hegemony rules

Hey Mr. Pinochet

You’ve sown a bitter crop

It’s foreign money that supports you

One day the money’s going to stop

No wages for your torturers

No budget for your guns

Can you think of your own mother

Dancing with her invisible son

Watch “They dance alone”

I may be a bit ambivalent about Adbusters magazine’s mission,^* but I thought this call for short written submissions for their next issue looks interesting…

Dear Jammers and Creatives,

We’re already hard at work on the next issue – #68, dedicated to creative non-fiction – and we’re hoping that some of you will let us pick your brains. We’re looking for 100 to 200 word, punchy, sad, crazy, or rude pieces inspired by a major event or epiphany in your life. It could be about anything really . . . a haiku, a poem, a travel remembrance, an anecdote about living in the post s11 era, a piece about discovering one of your family’s dark secrets. We’re looking for stories that provoke and that go straight to the heart, with a “slice of life” feeling to them.

We’d like to pepper these short pieces throughout our upcoming issue. One warning: the deadline is tight, so we need all submissions sent to editor@adbusters.org by July 26th. If we decide to go with your submission, you’ll get to see your name in print, and we’ll also pay you 50 cents/word.

Remember: keep it short, keep it true, and fire it off to us as quickly as you can.

Cheers,
The Adbusters Team.

^*I mean, I do have a pair of black Converse that I know I probably should trade in for these, but…it’s just not the same.