The Forbidden Cities: Neither Lenin nor Mao

Not just anyone can enter a City, and those who do not enter it understand nothing about the City. And when I say enter, it goes without saying that I am not referring to the incursions of blue helmets firing at everything that moves and does not move, or to the visits of passing dignitaries, under heavy escort, just long enough to be photographed playing the brave at low cost. No—when I say enter, I mean going to “work the field” in the cities, adopting that humble and persistent attitude of listening to the pulses of ever