che.
\nEnlightenment in a world filled with injustice,
\n\tSolace in a world filled with violence.<\/p>\n
\tKeith Foskin, a quiet voice of solidarity.
\n\tKeith Foskin \u2026. !Presente! Que viva Keith!<\/p>\n
\t\tBy Norberto Valdez,
\n\t\tInternational Workers\u2019 Day, 2008
\n\t\tOn the occasion of a humble tribute to
\n\t\t\ta departed companero, Ft. Collins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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