RE: [Marxism] South Central Farm Site & Darryl Hannah - follow-up

["Mark Lause" <MLause@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why are people who hate the DAILY SHOW so obsessed with watching it?

My take was that Stewart was having a well-earned go at the coverage of the
event, which was entirely superficial and certainly would have mostly not
been there had Darryl Hannah not been involved.  

Certainly, the celebrity-obsessed media is standard target for Comedy
Central.  On the other hand, Jon Stewart neither said nor even hinted at any
particularly hostility on his part to her or the cause for which she was
being arrested.

Solidarity!
Mark L.





-----Original Message-----
From: marxism-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:marxism-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Shannon
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 7:57 PM
To: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition
Subject: [Marxism] South Central Farm Site & Darryl Hannah - follow-up

Sorry, but I am often much too obscure. A friend who can't stand Jon  
Stewart and the Daily Show asked me what I was writing about.

For the last two nights Comedy Central's The Daily Show, starring Jon  
Stewart, has been featuring Darryl Hannah's arrest for sitting in a 3- 
story Walnut Tree (apparently protected under California law). The  
smirking Stewart seems to think that he is clever as he panders to  
the ignorant in his audience. Her act, of course, was to demonstrate  
solidarity with community activists who have been cultivating a 14- 
acre plot of land for several years.

Although lightly dismissed as a mini-farm, 14 acres is a sizable  
piece of agricultural land and properly cultivated can produce a lot  
of food. In California, with its mild climate, it would be a year- 
round resource. It can also provide a welcome alternative activity  
for families, including their children.

Brian Shannon


> Often very funny but beneath the surface exceptionally shallow  
> comedians like Jon Stewart of the Daily Show prove their inner  
> harmony with the antihumanist right wing wits attacking the 14-acre  
> South Central Farm Site where 350 families have been growing crops  
> since the early 1990s.
>
> Here is the official site: http://www.southcentralfarmers.com/
>
> And here is an extremely interesting article on the consistent  
> activist Darryl Hannah, whose commitment is being used by  
> sophomoric wits like Stewart against the local community organizers.
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?C29222A4D
>
>

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