[Editor] Dear Readers: In an effort to educate and inform, I am going to publish a series of articles (which I did not write) on the causes and conditions of fascism and Donald Trump’s rise to power. Most of these will not be written by Buddhist authors; rather, they are written from a secular, post-… Read More Fascist America: How Did We Get Here?
Legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dies aged 82 Democracy is coming to the USA. ‘We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries,’ says announcement of the Canadian singer’s death on his Facebook page. Leonard Cohen has died aged 82. Here we round up tributes and reaction as they flood in for Canada’s cultural… Read More Leonard Cohen: Democracy is Coming to the USA
ELECTION 2016 Roll up your sleeves, people—there are fascists to defeat. By Michael Moore / AlterNet November 9, 2016 Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/Jonathan Feinstein 1. Take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people. They have failed us miserably. 2. Fire all pundits, predictors, pollsters and anyone else in the media who had a narrative they wouldn’t… Read More Michael Moore: Morning-After To-Do List
Sign to show your support for this movement: https://www.our100.org This morning, we come together to declare our resolve. Many of us are holding our babies, families, and loved ones close. We know that there is tremendous suffering and anger in this country, yet we stand here today, determined. After an election rife with the politics of division… Read More An open letter to Our Nation from 100 women of color leaders
How to stop a pipeline: notify ‘abutters’ that a fracked gas pipeline is about to go through their backyard. Not as dramatic or exciting as camping out at the Sacred Stone Camp in North Dakota. Wouldn’t make headlines on Democracy Now. But it’s small acts like this—notifying residents, writing letters to town councillors, holding ‘no pipeline’ signs and handing… Read More Your Standing Rock, Your Pipeline
[Editor: An interesting response to the tension of the US election.} Join us as we Elevate the Vote Tomorrow, 11/8, Aryaloka sangha members will be participating in Elevate the Vote’s meditation flash mob. This is a nationwide synchronized event, taking place at polling places across the country. It is intended to bring inner and outer… Read More Elevate the Vote with Meditation Flash Mobs
originally posted at Open Culture: Just last month, the U.K. announced the so-called “Turing Law,” a policy U.K.’s justice minister Sam Gyimah describes as pardoning “people convicted of historical sexual offenses who would be innocent of any crime today.” The law is named for Alan Turing, the brilliant gay computer scientist whose work on A.I. gave the artificial… Read More Patti Smith Reads Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis at Reading Prison
