The Business Army — Gerry MacGuire and “the nine”

The Business Army -- "The Nine"

Several days later. Mid-day. The beginning of August.

The sky has turned hazy and still. Outside, the electric, orchestral sound of crickets and the distant drone of cicadas.

There is a knock on the door.

Butler walks to the door and opens it. There stands MacGuire, this time alone. MacGuire, smiling once again at the General, lets out a friendly laugh.

"The hot days have really started, haven't they, sir?" he says, his voice a sudden gush. "Thank you, thank you for letting me drop by."

"You've been dropping by quite a bit lately, haven't you?"

"Sir, it's for the good of the Legion."

The two walk to Butler's office, and Butler takes his regular position behind his desk, while MacGuire once more plunks himself in one of the chairs, his physical bulk seemingly diminished by his surroundings.

"I think you've got some explaining to do," Butler says.

"You know, I can explain whatever you want, sir."

"This money that you showed me earlier—where did you get all this money? It cannot be yours."

"Well, y'see, this movement to unhorse the Royal Family, there are other people behind it. Bigger men than me."

"Go on."

"Well, there are nine of them. And the biggest contributor has given me $9,000. And the donations, they run all the way from $2,500 to $9,000."

"What's the object of all this?"

"Well, the object is to take care of the rank and file of the soldiers. To get them their bonus and get them properly cared for."

"With all due respect, Mr. MacGuire, it's time for us to get down to brass tacks. The kind of people who are in favor of the gold standard are not the kind of people in favor of paying the bonus now. If anything, the opposite. That's why Hoover in the first place thought he could get away with busting up the Bonus March the way he did."

"Oh, no, sir, you're wrong about that."

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Full novel here:

http://www.eclectica.org/v23n2/harvor.html

The Business Army - an American coup d’etat

PeaceWalk 3

PeaceWalk 2

World Bardo 118, new cut

Hanok Village in Seoul

Greening Korea - at the Save and Preserve Eco Festival, Russia

Honoured to have some work selected for the upcoming "Save and Preserve Film Festival", in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

For more info, click here.

Stills connected to some of my work below.
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Для меня большая честь, что некоторые работы были отобраны для предстоящего «Фестиваля спасения и сохранения» в Ханты-Мансийске, Россия.


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Кадры, связанные с некоторыми из моих работ ниже.

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Honoré d'avoir sélectionné certaines œuvres pour le prochain "Save and Preserve Film Festival", à Khanty-Mansiysk, en Russie.


Pour plus d'informations, cliquez ici.


Des images liées à certains de mes travaux ci-dessous.

The Save and Preserve Film Festival, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Honoured to have some work selected for the upcoming "Save and Preserve Film Festival", in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

For more info, click here.

Stills connected to some of my work below.
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Для меня большая честь, что некоторые работы были отобраны для предстоящего «Фестиваля спасения и сохранения» в Ханты-Мансийске, Россия.


Для дополнительной информации щелкните здесь.


Кадры, связанные с некоторыми из моих работ ниже.

*

Honoré d'avoir sélectionné certaines œuvres pour le prochain "Save and Preserve Film Festival", à Khanty-Mansiysk, en Russie.


Pour plus d'informations, cliquez ici.


Des images liées à certains de mes travaux ci-dessous.

To Save and Preserve - an eco-film festival in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Honoured to have some work selected for the upcoming "Save and Preserve Film Festival", in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

For more info, click here.

Stills connected to some of my work below.
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Для меня большая честь, что некоторые работы были отобраны для предстоящего «Фестиваля спасения и сохранения» в Ханты-Мансийске, Россия.


Для дополнительной информации щелкните здесь.


Кадры, связанные с некоторыми из моих работ ниже.

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Honoré d'avoir sélectionné certaines œuvres pour le prochain "Save and Preserve Film Festival", à Khanty-Mansiysk, en Russie.


Pour plus d'informations, cliquez ici.


Des images liées à certains de mes travaux ci-dessous.

Walking meditation/ meditation en marchant/ 산책 명산

World Bardo 18

The Business Army - traduction francaise

Un extrait de mon roman sur la Grande Dépression et une tentative de coup d'Etat fasciste aux États-Unis:


"Bon sang, nous allons recevoir des ordres de vos semblables! Vous n'êtes qu'un pion! Ne sentez-vous pas honte? Il y a des anciens combattants ici qui peuvent à peine nourrir leur famille! vous commencez à donner des cours aux autres sur leur devoir? "

Mais les troupes ne sont pas émues. Et tandis qu’ils continuent leur progression, les manifestants sont obligés de choisir entre la retraite et le faible défi aux non-armés qui, bientôt, se transforment en défaite.

Un autre officier siffle brusquement et un deuxième bataillon de cavalerie plus agressif avance. Une fois sur la foule, certains soldats retournent leurs fusils et utilisent leurs crosses comme des matraques.

Derrière le fantassin, qui avance également, se trouve une colonne de chars. Au milieu d'eux se trouve la figure de George S. Patton. Il surveille la foule pendant quelques instants. Puis il dit à ses équipages: "Charge!"

Les chars crient en avant; l'infanterie piétine en rythme, la cavalerie gémit et attaque. Les manifestants sont maintenant divisés en une série de groupes dispersés. Certains se mettent à courir. D'autres crient, poussent et poussent. Mais à quelques mètres de là, il semble presque que les manifestants aient une chance: les troupes, les chevaux et les tanks ne semblent pas remporter une victoire nette. Puis un coup de feu retentit, suivi d'un autre. On entend une voix de femme crier avec hystérie: "Jésus! Seigneur Jésus!"

Cela semble seulement raidir une partie de la résistance des manifestants, même si quelqu'un d'autre, sa voix aussi hystérique, crie: "Docteur!" et le melée atteint son crescendo.



Roman complet chez Eclectica: http://www.eclectica.org/v23n2/harvor.html

The Business Army

An excerpt from my novel about the Great Depression and an attempted fascist coup in the United States:

"The hell we'll take orders from the likes of you! You're just a pawn! Don't you feel any shame? There are veterans here who can barely feed their families! Why don't you think of justice first before you start lecturing others on their duty?"
But the troops are unmoved. And as they continue their advance, the demonstrators are forced to choose between retreat and the feeble defiance of the un-armed which, soon enough, turns to defeat.
A different officer blows a whistle sharply, and second, more aggressive battalion of cavalry move forward. Some of the soldiers, upon reaching the crowd, reverse their rifles and use their butts like truncheons.
Behind the foot soldier, also advancing, is a column of tanks. In the midst of them is the figure of George S. Patton. He surveys the crowd for a few moments. Then he says to his crews, "Charge!"
The tanks trundle-squeak forward; the infantry stomp in rhythm, the cavalry whinny and attack. The demonstrators are now divided into a series of broken up groups. Some turn to run. Others scream, push and shove. But from several yards away, it seems almost as if the demonstrators might have a chance: the troops and the horses and the tanks do not seem to be achieving a clear victory. Then a shot rings out, followed by another. A woman's voice can be heard screaming hysterically, "Jesus! Lord Jesus!"
This only seems to stiffen some of the demonstrators' resistance, even as someone else, his voice also hysterical, calls out, "Doctor!" and the melée reaches its crescendo.

Full novel at Eclectica:  http://www.eclectica.org/v23n2/harvor.html

Brother

The Violence of Sadness, YouTube link: https://youtu.be/nqEo77CC3mo

Summer Gone, Summer Gone - Ottawa, 1967

Rain/ pluie/ 비

The Violence of Sadness

The Business Army - excerpt

Washington, 1933. The Great Depression is at its worst. The Roosevelt administration is determined to do something, but feels constrained by conservative opinion.

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The interior of the Oval Office.

It is three days after the inauguration. Roosevelt sits behind his desk, surrounded by advisors, including Lew Douglas, Rexford Tugwell, Ray Moley, Louis Howe and James Farley.

Roosevelt states, "We have to stop this bleeding of the banks."

Lew Douglas says, "We could create our own banks."

Roosevelt: "How do you mean?"

Ray Moley, a soft-spoken man who is going genially bald, cuts in, "We could create a national chain of banks. They would be backed by government-issued bonds. People would have a guarantee their savings are secure."

James Farley, fleshy-faced, earnestly expressive, says, "We can't do that. That would be equivalent to nationalizing the current system."

Rexford Tugwell looks at Farley. "So?"

"The people won't have it. Not the businessmen and the professional folk—the 'doctors and accountants and whatnot.' This is a country built on enterprise, not government interference."

Complete novel at Eclectica Magazine: http://www.eclectica.org/v23n2/harvor.html

The Business Army - meeting General Butler

Video excerpt from my screenplay-novel. Complete text now published at Eclectica: http://www.eclectica.org/v23n2/harvor.html

봄/ printemps/ spring

Baram CCXXXI

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