Activism
People across the United States responded with outrage after Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan was found guilty Monday afternoon of “assaulting” the very police officer who she says sexually assaulted her. Over 100 people rallied in New York City’s Zuccotti Park Monday night and, according to advocates, messages of support immediately began pouring in from across the country.
Occupy demonstrator Cecily McMillan was found guilty of second-degree assault following a trial concerning a 2012 altercation she had with the NYPD.
Carey Wedler provides reasons why there is no excuse for apathy in our world. Carey’s YouTube channel is described as “current rogue for non-violence, love and freedom in a world strangled by governments that violate all three.”
The coalition of cowboys and Indians offers a radical departure from the environmental movement long criticized for being led by the so-called Big Greens — largely white, middle class membership groups whose interests don’t often represent those actually living in the frontline communities where the pipeline will be built. Moreover, it is a model of relationship-based organizing.
A phenomenon in environmental activism in recent years has been the emergence of grassroots organizations “powered by the voices of mothers, dedicated to protecting children in global communities,” as one group, The Mothers Project, describes itself. The Mothers Project, founded and headed by Angela Monti Fox, is based in New York City and global in scope.
Glimmers of Occupy Wall Street will surface this week in a smattering of cities as activists join rallies for workers’ rights, as they do every year on May Day. Occupiers probably won’t show up en masse, but they will hold signs and chant, railing against a variety of social and political issues, including one that has recently captured the attention of world leaders: income inequality.
Humanity moves forward not one step at a time, but as a dance of give and take among ideas that are at war with one another. In a paradoxical way, the battle between ideas can lead to peace and prosperity. Ideas that promote wellbeing can win out against those that harm societies.
On Saturday April 26, 2014 at 10am PST, Lynne McTaggart and her team of scientists will be testing, for the first time ever, the power of intention to heal an individual with a diagnosed illness under scientifically controlled laboratory conditions. If this experiment produces a positive outcome, it will have enormous implications about the role of thought in healing and the practices of our community of healers.
Cherie Roe Dirksen discusses 6 easy ways to help save our planet by reducing your carbon footprint and they are all things you can start doing today!
As we build a revolutionary consciousness, we must never place our faith in violence, even as we understand that violence, especially by vigilantes, criminals and militarized police forces, will be used against us. Our strength is our truth. And this truth terrifies our power elites. Truth, not force, is the real power of revolutionaries.
The youngest power player in American politics, millionaire John Ramsey is a new breed of libertarian. He works to expand personal freedoms, sees all business as charity, espouses growing one’s own food and despises crony capitalism.
Join The Gaiafield Project on Saturday, April 19 at 9am PDT/ 12 noon EDT/ 8pm GMT for a Gaiafield Attunement focused on working with local and planetary weather patterns. This is the second of a three call series to attune to the weather at both local and planetary levels. The calls are focused on re-opening channels at deep levels between our human consciousness and nature’s intelligence. The intention of The Gaiafield Project is to serve as graceful support for the rebalancing of Gaia’s weather systems for the highest good of all.
Piper Kerman, on whom the Netflix blockbuster series Orange Is The New Black is based, is speaking out for humane prison reforms, especially for low-income women snared by the system.
Wikipedia’s founder tried to censor energy psychology, energy medicine, acupuncture and the entire alternative healthcare community in one broad stroke when he responded to ACEP’s petition by referring to its supporters as “lunatic charlatans”, stating that Wikipedia would cover work in respectable journals. Apparently Jimmy is oblivious to 50 research studies published in respected scientific journals.
Chris Hedges Speaks in support of the NOW BANNED “Students for Justice in Palestine” chapter at Northeastern University.
