A truly subversive subscription for me

As a general rule, a fair amount of that which the Federal government and some others in this country might see as "subversive" would not be viewed as such by most (if not all) on our discussion lists.

But some way, I have been given a sub to a subversive publication.  It's a slick, physically very attractive and substantive (88 pages) bi-monthly magazine, and retails at five bucks an issue.  Name is EXECUTIVE TRAVEL and it appears to be aimed mostly at middle-management corporate business types focused, of course, on upward mobility.  And while it advertises some very attractive and quite expensive items, ranging from watches to hotels, it also contains, I must admit, some very interesting articles.  (However they must be read with care and caution.)

One is "New Ways To Close A Deal".  Another is "How To Negotiate Today / Neuroscience meets negotiation."  And there are other intriguing pieces.

How in Hell did this come to us? Eldri and I surmised it might have something to do with our American Express Card which we've had since 1969.  A little Google research points somewhat in that direction but I am still not sure.

It does have a Lincoln, Nebraska connection.  But I can't see youngest son, Peter Gray Salter, playing this kind of expensive joke.  I wouldn't.

As I told son-in-law Cameron when I showed him the thing, "I haven't lived long enough to make much money but I do have this  to hold in my hand."  Said the same thing to oldest son, John (Beba) via phone.  Each laughed and I grinned.

In reality, I had two opportunities to enter the corporate world of business via attractive arrangements.  I obviously chose to go in another direction entirely -- and to continue in that fashion.

And no regrets on that at all.  We like the trail we've taken, a trail on which we obviously still travel and always will.

Still, I think I'll keep the magazine -- at least this issue.  It can reside on the same shelf which holds T.V.'s classic Theory of the Leisure Class, always an enduring favorite of mine.

Yours for provocative education,

Hunter Bear

HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq / 
St. Francis Abenaki / St. Regis Mohawk 
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO
www.hunterbear.org 
(much social justice material)

See the new expanded/updated "Organizer's Book," 
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new substantial 
introduction by me. This book is a full, very detailed 
discussion of the rise and development of the Jackson  
Movement of 1962-63 -- external life and internal dynamics.  
And this book is also an organizer's how-to manual.
 http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm   

And see the related http://crmvet.org/comm/hunter1.htm 
 ("Militant and Radical Organizer": -- and also "Fifty Years:
Remembering Medgar Evers")
 http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/3876
 
See the Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm
(Many photos.)

Our very large page on Community Organizing:  
http://hunterbear.org/my_combined_community_organizing.htm