Offering my take on The Wind Cries Freedom, I should acknowledge that I was one of the book’s eighteen interviewees and, from RPS’s start, an avid member. My addressing the book may seem awkward, but that’s par for me. Consider it narcissistic if you like, or perhaps merely forthright. Miguel Guevara wanted to hear my views, and I happily consented. But I wasn’t particularly excited by my contribution and doubted Miguel would use it...
The Wind Cries Freedom, the book’s interviewer, Miguel Guevara, asks one of it’s eighteen interviewees, named Bertrand Jagger—who happens to be me—"Bert, what was the origin of the phrase planting the seeds of the future in the present”—and what does it mean? I answered, “What it means is simple and immense. What you plant is what you harvest. You don’t grow roses from nettles. You don’t reap justice from the seeds of greed."