Activism
The “Agenda for Good Jobs, Sustainable Prosperity, and Economic Justice” has been signed by more than 70 prominent progressives. It declares “both major political parties have allowed the wealthy and the giant corporations to exercise far too much influence in American life.” The agenda’s 11 points address: building a green economy by retooling the U.S. energy system; …
In this perilous moment, let us pause to register some good news. The three conditions humans need to accomplish what might seem impossible are met. Democracy is essential. It is possible. And achieving it is a daring and noble calling in which a rising Democracy Movement enables each of us to enlarge our lives with power, meaning, and connection. In other words, we have what it takes to make history.
In Washington, D.C. and more than two dozen states on Monday, supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival gathered to kick off 40 days of “moral action” to highlight “the human impact of policies which promote systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, and environmental devastation.”
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Only when peoples across the world act according as a single imperative unit towards the goal of saving the planet from the crash course of destruction it’s on, will we see the changes needed to ensure a clean and safe Mother Earth.
If you’re feeling a little (or big) urge to protest the shenanigans of our new administration, here are some resources that will make it easier and more effective.
There are many more events in contemporary American history that deserve to be on this list, but these four represent major turning points in the media landscape prior to 9/11, ultimately playing a major role in the rise of what is now known as the truth movement.
We just celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Did you know that MLK was a student of Gandhi? Well, maybe not personally but he studied Gandhi’s use of the yogic principles of Ahimsa or non-violence and Tapas, the heat necessary for transformation, as templates for leading the American social revolution of the Civil Rights […]
Ryan’s Recycling Company, which services half a dozen neighborhoods and includes several dozen customers. Ryan and his immediate family picks up trash and even allows people to schedule pick ups if they live in Orange County, CA so they can contribute to his cause. The family packs up their truck every few weeks and takes everything down to the recycling center to cash in.
Americans are dying at the hands of the police, and the U.S. government doesn’t care. More people died from police violence in 2017 than the total number of U.S. soldiers killed in action around the globe. The body count will continue to mount as long as the courts continue to march in lockstep with the police state, as long as police unions continue to strong-arm politicians into letting police agencies get away with murder, as long as legislators continue to care more about getting re-elected than about protecting the rights of the citizenry, as long as police continue to treat their fellow citizens as enemy combatants on a battlefield, as long as the media continues to focus the spotlight on circus politics, and as long as the citizenry fail to be alarmed and outraged every time the police state shoots another hole in the Constitution.
Across the world, those who never had the luxury of complacency continued their struggles for participatory democracy; economic justice; an end to wars and violence; protection of the global commons; the rights and security of women, LGBTQ folk, and other excluded populations; and an end to theft and plunder of indigenous and small-farmer lands. Here, nine movement leaders share their hopes for the new year.
Authentic hope for the future comes when we reject this system built on white supremacy, extractive corporate capitalism, and big money control of government. We must begin where we live—building more equitable economies that are rooted locally, and new relationships of reciprocity with the Earth and of equity and respect with each other.
As we head into the new year, let’s keep ourselves inspired by the hard work of folks at home and abroad who gave us something to cheer about for 2017. May we have a much longer list in 2018.
“Bill Lost His Memory,” is a poem written and performed by Benny Wills. This 4-minute video is a must viewing. Enjoy!
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Beatrice Fihn, the head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), made her own urgent call for nuclear disarmament. “The only rational course of action is to cease living under the conditions where our mutual destruction is only one impulsive tantrum away,” Fihn said, appearing to allude to recent heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.
