Donald Sutherland: 'I want Hunger Games to stir up a revolution'

[Jackpine Radical]

78. Just exactly who are you lashing out at here?

I'm 69. I was involved with the civil rights movement in the early 60's and a commune in '66. I'm a VN vet who started protesting the war after returning to the States & still in the Army (google Oleo Strut and Fatigue Press to get some idea of what was going on among returned GI's back then). I got back into school at Madison, where I immediately got associated with the antiwar movement. I worked my ass off for MGovern in '72 and every Dem Presidential candidate since then. Yeah, I worked & voted for Carter both times & watched in dismay as Teddy tried to pull him down in '80.

I kinda resent being tarred with that generational brush, and equally resent seeing Sutherland also being tarred.

I know some activist & aware kids, and some who are not. I suspect that the latter group is pretty heavily burdened with learned hopelessness, and I don't pick on them for their response to this harsh nation or this downright nasty world. I would, however, like to infuse a little hope among them. I think the Hunger Games is one small stride in that direction, and applaud Sutherland for still standing at the barricades and waving his red flag.

And "the odds are NEVER in our favor."