This website is dominated by an anti-war theme. The website was initially designed to draw attention to decades of disinvestment in one Midwestern industrial city. The disivestment reflected a pattern found throughout the U.S.’ industrial heartland, and in other manufacturing communities, urban and rural alike. Photography which displays this decline can be found through the above menu.
As the world moves towards global war, however, war has become the more pressing issue. With this mind, the website’s emphasis has shifted from industrial urban and rural decline towards the anti-war theme.
It is important, however to keep in mind that the economic forces which precipitated urban and rural decline are generally the same forces which lead the Nation towards war, i.e. the unending quest of profit dependent private firms, operating within the competitive capitalist contest, to seek-out lower cost human and natural resources; is a matter of survival for the private firm. In the international arena, governments support this expansionary need through war.
So it’s s pretty much the same story, the same motivating factors, which lead to capital disinvestment and war, the distinction being, that one is a story of economic violence, while the other is a story of physical violence, the latter, however, is more serious, thus the change of emphasis within this website.
With this in mind, the essay content on this website, found on the Home page, often includes economic content.
The hope is that this website will inspire the growth of the Nation’s anti-war movement, and also provide insights into the basis of the pro-war movement. Hopefully the essays, and the display of photographic art acquired through this website, will assist this effort.
If you would like to support this effort, please visit the Anti-War store within this website. Otherwise, thank you for interest and I hope you will spend some time looking around.